Leni Parker

Leni Parker was born and raised in New Brunswick, and later moved to Montreal where she studied acting at Concordia University .After completing a 3 year program in performance, she began a 10 year involvement with Pigeons International
Theatre which took her to Italy, Scotland,  Portugal and across Canada performing in such shows as Savage Love, Blood on the  Cat's Neck, D'apres Ruzante,  The Making of Macbeth and Perdus Dans Les Coquelicots .She was awarded Best Supporting Actress at the Theatre Critics Awards in 1992 in Montreal for her role as la Bonne in Coquelicots. Her years in Montreal were spent helping to create new shows with many emerging companies; among them, P.O.V. company where she performed in Chekov's shorts;1774's Blue Valentine; Ban the Blondes' Blonde;and Diving Horse Creations' L'ecole des Bouffons and The House of A treus. With Pigeons, she gained an extensiveknowledge in modern dance, and her work has been largely experimental. In addition to her theater roles, Parker has worked  in number ous film and television projects: t.v.-Emily of New Moon,Lassie,The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Sleep Room, Million Dollar Babies,Hiroshima,and of course Earth:Final Conflict, where she portrayed Da'an.Film credits include Eisenstein, directed by Renny Bartlet;Stardom,directed by Denys Arcand; The Education of Little Tree,directed by Richard Friedenberg; Mrs. Parker and the Round Table,directed by Alan Rudolph; and most recently, Charms for the Easy Life,starring Gena Rowlands. Leni is looking forward to doing some theatre in the coming year, and of course spending a lot of her time with her 3 sweet kitties.