Name	Gemini Award
Caption	The Gemini Award
Description	Best television productions in Canada
Presenter	Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
Country
Year	1986
Website	http://www.geminiawards.ca/

The Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry awards in Canada.

First awarded in 1986, the Geminis celebrate the achievements of TV members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. Essentially, it presents awards for the best television productions in Canada. Awards are currently presented in 87 categories.

November 19, 2005 was also proclaimed to be "Gemini Awards Day" by the Toronto City Council.

The Gemini Awards also include several special awards given out for various reasons such as lifetime achievement.

Normally held in Toronto, the 2006 ceremony was held in Richmond, BC on November 4, 2006 and the 2007 ceremony was held in Regina, Saskatchewan on October 28, 2007.

The award's French-language counterpart is the Prix Gémeaux.

Award categories

Best News Information Series

Best News Magazine Segment

Best News Special Event Coverage

Best Reportage

Best Newscast

Gemini Humanitarian Award

Best Sports Play-by-Play or Analyst

Best Live Sporting Event

Best Direction in a Live Sporting Event

Best Sports Program or Series

Outstanding Technical Achievement Award

Best Writing in an Information Program or Series

Best Sound in an Information/Documentary Program or Series

Best Photography in an Information Program or Series

Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series

Best Direction in a News Information Program or Series

Best Host or Interviewer in a News Information Program or Series

Academy Achievement Award

Best Science, Technology, Nature, Environment or Adventure Documentary Program

Best Biography Documentary Program

Best Original Music Score for a Documentary Program or Series

Best History Documentary Program

Best Performing Arts Program or Series or Arts Documentary Program or Series

Gordon Sinclair Award for Broadcast Journalism

Best Direction in a Documentary Program

Best Direction in a Documentary Series

Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series

Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Series

Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Series

Best Documentary Series

Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program or Series

Best Direction in a Children's or Youth Program or Series

Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series

Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series

Best Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series

Best Original Music Score for an Animated Program or Series

Best Animated Program or Series

Best Pre-School Program or Series

Most Popular Website

Canada Award

Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Non-Dramatic Program or Series

Best Lifestyle/Practical Information Segment

Best Direction in a Lifestyle/Practical Information Program or Series

Best Cross Platform Project

Best General/Human Interest Series

Best Host in a Lifestyle/Practical Information, or Performing Arts Program or Series

Best Lifestyle/Practical Information Series

Best Host or Interviewer in a General/Human Interest or Talk Program or Series

Best Talk Series

Best Reality Program or Series

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series

Best Writing in a Dramatic Series

Best Direction in a Dramatic Series

Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series

Best Sound in a Dramatic Series

Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Dramatic Program or Series

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series

Best Sound in a Comedy, Variety, or Performing Arts Program or Series

Best Picture Editing in a Comedy, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series

Best Photography in a Comedy, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series

Best Direction in a Variety Program or Series

Best Direction in a Performing Arts Program or Series

Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series

Best Performance or Host in a Variety Program or Series

Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series

Best Individual Performance in a Comedy Program or Series

Best Music, Variety Program or Series

Best TV Movie

Best Achievement in Make-Up

Best Costume Design

Best Achievement in Casting

Best Visual Effects

Best Original Music Score for a Program or Mini-Series

Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series

Earle Grey Award

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

Best Sound in a Dramatic Program

Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series

Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role Dramatic Series

Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role Dramatic Series

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

Best Host or Interviewer in a Sports Program or Sportscast

Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series

Best Comedy Program or Series

Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

Best News Anchor

Best Dramatic Mini-Series

Best Dramatic Series

Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series

Viewers' Choice Award (Viewer's Choice Award for Lifestyle Host Gemini)

Special awards

Academy Achievement Award - general lifetime honour, inaugurated in 1996

Donald Brittain Award - for the best political or social documentary

Canada Award - began in 1988 as the Multiculturalism Award, this is award "honours excellence in mainstream television programming that reflects the racial and cultural diversity of Canada."

Margaret Collier Award - lifetime writing honour

John Drainie Award - broadcasting, not necessarily awarded every year

Humanitarian Award - inaugurated in 2001, recipients to date:

* (2001) Donald Martin

* (2002) Wendy Crewson

* (2003) Max Keeping

* (2004) George R. Robertson

* (2005) Royal Canadian Air Farce

Gordon Sinclair Award for Broadcast Journalism - for television journalists who make outstanding contributions

Dates and locations

:This list is incomplete

External links

Official website

IMDb Gemini Awards page

* Category:Canadian television awards

Name	Cory Monteith
Caption	Cory Monteith at the GLAAD Awards on April 17, 2010
Birthname	Cory Allan Monteith
Birth date	May 11, 1982
Birth place	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Occupation	Actor/Musician
Yearsactive	2004–present

Cory Allan Monteith (born May 11, 1982) is a Canadian actor and musician best known for his role as Finn Hudson on the Fox television series Glee.

Acting career

Monteith began his acting career in Vancouver, British Columbia. He played minor roles in Final Destination 3, Whisper and Deck the Halls. He had a recurring role in Kyle XY. He also made guest appearances in such Canadian-filmed television serials as Smallville, Supernatural, Flash Gordon, Stargate Atlantis and Stargate SG-1.

In 2005 he appeared in Killer Bash about a tormented geek's soul taking revenge on his murderer's children by taking over a girl's body. The following year he made a brief appearance in Urban Legend: Bloody Mary. In 2007, he starred in the MTV series Kaya.

In 2009, Monteith was cast in the Fox series Glee, playing Finn Hudson, the male lead of the glee club and the quarterback of McKinley High School. For his audition tape, he drummed on Tupperware using pencils. The first time he sang in front of an audience was at his in-person audition, at which he sang "Honesty" by Billy Joel. He and Lea Michele, his Glee co-star, were included in Entertainment Weekly's 2009 "Summer Must List", being named "Summer's Must Songbirds" for their portrayals of Finn and Rachel on Glee, respectively.

In April 2010, Monteith was cast in the upcoming romantic comedy movie Monte Carlo. In May 2010, the cast of Glee went on a two week live tour with stops in Los Angeles, Phoenix, Chicago and New York City. The cast performed many hits from the show and had several skits between songs.

On August 8, 2010 he co-hosted the Teen Choice Awards. Monteith hosted the Gemini Awards in Toronto on November 13, 2010.

It was recently announced that Monteith is at the center of a new untitled workplace comedy, starring and co-producing.

Music career

Monteith plays drums for the Indie rock band "Bonnie Dune" based in Los Angeles. Members include lead singer Justin Wilczynski (who co-starred with Monteith on the short-lived MTV series Kaya), guitarist Seth Roberts (who is the singer of the band Lakes), and bassist Josh Kerr.

