Anik Matern
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Anik Matern is an actress and founder of the Dynamic Theater Factory. She graduated from John Abbott College Professional Theatre Program.

Television series and voice work includes:
  • The Littl' Bits
    The Littl' Bits
    is a Japanese anime television series with 26 episodes, produced in 1980 by Tatsunoko Productions inJapan. First shown on TV Tokyo , its Saban-produced English translation was featured on the children's television station Nick Jr...

    (1990)
  • Samurai Pizza Cats
    Samurai Pizza Cats
    Samurai Pizza Cats, known as in Japan, is an anime series produced by Tatsunoko Productions and Sotsu Agency. The series was aired from February 1, 1990 to February 12, 1991, totaling up to 54 episodes...

    (1990)
  • Saban's Adventures of Peter Pan (1990)
  • Saban's Adventures of Pinocchio (1990)
  • Saban's Adventures of the Little Mermaid
    Saban's Adventures of the Little Mermaid
    is an animated series produced by Fuji Television in the early 1990s, based on upon the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale The Little Mermaid....

    (1990)
  • Bob in a Bottle (1990)
  • Madeline (1990)
  • Young Robin Hood
    Young Robin Hood
    Young Robin Hood is an animated series produced by Cinar and Hanna-Barbera. The series takes place when Robin is a teenager, Richard the Lion Heart is on his "first crusade" and Robin Hood's father, the Earl of Huntington, joins him.-Synopsis:...

    (1991)
  • The Little Flying Bears
    The Little Flying Bears
    The Little Flying Bears is an animated television series produced by Zagreb Film and CinéGroupe. It was a Croatian/Canadian co-production which originally aired in 1990.This cartoon helps children realize the importance of protecting the environment...

    (1991)
  • Sharky and George (1992)
  • A Bunch of Munsch (1992)
  • The Legend of White Fang
    The Legend Of White Fang
    The Legend of White Fang was a cartoon series created in 1992 by Cinar. Renowned popular Canadiana writer, Pierre Berton, was a history consultant on the series.-Plot:...

    (1992)
  • Favorite Songs (1992)
  • Chip and Charlie (1992)
  • Gulliver's Travels
    Gulliver's Travels
    Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships, better known simply as Gulliver's Travels , is a novel by Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of...

    (1992)
  • Around the World in 80 Dreams
    Around the World in 80 Dreams
    Around the World in Eighty Dreams is an French animated series with 26 episodes produced in 1992. The cartoon was localized for a Western audience by Saban Entertainment and broadcast in the United States in first-run syndication in the early 1990s as part of Bohbot Entertainment's "Amazin'...

    (1992)
  • Spirou
    Spirou
    Spirou may refer to:In comics:* Spirou , the eponymous main character of the comics series Spirou et Fantasio and Le Petit Spirou* Spirou , originally Le Journal de Spirou, Belgian weekly serial comics magazine...

    (1992)
  • Sandokan
    Sandokan
    Sandokan is a fictional pirate of the late 19th century, who first appeared in publication in 1883, created by Italian author Emilio Salgari. He is the protagonist of eleven adventure novels and is known throughout the South China Sea as "The Tiger of Malaysia".-Sandokan novels:Emilio Salgari...

    (1992)
  • Christopher Columbus
    Christopher Columbus
    Christopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the...

    (1992)
  • The Bush Baby
    The Bush Baby
    , shortened as The Bush Baby, is the title of a 1992 anime series consisting of 40, 25-minute episodes. It is based on the novel, The Bushbabies , by Canadian author William Stevenson....

    (1992)
  • The Adventures of Grady Greenspace
    The Adventures of Grady Greenspace
    The Adventures of Grady Greenspace is a children's TV programme that was originally a French/Canadian programme called "Les Enquêtes de Chlorophylle" , which was co-produced by Damned Productions , la Société Française de Production, France 3, Productions Espace Vert and Logos Distribution and...

    (1992)
  • Zoe and Charlie (1993)
  • Papa Beaver's Storytime
    Papa Beaver's Storytime
    Papa Beaver's Storytime is a French and Canadian animated television series based on a series of children's story books by the French author Père Castor. The series which was produced by Cinar, originally aired between 1993–1994 on the Canadian Family Channel and the French channel France 3 and...

    (1993)
  • Cat Tales (1994)
  • The Little Lulu Show
    The Little Lulu Show
    The Little Lulu Show is an animated television series, based on the Marjorie Henderson Buell comic book character Little Lulu. The show was produced by CINAR Animation after Marge's death in 1993, and aired on HBO Family and Cartoon Network in the United States and on , CTV, and the Family Channel...

    (1995)
  • The Babaloos
    The Babaloos
    The Babaloos is a 1990s animated series produced by Cinar . Most of the male characters were voiced by Bruce Dinsmore-Series:...

    (1995)
  • Jungle Tales
    Jungle Tales
    Jungle Tales was an American comic book title published by Atlas Comics, the 1950s predecessor to Marvel Comics. It was an anthology title of stories set in an African jungle.-Publication history:...

    (1995)
  • Night Hood
    Night Hood
    Night Hood was a cartoon series inspired by the Arsène Lupin novels and was produced by Cinar and France Animation S.A. for television audiences in both English and French-speaking nations. It was set in the 1930s...

    (1996)
  • The Magical Adventures of Quasimodo
    The Magical Adventures of Quasimodo
    The Magical Adventures of Quasimodo is an animated television series based on Victor Hugo's novel Notre Dame de Paris.The show was produced by CinéGroupe, Télé-Images, and Astral Media. It aired in 1996....

    (1996)
  • Sea Dogs
    Sea Dogs
    Sea Dogs received mixed views from critics on its release. IGN were impressed with it, calling it "one booty call you won't want to miss". Gamespot were also positive about the game saying it's "an adventure that can be enthralling despite its many problems"....

    (1996)
  • Space Cases TV series season I & II (1996)
  • Arthur
    Arthur (TV series)
    Arthur is an American/Canadian animated educational television series for children, created by Cookie Jar Group and WGBH for the Public Broadcasting Service...

    (1996)
  • The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo
    The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo
    The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo is a youth-oriented action mystery television series that ran on Nickelodeon between 1996 and 1998. A total of 41 episodes of 30 minutes each were produced...

    (1996)
  • Lassie
    Lassie (1997 TV series)
    Lassie is a Canadian television series which aired from 1997 to 1999 on YTV in Canada and Sunday nights on the Animal Planet network in the United States, as a remake of the original Lassie TV series about a boy and his faithful dog...

    (1997)
  • Fennec
    Fennec
    The fennec fox is a small nocturnal fox found in the Sahara of North Africa. Its most distinctive feature is unusually large ears. The name "fennec" comes from the Arabic word for fox, and the species name zerda has a Greek origin that refers to its habitat...

    (1997)
  • Princess Sissi (1997)
  • The Triplets
    The Triplets
    The Triplets are three fictional characters created by Catalan illustrator Roser Capdevila.The Triplets were created in 1983, based on Capdevila's own daughters, three actual triplets born in 1969. The stories were immediately successful and began publishing in many countries...

    (1997)
  • The Secret World of Santa Claus
    The Secret World of Santa Claus
    The Secret World of Santa Claus is a children's animated television show that originates from France. It is syndicated to several countries worldwide, including Teletoon in Canada, and is generally seen every December during the holiday season...

    (1997)
  • Animal Crackers
    Animal Crackers (TV series)
    The Animal Crackers is a 1997 television series produced by Cinar, and association with Alphanim, about a group of animals that live in a fictional jungle called Freeborn. It is based on the comic strip Animal Crackers...

    (1997)
  • The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures
    The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures
    The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures is an animated TV series that aired on HBO from March 1, 1998 to early 2001. The show follows the adventures of two mice, Emily and her cousin Alexander, who go on adventures around the world in the early 20th century, usually to stop the evil rat...

    (1998)
  • Flight Squad
    Flight Squad
    Flight Squad is a Canadian animated television series produced by CINAR in 1998.-Plot:A team of daredevil pilots form the Flight Squad: Dan, an ex-fighter pilot and former member of the Canadian secret service, Tina, Alex, Jeff and his sister Emma, his young teenager friends, the indispensable Max...

    (1998)
  • Jim Button
    Jim Button
    Jim Knopf, nicknamed Jim Button , is considered by many to be one of the "fathers" of shareware . As an IBM employee, he wrote a program to help with a local church congregation. When demand for his program consumed too much of his time, he quit IBM and created Buttonware...

