Brenda Bazinet (born July 18, 1956) is a Canadian actress. She is a recipient of the Gemini Award and has been nominated four times for the Dora Mavor Moore Award.[1]
Bazinet was born in 1956 in Saskatchewan and grew up there.[2] She attended high school in Stoughton, after which she studied fine arts at the University of Regina.[3]
Bazinet and two friends founded the 5 & Dime Productions theater company in 1985. She has also taught at Actors Workshop, Actraworks, Citadel Theatre/Banff Professional Theatre Program, George Brown Theatre School, Humber College, and Ryerson University.[2]
She won a Gemini Award for Best Actress in a Television Film or Miniseries at the 6th Gemini Awards in 1992, for her performance in an episode of the drama anthology series Saying Goodbye.[4]
Select credits
edit- 33 Brompton Place (1982)
- Siege (1983) as Barbara
- In This Corner (1986) as Heather
- Alex: The Life of a Child (1986) as Barbara Keator
- Dancing in the Dark (1986) as Susan
- Martha, Ruth and Edie (1988) as Alice
- Saying Goodbye (1990) - Episode "A Grief Shared"
- To Catch a Killer (1992) as Alice Pearson
- Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story (1994) as Mary
- A Holiday to Remember (1995) as Eve Stevens
- Hidden in America (1996) as Food Bank Worker
- Earth Final Conflict (1997) as Sara Good
- Lethal Vows (1999) as Dr. Addington
- Sins of the Father (2002) as Virginia Cherry
- Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (2004) as Barbara's Agent
- Rabbittown (2006) as Harriet
- Burn Up (2008) as Marianne
- Shoot the Messenger (2016) as Susan Reeves
- Anne with an E (2017-2018) as Jeannie
- Utopia Falls (2020) as Gran Riel
References
edit- ^ "Prince Edward County's best-kept secret". Toronto Star. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
It's directed by Brenda Bazinet, a four-time Dora Award nominee, Gemini Award-winning actor and critically acclaimed director.
- ^ a b "Bazinet, Brenda". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia. Athabasca University.Press. Archived from the original on July 9, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
- ^ Bean, Sheila (September 20, 1986). "Blanche DuBois portrayal excites Brenda Bazinet". Star-Phoenix. Canada, Saskatchewan, Saskatoon. p. 57. Retrieved July 9, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Here are just some of the Gemini winners". Vancouver Sun, March 9, 1992.