Karen LeBlanc

Canadian performer Karen LeBlanc is a musical theater actress and singer who grew up in Tottenham, Ontario and trained at Sheridan College. She began with a small part in the 1992 television film Split Images, and her first regular series role came in Material World, a CBC sitcom, during its last run in 1992 and 1993. Her television guest work includes Trailer Park Boys, Soul Food, Mutant X and The Playboy Club (2011), where she portrayed Tina Turner and sang two of Turner's songs. She appeared in Santa Who? (2000) and in made-for-television movies such as Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome (2012). She was a Gemini Award nominee for ReGenesis in 2008 and earned a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Nurse.Fighter.Boy (2009). On stage she appeared in Outrageous!, Rent and Cinderella, and she sang backing vocals for Chaka Khan, Rik Emmett and Glass Tiger. Her film credits include Make It Happen (2008) and Dolan's Cadillac (2009).