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Emily Hampshire
Emily Hampshire (born 1979) is a Canadian actress. Her best known roles include Angelina in the 1998 romantic comedy '' Boy Meets Girl'', Vivienne in the 2006 film ''Snow Cake'', Jennifer Goines in the Syfy drama series ''12 Monkeys'' (2015–2018), and Stevie Budd in the CBC comedy series ''Schitt's Creek'' (2015–2020), as well as the voice role of Misery in the YTV animated series ''Ruby Gloom'' (2006–2008). Early life Hampshire was born in Montreal. She became interested in acting at age 11 after attending a performance of '' Les Miserables'' with her mother. Her interests were solidified by the vice principal of her all-girls Catholic school, who praised her performance during a school theatre production. At age 16, she moved to Toronto to pursue roles in TV and film. She was accepted into the American Academy of Dramatic Arts shortly after high school but never attended, as it conflicted with a film opportunity. Career Hampshire has been professionally active in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as ''Fort Ville-Marie, Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill around which the early city of Ville-Marie is built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal, which obtained its name from the same origin as the city, and a few much smaller peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city is east of the national capital Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City. As of 2021, the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a Census Metropolitan Area#Census metropolitan areas, metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest city, and List of cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Life Before This
''The Life Before This'' is a 1999 Canadian drama film directed by Jerry Ciccoritti.Gerald Pratley Gerald Arthur Pratley (September 3, 1923 – March 14, 2011) was a Canadian film critic and historian. Piers Handling"Gerald Arthur Pratley" ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', September 18, 2011. A longtime film critic for the Canadian Broadcasting Cor ..., ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 125. It begins with a massacre perpetrated in a coffee shop by two gunmen, and then uses flashbacks to show how each of the people present found themselves in the shop on that day. The film was inspired by the Just Desserts shooting of 1994. The film premiered at the 1999 Toronto International Film Festival. Cast Response The film received mixed reviews from critics. Peter Howell of the ''Toronto Star'' wrote that the film had a solid cast, but that "in seeking to make an Robert Altman, Altmanesque story about the perfidy of fate surrounding the events leading to a cafe mas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
