Trivia

As a Christmas gift, she gave her husband Atom Egoyan the book "The Sweet Hereafter". Egoyan credited this gift as his inspiration to adapt the story into a film. De beaux lendemains (1997) would go on to earn him two Oscar nominations.

Was seven months pregnant when her scenes in Exotica (1994) were filmed.

Is fluent in English, French, and Armenian.

The Playback All-Time Best Canadian Movie List was voted on by Playback readers, who were invited to submit their five favorite Canadian movies in order of preference. Of the ten movies that made the list, Khanjian had appeared in three of them, including the number one film De beaux lendemains (1997).

B.A. Concordia University, Canada (French and Spanish). M.A. University of Toronto (Political Science)

Don McKellar, fellow Canadian actor and frequent collaborator with Atom Egoyan, released his directorial debut Last Night (1998) to much critical acclaim. McKellar cast Khanjian, as well as other Egoyan regular Sarah Polley. In another coincidence, David Cronenberg took an acting role in Last Night (1998), and later, along with Egoyan took a cameo role in Le Monde de Barney (2010).