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- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Molly Parker, the extremely talented and versatile Canadian actress is best known in the United States for playing the Western widow "Alma Garret" on the cable-TV series Deadwood (2004). Raised on a commune, she described as "a hippie farm" in Pitt Meadows, B.C., Parker got the acting bug when she was 16 years old, after 13 years of ballet training. Parker's uncle was an actor, and his agent took her on as a client, enabling her to launch her career in small roles on Canadian television. She enrolled at Vancouver's Gastown Actors' Studio after she graduated from high school, and continued to act on TV in series and TV-movies while learning her craft at acting school.
Parker began attracting attention when she appeared as the daughter of a lesbian military officer in the TV-movie Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995). She earned a Gemini nomination (the Canadian TV industry's equivalent of the Emmy) for her performance in the TV-movie Paris or Somewhere (1994). However, it was her debut in theatrical films that gave her her big breakthrough, playing a necrophiliac in Lynne Stopkewich's 1996 film Kissed (1996). It was "Kissed" that set Molly's career into overdrive.
A friend got her an audition for the low-budget independent feature film, and she hit if off with the director, who not only cast her, but became her friend. As the character "Sandra Larson", a poetic soul obsessed with death who engages in sexual congress with a corpse, Parker created a sympathetic character in a difficult role. The film garnered her rave revues and she won a Genie Award, the Canadian cinema's Academy Award, for her performance. She parlayed the accolades into a sustained career on film and in TV.
On TV, Parker was part of the cast of CBC-TV's six-part sitcom Twitch City (1998), playing the girlfriend of Don McKellar, which enabled her to showcase her comedic skills. Other memorable TV roles was the female rabbi on Home Box Office's series Six Feet Under (2001) and, of course, the regular role on HBO's Deadwood (2004). She has appeared in many ambitious films, including Jeremy Podeswa's The Five Senses (1999), István Szabó's Sunshine (1999) and Michael Winterbottom's Wonderland (1999). She also re-teamed with director Lynne Stopkewich for Suspicious River (2000).
Parker made waves with another provocative film with sex as its subject, director Wayne Wang's The Center of the World (2001). In the movie, Parker played a San Francisco lap dancer who becomes a paid escort to a Silicon Valley nerd. For her performance, she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. In 2002, she was nominated twice as best supporting actress at the Genies for her roles in the British/Canadian co-production War Bride (2001) and Bruce Sweeney's Last Wedding (2001), winning for her appearance in the latter film.
Parker's reputation as an outstanding actress is based on her assaying of strong, yet flawed, definitely complex women in character-leads and supporting parts in challenging films. Not only does she convey intelligence, but there is an unconscious elegance to her, a true inner beauty that radiates on-screen. She will be gracing the screen, both large and small, with her unique presence for many years to come.- Danica Berard is a 21-year-old singer, actress, musician, and dancer. Danica grew up in an artistic household and began performing at a young age in local musical theatre productions and in her family band, "The Dollz." As a child, Danica worked on several music videos for local artists and was scouted for a BC Hydro campaign. Over the years, Danica has been a part of several choirs and has performed competitively. Danica is also a professional and competitive Ukrainian dancer. Danica has performed on world-class stages, such as Disneyland and with a live orchestra for "The Nutcracker." Danica was first introduced to Vancouver's film industry in 2017 after working on the set of "Once Upon A Time." In recent years, Danica has worked on numerous local film and television sets. Danica starred in her first short film "The Antique Shop," directed by Kenzie Lang (2023) which was shot on a 16mm Bolex camera, and featured Danica transported to a small town in the 1950s. Some of Danica's recent work includes her first credited role on School Spirits. Danica sang live with her favorite band, The Beach Boys, in 2015 and 2022. She was also recently a part of The Beach Boys marketing campaign for their new box set, "Sail On Sailor - 1972."
- Sound Department
- Producer
- Composer
Hugh Wielenga was born on 19 February 1994 in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. He is a producer and composer, known for Invincible (2021), Julie and the Phantoms (2020) and The Island Between Tides (2024).- Visual Effects
Mathew Krentz was born on 21 April 1982 in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. He is known for The Da Vinci Code (2006), Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010) and Star Trek (2009).- Additional Crew
- Stunts
- Actor
Jamie Payton was born in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. He is known for Shōgun (2024), Bones of Crows: The Series (2023) and When Calls the Heart (2014).- Larry Walker, the 1997 National League Most Valuable Player, is one of the most productive player of recent major league baseball history, batting .313and hitting 383 home runs with 1,311 RBIs in his 17 year career. Along with pitcher Ferguson Jenkins, Walker ranks as the greatest baseball player that Canada has produced.
