Vivien is a Toronto based actor who came of age working in film, television and theatre. Her work has prompted
NOW Magazine to declare that she has "emerged as one of the strongest performers of her generation".
A graduate of the Canadian Film Centre Actor's Conservatory, Vivien's recent on screen credits include guest roles in season three of Transplant (CTV/NBC) and season fifteen of Murdoch Mysteries (CBC/Netflix) as well as a brief appearance in Sarah Polley's Oscar winning feature Women Talking. She recently appeared alongside Maddie Ziegler in Molly McGlynn's latest feature film Fitting In (SXSW, TIFF). You can currently catch Vivien in the feature film An Eclectic Christmas (Bell TV), Clouds (Disney +) and the comedy series New Eden (Crave TV).
Vivien was nominated for an ACTRA Outstanding Performance Award and the Madrid International Film Festival Outstanding Performance Award for her work in the feature film The Shape of Rex, which Macleans wrote is "propelled by some incandescent acting, in particular a breathtaking performance by Endicott-Douglas". She has featured in numerous other films and guest starred in several television series including Hemlock Grove (Netflix), Copper (BBC America), Rookie Blue (CTV), and George F. Walker's The Line (TMN).
Vivien's directorial debut short film Grandma was a Cowgirl which she also wrote, produced and starred in was selected for the 20th Annual Female Eye Film Festival, screened at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in June 2022 and was subsequently nominated for Best Canadian Short at the festival.
Best known for her performances on the Toronto stage, Vivien’s recent theatre roles garnered her two consecutive Dora Mavor Moore nominations for Outstanding Lead Performance (2018 & 2019). In Lo or Dear Mr. Wells (Nightwood Theatre), she was “mesmeric” as Laura, a passionate, burgeoning writer who confronts her teacher years after their heated affair. In Guarded Girls (Tarragon Theatre) she created an “empathic, emotional and devastating arc” as Sid, a tough, defiant young woman exposed to the disturbing effects of solitary confinement.
Vivien has worked with some of Canada's foremost theatre companies including the Canadian Stage, Tarragon Theatre, The National Arts Centre, Factory Theatre, Theatre Aquarius and Crow's Theatre. As well as indie Toronto theatre companies; Volcano, The Coal Mine, Shakespeare in the Ruff, Theatre Smash and the Summerworks Performance Festival.
Vivien studied Women, Gender and Equity with a minor in Film & Drama Theory, at the University of Toronto. She has studied extensively with esteemed acting teachers in Toronto and New York City including Rae Ellen Bodie, Lindy Davies and Larry Moss. She graduated from the Centre for Actor Training at Shakespeare & Co. in Lenox, Massachusetts and studied Advanced Voice and Text in Orkney, Scotland with internationally revered voice teacher Kristin Linklater.