Personal life

Cory Allan Monteith was born in Calgary, Alberta and raised in Victoria, British Columbia. He has one older brother. His parents divorced when he was 7 years old. He lived with his mother in Calgary, Alberta, with his father living in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Before becoming an actor, he worked in Nanaimo, British Columbia as a Wal-Mart people greeter, at a car wash, taxicab driver, school bus driver and roofer.

Filmography

{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Films |- ! Year ! Film ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2005 | Killer Bash | Douglas Waylan Hart | TV movie |- | 2006 | Bloody Mary | Paul Zuckerman | |- | 2006 | | Michael | TV movie |- | 2006 | Deck the Halls | Madison's date | |- | 2006 | ''Final Destination 3 | Kahill | |- | 2007 | Hybrid | Aaron Scates | TV movie |- | 2007 | | Scooter guy | |- | 2007 | Gone | Davis Calder | Short film |- | 2007 | The Invisible | Jimmy | |- | 2007 | Whisper | Teenage boy | |- | 2008 | The Boy Next Door | Jason | TV movie |- | 2010 | Breaking the Girl | | |- | 2011 | Monte Carlo | Owen | Post-production |- |}

{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Television |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes and Awards |- | 2004 | Stargate Atlantis | Genii Private | Episode "The Storm" |- | 2005 | Young Blades | Marcel Le Rue | Episode "To Heir Is Human" |- | 2005 | Supernatural | Gary | Episode "Wendigo" |- | 2005 | Smallville | Frat Cowboy | Episode "Thirst" |- | 2005 | Killer Instinct | Windsurfer Bob | Episode "Forget Me Not" |- | 2006 | Whistler | Lip Ring | Episode "The Burden of Truth" |- | 2006 | Stargate SG-1 | Young Mitchell | Episode "200" |- | 2006 | Kyle XY | Charlie Tanner | Recurring role (7 episodes, 2006—2007) |- | 2007 | Flash Gordon | Ian Finley | Episode "Life Source" |- | 2007 | Kaya | Gunnar | Lead role (10 episodes) |- | 2008 | Fear Itself | James | Episode "New Year's Day" |- | 2009 | Mistresses | Jason | |- | 2009 | The Assistants | Shane Baker | 2 episodes |- | 2009-present | Glee | Finn Hudson | Lead role (2009—present)Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (shared with Glee cast)Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Breakout Star Male (2009)Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actor: Comedy (2010)Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Music: Group (2010) (shared with Glee cast) |- | 2010 | The Simpsons | Flynn | Voice role, Episode "Elementary School Musical" |- |}

Awards and Nominations

'''Hollywood Style Awards 2010

*Male Future Style Icon Award - Won

'''SAG Awards 2010

*Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series - Won

'''SAG Awards 2011

*Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series - Pending

'''Teen Choice Awards 2009

*Choice TV: Actress Breakout Star Male - Nominated

'''Teen Choice Awards 2010

*Choice TV: Comedy Actor - Nominated

*Choice Smile - Nominated

Discography

References

External links

Category:1982 births Category:Living people Category:Actors from Alberta Category:Canadian film actors Category:Canadian television actors Category:People from Calgary Category:People from Victoria, British Columbia Category:Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Screen Actors Guild Award winners Category:Canadian expatriate actors in the United States

Birthname	Shenae Sonya Grimes
Caption	Grimes at the 2009 Paley Fest event for 90210
Birthdate	October 24, 1989
Birthplace	Toronto, Ontario
Occupation	Actress
Yearsactive	2004–present
Birthname	Shenae Sonya Grimes

Shenae Sonya Grimes (; born October 24, 1989) is a Canadian actress. She currently portrays the role of Annie Wilson in 90210, a spinoff of Beverly Hills, 90210. Prior to that she played Darcy Edwards on . She was also a recurring guest star on the series Naturally, Sadie where she played Arden Allcott.

Early life and career

Grimes was born in Toronto, Ontario. She attended Forest Hill Public School for elementary. Grimes attended City Academy for her last two years of high school. Beginning with a minor role in 2004, Grimes became a lead character on Degrassi in 2006, playing the role of Darcy Edwards. In 2009, Grimes left the series and Canada after being cast as Annie Wilson in 90210, the CW's spin-off of Beverly Hills, 90210.

She also appeared in Picture This with her former co-star Lauren Collins. Grimes also appeared in a music video for rock band Our Lady Peace's single, "All You Did Was Save My Life", which was filmed in April 2009.

Grimes wrote, sang, and directed the video for her song "Myself and I".

In 2010, she participated in YouTuber Freddie Wong's video "Gun Size Matters". She will be making a cameo in the upcoming horror film, Scream 4, set to release in April 2011.

Filmography

Films

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" border="2" cellpadding="4" background: #f9f9f9; |- align="center" ! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film |- align="center" ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Year ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Film ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Role ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Notes |- |rowspan="1"|2005 | |Eilleen 13-16 Years |Supporting Role |- |rowspan="2"|2008 |Picture This |Cayenne |Supporting Role |- |True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet |Marissa Dahl |Supporting Role |- |rowspan="2"|2009 |The Cross Road | Bridget | |- | |Jennifer Hardick | |- |rowspan="1"|2011 |Scream 4 |Marnie Harrold |Cameo |- |rowspan="1"|2012 |More Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet | Marissa Dahl |In Talk |- |rowspan="1"|2012 |Sugar | Sugar |Main Star |}

Television

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" border="2" cellpadding="4" background: #f9f9f9; |- align="center" ! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Television |- align="center" ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Year ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Film ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Role ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Notes |- |rowspan="1"|2004–2008 | |Darcy Edwards |Won Gemini Award-For Episode "Eyes Without a Face" 2004–2006, Season's 4-5 (Recurring) 2006-2008, Season's 6-7 (Series Regular)

2008, Season 8 (Guest Star) |- |rowspan="2"|2005 |Kevin Hill |Katie Lassman |Episode "Sacrificial Lambs" |- |The Power Strikers |Alexa Watson | |- |rowspan="1"|2005–2007 | Naturally, Sadie |Arden Alcott |Supporting Role |- |rowspan="1"|2006 | |Teenage Girl |Episode "Lust' |- |rowspan="1"|2009 |Overruled! |Abbie |Guest Star - 1 episode |- |rowspan="1"|2008–Present |90210 |Annie Wilson |Main Role |- |}

