[1] Most associated with stage roles in Vancouver, British Columbia,[1] she received a Genie Award nomination as Best Actress at the 26th Genie Awards in 2006 for her performance in the film See Grace Fly.
[2] Chiarelli was raised in East Africa while her parents were working as missionaries.
She moved to Ontario at age 11 and later attended a boarding school.
[3] As a stage actress, Chiarelli won a Jessie Richardson Theatre Award in 1999 for her performance in Agnes of God,[4] in 2006 for The Diary of Anne Frank,[5] and in 2013 for Master Class.
[6] She has also had recurring roles in the television series Cold Squad, Da Vinci's Inquest and The Dead Zone, and appeared in the films Noroc, Deadly Little Secrets and Numb.