Valerie Planche

Valerie Planche is a director, actor and instructor who has worked for close to 30 years in film, television and theater. Originally from Montreal, she trained at Concordia University and the National Theatre School of Canada, and later earned an MFA at the University of Alberta, where she received an Alberta Scholarship and an award for graduate teaching. She also worked as a guest instructor at the University of Calgary and at the University of Alberta. On television she was a regular on Caitlans Way and Honey I Shrunk the Kids before three seasons on Blackstone, and her film credits include Brokeback Mountain (2005), The Right Kind of Wrong, In Cold Blood, The Jack Bull and Shanhai Noon, along with roles in the series Heartland, North of 60, Terminal City and Tom Stone. In 2015 she was nominated for the Gina Wilkinson Prize, and she has over fifty professional credits on stage, television and film.