Bio

Rabiya Mansoor (she/they) is a queer, disabled screenwriter, actor, producer, and recovering lawyer. They were a Producer to Watch at Series Mania 2024, a Women to Watch at the Hollywood Reporter's Women in Entertainment Canada 2024, and won the inaugural Outstanding Performance – Non-Binary/Gender Non-Conforming at the 2025 ACTRA Awards.

Rabiya has written and story edited for major networks and platforms including Netflix, Crave, Disney Jr, and CBC Kids, and is the co-creator of the dramedy series GET UP, AISHA (CBC Gem), which earned three Canadian Screen Awards nominations, a Writers Guild of Canada nomination, the Carrie Hunter Emerging Talent Prize at the 2025 Banff World Media Festival, and won three awards at TO Web Fest. They're currently producing a feature in pre-production, executive produced by Paul Feig, and writing a sci-fi feature with the support of Canada Council for the Arts.

In addition to their creative work, Rabiya has trained at notable labs worldwide, including the Warner Bros. Discovery Showrunner Bootcamp, Canadian Film Centre's Fifth Wave Lab, Respectability Entertainment Lab (now Disability Belongs), RIFF Talent Lab, and Justice for My Sister's BIPOC Sci-Fi Lab.

In their spare time, they volunteer on the boards of Breakthroughs Film Festival and Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival.