Caitlynne Medrek

Caitlynne Medrek
Born Caitlynne Elizabeth Medrek
(1989-11-19) November 19, 1989
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Occupation Actress, voice artist
Years active 2001–present

Caitlynne Elizabeth Medrek (born November 19, 1989) is a Canadian actress and voice artist.[1] A Canadian College of Performing Arts alumna, Medrek began performing in community theatre at a young age, later winning competitions in musical theatre. Probably best known for her roles as Mikoto in My-HiME, Miu Matsuoka in Strawberry Marshmallow, Pan in Dragon Ball GT, and Dawn in Total Drama: Revenge of the Island. Her latest mainstream voice work include: Cardfight!! Vanguard, Arthur, and Gintama. The mediums in which she works span radio, voice, theatre and film. She can be seen in the finale season of Hell on Wheels as well.

She is also known in the world of web series for playing Claire Daniels, one of the main roles of many-times-awarded LGBT webseries, Out with Dad, for which she received nominations and awards.[2][3][4][5]

Background

Born November 19, 1989, in Calgary, Alberta, Medrek started performing aged 8, doing community theatre with the StoryBook Theatre company.[6] She kept up dance skills in a variety of styles including Ukrainian Dance and competed at various festivals throughout the province in solo, duet and trio events. She was a member of the Young Canadians of the Calgary Stampede, at age 15 competing in Calgary's "Youth Talent Showdown" competition at the Calgary Stampede where she won 2nd runner-up. That same year she placed first at the Kiwanis Music Festival and went on to win first place in Provincials for Musical Theatre in Edmonton.

Career

In 2006, she was cast as Amber in the Rod Lurie-directed film Resurrecting the Champ (her scenes were deleted, however). Medrek has voiced characters in a variety of anime works, often with the Calgary-based Blue Water Studios and Ocean Productions. In Summer 2007, she was a member of the Charlottetown Festival Young Company Training Program and a cast member of Alberta Fusion. She graduated in April 2008 from the Canadian College of Performing Arts (CCPA), where she received the Arnold Spohr Scholarship.

On leaving college, she contracted with Oh Canada Eh? dinner theater in Canmore, Alberta, where she performed nightly as Rose Marie. Around this time she decided to move to Toronto, Ontario, which has a large theatre scene.[7]

In December 2008, she was seen in Saskatoon-based Persephone Theatre's A Christmas Carol as 'Want'.[7] She spent July 2009 performing with Globus Theatre, in Bobcaygeon, Ontario, playing the lead in Neil Simon's I Ought To Be in Pictures,[8] later that year appearing in the title role in Toronto's debut of the New York City-born off-Broadway show Pinkalicious, the Musical.[6]

In January 2010, she starred as 'Anne Frank' in The Diary of Anne Frank, with Encore Entertainment at the Toronto Centre for the Arts and completed the run of "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" as "Logainne Schwarzy" with Fallen Rock Productions, in the spring. In the summer she went on to play Charlie Brown's sister, Sally, in Fly By Night's production of "Dog Sees God" at the LKYPT as well as joining the ensemble cast of Toronto's debut of The Fallen (previously known as "Whitechapel"), during August. While maintaining her theatre career, Medrek has been cast as a regular in the animated television series Total Drama: Revenge of the Island as a contestant named Dawn, broadcast on Fresh TV and Teletoon, as a guest in the animated television series Skatoony and in the highly acclaimed web series, Out With Dad and Clutch, Season 2. In 2013 she starred in Blood Riders: the Devil Rides with Us which premiered at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival in Toronto, Ontario.

Caitlynne decided to move back to Alberta in 2014 to seek out future theatre opportunities in her home Province. Since the fall of 2014, she was cast as "Hope" in Front Row Centre's production of "Urinetown", as "Kensington" in Alberta Theatre Project's production of "Becky's New Car", as "Violet Beauregard" in Storybook Theatre's rendition of "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" and most recently as "Betty Parris" in Theatre Calgary's "The Crucible". In the summer of 2015, she was cast in Episode 10 of AMC's highly acclaimed "Hell on Wheels", which will air in the summer of 2016.

Voice roles

Anime series

Video games

Radio roles

Film and television roles

Professional Theater roles

Nominations and Awards

Caitlynne Medrek has received the following nominations and awards:[2]

Awards Total 2013 2014 2015
Nominations Awards Nom. Aw. Nom. Aw. Nom. Aw.
Indie Soap Awards 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 tbd
LA WebFest --- 1 Sel. --- Sel. 1 --- ---

2013

4th Indie Soap Awards (2013)[3] (1 only winner in a category)

2014

5th Indie Soap Awards (2014)[3] (1 only winner in a category)
LA Web Series Festival 2014[4] (multiple prizes in the same category)

2015

6th Indie Soap Awards (2015)[3] (1 only winner in a category)

References

  1. ↑ "Caitlynne Medrek". The New York Times.
  2. 1 2 Official Website: Introduction & Awards, Cast, Marseille Web Fest pages.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Indie Soap Awards: History
  4. 1 2 La Web Series Festival: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (Photo)
  5. ↑ Indie Intertube
  6. 1 2 Hobson, Louis B. (October 4, 2009). "Calgarian goes pink in T.O.". Calgary Sun: p. E17.
  7. 1 2 Dever, Lisa (July 10, 2009). "Village to host art festival". The Lindsay Post: p. A9.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Simon play at Globus" (July 9, 2009). Peterborough Examiner: p. C2.
  9. ↑ Cast Bios of Out With Dad
  10. ↑
  11. ↑ We love Soaps TV, nominations aux ISA5 (vidéo)
  12. ↑ Serial scoop, nominations aux ISA6

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