Italian-Canadian actor and singer Mercedes Papalia was born and raised in Ottawa Ontario. She now splits her time between Toronto and Los Angeles, training and working. She stars alongside Bollywood superstar
Jacqueline Fernandez as Frankie Toms in the horror film
Definition of Fear (2015), produced by Academy Award winning
Christopher Branch. She can also be seen in the action series
No Easy Days (2018) as Kelly Palermo,
Tell the World (2016) as Elizabeth Harmon, and various independent film projects.