Music videos

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" border="2" cellpadding="4" background: #f9f9f9; |- align="center" ! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Music videos |- align="center" ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Year ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Band ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Title ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Notes |- |2009 |Our Lady Peace |"All You Did Was Save My Life" |Shot in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |- |} {|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" border="2" cellpadding="4" background: #f9f9f9; |- align="center" ! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | As a Director |- align="center" ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Year ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Singer ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Title ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Notes |- |2010 |Shenae Grimes |"Myself and I" |Grimes' directorial, singing and song-writing debut. |- |}

References

External links

Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:Canadian child actors Category:Canadian expatriates in the United States Category:Canadian television actors Category:Gemini Award winners Category:People from Toronto

Name	Robert Carlyle
Caption	Robert Carlyle in the 2009 Comic-Con
Birth date	April 14, 1961
Birth place	Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland
Spouse	Anastasia Shirley (1997-present)
Years active	1990–present
Occupation	Actor

Robert Carlyle, OBE (born 14 April 1961) is a Scottish film and television actor. He is known for a variety of roles including those in Trainspotting, Hamish Macbeth, The World is Not Enough, The 51st State, The Full Monty, 28 Weeks Later and Angela's Ashes. He also portrayed Doctor Nicholas Rush in Stargate Universe.

Early life

Carlyle was born in Maryhill, Glasgow, the son of Elizabeth, a bus company employee, and Joseph Carlyle, a painter and decorator. He was brought up by his father after his mother left when Carlyle was four years old. He left school at 16 without qualifications and went to work for his father as a painter and decorator, however he continued his education by attending night classes at Cardonald College in Glasgow.

Career

Carlyle became involved in drama at the Glasgow Arts Centre at the age of 21 (having been inspired by reading Arthur Miller's The Crucible), and subsequently graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. In 1991, he and four friends founded a theatre company, Raindog (which is now primarily involved in television and film work), and guest starred in The Bill. The same year he starred in his first movie, Riff Raff, directed by Ken Loach.

In 1994, he played the gay lover of Father Greg in the film Priest.

Carlyle's first high-profile role came as murderer Albie Kinsella in an October 1994 episode of Cracker opposite Robbie Coltrane (in which the character killed four people, including the character DCI David Bilborough, played by Christopher Eccleston). This highly acclaimed role showcased Carlyle's pure intensity.

He soon landed the title role of Highland policeman Hamish Macbeth in the BBC comedy-drama Hamish Macbeth. The series ran for three seasons, from 1995 to 1997.

In 1996 and 1997, he appeared in the two most high-profile roles of his career to date: that of the sociopathic Francis Begbie in Trainspotting and Gaz, the leader of a group of amateur male strippers, in The Full Monty, the latter earning Carlyle a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. He also starred with Ray Winstone in the 1997 film Face.

Carlyle played the senior Malachy McCourt (father of author Frank McCourt) in the 1999 film adaptation of McCourt's first memoir, Angela's Ashes, the arch villain Renard in the 1999 James Bond film The World Is Not Enough, and a cannibalistic soldier in the 1999 Ravenous.

Carlyle appeared in the 2002 Oasis music video for "Little By Little".

He played Adolf Hitler in the 2003 miniseries .

In 2006 he played the villain Durza in Eragon. Then in 2007 Carlyle played one of the main characters in the film 28 Weeks Later. He also played the lead role as a marine engineer, attempting to save London from total devastation in the disaster film Flood. That year he also portrayed the role of Father Joseph Macavoy in the film The Tournament.

In 2008 Carlyle narrated a BBC audiobook version of The Cutting Room.

In 2008, Carlyle was cast as Dr. Nicholas Rush in the television series Stargate Universe. His involvement has been described thus, "As [the team fights] to survive, Dr. Rush (Carlyle) works to unlock the mysteries of the ship and return the group home, but evidence of his ulterior motives soon arises." Carlyle was touted by the studio as the "leading role" in Universe. In December 2008, Carlyle appeared in , a television movie of the popular series 24, starring alongside Kiefer Sutherland.

In 2009, Carlyle appeared in a long-form commercial for Johnnie Walker whiskey, titled "The Man Who Walked Around The World", that showed Carlyle walking down a path and talking for six minutes in a single long take. The ad took two days to film. The director, Jamie Rafn, afterwards referred to Carlyle as an "utter genius".

He voices the character of Gabriel Belmont, the hero of the video game , released in 2010.

Acting style

Known for his commitment to authenticity in roles, Carlyle has often altered his lifestyle and physical appearance to better understand a character: before playing a homeless character in Antonia Bird’s 'Safe', he went to live in the Waterloo area of London where the film was set; for his role as a bus driver in Ken Loach’s Carla’s Song, he passed the test for a PSV licence (a licence to drive a bus with passengers) in a Glasgow Leyland Atlantean bus; and for the role of Hitler, he listened to all the works of Richard Wagner, Hitler's favourite composer.

Personal life

Carlyle is the Patron of School For Life Romania, Charity No.1062953.

He is married to the makeup artist Anastasia Shirley with whom he has three children: Ava (born 2002), Harvey (born 2004) and Pearce Joseph (born April 2006). The family lives in Glasgow, Scotland. Carlyle is also a supporter of Rangers F.C..

Filmography

Video games

(2010) (as Gabriel Belmont)

Eragon (video game) (2006) (as the Shade Durza)

Music Video

Little By Little (2002) by Oasis

Audio books

The Cutting Room, by Louise Welsh (2008) (voice of narrator)

Commercials

Johhnie Walker-The Man Who Walked Around the World (2009) (starring/narrator)

References

External links

An onstage video interview with Robert Carlyle at BAFTA

28 Weeks Later - STV video interview

Category:1961 births Category:Living people Category:Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award winners Category:People from Glasgow Category:Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama alumni Category:Scottish film actors Category:Scottish television actors Category:BAFTA winners (people) Category:Best Actor BAFTA Award winners Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire

Name	Nina Dobrev
Caption	Dobrev at PaleyFest2010's "The Vampire Diaries" night at the Saban Theatre in 2010
Birth name	Nina Konstantinova Dobreva
Birth date	January 09, 1989
Birth place	Sofia, Bulgaria
Nationality	Bulgarian-Canadian
Height	1.69 m (5' 6½")
Occupation	Actress, and Model
Yearsactive	2006–present

Nina Dobrev (born Nina Konstantinova Dobreva, in Bulgarian Нина Константинова Добрева; January 9, 1989) is a Bulgarian-Canadian actress. She played the role of Mia Jones, the single teenage mother on , from the show's sixth to ninth season. She currently stars as Elena Gilbert and Katherine Pierce on The CW television teen drama The Vampire Diaries.

