Karen LeBlanc
| Karen LeBlanc | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | film, television and stage actor, singer |
| Known for | Nurse.Fighter.Boy, Defying Gravity, Cracked |
Karen LeBlanc is a Canadian film, television and musical theatre actress. Her credits include the television series Playmakers, Shattered, Cracked, Material World, Producing Parker, Defying Gravity,[1] Platinum, Soul and ReGenesis, and the films Make It Happen, Knights of the South Bronx, Nurse.Fighter.Boy, Dolan's Cadillac and High Chicago.
On stage, she has appeared in productions of Outrageous!,[2] Rent.[3] and Cinderella.[3] She has also performed as a backing vocalist for Chaka Khan, Rik Emmett and Glass Tiger.[3]
She won the Best Actress Award at the 2008 Atlantic Film Festival,[3] and was nominated for Best Actress at the 30th Genie Awards,[4] for her performance in Nurse.Fighter.Boy.
LeBlanc played Tina Turner on the series The Playboy Club, singing two of Turner's signature songs, "Shake a Tail Feather" and "I Want to Be Made Over".[5]
References
- ↑ Lesley Goldberg (2012-03-09). "ABC's 'Beauty and the Beast' Adds 'Defying Gravity' Actress". Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 2014-08-27. Retrieved 2015-02-12.
- ↑ "New Musical, Outrageous, Has World Premiere in Toronto Sept. 19-Oct. 21". Playbill, September 19, 2000.
- 1 2 3 4 Ken Eisner (2009-02-04). "Before Nurse.Fighter.Boy, Karen LeBlanc wore many hats". Georgia Straight. Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2015-02-12.
- ↑ "Polytechnique up for 11 Genie Awards". Canwest News Service, March 2, 2010.
- ↑ Mike Hale (2011-09-18). "Cigars? Cigarettes? Catty Rivalries?". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2015-02-13. Retrieved 2015-02-12.