B: January 1, 1959 in Innisfail, Alberta
Self-described “wild rose,” after Alberta`s provincial flower, Rebecca Jenkins was born in Innisfail, Alberta, in 1959. She moved to Halifax between the ages of eight and ten and also spent a year in New York City. She grew up performing as an actor and a singer and, after graduating from North Toronto Collegiate, briefly attended Dalhousie University before transferring to the University of Waterloo, where she graduated with a B.A. in dance and theatre. She originally planned to pursue a career in singing and toured with the Canadian band The Parachute Club and singer Jane Siberry during the mid-1980s. Her first film experience was as a stuntwoman in the Judge Reinhold feature Head Office in 1985. Learn more about Rebecca Jenkins |
Features & TV Movies: Family Reunion (1988) Clearcut (1991) Angels in the Infield (TV-2000) Fathers & Sons (2010) Guilty Hearts (2002, mini-series) |
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