    (1998)
  • Team S.O.S. (1998)
  • Dog's World (1998)
  • Gnou (1998)
  • Ripley's Believe It or Not!
    Ripley's Believe It or Not!
    Ripley's Believe It or Not! is a franchise, founded by Robert Ripley, which deals in bizarre events and items so strange and unusual that readers might question the claims...

    (1999)
  • Back to Sherwood, Tv series, 13 episodes (1999)
  • Rotten Ralph
    Rotten Ralph
    Rotten Ralph is a children's book about a mischievous red cat who enjoys playing mean, practical jokes on his family. It was written by Jack Gantos and published in 1976...

    (1999)
  • A Miss Mallard Mystery
    A Miss Mallard Mystery
    A Miss Mallard Mystery is an animated mystery series for children produced by Cinar and Teletoon. The premise of the series and episodes are based on the books written by Robert Quackenbush. Each show focuses on Miss Mallard and her nephew Willard Widgeon as they visit various places around the...

    (1999)
  • Mona the Vampire
    Mona the Vampire
    Mona the Vampire is a Canadian animated television series based on the series Robyn le Vampire, directed by Louis Piché and Jean Caillon, originally based on the short stories created and written Sonia Holleyman and later written by Hiawyn Oram. It is mainly shown on YTV, Radio-Canada, VRAK.TV and...

    (1999)
  • Billy and Buddy (1999)
  • Turtle Island
    Turtle Island
    - Places :* Turtle Island, Queensland , the name of four islands in Queensland, Australia* Turtle Islands, Tawi-Tawi, a group of islands in the Southern Philippines...

    (1999)
  • Tommy and Oscar
    Tommy and Oscar
    Tommy and Oscar is an Italian animated television series created by Max Alessandrini and Iginio Straffi, and produced by the Italian company Rainbow S.r.l. and by RAI Fiction.-External links:* *****...

    (1999)
  • The Kids from Room 402
    The Kids from Room 402
    The Kids from Room 402 is a television program that originally aired on Fox Family in the USA starting in 1999, previously aired on Teletoon, and currently airs in the UK.The show is focused primarily on the students from Room 402, as the title implies...

    (1999)
  • Mega Babies
    Mega Babies
    Mega Babies is a Canadian cartoon created by the Tremblay brothers, Christian and Yvon, and produced by CinéGroupe and Landmark Entertainment Group in association with Sony Wonder....

    (1999)
  • Marsupilami
    Marsupilami
    Marsupilami is a fictional comic book species created by André Franquin, first published on 31 January 1952 in the magazine Spirou. Since then it appeared regularly in the popular Belgian comic book series Spirou et Fantasio until Franquin stopped working on the series in 1968 and the character...

    (2000)
  • Wunschpunsch
    Wunschpunsch
    Wunschpunsch is an animated series inspired by the novel The Night of Wishes by Michael Ende.In every episode, a wizard named Bubonic and his aunt, a witch named Tyrannia, must wreak havoc on the city in which they live or suffer a severe punishment from their supervisor, Maledictus Maggot...

    (2000)
  • Kid Paddle
    Kid Paddle
    Kid Paddle is a Belgian, French and Canadian co-produced animated series. It aired on Teletoon, Sundays at 4:00 am, EST, but is currently on an indefinite hiatus...

    (2000)
  • The Twins (2000)
  • Iron Nose (2001)
  • Belphegor
    Belphegor
    In demonology, Belphegor is a demon, and one of the seven princes of Hell, who helps people to make discoveries. He seduces people by suggesting to them ingenious inventions that will make them rich. According to some 16th century demonologists, his power is stronger in April...

    (2001)
  • Lucky Luke
    Lucky Luke
    Lucky Luke is a Belgian comics series created by Belgian cartoonist, Maurice De Bevere better known as Morris, the original artist, and was for one period written by René Goscinny...

    (2001)
  • X-DuckX (2001)
  • Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings
    Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings
    Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings is a British children's animated television programme, featuring the adventures of a young child named Simon, who has a magic chalkboard...

    (2001)
  • Upstairs, Downstairs Bears (2001)
  • Prudence Gumshoe (2001)
  • Pet Pals (2002)
  • Pig City
    Pig City
    Pig City is an animated television program originally airing on Teletoon , on September 1, 2002. It features a country pig moving to the big city to live with his cousins ....