Born Larry Kenneth Robert Walker on December 1, 1966 in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, the young Larry shared the dram of most young Canadian males in wanting to grow up and be a hockey player. He was drafted by the Montreal Expos in 1984 and debuted with the team in 1989, playing with them through the strike-stopped 1994 season. After that season, he declared free agency and signed with the Colorado Rockies, who replaced Mile High Stadium (Denver is located at over 5,000 feet above sea level in the Rocky Mountains) with the new Coors Field, which Walker helped inaugurate.
The left handed hitter's power stats jumped in Denver: in 1995, he hit 36 home runs after having going yard 23 and 22 times in 1992 and 1993, his last full seasons. In 1997, he joined former Boston Red Sox slugger Jim Rice as the only players to have over 400 total bases since the great Joe DiMaggio. He racked up 409 total bases while hitting .366 with 49 taters, 130 RBI, and 33 stolen bases. He also had 12 assists as a right fielder, wining him the third of his seven Gold Gloves as a fielder. The performance brought him the N.L. MVP award, making Walker the first Canadian player ever to win the highest accolade in baseball other than enshrinement in the Hall of Fame.
Ironically, Walker lost the 1997 Lou Marsh Award for Canadian Athlete of the Year award to race-car driver Jacques Villeneuve, though he did cop that accolade in 1998, when won the first of his three batting titles by hitting .363. However, he appeared in only 130 games in 1978, with 454 official at bats, as he was was plagued by injuries, as he would be through the rest of his career.
Walker never again had 500 at-bats in a season, but he set the Rockies batting record the following year with .379 mark that topped both leagues. The top average was sweetened by 37 home runs and 115 RBI in just 438 at-bats. He then spent most of the 2000 season on the disabled list before bouncing back, wining his third (and last) batting title with a .350 in 2001, which he followed with .338 the next year. His power stats for 2001 and 2002 were 38 homers and 123 RBI and 25 homers and 104 RBI, respectively.
He had another off-year in 2003, in which he batted .284 with only 16 taters and 79 RBI, and an injured Walker played only 38 games for the Rockies in 2004 before being traded traded to the St. Louis Cardinals for three minor league players In August 2004. Walker saw his only World Series action in 2004 with the Cardinals, batting .357 with two homers for a team that was swept by the Boston Red Sox. He was also a member of the 2005 Cardinals team that won the division before losing the National League Championship series to the Houston Astros in six games. Walker announced his retirement from baseball a the conclusion of the 2005 N.L. Championship Series. As of 2006, Walker is an instructor on the St. Louis Cardinals spring training staff under manager Tony LaRussa. - Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Mac Harmon was born on 9 August 1999 in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor and writer, known for Balaclava, Prodigals (2017) and King & Maxwell (2013).- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Production Manager
- Actor
William Robson was born on 24 March 1987 in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. He is an assistant director and production manager, known for Batwoman (2019), Detective Knight: Redemption (2022) and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018).- Actress
- Stunts
Natalie McMichael was born on 22 October 2006 in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. She is an actress, known for Tin Star (2017) and Damnation (2017).- Caity Babcock was born on 13 March 1991 in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. She is an actress, known for No Cover (2022).
- Shion Barrelle was born in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. She is an actress, known for Ancient Lights (2012).
- Camera and Electrical Department
Phillip Chadwick joined the film industry with little more than an electrical ticket and a dream. Since then he has gone on to work as a Lamp Op, on some of the most exciting shows and movies filmed in his home town area of Vancouver, British Columbia. Recently, Phil has transitioned to Board Operator and is working on some exciting projects coming to a screen near you.- Visual Effects
- Special Effects
Brent Boulet was born on 6 March 1986 in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. He is known for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007), The Edge of Seventeen (2016) and Into the Grizzly Maze (2015).- Samuel Forstved was born on 19 December 1996 in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor, known for The Killing (2011) and The Birdwatcher (2015).
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Lane Price was born on 26 May 1975 in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor, known for I, Robot (2004), Firefight (2003) and Held Up (1999). He has been married to Reanne Price since 13 October 2001. They have one child.