Carolyn Fe is a

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singer and actress based in

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. She has released three full-length albums and an EP with the Carolyn Fe Blues Collective. Fe is also the recipient of 2018 Toronto Theatre Critics' Awards for Best Supporting Actress for her work in '' Calpurnia''.

Early life

Fe was born in

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Career

Music

In 2008, Fe and the Carolyn Fe Blues Collective (guitarist Rami Cassab, keyboardist Tim Alleyne, bassist Oisin Little, and drummer Dan Legault) launched their first EP, ''100%''. Their first full length album, ''Original Sin'', was released in 2011. Following

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in 2013, Fe and the members Carolyn Fe Blues Collective held a fundraiser to support the Red Cross's humanitarian efforts. The fundraiser, held at the House of Jazz in Montreal, raised over $300,000. In 2014, Fe released her second full length album, ''Bad Taboo''. ''Bad Taboo'' had 13 tracks and was recorded by Fe and the Carolyn Fe Blues Collective. The album featured performances from Guy Bélanger ("Whole Lotsa Trouble" and "Life’s Just That Good") and Shun Kikuta ("Bad Taboo"). Fe released her fourth self-produced album, ''Sugat Ko'', in August 2018 after a four year break from releasing music. "Sugat Ko" means "my wounds" in Tagalog.

Acting

In 2018, Fe played Precy, the Filipina housekeeper, in

Audrey Dwyer Audrey Dwyer is a Canadian writer, actor, and director. She is currently the associate artistic director of the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre. She wrote the 2018 comedy, '' Calpurnia''. Early life Dwyer was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She stu ...

's '' Calpurnia''. She was awarded the Toronto Theatre Critics' Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in ''Calpurnia''. At the 2019 Toronto Fringe Festival, Fe played Lola in ''Through the Bamboo''. She played Manang Flor, the matriarch, in Jo SiMalaya Alcampo's ''Hilot Means Healer'' in 2019 at

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. In 2020, Fe was cast as Lola, the grandmother of the main character, in the

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show ''

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''.

Other

Fe's formed the theatre company, Altera Vitae, in 2007. In 2009, Fe directed Altera Vitae’s production of

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's '' Bent'' in partnership with GRIS-Montreal.

Filmography

Television

Film

Theatre

Discography

Awards

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fe, Carolyn Living people Date of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Filipino actresses 21st-century Filipino women singers Musicians from Quezon City Blues singer-songwriters Filipino emigrants to Canada Year of birth missing (living people)