Early life

Dobrev was born in Sofia, Bulgaria and moved to Canada at the age of two, where she was raised in Toronto, Ontario. She speaks fluent French, English and Bulgarian. Her mother is an artist, and her father is a computer scientist. She has one older brother. She attended J. B. Tyrrell Sr. Public School and Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts in Scarborough, Ontario. From a very young age, she showed great enthusiasm and talent for the arts—dance, gymnastics, theater, music, visual arts, and acting. Dobrev attended the Dean Armstrong Acting school where she was discovered by many different talent agencies in Toronto.

Career

Modeling jobs led to commercials, which then turned into film auditions. Shortly thereafter, she booked roles in feature films, including Fugitive Pieces, Away from Her, Never Cry Werewolf, and the television series . She also was in an MTV movie called The American Mall on CTV. She is currently starring in The CW's drama The Vampire Diaries, playing the dual role of Katherine Pierce, a vampire that the same brothers each loved while they were still human during the American Civil War, and Katherine's doppelgänger Elena Gilbert, a human who is caught between two vampire brothers.

She also had a minor role in the erotic thriller Chloe, theatrically released by Sony Pictures Classics on March 26, 2010. The film grossed $3 million in the United States theatrically and became one of the higher-grossing specialty films in the United States in 2010

In August 2010, Dobrev appeared in the opening sketch of the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards.

Personal life

Dobrev attended Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts in Toronto until her graduating year. She entered secondary studies at Ryerson University in Toronto, majoring in sociology, before dropping out in 2008 to pursue her acting career.

Filmography

{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of film and television credits |- ! Year ! Film ! Role ! Notes |- | 2006 | Repo! The Genetic Opera | Teenage Zytrate Addict | |- | 2006 | Away from Her | Monica | |- | 2006 | Playing House | Shania | |- | 2006–2009 | | Mia Jones | 2006–2009 (46 episodes) |- | 2007 | The Poet | Rachel | |- | 2007 | Fugitive Pieces | Bella | |- | 2007 | My Daughter's Secret | Justine | |- | 2007 | Too Young to Marry | Jessica | |- | 2008 | Mookies Law | Rosebella | Short film |- | 2008 |The American Mall |Ally Shepherd | A singer, Keely Hawkes, sung for her as she had never had any previous vocal training |- | 2008 | Never Cry Werewolf | Loren Hansett | |- | 2008 | The Border | Maia | Episodes: "Articles of Faith" and "Blowback" |- | 2009 | Chloe | Anna | |- | 2009 | Degrassi Goes Hollywood | Mia Jones | |- | 2009 | Eleventh Hour | Grace Dahl | Episode: "Eternal" |- | 2009 | Merry Madagascar | Cupid the Reindeer | Voice only |- | 2009-present | The Vampire Diaries | Elena Gilbert/Katherine Pierce (Katerina Petrova) |Lead Role |- | 2011 | The Killing Games | | Post-production |- | 2011 | The Roommate | Maria | Post-production |- | 2012 | Perished | Jasmine Leon | Post-production |}

Awards and nominations

{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Award ! Category ! Work ! Result |- | 2010 | Teen Choice Awards | Breakout Star Female | The Vampire Diaries | |- | 2010 | 2010 Teen Choice Awards|Teen Choice Awards | Actress Fantasy/Sci-Fi | The Vampire Diaries | |}

References

External links

Nina Dobrev

Category:1989 births Category:Canadian expatriates in the United States Category:Canadian people of Bulgarian descent Category:Canadian film actors Category:Canadian television actors Category:Living people Category:People from Sofia

Michael Riley (born February 4, 1962 in London, Ontario) is a Canadian actor and graduate of the National Theatre School in Montreal, Canada in 1984. Riley's first appearance was in the film No Man's Land (1987). He has acted in over 40 films and television series, including This Is Wonderland, for which he received a Gemini Award, and the Emmy-nominated BBC / Discovery Channel co-production Supervolcano. He also portrays a leading character on the 2009 CBC Television series Being Erica.

He has voiced the animated title character of Ace Lightning.

Filmography

Mr. Nobody (2009) - Harry

The Tenth Circle (2008) - Mike Bartholomy

What You're Ready For (2007) - Dr. Edgar O. Laird

Normal (2007) - Carl

Supervolcano (2005) - Richard 'Rick' Lieberman

Cube Zero (2004) - Jax

Saving Emily (2004) - Kurt

Sugar (2004) - The Man

Her Perfect Spouse (2004) - Ty Kellington

(2003) - Peter

(2003) - Douglas Conte

100 Days in the Jungle (2002) - Rod Dunbar

The Interrogation of Michael Crowe (2002) - Stephen Crowe

Punch (2002) - Sam

Black Swan (2002) - Carl

Mile Zero (2001) - Derek

Dogmatic (1999) - Dennis Winslow

Win, Again! (1999) -

Ice (1998) - Greg

Heart of the Sun (1998) - Father Ed

Amistad (1997) - British Officer

Every 9 Seconds (1997) - Ray

Pale Saints (1997) - Dody

The Grace of God (1996) - Chip

Voice from the Grave (1996) - Adam Schuster

Heck's Way Home (1996) - Rick Neufeld

The Prince (1996) - Roy Timmons

French Kiss (1995) - M. Campbell

The Possession of Michael D. (1995) - Dr. Nick Galler

Butterbox Babies (1995) - Russell Cameron

(1995) - Johann Strauss Jr.

(1994) - Boss

The Making of '...And God Spoke (1993) - Clive Walton

Lifeline to Victory (1993) - Paul Devereaux

Because Why (1993) - Alex

Mustard Bath (1993) - Matthew Linden

To Catch a Killer (1992) - Lieutenant Joseph 'Joe/Polock' Kozenczak

Perfectly Normal (1991) - Renzo Parachi

Diplomatic Immunity (1991) - Les Oberfell

The Private Capital (1989) -

No Man's Land (1987) - Horton

TV

Being Erica (2009-2010) as Dr. Tom (30 episodes)

This Is Wonderland (2004-2006) as Elliot Sacks (39 episodes)

The Way We Live Now (2001) as Hamilton K. Fisker (3 episodes)

The Outer Limits (1999-2000) as Gerard / Jon Tarkman (2 episodes)

Power Play (1998-2000) as Brett Parker (26 episodes)

Street Legal (1993) as Adam Ruskin (2 episodes)

The Edison Twins (1985) as Winston / Gregory (2 episodes)

External links

Category:1962 births Category:Living people Category:People from London, Ontario Category:Gemini Award winners Category:Canadian television actors Category:Canadian film actors Category:National Theatre School of Canada alumni

Birthname	Megan Elizabeth Laura Diana Follows
Birthdate	March 14, 1968
Birthplace	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actress
Yearsactive	1977–present
Spouse(s)	Christopher Porter(1991-1995)2 children

Megan Elizabeth Laura Diana Follows (born March 14, 1968) is a Canadian/American actress. She is most known to international audiences for her role as Anne Shirley in the acclaimed 1985 Canadian television miniseries Anne of Green Gables and its two sequels.

