Brenda Bazinet (born July 18, 1956) is a Canadian actress. She is a recipient of the

Gemini Award The Gemini Awards were awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television between 1986–2011 to recognize the achievements of Canada's television industry. The Gemini Awards are analogous to the Emmy Awards given in the United State ...

and has been nominated four times for the

Dora Mavor Moore Award The Dora Mavor Moore Award (also known as the Dora Award) is an award presented annually by the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts which honours theatre, dance and opera productions in Toronto. Named after Dora Mavor Moore, who helped est ...

. Bazinet was born in 1956 in

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North ...

and grew up there. She attended high school in Stoughton, after which she studied fine arts at the

University of Regina The University of Regina is a public research university located in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Founded in 1911 as a private denominational high school of the Methodist Church of Canada, it began an association with the University of Saskatche ...

. 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. She won a

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''."Here are just some of the Gemini winners". ''

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'', March 9, 1992.

Select credits

*'' 33 Brompton Place'' (1982) *''

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'' (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 *'' 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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bazinet, Brenda Living people 20th-century Canadian actresses 21st-century Canadian actresses Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses Canadian stage actresses Canadian Screen Award winners University of Regina alumni Actresses from Saskatchewan 1956 births