    (2002)
  • Malo Korrigan
    Malo Korrigan
    Malo Korrigan is a French animated television series with 26 episodes, created by Arthur Qwak and Norman J. LeBlanc of Futurikon. It is a Futurikon - Tooncan - M6 Métropole Télévision - Canal J co-production and distributed by M6 Métropole Télévision...

    (2002)
  • The Lost World
    The Lost World
    -Conan Doyle novel and adaptations:* The Lost World , a 1912 book* The Lost World , a silent film* The Lost World , set in Venezuela* The Lost World , set in Africa...

    (2002)
  • Creepschool
    Creepschool
    Creepschool is a Swedish, French and Canadian animated series by Alphanim, Cookie Jar Entertainment, Happy Life and France 3 about four kids who find themselves at a spooky boarding school. The basic concept was created by Torbjörn Jansson, which was then substantially re-worked and developed by...

    (2003)
  • Flat! (2003)
  • Mica
    Mica
    The mica group of sheet silicate minerals includes several closely related materials having highly perfect basal cleavage. All are monoclinic, with a tendency towards pseudohexagonal crystals, and are similar in chemical composition...

    (2003)
  • Ratz
    Ratz (TV series)
    Ratz is an animated television series created by France's Xilam studios, with joint production from Canada.The show stars two rats, Rapido and Razmo, aboard the S.S. Wanderer, a cheese ship with no actual destination...

    (2003)
  • Ocean Tales (2003)
  • Potatoes and Dragons
    Potatoes and Dragons
    Potatoes and Dragons is an animated series produced by Alphanim and Canadian animation company Cinar . It was formerly broadcast in the United States until late September 2010 on This TV.- Characters :King Hugo III...

    (2003)
  • Fries with That?
    Fries with That?
    Fries with That? is a YTV produced sitcom. It first aired in April 2004.This sitcom revolves around a group of high-school students who work at a local fast food restaurant named Bulky's in Montreal, Quebec, Canada....

    (2004)
  • 3 Gold Coins (2004)
  • Gino the Chicken (2004)
  • The Boy
    The Boy (TV series)
    The Boy is a Canadian animated series that aired on YTV from January 2004 to September 2005. The series is about the adventures of Toby Goodwin, a boy genius and a member of the International Federation For Peace...

    (2004)
  • The Bellflower Bunnies
    The Bellflower Bunnies
    The Bellflower Bunnies is an animated series based on the Beechwood Bunny Tales book series by Geneviève Huriet. The show debuted on the TF1 network with four episodes airing between December 24 and December 28, 2001...

    (2004)
  • Tripping the Rift
    Tripping the Rift
    Tripping the Rift is a CGI science fiction comedy television series. It is based on two short animations published on the Internet by Chris Moeller and Chuck Austen. The series was produced by CineGroupe in association with the Sci Fi Channel...

    (2004)
  • Winx Club
    Winx Club
    Winx Club is a 2004 Italian animated television series, created by Iginio Straffi and produced by Rainbow S.r.l.. The series is aimed toward children between the ages of five and twelve, but is also popular among teens...

    (2004)
  • The Tofus
    The Tofus
    The Tofus is an animated French and Canadian sitcom created by Fabrice de Costil and Bertrand Victor for Teletoon as one of its original productions. It is a satirical parody of the environmentalist lifestyle epitomized by its title family, which consists of Mom, Pop, Chichi, Lola, and Buba...

    (2004)
  • Shaolin Kids (2005)
  • Walter
    Walter (TV series)
    Walter is a television drama first broadcast on the launch night of Channel 4 on 2 November 1982. Based on a 1978 novel of the same name by David Cook, it was the first ever Film on Four....

    (2005)
  • My Goldfish is Evil
    My Goldfish is Evil
    My Goldfish is Evil is a Canadian animated television series that was created by Nicolas J. Boisvert, it first aired on CBC Television.The series was produced by Ghislain Cyr and Steven Majaury. The series made its British premiere on the CITV Channel on September 1, 2008...

    (2006)
  • Zoé Kezako
    Zoé kezako
    Zoé Kezako is a French 3D animation TV series , adapted from Véronique Saüquère's book series published by Frimousse. The first season of the Zoé Kézako TV series was produced by Corinne Kouper at Sparkling; the second season was produced at TeamTO.This second season is currently airing in France...