Biography

Follows was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as the youngest of four children to an acting family. Her parents are noted Canadian theatre actor and director Ted Follows and his first wife, actress Dawn Greenhalgh. All of her siblings are also in the entertainment industry. Her older sister Edwina is a writer, while her brother Laurence and sister Samantha are actors.

Career

Early start

Her first acting job came at the age of nine, when she landed a spot in a commercial for Bell Canada. She was directed to make an impudent gesture out of a school bus window - like sticking out her tongue - but ended up making a rather obscene and adult gesture instead. She quickly found steady work in Canada, appearing in a few TV series such as Matt and Jenny, The Mating Season, The Baxters and The Littlest Hobo, in which she guest-starred with her entire family in a two-part episode. She also starred in the short film "Boys and Girls" (1983), which won an Academy Award for Best Short Subject.

Anne of Green Gables

Follows' breakthrough occurred when she was cast as Anne Shirley in the miniseries Anne of Green Gables, and subsequently appeared in the two sequels that followed. The part of "Anne" was a coveted role that she won over 3,000 other young girls when director, producer and writer Kevin Sullivan chose her despite early worries during the audition process that she might be too old for the part. The miniseries, wholly produced in Canada, became successful around the world and remains to this day the highest-rated drama in Canadian television history.

Follows gained a substantial fan following for her portrayal of the popular literary character. Her performances earned her two Gemini awards as best actress for the first two miniseries, Anne of Green Gables and , and a Gemini nomination for the third Anne installment, .

Television

Follows has made a number of appearances on both Canadian and American television. In Canada, she appeared in a popular made-for-TV movie, Hockey Night, around the time she appeared in Anne of Green Gables. She played the lead role of Cathy, a young girl who played hockey on a previously all-male team. Other Canadian television appearances include leading roles in the period drama Under the Piano and police drama Major Crime, which starred fellow Canadians Michael Moriarty and Nicholas Campbell.

In 2005, she guest-starred in the Canadian ensemble drama Robson Arms as one of the tenants of the Robson Arms apartment complex. She also appeared in the hospital drama Open Heart as a nurse fighting a doctor she suspects of malpractice and in , as the mother of famous Canadian singer Shania Twain. Most recently, She has starred as Booky's mother in the three movie adaptations of Bernice Thurman Hunter's "Booky" series, Booky Makes Her Mark, Booky and the Secret Santa and Booky's Crush in which her partner, Stuart Hughes, plays her husband.

Among the earliest American television appearances were roles in The Facts of Life (as a cousin of Jo Polniaczek in an episode that was intended as a backdoor pilot for a proposed spin-off) in 1982, and in the short-lived series Domestic Life as Martin Mull's TV daughter in 1984. She also appeared alongside a young Dermot Mulroney in the TV movie Sin of Innocence in 1986. In 1987, she played the French wife of Hugh Grant in the historically accurate Champagne Charlie series that was later repackaged into a 3 hour movie format. In 1993-94, Follows was part of the ensemble in a short-lived CBS television series Second Chances with a then-unknown Jennifer Lopez. Since 2000, Follows has appeared on numerous longstanding television series, such as Law & Order, ER, The X Files, , , Cold Case, and Lie to Me. Follows also appeared in the Canadian hit series, Heartland, for two consecutive episodes.

In 2004, she was also part of the ensemble cast of the Hallmark movie Plainsong, which included Aidan Quinn, Rachel Griffiths and America Ferrera. In 2009, she guest-starred in the ABC drama, Brothers and Sisters.

Film

Although Follows has been more prolific in television appearances, she has appeared in a number of feature films. She co-starred with Corey Haim and Gary Busey in the 1985 film adaptation of Stephen King's novella Silver Bullet. Following the success of Anne, she appeared in Termini Station, which reunited her with Anne of Green Gables co-star Colleen Dewhurst. A rarely recognized role played by Follows was Clara in the movie The Nutcracker Prince starring Kiefer Sutherland, in which she sings a song. In 1998, she appeared in the Canadian movie Reluctant Angel. Her most recent film credits include Christmas Child, A Foreign Affair (2003) released on DVD as Two Brothers and a Bride, and a cameo in Laurie Lynd's Breakfast with Scot starring fellow Canadian Tom Cavanagh.

She was also the narrator of Heather Connell's 2008 documentary Small Voices: Stories of Cambodia's Children.

Theatre

Even though the career of Follows' parents was anchored in the theatre, she did not appear in many stage production until the 2000s. Her first stage credit is Paul Zindel's The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, in which she starred alongside her mother and her sister Samantha in 1988 in Toronto. In 1992, only a few months after giving birth to her daughter, she was offered the role of Juliet in the Stratford Festival's production of Romeo and Juliet. She reprised the role of Juliet the following year in Los Angeles. Other notable stage credits include Ibsen's A Doll's House (Minneapolis' Guthrie Theater), William Shakespeare's Othello (Edmonton's Citadel Theatre and Ottawa's National Arts Centre), Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya (Atlantic Theatre Festival), and Noel Coward's Hay Fever in which she played opposite with her entire family and which was directed by her father.

Recent years has seen the return of Follows on stage as a regular of the Toronto-based Soulpepper Theatre Company. In 2005, she had the leading role of May in their production of Fool for Love by Sam Shepard. In 2011, she returns to the stage to star in the Canadian premiere of Melissa James Gibson's This at the Vancouver Playhouse directed by Amiel Gladstone.

Personal life

In 1991, Follows married Christopher Porter, a gaffer and photographer she met on the set of her movie Deep Sleep. For a short time, she was credited as Megan Porter Follows. The couple divorced in 1995. They have two children: Lyla Anne (born 1991) and Russell Porter (born 1994). Megan and her children divide their time between residences in Los Angeles and Toronto; she is a dual citizen of the United States and Canada.

Humanitarian work

Follows has served as a spokesperson for the relief organization World Vision Canada. She traveled to both Rwanda and Tanzania as a spokeswoman and a photographer. She also participated in the 2005 benefit concert Canada for Asia held to support the relief efforts for Asia after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. Most recently, she traveled to Cambodia in 2007 with friend and director Heather Connell to film Small Voices: Stories of Cambodia's Children, a documentary about how the children of Cambodia living on the street and garbage dumps face their living conditions amidst poverty and abuse and how they view their own future.

