Jackie Richardson
Encyclopedia
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
.
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. 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. Other high profile projects include More Tales of the City, Further Tales of the City, and 3 Men and a Baby.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
singer and actress.
She is known for her screen roles in The Gospel According to the Blues
The Gospel According to the Blues
The Gospel According to the Blues is a television drama. It originally aired on Vision TV in Canada. It is based on on the stage play Gideon's Blues by George Elroy Boyd and adapted for screen by Thom Fitzgerald...
, The Doodlebops
The Doodlebops
The Doodlebops is a Canadian television children's television series. "Rock & Bop with The Doodlebops", , was released in 2004 and continues to top the children's charts in North America...
, and Sins of the Father
Sins of the Father (film)
Sins of the Father is a 2002 American docudrama directed by Robert Dornhelm. The teleplay by John Pielmeier is based on a Texas Monthly article by Pamela Colloff chronicling the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama in which four young African American girls were killed...
.
She is a three time nominee for the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television is a Canadian non-profit organization created in 1979 to recognize over 4,000 Canadian film industry and television industry professionals...
Gemini Award
Gemini Award
The Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry awards in Canada.First awarded in 1986, the Geminis celebrate the achievements of TV members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Essentially, it presents awards for the best television productions in Canada. Awards are...
, 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. 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. Other high profile projects include More Tales of the City, Further Tales of the City, and 3 Men and a Baby.