Gemini Award
220px The Gemini Award
Awarded for	Best television productions in Canada
Presented by	Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
Country	Canada
First awarded	1986
Official 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 & Television. Essentially, it presents awards for the best television productions in Canada. Awards are currently presented in 87 categories. Prior to the creation of the Gemini Awards, the primary Canadian television award was the ACTRA Award.

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 4 November 2006, the 2007 ceremony was held in Regina, Saskatchewan on 28 October 2007, and the 2009 ceremony was held in Calgary on 14 November 2009.

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

Award categories[link]

• 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[link]

• 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[link]

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References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• IMDb Gemini Awards page
• Townend, Paul. "Gemini Awards". The Canadian Encyclopedia. http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0010345. Retrieved 2007-10-21. 

Callum Keith Rennie
Rennie at London Galactica 4 Convention, August 2008
Born	(1960-09-14) 14 September 1960 (age 51) Sunderland, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993–present

Callum Keith Rennie (born 14 September 1960) is a British-born Canadian television and film actor. He started his career in Canadian film and television projects, where his portrayal of Stanley Raymond Kowalski in the TV series Due South was his first international success. After years acting in over ninety Canadian and international projects he became widely known for his portrayal of the Cylon Leoben Conoy in the remade Battlestar Galactica, and following that, his role as record producer Lew Ashby in the Showtime TV series Californication.

Regularly cast as a bad guy in movies and even more often in his numerous guest appearances in television series, his participation in Canadian productions gives him an opportunity to show a broader palette of his acting abilities, which have been recognized by several awards.

Personal life[link]

Rennie was born to Scottish parents in Sunderland, County Durham North East England. When he was four years old, the family emigrated to Canada. Rennie was brought up in middle class Edmonton, Alberta, as the second of three boys.^[1][2][3] He graduated from Strathcona High School, where he met and befriended Bruce McCulloch from The Kids in the Hall.^[4][5] He dropped out from college and took up all sorts of odd jobs instead, leaving Edmonton for brief stays in Vancouver and Toronto before eventually settling in Vancouver.^[4][5] After a serious bout with alcoholism in his youth, Rennie managed to get his addiction under control at the age of 33 and was finally able to commit to acting.^[1][6]

He likes painting and admires abstract expressionist artists such as Basquiat, Motherwell and Pollock (the Champion spark-plug logo tattoo on his right arm is a homage to Stuart Davis).^[1] An enthusiast mountain climber in his youth,^[7] Rennie still practices various sports. He loves a game of hockey^[2] but is above all an avid golfer.^[3] He resides alternately in Vancouver and Los Angeles.

Career[link]

Early work[link]

Working at the campus radio of University of Alberta led Rennie to discover acting at the age of 25. He started his career on stage, performing at the A.B.O.P. Theatre in Edmonton in Amerika, a play adapted from Franz Kafka's novel and followed with the critically acclaimed American Buffalo during the Edmonton International Fringe Festival. After attending Bruhanski Theatre Studio in Vancouver, he had his first professional theatrical performance in 1989 in Sally Clark's Lost Souls and Missing Persons, a Touchstone Theatre production. This earned him an invitation to work at the Shaw Festival where he appeared in Man and Superman and in Pinero's Trelawny of the Wells (1990).^[1]

1993–2001[link]

Rennie's first appearance on screen was in the indie Canadian film Purple Toast, filmed in 1990 and released in 1993. Also in 1993 he began to take small roles in television (Highlander, Forever Knight, and the revamped version of The Outer Limits). Rennie's profile within the Canadian industry was heightened during this period by leading roles in the made for TV films "Paris or Somewhere" (1994) and "For Those Who Hunt The Wounded Down" (1996). The former has Rennie in near Micheal J. Fox mode in a small town tale of teen angst. "...Wounded" is at the other end of Rennie's range as he takes on the first of many troubled anti hero roles. Due to several disagreements during the production of the film, Rennie vowed "never to work for the CBC again", though he has remained a staunch supporter of the Canadian industry as a whole. After his first appearance in The X-Files he was offered the role of Alex Krycek but turned it down because he did not want to commit to a television series at that time.^[5] His career gained momentum quickly and larger roles in Canadian films followed (the independent short film Frank's Cock by Mike Hoolboom, and Mina Shum's Double Happiness as Sandra Oh's love interest, for which he was nominated for a Genie Award as best supporting actor). He also had more important roles in television series, as in a two-parter for La Femme Nikita.