References

External links

Megan Follows UK

2005 CBC profile of Megan Follows

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Name	Jackie Burroughs
Birth name	Jacqueline Burroughs
Birth date	February 02, 1939
Birth place	Lancashire, England, UK
Death date	September 22, 2010
Death place	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1966–2010
Spouse	Zal Yanovsky (1960s–1968)1 child (Zoe Yanovsky)

Jacqueline "Jackie" Burroughs (February 2, 1939 – September 22, 2010) was an English-born Canadian actress.

Life and career

Born in Lancashire, England, Burroughs acted in live theatre at Ontario's Stratford Festival. Her film credits included The Dead Zone (1982), The Grey Fox (1982), and a voice-over stint in the legendary animated anthology Heavy Metal (1981), while her TV-series résumé includes the roles of Mrs. Amelia Evans in Anne of Green Gables (1985) and Hetty King in Road to Avonlea (1990). In 1987, Jackie Burroughs produced, directed, co-wrote, and starred in A Winter Tan, a film based on the letters of Maryse Holder, published in 1979 as the book Give Sorrow Words – Maryse Holder's Letters from Mexico. She won a Genie award for best performance by an actress in a leading role for the film. She won several Genies and Geminis during her career. Her first award was the 1969 Canadian Film Award for best actress, for starring in the non-feature short film Duclima.

Burroughs played the voice of The Spirit in 1985's The Care Bears Movie. She also played teacher Nancy Galik in The Undergrads (1985) opposite Art Carney.

She was perhaps best known to American audiences for her portrayal of the fictional character, Hetty King, in the CBC Television series Road to Avonlea from 1990 to 1996. The series was based on the works of Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery and produced by Sullivan Entertainment. She also played Mother Mucca in the television adaptations of Armistead Maupin's More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City. Burroughs again played a mother role in 2003's Willard.

She also appeared in the movie The Sentinel. She appeared in the Smallville Season one episode "Hourglass". She portrayed elderly prophetess Cassandra Carver, who could foretell people's futures by touching their hands. Carver died immediately after seeing dark visions of Lex Luthor being the American President and for causing widespread destruction on humanity.

Burroughs was married to Zalman Yanovsky, co-founder (with John Sebastian) of The Lovin' Spoonful; they separated in 1968. They had one daughter, Zoe (restaurant owner and author in Kingston, Ontario).

Burroughs had residences in both Toronto and Oaxaca, Mexico.

Death

Burroughs died at her home in Toronto during the afternoon of September 22, 2010, after suffering from stomach cancer.

Filmography

{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1966 |Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail | | |- |1966 |The Purse | |Short |- |1966 |Wojeck |Heroin Addict |Episode: "All Aboard for Candyland" |- |1967 |The Ernie Game |Gail | |- |1970 |The Hart & Lorne Terrific Hour | |TV series |- |1970 |The Psychiatrist |Jane |Episode: "God Bless the Children" |- |1971 |Eat Anything | | |- |1972 |Norman Corwin Presents | |Episode: "The Discovery" |- |1974 |Running Time |The old lady | |- |1974 |Monkeys in the Attic |Wanda | |- |1974 |125 Rooms of Comfort |Bobbie Kidd | |- |1975 |My Pleasure is My Business |Old lady at pool (uncredited) | |- |1977 |Twelve and a Half Cents |Mother | |- |1978 |Great Performances |Maria Mitchell |Episode: "Out of Our Father's House" |- |1980 |Chairman of the Board | |TV movie |- |1980 |The Kidnapping of the President |Woman Agent | |- |1981 |Chairman of the Board |Prof. Hannah Cohen |TV series |- |1981 |Heavy Metal |Katherine (voice) |Segment: "Den" |- |1981 |The Intruder |Eleanor | |- |1982 |The Grey Fox |Katherine 'Kate' Flynn | |- |1983 |Gentle Sinners |Mrs. Smith | |- |1983 |Chautauqua Girl |Mrs. Ferguson | |- |1983 |Overdrawn at the Memory Bank |Emmaline Ozmondo Fingal |TV movie |- |1983 |The Wars |Miss Davenport | |- |1983 |The Dead Zone |Vera Smith | |- |1984 |All the Years | |Short |- |1984 |The Surrogate |Woman at Anouk's | |- |1985 |Evergreen |Dorothy |TV miniseries |- |1985 |Seduced |Mrs. Riordan |TV movie |- |1985 |The Care Bears Movie |The Spirit (voice) | |- |1985 |The Undergrads |Nancy Galik | |- |1985 |The All New Ewoks |Morag the Tulgah Witch (voice) |3 episodes |- |1985 |Anne of Green Gables |Mrs. Amelia Evans |TV movie |- |1986 |A Judgment in Stone |Joan Smith | |- |1987 |Taking Care of Terrific |Mrs. Forbes |TV movie |- |1987 |A Winter Tan |Maryse Holder | |- |1987 |John and the Missus |Missus | |- |1988 |I Vant to be Alone | |TV short |- |1989 |Carnival of Shadows | |TV movie |- |1989 |The Twilight Zone |Jean Reed |Episode: "Many, Many Monkeys" |- |1989 |Food of the Gods II |Dr. Kate Travis | |- |1989 |Final Notice | |TV movie |- |1990 |Whispers |Mrs. Yancey | |- |1990–1996 |Road to Avonlea |Hetty King |90 episodes |- |1991 |Elizabeth Smart: On the Side of the Angels |Elizabeth Smart | |- |1992 |Careful |Frau Teacher | |- |1993 |Night Owl |Dr. Matthews |TV movie |- |1995 |How Dinosaurs Learned to Fly |Narrator (voice) |Short |- |1995 |Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years |Ozza Starks |Episode: "The Hanging" |- |1997 |O Canada |Voices |TV series |- |1997 |Bleeders |Lexie | |- |1997 |Elvis Meets Nixon |Dodger | |- |1997 |Due South |Gladys Caunce |Episode: "Eclipse" |- |1997 |Platinum |Sir Ian Ball-Worthington |TV movie |- |1998 |More Tales of the City |Mona Ramsey |TV miniseries |- |1998 |Heritage Minute |Additional Cast |Episode: "Rural Teacher" |- |1998 |Evidence of Blood |Granny Dollar |TV movie |- |1998 |Last Night |The Runner | |- |1998 |Happy Christmas, Miss King |Hetty King |TV movie |- |1999 |Cover Me |Caitlin Crawford |TV miniseries |- |1999 |Have Mercy |Lulu | |- |1999 |Angela Anaconda | |TV series |- |2000 |Washed Up |Tosca | |- |2001 |Lost and Delirious |Fay Vaughn | |- |2001 |Further Tales of the City |Mona Ramsey |TV miniseries |- |2001 |On Their Knees |Flora | |- |2001 |Smallville |Cassandra Carver |Episode: "Hourglass" |- |2002 |The Pilot's Wife |Julia (uncredited) |TV movie |- |2002 |Night's Noontime |Queen Victoria |Short |- |2003 |Just Cause |Lily Zimmer |Episode: "Death's Details" |- |2003 |A Guy Thing |Aunt Budge | |- |2003 |The Industry |Helga Lemper |Episode: "Beaver Creek Valentine" |- |2003 |Mystery Ink |True Crimes Performer |TV series |- |2003 |Willard |Mrs. Stiles | |- |2003 |Dead Like Me |Florence |Episode: "" |- |2003 |Rhinoceros Eyes |Mrs. Walnut | |- |2003 |The Republic of Love |Betty | |- |2004 |The Eleventh Hour |Arlene Garwood |Episode: "Georgia" |- |2004 |The Winning Season |Mrs. Young |TV movie |- |2004 |Cavedweller |Grandma Windsor | |- |2004 |Going the Distance |Mother Libby | |- |2004 |Re-Generation |Grandmother | |- |2004 |Snow |Lorna |TV movie |- |2005 |Bailey's Billion$ |Constance Pennington | |- |2005 |Walter Ego | |TV series |- |2005 |Fever Pitch |Mrs. Warren | |- |2005 |Leo |Felicity |Short |- |2005 |Martha Behind Bars |Big Martha |TV movie |- |2005 |Slings and Arrows |Moira |Episode: "Season's End"
Episode: "Fallow Time" |- |2005 |King's Ransom |Grandma | |- |2006 |The Sentinel |Mrs. Miller (uncredited) | |- |2006 |Deck the Halls |Mrs. Ryor | |- |2006 |First Snow |Maggie | |- |2008 |Skip Tracer |Florence |TV movie |- |2008 |Into the Labyrinth |Ariadne | |- |2009 |Sophie |Aunt Sheil |Episode: "Stolen Kisses" |- |2010 |Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life |(voice) |Video |- |2010 |Small Town Murder Songs |Olive | |}

