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Beryl Bain

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Beryl Bain
Occupation(s)Actress, playwright

Beryl Bain is a Canadian actress and playwright.

Early life and education

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Bain studied acting at York University, graduating in 2005 with a BFA.[1][2]

Career

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Bain has participated in several seasons of both the Shaw Festival and the Stratford Festival. In 2023, Bain will debut the work The Flight which explores the life of aviation pioneer Bessie Coleman, the first African American and first Native American to hold an international pilot's license.[3] In addition to appearing in several Canadian-produced television series, Bain has also done voicework for Far Cry 5.

Acting credits

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Theatre

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Year Title Role Theatre Notes
2008 After The Dance Shaw Festival
2008 The Stepmother Shaw Festival
2009 Born Yesterday Shaw Festival
2010 The Women[4] Peggy Shaw Festival
2011 I Markus Garvey Amy Jacques/Amy Jacques Garvey/Chorus Theatre Archipelago
2011 Awake Actor
2013 Awake Nadia
2013 Dirty Butterfly[5] Amelia
2014 Complex Althea
2015 The Living Performer
2018 The Comedy of Errors[6] Dromio Stratford Festival
2018 Brontë: The World Without[7] Charlotte Brontë Stratford Festival
2019 Mother's Daughter[8] Bassett
2023 The Flight Bessie Coleman Theatre Gargantua, Factory Theatre

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2012 The Firm Tracy Van Horn
2012 Warehouse 13 (season 4) Lisa Bernardo Season 4, Episode 6
2015 Rogue Hotel Maid Season 3, Episode 5

References

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  1. ^ "Scholarship Helped Encourage Actress — Children's Foundation". www.childrensfoundation.org. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
  2. ^ "Spotlight on Alumni: Beryl Bain – Theatre". theatre.ampd.yorku.ca. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
  3. ^ "The Flight — Factory TheatreFactory Theatre". Factory Theatre. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
  4. ^ "JWR Articles: Live Event - The Women (Director: Alisa Palmer) - June 5, 2010". www.jamesweggreview.org. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
  5. ^ Nestruck, J. Kelly (2013-11-09). "Two shows with strong gravitational pull". The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Ont., Canada. pp. –7. ISSN 0319-0714. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
  6. ^ Kelly Nestruck, J. (2018-06-11). "Comedy of Errors doesn't align with its ideals". The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Ont., Canada. pp. –16. ISSN 0319-0714. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
  7. ^ Kelly Nestruck, J. (2018-06-23). "Brontë: The World Without is bland and boring: Stratford's period drama lacks important characterizations and insights into the minds of the 19th-century writing sisters". The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Ont., Canada. pp. –19. ISSN 0319-0714. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
  8. ^ Kelly Nestruck, J. (2019-06-17). "A theatrical look into the making of Bloody Mary". The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Ont., Canada. pp. –17. ISSN 0319-0714. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
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