His most prominent early roles were as guitar player Billy Tallent in Bruce McDonald's Hard Core Logo (1996) and as detective Stanley Raymond Kowalski in the third and fourth seasons of CTV series Due South, which aired in over 150 countries. The Canadian band Billy Talent is named after his Hard Core Logo character.^[8] As for his part in Due South, it has been said that his "disaffected intensity and hungover good looks" added an edge to the series.^[5]

Rennie was then seen in the recurrent roles of the convenience store guru Newbie in Don McKellar's cult television series Twitch City and of detective Bobby Marlowe in the award-winning series Da Vinci's Inquest.

His interpretation of sex marathoner Craig Zwiller in Don McKellar's Last Night earned him his first Genie Award (1999). After a role in David Cronenberg's eXistenZ (1999), his first international success on the big screen was his appearance as the thug Dodd in Christopher Nolan's Memento (2000). The same year, he impersonated a chilling yet seductive drifter in Suspicious River.

2002–present[link]

With the father characters of Falling Angels (2003) and Flower and Garnet (2002), Rennie expanded to playing more mature roles, rather than young, self-destructive rebels. He also impersonated self-controlled Inspector Wood in the period drama Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story (2002) and appeared as the quiet dyslexic painter of Wilby Wonderful (2004).

A hard working actor, he continues to alternate between television series and Canadian or US movies. He has played guest roles in episodes of various television series like Mutant X, The Dead Zone, Smallville, Supernatural, The L Word, Bionic Woman and more recently Harper's Island. During the same time, he has interpreted contrasting characters in movies such as The Butterfly Effect, H20: the Last Prime Minister, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Blade: Trinity (2004), Lucid (2005), Unnatural & Accidental (2006), The Invisible, Tin Man, Normal, Silk (2007), and The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008).

His recurring role as the Cylon Leoben Conoy in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica (2003–09) and his portrayal of the record producer Lew Ashby throughout the second season of Californication (2008) have earned him a new wide and international recognition.

In 2009-10, Rennie played a character named Jeff Slingerland aka Dr. Maurice Raynaud in ABC series FlashForward. Before the series was cancelled, David Goyer who previously directed him in Blade and The Invisible mentioned he'd be back and was slated to appear in the second season.^[9] He also appeared as Russian mobster Vladimir Laitanan in the eighth season of 24.^[10]

In Fall 2010 he played the lead role of Detective Brian Sullivan on Shattered, a series about a detective who suffers from multiple personality disorder. It aired in Canada on Global TV, followed by airings in other countries, though not the United States.^[11]. Rennie received critical acclaim for his performance, and in 2011 won the Gemini and Leo awards for the role.^[12][13] Shattered was not renewed for a second season.

His 2010 appearances on the big screen included the Canadian movie Gunless, a Western comedy starring Paul Gross, as a bounty hunter on the trail of Gross' Montana Kid.^[14][15]. He also reprised his role as Billy Tallent for a short appearance in Trigger. Trigger is part of several movies set in the same universe as Hard Core Logo, directed again by Bruce McDonald; this one, starring Molly Parker and Tracy Wright, written by Daniel MacIvor, is about the reunion of two women who used to be in an alternative rock band together.^[16]. Rennie also served as one of Trigger's executive producers. Another film, Faith, Fraud & Minimum Wage,^[17] based on Canadian playwright Josh MacDonald's play Halo, has been completed and is waiting for release.

Rennie made a number of television appearances in 2011, including a supporting role on The Killing as Rick Felder, Detective Sarah Linden's fiancé. He also guest starred on Alphas, CSI: Miami, and Rookie Blue.

