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Godiva's
''Godiva's'' is a Canadian television comedy-drama series created by Michael MacLennan with Julia Keatley of Keatley Entertainment. It debuted on Bravo! and Citytv in 2005 and was celebrated for its intelligent, fast-paced depiction of young Canadians in the restaurant industry. The series was nominated for numerous Gemini Awards including Best Series. Although the series was critically well received, after completing a successful two-season run in 2006, it was not renewed for a third season by CHUM broadcasting. Plot Set in Vancouver's Yaletown district, the series revolved around ten young friends working at the hip Godiva's bistro. Cast * Erin Karpluk played Kate, the restaurant's manager. She is a transplant to Vancouver from Toronto. At the beginning of the series, she is engaged to Bruce, but they break up after she cheats on him with their realtor, Zach. After that, she goes through several brief relationships, and is eventually date-raped by Joe, a man who picks her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erin Karpluk
Erin Karpluk (born ) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her portrayal of Erica Strange on the CBC Television series ''Being Erica'' from 2009 to 2011. Early life Karpluk was born in Jasper, Alberta to a mother who was a high-school principal and a father who was a railway engineer. She is of Ukrainian descent. She majored in theatre at the University of Victoria and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2000. Career Karpluk began her acting career in Vancouver. Between 2000 and 2005, she appeared in more than a dozen television movies and series before landing the role of Kate in ''Godiva's''. Her work during this period included "Voice of Sylan" in the final episode of '' Dark Angel'' and the TV movie ''Family Sins''. She was also in a short-lived US television series called '' Glory Days'' in 2002. In 2004, she appeared in '' Legend of Earthsea'' and played a serial killer in '' Ripper 2: Letter from Within''. She earned a Leo nomination for her first season of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonja Bennett
Sonja Bennett (born August 24, 1980) is a Canadians, Canadian actress and screenwriter. Her film debut was in the Canadian feature film ''Punch'' (2002), for which she won the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Canadian Film. She has since starred in the films ''Donovan's Echo'', ''Cole (film), Cole'', ''Control Alt Delete (film), Control Alt Delete'', ''Young People Fucking'', and ''Fido (film), Fido'' as well as the television series ''Godiva's'' and ''Cold Squad''. In 2014, Bennett made her screenwriting debut with ''Preggoland'' in which she also starred. Early life and education Born in Vancouver, British Columbia on August 24, 1980, Bennett is the daughter of director and writer Guy Bennett and Anna Hart. She was raised mainly by her mother, living in several locations. She is a graduate of Garibaldi Secondary School in Maple Ridge, British Columbia. She attended the University of British Columbia for two years on an academic scholarship. Following th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Lobo
Stephen Lobo (born 22 November 1973) is a Canadian actor, best known for his roles in the television series ''Arctic Air'', ''Godiva's'', ''Painkiller Jane'', ''Falcon Beach'', ''Little Mosque on the Prairie'' and '' Continuum''. In 2011, he appeared in Mike Clattenburg's film '' Afghan Luke''. Early life Stephen Lobo was born in Toronto, Ontario in 1973. His father, who emigrated to Canada from Tanga, Tanzania, was of Goan Indian descent, while his mother, who is of Iranian descent, is a nurse. Lobo attended the University of Toronto where he studied environmental science. At age 27, he began taking acting classes and moved to the UK, where he earned a three-year degree in drama at Drama Centre London. He appeared in several plays while in England, including ''The Seagull'' and ''Paradise Lost''. Acting career After doing theatre for several years in both Canada and the United Kingdom, Lobo first came to attention to television audiences as the star of the Canadian drama serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Harvey (director)
Gary Harvey (born August 5, 1962) is a Canadian television director, writer and producer.Megan McAteer"Murdoch Mysteries director Gary Harvey finds power in being open about his invisible disability" CBC News CBC News is the division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on the corporation's English-language operations, namely CBC Television, CBC Radio, CBC News Network, and CBC ..., March 31, 2023. Awards References External links * Canadian television directors Canadian television producers Living people 1962 births {{Canada-tv-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Grayston (actor)
Neil Gordon Grayston (born March 24, 1981) is a Canadian actor. Biography He was nominated in 2006 for a Leo Award (Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series) for his performance in the ''Godiva's'' episode "The Bigger Man". Grayston played Douglas Fargo in ''Eureka'', a Syfy network series that began broadcasting in 2006."The nerd they can't do without; From bit-part beginning, Vancouver actor now a regular in sci-fi series Eureka" by Glen Schaefer, ''The Province ''The Province'' is a daily newspaper published in Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid format in British Columbia by Pacific Newspaper Group, a division of Postmedia Network, alongside the ''Vancouver Sun'' broadsheet newspaper. Together, they ...'' (17 July, 2011) Retrieved from Grayston is of Scottish, French, Romanian and Irish descent. Filmography Film Television Webseries References External links * 1981 births Living people People from New Westminster Canadia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmen Moore
Carmen Moore (born 24 December 1972) is a Canadian actress known for her work in television. She is known for her role as Loreen Cassway on ''Arctic Air'' (for which she was nominated for a Leo Award in 2012) and the lead role of Leona Stoney, on the acclaimed series '' Blackstone'' (for which she has garnered five Leo nominations with three wins for Best Lead Performance and was nominated for a Gemini Award in 2011 and a Canadian Screen Award in 2017). She's also known for her role as Simone Cardinal on ''Godiva's''"Vancouver’s Carmen Moore previews the fourth season of 'Blackstone'" by Sabrina Furminger at www.vancouverisawesome.com for which she earned a 2006 Leo nomina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leah Cairns
