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Brenda Bazinet

Brenda Bazinet

Canadian actress


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]

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References

  1. "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.
  2. "Bazinet, Brenda". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia. Athabasca University.Press. Archived from the original on July 9, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  3. 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.
  4. "Here are just some of the Gemini winners". Vancouver Sun, March 9, 1992.

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