Rennie was also cast as a series regular in the NBC series, The Firm. He plays Ray McDeere, the brother of the principal character, Mitch McDeere, played by Josh Lucas.^[18] It began airing as a midseason replacement for the 2011–12 season.^[19]

Filmography[link]

Films[link]

TV films[link]

TV series[link]

TV guest appearances[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Callum Keith Rennie

• Callum Keith Rennie at the Internet Movie Database
• The CKR Files: A Callum Keith Rennie archive
• Northern Stars: Callum Keith Rennie biography
• Canadian Film Encyclopedia

Megan Follows
Born	Megan Elizabeth Follows (1968-03-14) March 14, 1968 (age 44) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1977–present

Megan Elizabeth 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[link]

Megan 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.^[1] All of her siblings are also in the entertainment industry. Her older sister Edwina is a writer, while her brother Laurence and sister Samantha Follows (who is married to Sean O'Bryan) are actors.

Career[link]

Early start[link]

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.^[2] 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.^[3]

Anne of Green Gables[link]

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.^[4] The miniseries, wholly produced in Canada, became successful around the world and remains to this day the highest-rated drama in Canadian television history.^[5]

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 Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel, and a Gemini nomination for the third Anne installment, Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story.

Television[link]

Follows has made a number of appearances on both Canadian and American television. In 1995, Follows (as Megan Porter Follows) starred in The Outer Limits episode "The Choice" along with Thora Birch.^[6]

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^[7] as a nurse fighting a physician of malpractice and in Shania: A Life in Eight Albums, 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.

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 two TV movies, Sin of Innocence and Shattered...If Your Kid's On Drugs, 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, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, Cold Case, and Lie to Me. Follows also appeared in the Canadian hit series, Heartland, for three 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. In 2011, she had a guest role on the Fox network series, House.

Film[link]

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[link]

Even though the career of Follows' parents was anchored in the theatre, she did not appear in many stage productions 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 Noël Coward's Hay Fever in which she played opposite with her entire family and which was directed by her father.

Recent years have 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.^[2] The following year, she took on the role of Annie in Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing which ran at Ottawa's National Arts Centre as a coproduction between Soulpepper and NAC English Theatre. Following this run, the play also made its way to Toronto as part of Soulpepper's 2006 season at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts. In 2007, she played the role of Marlene in the summer production of Caryl Churchill's Top Girls, again with the Soulpepper Theatre Company. Following this, she starred in Soulpepper's 2007 production of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters.

Soulpepper's 2008 season, marking the company's 10-year anniversary, signaled the continuation of Megan's prolific theatre career. Just like the past season, she appeared in two productions. The first was Marsha Norman's 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Drama 'night, Mother, which she co-starred with her real-life mother, Dawn Greenhalgh. The second was Soulpepper's remount of its critically acclaimed 2007 production of Caryl Churchill's Top Girls, which featured the same cast and director.

Taking a short break in 2009, Megan returned to the stage in 2010 in Mirvish Productions's revival of Caryl Churchill's classic 1979 play Cloud 9. The play was directed by her Top Girls and 'Night, Mother director, Alisa Palmer, and featured an all-star Canadian cast, including Ann-Marie MacDonald and Yanna McIntosh.^[8] In 2011, she returned to the stage to star in the Canadian premiere of Melissa James Gibson's This at the Vancouver Playhouse directed by Amiel Gladstone and, in 2012, she stars in the lead role of Penelope in the Nightwood Theatre's production of The Penelopiad playing at Toronto's Buddies in Bad Times Theatre.

Personal life[link]

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 Ann (born 1991) and Russell (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.^{[citation needed]}

Humanitarian work[link]

Follows has served as a spokeswoman for the relief organization World Vision Canada. She travelled 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.^[9] Most recently, she travelled 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.

Selected filmography[link]

• Matt and Jenny (TV series, 1979–80)
• The Baxters (TV series, 1979–81)
• The Littlest Hobo (3-episode story arc, 1982)
• Hockey Night (1984)
• Stephen King's Silver Bullet (1985)
• Anne of Green Gables (miniseries, 1985)
• Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (miniseries, 1987); aired in the US as Anne of Avonlea
• Stacking (1987)
• Inherit the Wind (1988)
• Champagne Charlie (TV series, 1989)
• Termini Station (1989)
• The Nutcracker Prince (1990)
• Romeo and Juliet (1993)
• Second Chances (TV series, 1993–94)
• Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (miniseries, 2000)
• Robson Arms (TV series, recurring, 2005)
• Small Voices: The Stories of Cambodia's Children (Documentary, 2008)
• I Am Number Four (2011)
• Heartland (TV series, guest star, 2012)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Megan Follows at the Internet Movie Database
• Megan Follows UK
• 2005 CBC profile of Megan Follows

Anna Silk
Silk in November 2010
Born	(1974-01-31) January 31, 1974 (age 38) Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada[1]
Nationality	Canadian
Alma mater	St. Thomas University
Occupation	Actress
Known for	Lost Girl

Anna Silk (born January 31,^[2] 1974)^[3] is a Canadian actress.