References

External links

(A publication of The Film Reference Library/a division of the Toronto International Film Festival Group)

Images of Jackie Burroughs from the Toronto Telegram fonds at the Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections, York University

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Name	Devon Bostick
Caption	Bostick at the Toronto International Film Festival premiere of Adoration in September 2008.
Birth date	November 13, 1991
Birth place	Canada
Occupation	Actor
Yearsactive	1998–present

Devon Bostick (born November 13, 1991) is a Canadian actor, best known for playing the lead role in the Atom Egoyan-directed film Adoration.

Life and career

Bostick's mother is casting director Stephanie Gorin and his father, Joe Bostick, is an actor as well as a film fight coordinator. He began acting when in grade five. He is a graduate of the Etobicoke School of the Arts in Toronto. He has had roles in the TV series and in the film Citizen Duane. His film work has included roles in Godsend, Fugitive Pieces and The Stone Angel. In Adoration he plays Simon, a boy who is being raised by his uncle (played by Scott Speedman) after his parents' death. He is also in a hoax movie called "Ice Fortress" in which the spoof trailer appeared online.

Recent roles included The Poet, a World War II drama starring Roy Scheider and Colm Feore, Saw VI as Brent and as Ezio Auditore.

He also played Erica's deceased brother Leo in CBC'S Being Erica, and Rodrick Heffley in the film Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

Filmography

{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Film |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2003 | The Truth About the Head | Boy | |- | 2004 | Godsend | Zachary Clark Wells | |- | 2005 | Land of the Dead | Brian | |- | 2006 |King of Sorrow | Low Man | |- | 2006 |Aruba | Mark | |- | 2006 |Citizen Duane | Maurie Balfour | |- | 2006 | American Pie Presents The Naked Mile | High School Student #4 | Direct-to-video |- | 2007 | The Poet | Guard #1 | |- | 2007 |Fugitive Pieces | Ben - Teen | |- | 2007 |The Stone Angel | Young Marvin | |- | 2007 | Saw IV | Derek | uncredited |- | 2008 |Adoration | Simon | |- | 2008 | The Dreaming | Boy | |- | 2009 | Survival of the Dead | Boy | |- | 2009 |Saw VI | Brent | |- | 2009 | | Ezio Auditore da Firenze | Short film |- | 2010 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid | Rodrick Heffley |- | 2010 | Verona | Christopher | Short film |- | 2011 | The Entitled | Dean Taylor | post-production |- | 2011 | Hidden 3D | Lucas | post-production |- | 2011 | Sacrifice | Mike | post-production |- | 2011 | Diary of Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules | Rodrick Heffley | post-production |}

{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Television |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1998 | Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science | Son | 1 episode |- | 2002–2003 |Odyssey 5 | Gothic Teen | 2 episodes |- | 2003 | | Fireman's son | Television film |- | 2003 |Jake 2.0 | Young Kid | 1 episode |- | 2004 |1-800-Missing | Zack | 1 episode |- | 2004 | Hustle | The Kid | Television film |- | 2005 | | Mark, 14 yrs. | Television film |- | 2005 | Knights of the South Bronx | Darren | Television film |- | 2006–2007 | | Nic | 3 episodes |- | 2007 | Stump | Ryan | TV series |- | 2007 | A Life Interrupted | Young Bobby | Television film |- | 2007 | The Altar Boy Gang | Terry | Television film |- | 2008 | Princess | Older boy | Television film |- | 2008 | Roxy Hunter and the Horrific Halloween | Drew | Television film |- | 2009 |The Good Germany | Dale Mackay | 1 episode |- | 2009 |Guns | Boy #3 | 2 episodes |- | 2009 | The Border | Ali Jabir | 1 episode |- | 2009 | Being Erica | Leo Strange | 13 episodes |- | 2010 | Rookie Blue | Martin Blentz | 1 episode |- | 2010 | Flashpoint | Paul | 1 episode |- | 2010 | Haven | Jimmy | 1 episode |- |}

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Name	Brent Butt
Caption	Brent Butt with wife Nancy Robertson at the 2009 Juno Awards in Vancouver
Birth name	Brent Butt
Birth date	August 03, 1966
Birth place	Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Canada
Spouse	Nancy Robertson (2005 - Present)
Occupation	Actor, Stand-up comedian, writer
Website	http://www.brentbutt.com/

Brent Butt (born August 3, 1966) is a Canadian stand-up comedian actor and writer. He is best known for his role as Brent Leroy on the CTV sitcom Corner Gas, which he also created. The series was an instant hit when it made its debut in 2004.

