Rebecca Jenkins (born 1959) is a Canadian actress and singer.

Acting

She had starring roles in the 1990s

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series '' Black Harbour'', and the films '' Bye Bye Blues'', '' Marion Bridge'', '' Wilby Wonderful'', '' Whole New Thing'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. She also had a supporting role in the 1992 film ''

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'', as Dolores Perrigrew. In NBC's miniseries '' 10.5'' she portrayed

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governor Carla Williams. Jenkins appeared in the January 17, 2006, episode of the WB series ''

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'', where she played the loving wife to a faith healer. Her next project was a television movie entitled ''Past Sins'' directed by

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, in which she co-starred with

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. ''Past Sins'' aired on Lifetime in November, 2006. In 2012, she appeared in

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's documentary film '' Stories We Tell'', playing Polley's mother Diane in dramatic recreations.

Music

As a singer, Jenkins has primarily been a backing vocalist for

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and

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. Early in her career, she provided the voicings of the mermaids in the 1987 film ''

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''. She has also recorded tracks for a number of Canadian benefit and compilation albums, and participated in the '' Count Your Blessings'' concert with Siberry,

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and

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. As well, Jenkins is featured prominently on the ''Bye Bye Blues'' soundtrack album; her character in the film is a woman who takes up jazz singing to support her family while her husband is away during

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. She also performed the title track "Bye Bye Blues" in

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at the September 1, 2005, opening the night of the celebration of

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's centennial. In 2005, her original song "Something's Coming" from the '' Wilby Wonderful'' soundtrack was nominated for a

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. In 2007, she was scheduled to release her first solo album, a collection of

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standards. Her husband,

Joel Bakan Joel Conrad Bakan (born 1959) is an American-Canadian writer, jazz musician, filmmaker, and professor at the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia. Born in Lansing, Michigan, and raised for most of his childhood in ...

, a jazz guitarist, accompanied her as well as Al Matheson on trumpet and Liam Macdonald on drums and percussion. She cohosted a five-week radio series called ''Quiet, There's a Lady on Stage'' with singer-songwriter David Ramsden. The radio show was recorded with four new female singers weekly in the

's Glenn Gould Studio. Guests included Carole Pope,

, Lee Whalen, Lori Yates,

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, Kate Fenner and

. She married Joel Bakan, the writer of the book and documentary film '' The Corporation'', in July 2004.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jenkins, Rebecca 1959 births Canadian women jazz singers Canadian jazz singers Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses Canadian voice actresses Best Actress Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners Living people People from Red Deer County Actresses from Alberta The Parachute Club members People from Innisfail, Alberta