Life and career[link]

Silk was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick,^[1] the daughter of Ilkay Silk, a prominent actor, director, producer, playwright and educator in Fredericton;^[4][5] some of Anna's earliest memories were going to play rehearsals and watching her mother work.^[6] She graduated from St. Thomas University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1997.^[7] She appeared in at least two productions with Theatre St. Thomas, Seven Menus and The Kitchen.^[8]

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.^[1][7]

She moved to Toronto to further her acting career in November 1999. Since approximately 2008, Silk has resided in Los Angeles, and as of 2009 portrays the title character in the Canadian television series Lost Girl.^[6][7]

She met actor Seth Cooperman at an actor's workshop in Los Angeles.^[9] They were reported to be engaged in August 2009,^[10] and have since married in a ceremony held in Fredericton.^[11] Silk, who was not raised with organized religion, converted to her husband's Jewish religion.^[9]

Filmography[link]

References[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Anna Silk

External links[link]

• Anna Silk at the Internet Movie Database
• Official website
• Anna Silk at NorthernStars.ca
• Anna Silk Interview at www.sci-fi-online.com
• "Bedford Academy Gathering / Toronto – November 17, 2004" (pdf). Connections (St. Thomas University Alumni & Friends): p. 9. Fall 2004. http://w3.stu.ca/stu/alumni_friends/connections/_content/fall2004.pdf. Retrieved October 28, 2007. 

Fred Ewanuick (born June 23, 1971) is a Canadian actor of Ukrainian and Italian heritage,^[1] known for his role in the television series Corner Gas as Hank Yarbo. He was also a regular in a CTV anthology series, Robson Arms.

Early life[link]

Ewanuick was born and raised in Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada. His first job was a paper route, but he was fired for disposing of the newspapers in dumpsters as a "time saver".^[2] He later worked in a bingo hall until his high school graduation from Port Moody Secondary School, in 1989.

Career[link]

At college he enrolled in English, Women’s Studies and Theatre courses, the only courses available, subsequently failing all three. After auditioning and being accepted into the two-year theater intensive program, he was asked to leave one year into the program.^[3] He subsequently trained for four years with acting coach Shea Hampton, with whom he continues to study in Vancouver, British Columbia, also where he resides.^[4]

He made his television debut on The Addams Family in 1998 as a “spinning gnome”.^[5] Following guest appearances on both Canadian and American television series such as Cold Squad, Monk, Dark Angel, The Twilight Zone, Da Vinci's Inquest and Tru Calling, Ewanuick became a regular on the CTV series Corner Gas, as Hank Yarbo. The series was a hit, making Ewanuick a familiar face in Canadian households.^[6] In 2005, he began starring simultaneously in the CTV comedy/drama series Robson Arms with Corner Gas co-star Gabrielle Miller.^[7]

Ewanuick has appeared in numerous films, including The Delicate Art of Parking (2003), which premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival. The film won the Best Canadian Feature prize. Later, Ewanuick won a Best Actor award at Spain's Peñiscola Comedy Film Festival for the same film. In the comedy Young Triffie (2007), Ewanuick stars as a young Newfoundland Ranger investigating a crime.^[8] Originally, Ewanuick was not cast for the part. However, the casting staff could not agree on who to choose for the part. Ewanuick was called to audition for the part after being suggested because of his work on Corner Gas.^[9]

In late 2008, CTV commissioned a half hour sitcom pilot for a new comedy titled Dan for Mayor, starring Fred Ewanuick as Dan.^[10] Dan For Mayor is written by Mark Farrell, Paul Mather, and Kevin White. Ewanuick portrays Dan, a 30-something bartender who lives and works in the fictional city of Wessex, Ontario.^[11][12]

Filmography[link]

Television works[link]

Nominations[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Fred Ewanuick at the Internet Movie Database
• "Fred Ewanuick" Official Website