    (2006)
  • Moot Moot (2007)
  • (Bad Karma)(2010)


She has also been a guest star on Are You Afraid of the Dark? and All Souls
All Souls (TV series)
All Souls is an American television series broadcast on UPN, first aired in 2001. It was a horror-drama series about a haunted Boston hospital called All Souls Hospital, and it followed Dr. Mitchell Grace's quest to find out the truth about the hauntings that dated as far back as the civil war...

.

Movie work includes:
  • Voodoo Dolls (1990)
  • Shadows of the Past (1991)
  • Map of the Human Heart
    Map of the Human Heart
    Map of the Human Heart is the title of a 1993 film by New Zealand director Vincent Ward. It was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival....

    (1993)
  • Frankenstein and Me (1996)
  • The Minion
    The Minion
    The Minion , is a 1998 American and Canadian action supernatural horror film directed by Jean-Marc Piché. Lukas Sadorov is a middle eastern templar who is a member of an order of templars who are charged with guarding the gateway to Hell that, if opened, will unleash all evil...

    (1998)
  • The Last Breath
    The Last Breath
    The Last Breath is a British 2009 live action short film starring Francis Magee. The film was directed by David Jackson and was funded through the Digital Shorts...

    (1999)
  • Chasing Holden (2001)
  • Moving Sands (2003)
  • Baby for Sale
    Baby for Sale
    Baby for Sale is a 2004 television film that premiered on the Lifetime Network on 12 July 2004. It stars Dana Delany and was directed by Peter Svatek...

    (2004)
  • (High Cost of Living) (2010)
  • (French Immersion) (2010)

Personal life

Anik has served as an acting consultant, a coach for television/film projects, a director, a writer, an actress, a voice actress and is founder and president of the Dynamic Theater Factory.

A graduate of the John Abbott College
John Abbott College
John Abbott College is an English-language general and professional educational college located in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada, near the western tip of the Island of Montreal. The enabling legislation is the General and Vocational Colleges Act -History:The college was accredited in...

 Professional Theatre Program, and an accomplished actor, Anik has served as acting consultant and coach for television and film projects including The Jackie Onassis Project for Muse Entertainment, The Growing Pains Movie for Atomic Films, The Sleep Room for Cinar Productions, The Hunger for Telescene, including over a dozen more to date. Anik has directed and written over 6 successful creative works in Montreal, one for Toronto and 3 in France. Her acting credits include: Underdogs for the Just for Laughs
Just for Laughs
Just for Laughs is a comedy festival held each July in Montreal, Quebec, founded in 1983. It is the largest international comedy festival in the world.- Information :...

 Festival, Secret Window opposite Johnny Depp, NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

's The Reagans opposite James Brolin
James Brolin
James Brolin is an American actor, producer and director, best known for his roles in soap operas, movies, sitcoms, and television. He is the father of actor Josh Brolin and husband of singer/actress Barbra Streisand.-Early life:...

, Isn't She Great opposite Bette Midler
Bette Midler
Bette Midler is an American singer, actress, and comedian, also known by her informal stage name, The Divine Miss M. She became famous as a cabaret and concert headliner, and went on to star in successful and acclaimed films such as The Rose, Ruthless People, Beaches, and For The Boys...

, Chasing Holden and many more. Anik had fun playing 'Thelma the android' in seasons I and II of Space Cases for Cinar
Çinar
Çınar is a district of Diyarbakır Province of Turkey and also the name of downtown of Denizli city of Denizli Province of Turkey....

/Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (TV channel)
Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...

 TV, and as series regular 'Brenan the witch' in Back to Sherwood, for CBC
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...

 and YTV. She has played in Are You Afraid of the Dark II?, Lassie, All Souls, and Fries With That? Recently in Baby for Sale and as lead coach and motivator in CBC
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...

's docu-drama Battle of The Sexes. Anik continues to lend her voice to many wonderful characters in animation series such as Robert Munsch
Robert Munsch
Robert Norman Munsch, CM is an American-born Canadian children's author.-Personal life and career:Robert Munsch was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...

's The Snow Suit, as 'Chloe' in Madeline, 'Maid Marian' in Hanna-Barbera
Hanna-Barbera
Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. was an American animation studio that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century...

's Young Robin Hood, and as 'Violet' in The Bellflower Bunnies.

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