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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  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. ^ a b "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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