Leah Cairns (born June 2, 1974) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles as Lieutenant Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson in ''Battlestar Galactica'' and as Kathryn MacLaren in the TV series ''Travelers''. Early life Cairns was born in North Vancouver, British Columbia, and grew up in Kamloops. Career Cairns appeared in ''Robson Arms'' before winning a recurring role as Jenna in ''Godiva's'', for which she received a Leo Award nomination in 2006 for Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series. Joining the ''Battlestar'' cast as Raptor pilot/ECO Racetrack at the end of season one, her performance impressed showrunners and Racetrack became a recurring character for the rest of the show. During BSG's season three Cairns also played Emily Hollander on the ABC Family series ''Kyle XY'' and appeared in ''Sanctuary A sanctuary, in its original meaning, is a sacred space, sacred place, such as a shrine, protected by ecclesiastical immunity. By the use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noel Fisher (actor)
Noel Roeim Fisher (born March 13, 1984) is a Canadian actor. He is known for his portrayal of List of Shameless (American TV series) characters#Mickey Milkovich, Mickey Milkovich on the Showtime (TV network), Showtime series ''Shameless (American TV series), Shameless'', as well as his portrayal of Cael Malloy on the FX (TV network), FX series ''The Riches''. He played Ellison "Cotton Top" Mounts in the Emmy Awards, Emmy Award-winning miniseries ''Hatfields & McCoys (miniseries), Hatfields & McCoys'' as well as bully Troy McGinty in ''Max Keeble's Big Move'' (2001), Vladimir, a 1,500-year-old vampire in ''The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2'' (2012), and Michelangelo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Michelangelo in ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014 film), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (2014) and its sequel ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows'' (2016). Fisher has also acted in shows such as ''Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior'', ''Lie to Me'', and ''Bones ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael MacLennan
Michael Lewis MacLennan (born June 5, 1968) is a Canadian playwright, television writer and television producer, best known as a writer and producer of television series such as '' Queer as Folk'' and '' Bomb Girls''. As a playwright he is a two-time nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama, and the only playwright to win the Herman Voaden Playwriting Competition twice. Career Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, MacLennan began his career as a stage actor. In his first theatre role at age 13, he was cast to play a woman, and later in his career he produced a short performance piece about his fear at the time that his parents would see the play and realize that he was gay. He moved to Victoria in 1986 to study English at the University of Victoria."Musing on a Queer Career". ''Victoria Times-Colonist'', July 2, 2003. His first full-length play, ''Beat the Sunset'', premiered at the Victoria Fringe Festival in 1993. It was later staged in Vancouver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael McMurtry
Michael McMurtry is a Canadian actor. He is most noted for his regular supporting role as Cordell in the television series ''Godiva's'', for which he was a Gemini Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Program or Series at the 21st Gemini Awards in 2006.Doug Camilli, "The best in some of Canadian TV". ''National Post'', August 30, 2006. He also appeared in the films '' Last Night'', '' Moving Day'', '' Too Much Sex'' and ''Cake'', and had supporting or guest roles in ''Catwalk'', '' The Newsroom'', ''Undergrads'', '' 1-800-Missing'', ''Murdoch Mysteries'', ''InSecurity'' and ''The Strain ''The Strain'' is a 2009 vampire literature, vampire horror fiction, horror novel by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan. It is the first installment in ''The Strain Trilogy'', and was followed by ''The Fall (del Toro and Hogan novel), The Fal ...''. References External links * 20th-century Canadian male actors 21st-century Canadian male actors Canadian male television act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vancouver
Vancouver is a major city in Western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. The Metro Vancouver area had a population of 2.6million in 2021, making it the List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada#List, third-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Greater Vancouver, along with the Fraser Valley, comprises the Lower Mainland with a regional population of over 3million. Vancouver has the highest population density in Canada, with over , and the fourth highest in North America (after New York City, San Francisco, and Mexico City). Vancouver is one of the most Ethnic origins of people in Canada, ethnically and Languages of Canada, linguistically diverse cities in Canada: 49.3 percent of its residents are not native English speakers, 47.8 percent are native speakers of nei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Wheeler
Anne Wheeler, OC, (born September 23, 1946) is a Canadian film and television writer, producer, and director. Biography Graduating in Mathematics from the University of Alberta she was a computer programmer before traveling abroad. Her years of travels inspired her to become a storyteller and when she returned she joined a group of old friends to form a film collective. From 1975 to 1985 she worked for the NFB where she made her first feature film, ''A War Story'' (1981), which was about her father, Ben Wheeler and his time as a doctor in a P.O.W. camp during World War II. The war is a common theme in her work and she revisited it later in her films '' Bye Bye Blues'' (1989) and ''The War Between Us'' (1995). Her first non-NFB film was '' Loyalties'' in 1986. In addition to her films, Wheeler has directed episodes of ''Anne with an E'', ''Private Eyes'', '' Strange Empire'', ''The Romeo Section'', '' The Guard'', '' This Is Wonderland'', '' Da Vinci's Inquest'', and '' Cold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
