Jackie Richardson
Jackie Richardson is a Canadian singer and actress.
She is known for her screen roles in The Gospel According to the Blues, The Doodlebops, and Sins of the Father.[1] She is also known for her appearance on the YTV show Catwalk where she played the grandmother to Atlas (Christopher Lee Clements).
She was also a member of 60's Toronto-based girl group The Tiaras along with Brenda Russell. She is of African-American descent, and was born in Pittsburgh. Her family moved to Toronto, Ontario when Richardson was young.[2]
She is a three-time nominee for the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Gemini Award, and won the Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series for The Gospel According to the Blues.[3] In 2003 she was nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Best Actress in a Television Movie for Sins of the Father. She is also a noted stage performer, winning a Dora Award in 2004 for the musical Cookin' at the Cookery.[4] Other high profile projects include Milk and Honey, More Tales of the City, Further Tales of the City, and 3 Men and a Baby. The musical Big Mama! The Willie Mae Thornton Story was conceived of and written by Audrei-Kairen Kotaska for Richardson, who starred in the production first in 1999 and then again in 2012.
Her daughter Kim Richardson is also a singer.[5]
References
- ↑ Stanley, Laura. "Jackie Ricardson". Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ↑ "Jackie Richardson". Canadian Jazz Archive. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ↑ "Gemini Awards Official Site". Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
- ↑ Veteran performer Jackie Richardson awestruck with 'Saint Carmen of The Main'
- ↑ "My Montreal: Soul Singer Kim Richardson". Montreal Gazette, February 26, 2014.