Personal life

Born in Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Butt attended Tisdale Unit Composite School. After graduating, Butt briefly attended Ontario's Sheridan College. Butt returned to live at home. While working as a drywaller he and a friend started a publishing company - Windwolf Graphics. His comic, Existing Earth was nominated for a Golden Eagle Award. They published two issues before running out of money. In February 1988 Butt first performed at an amateur night at a Saskatoon comedy club. Butt is married to his Corner Gas and Hiccups co-star Nancy Robertson.

Career

Butt has done several stand-up performances for CTV, CBC, CBC radio's Definitely Not the Opera and The Comedy Network in Canada (which airs reruns of Corner Gas), as well as A&E; in the United States and SBS in Australia. His prairie-oriented comedy and occasional "folksy" song compositions (such as "Nothing Rhymes with Saskatchewan" and "Hairy Legs") have entertained audiences across Canada.

Butt started out his career in the Yuk Yuk's chain in Western Canada, before moving to Toronto in 1989, where he set up shop in a Cabbagetown apartment with two other comedians. In Toronto, Butt performed in the Yuk Yuk's chain before leaving and becoming one of the most successful comedians in Canada.

On May 19, 2005, Butt hosted a Command Performance gala for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan to celebrate the Canadian province's centennial. Highlights of the program included Butt performing "Nothing Rhymes with Saskatchewan" and trading jokes with Leslie Nielsen.

On April 10, 2008, Butt announced that he and his production company, Prairie Pants, had informed CTV that the sixth season of Corner Gas, scheduled to air during the 2008-09 season, would be the show's last. Butt, in a press release, cited a desire for the series to end "on the top of our game" for the decision to end it now.

At the World Television Festival in Banff, Alberta, Butt was honoured with the Comedy Network Sir Peter Ustinov Award which is presented in recognition of a significant body of comedic work. Past recipients include John Cleese, Bob Newhart, John Candy and Eugene Levy.

At that same festival it was announced that Butt had signed a deal with Brightlight Pictures to write, produce and star in a comedic feature film, which will be co-produced by Butt's Sparrow Media Company. Details of that deal were not announced.

Butt is also writing and producing a new comedy series for CTV. Entitled Hiccups, the series stars Nancy Robertson (Millie Upton) as a children's author who begins seeing a life coach to deal with her anger management issues. On July 25, 2010, Butt had a one hour Comedy Special simply titled: The Brent Butt Comedy Special. It was shown on The Comedy Network. Guest stars were: Seth Rogen, Dave Foley and Jully Black.

Awards and nominations

Butt has won four Canadian Comedy Awards, for Best Male Stand-up (2001), Best Male TV Performance (Corner Gas, 2004–05) and Best Writing - TV Series (Corner Gas, 2004). The Comedy Network Sir Peter Ustinov Award was awarded to Butt on June 9, 2008.

References

External links

Brent Butt official website

Brent Butt on ComedyNightLife.com

Brent Butt article in Canadian Encyclopedia

Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan

Category:1966 births Category:Actors from Saskatchewan Category:Canadian comedians Category:Canadian television actors Category:Living people Category:People from Tisdale, Saskatchewan

Birthname	Brendan Jacob Joel Fehr
Birthdate	October 29, 1977
Birthplace	New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Homepage	http://www.brendanfehr.com/
Spouse	Jennifer Rowley (July 2006-Present)}}

Brendan Jacob Joel Fehr (born October 29, 1977) is a Gemini Award winning and a Saturn and Genie Award nominated Canadian actor. He is known for his roles as Michael Guerin on the WB television series Roswell and as Laboratory Tech Dan Cooper in .

Early life

Fehr was born in New Westminster, British Columbia to a mother who worked as a correctional case manager and a father who was a yacht manufacturer. He moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1990 and was raised a strict Mennonite.

Career

Fehr modeled to earn more pocket money and his pictures appeared in magazines. He was raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where in 1996 he was cast in an early Internet soap opera, CR6. He broke into television in 1997 when he was cast in Breaker High.

In 2001, Fehr starred in the U2 video "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of". He plays a rookie football player named Paul Hewson (Bono's real name), who blows what would have been the game winning kick in an American football game as the ball hit the goal post. He appeared in Vanessa Carlton's video "Pretty Baby". Fehr recently played Jake Stanton in the ABC mini-series drama Samurai Girl. Since 2008, he has had a recurring role as the character Jared Booth on Bones.

Personal life

Fehr now lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife, Jennifer Rowley (wed July 2006). Fehr and his wife have a daughter, James Olivia, born March 26, 2008. His favorite sports are skiing, snowboarding and playing ice hockey and his favourite band is Metallica. He previously dated for four years Roswell co-star Majandra Delfino during filming of the series. Fehr has maintained friendships with his previous Roswell co-stars Majandra Delfino and Nick Wechsler. He is also a close friend of actress Carly Pope, with whom he shared an apartment during his audition for Roswell.

Filmography

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Awards and nominations

Saturn Award

2001: Nominated, "Best Supporting Actor on Television" - Roswell

Gemini Award

2008: Won, "Hottest Canadian Male Star"

Genie Award

2005: Nominated, "Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role" - Sugar

Teen Choice Awards

2000: Nominated, "Choice Sidekick" - Roswell

2001: Nominated, "Choice Sidekick" - Roswell

References

External links

Official Website

Category:1977 births Category:Actors from British Columbia Category:Canadian expatriate actors in the United States Category:Canadian film actors Category:Canadian television actors Category:Living people Category:Mennonites Category:People from New Westminster Category:People from Winnipeg

Name	Anna Silk
Birth date	January 31, 1974
Birth place	Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Alma mater	St. Thomas University
Known for	Lost Girl
Occupation	Actress

Anna Silk (born January 31, 1974, in Fredericton, New Brunswick some of Anna's earliest memories were going to play rehearsals and watching her mother work. She appeared in at least two productions with Theatre St. Thomas, Seven Menus and The Kitchen.

Silk is noted throughout Canada for playing Deb, a bitterly angry and overstressed flight attendant attempting to quit smoking in a NicoDerm nicotine patch TV commercial.

Filmography

References

External links

Anna Silk at NorthernStars.ca

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