Lines (right) performing in a stage-play with Benedict Campbell at 2015

Jennifer Lines is a Canadian theatre and television actress.

Lines graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre from the University of Victoria.[1] She has starred in productions at the Arts Club Theatre,[2][3] Bard on the Beach,[4][5] Vancouver Playhouse[6] and the Belfry Theatre. She has played in Beyond Eden, The Amorous Adventures of Anatol, A Little Night Music and Hello Dolly at the Vancouver Playhouse.[1] Her stage credits for the Art Club include It's a Wonderful Life, The Real Thing, Here on the Flight Path and Sylvia.[1]

Lines has received several Jessie Richardson Theatre Award nominations. She was nominated for a Jessie Richardson Award in 2014 for the category of Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for Small Theatre for her performance in Whose Life Is It Anyway? staged by Realwheels Theatre.[7] Lines has been fascinated by Shakespeare's plays from an early age.[8]

Lines was praised by the Globe and Mail for her gender-bending portrayal of Horatio in the Bard on the Beach's 2013 staging of Hamlet.[9] The Georgia Straight has praised Lines for both her technical skill and for being "emotionally present" as an actress.[10] The Province calls Lines' performance "classic."[11] Vancouver Sun calls Lines one of "Vancouver's brightest stars of the theatre."[12]

Selected stage credits

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Jennifer Lines". Touchstone Theatre. 10 May 2016.
  2. "Theatre Review: It's a Wonderful Life" Vancouver Sun Retrieved January 16, 2009
  3. "Jennifer Lines and Bob Frazer in the Arts Club Theatre Company's production of It's a Wonderful Life". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  4. "Bard on the Beach: Fresh breeze blows through spirited study of Tempest" Vancouver Sun Retrieved January 16, 2009
  5. Thorkelson, Erika. "Will's Wake: Love of Shakespeare alive and well 400 years after his death". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  6. "A little night music" Georgia Straight Retrieved January 16, 2009
  7. "Nominations for the 32nd Annual Jessie Richardson Awards". The Cultch. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  8. Thorkelson, Erika (30 March 2016). "Will's Wake: Love of Shakespeare Alive and Well 400 Years After His Death". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  9. 1 2 Lederman, Marsha (9 July 2013). "A Superb Hamlet for Modern Times on Show at Bard on the Beach". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  10. 1 2 Thomas, Colin (27 June 2013). "Bard on the Beach's Twelfth Night is Heavy on Concept". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  11. 1 2 Barr, Catherine "Cat" (10 December 2012). "It's a Wonderful Life and Dean Paul Gibson Sparkle for the Holidays in Vancouver". The Province. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  12. Waber, Angelika (3 August 2015). "Ignore critics: Bard on the Beach is great". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  13. Oliver, Kathleen (29 January 2015). "Après Moi and The List Provide a Glimpse Into Quebec's Vibrant Theatre Scene". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  14. Rabinovitch, Andrea (13 November 2010). "Stylish Romp With a Deadly Outcome in Mimi or a Poisoner's Comedy". Vancouver Observer. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  15. "Much Ado About Nothing". Vancouver Plays. June 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  16. Warner, Andrea (1 July 2010). "Antony and Cleopatra". The Writerly Life. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  17. Oliver, Kathleen (15 June 2009). "Bard on the Beach Creates a Giddy Comedy of Errors". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  18. Thomas, Colin (3 July 2008). "Magic and Music at Heart of Meg Roe's Tempest". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  19. Prokosh, Kevin (20 January 2007). "StoppardFest's Funny, Bracing Opener The Real Thing". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  20. Bevington, David (2015). "Additions and Reconsiderations". Troilus and Cressida. Bloomsbury. p. 127. ISBN 9781472584731.
  21. O'Connor & Goodland 2011, p. 126.
  22. O'Connor & Goodland 2011, p. 177.
  23. O'Connor & Goodland 2011, p. 220.
  24. O'Connor & Goodland 2011, p. 36.
  25. O'Connor & Goodland 2011, p. 169.
  26. O'Connor & Goodland 2011, p. 77.
  27. O'Connor & Goodland 2011, p. 342.
  28. O'Connor & Goodland 2011, p. 352.
  29. O'Connor & Goodland 2011, p. 117.
  30. O'Connor & Goodland 2011, p. 360.
  31. O'Connor & Goodland 2011, p. 209.
  32. O'Connor & Goodland 2011, p. 161.

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