Jacinta Cormier, sometimes credited as Jace Cormier, is a

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singer and actress from

Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...

.Ina Warren, "Sixteen years spent carving out a niche". ''

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'', April 27, 1988. She is most noted for her performance as Mary Cameron in the film ''

Life Classes ''Life Classes'' is a 1987 Canadian drama film directed by William D. MacGillivray. Plot Mary Cameron (Cormier) lives on the Canadian island of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. There, she enjoys a warm relationship with an old woman she calls Nanny (G ...

'', for which she received a

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nomination for

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at the

9th Genie Awards The 9th annual Genie Awards were held March 22, 1988, and honoured Canadian films released in 1987.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . The ceremony was hel ...

in 1988. Originally from Stephenville, Cormier was active on the music scene in St. John's as a pianist and vocalist, including with the

Wonderful Grand Band The Wonderful Grand Band is a Canadian music and comedy group formed in 1978 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. History The group was founded in 1978, and included comedians Greg Malone and Tommy Sexton. They released their first album ...

, before being cast in ''Life Classes''. She subsequently appeared in a supporting role in the film '' Finding Mary March'', but returned to music and did not have any other significant film or television roles. In 2001 she toured a stage show in which she played

Marlene Dietrich Marie Magdalene "Marlene" DietrichBorn as Maria Magdalena, not Marie Magdalene, according to Dietrich's biography by her daughter, Maria Riva ; however Dietrich's biography by Charlotte Chandler cites "Marie Magdalene" as her birth name . (, ; ...

, and released her first album as a recording artist.Frank Gale, "Cormier to release first CD this weekend". '' The Western Star'', October 13, 2001.

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