Catherine Bruhier

Award winning actress Catherine Bruhier got her first break came when she was cast in the normally Caucasian lead role in the David French play "Salt-Water Moon" opposite Eric McCormack at Theatre New Brunswick's main stage garnering excellent reviews for her performance as Mary Snow. TV work soon followed and some of Bruhier's career highlights include playing Elaine Besbriss on the Paul Haggis created, award winning CBS/Alliance series Due South. Airing in 62 countries weekly, it rated 'top pick' on the UK's BBC network. A memorable role as Claire in season 3 of Kim's Convenience (CBC/Netflix) and a young mum in season 4 of Baskets (FX/Hulu) Catherine was honored to act alongside Viola Davis on How to Get Away with Murder (ABC) as Dr. Sheila Greenlee, with Lea Thompson, on Switched at Birth (ABC Family) and with Taye Diggs & Sana Lathan in the Universal Studio's box office hit sequel The Best Man Holiday and also recently recurred as Dr. Powell on The Young and the Restless (CBS) Other screen credits include: Rookie Blue (ABC/CanWest Global), Days of Our Lives (NBC), Flashpoint (CTV/CBS) Soulfood (Showtime), Yes Dear (CBS), Frasier (NBC), Angela's Eyes & 1-800-Missing for (Lifetime), Forever Knight (USA/CBS) - and recurring on the ABC soap Port Charles. Catherine co-hosted the widely adored children's series The Polka Dot Door also airing in countries around the world. Between TV and film work Catherine has performed leading roles in theaters across Canada, most notably: The Shaw Festival; Grand Theatre London; Factory Theatre; Theatre Passe Muraille; Theatre Aquarius; Theatre New Brunswick; Theatre Plus Toronto and in the Dora awarded production of the teen play, Carrying the Calf Not only an actress Bruhier wrote, co-produced, directed and starred in the short film The Sacrifice filmed in Los Angeles through SAG-AFTRA. The Sacrifice screened at 12 festivals and won 4 awards. Catherine was awarded an Ontario Art Council Emerging Filmmaker Grant to direct her 2nd short Clean Teeth Wednesdays made through ACTRA's T.I.P. Program. The film was an official selection at 6 festivals, nominated best narrative short at both Montreal Black Film Festival and Chicago's Gene Siskel Film Center Black Harvest Film Festival. The young lead was nominated for a Young Artists Award (Presented by The Young Artist Awards Academy (YAAA), founded by The Hollywood Foreign Press Association's (Golden Globes) recognized historian, Maureen Dragone. A graduate of the George Brown College Theatre Program Catherine also attended York University and studied in LA with renowned LA Film School coach/director Jim Pasternak in his Art & Technique of Film Directing Private Consulting & Coaching Workshop. She was honored to be 1 of 8 selected across Canada to attend the 2010 Women in the Directors Chair at the Banff Arts Centre. In the past Catherine was an invited jury member of the Canadian Academy of Cinema and Television choosing the performers to be nominated for the 1995 Gemini Awards. She is a member of C.A.E.A. (Canadian Actors Equity Association), A.C.T.R.A (Alliance of Canadian Television and Radio Artists), SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild) and previously a member of Women in Film Toronto and L.I.F.T (the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto). Catherine is currently based in LA and holds both US and Canadian passports. IMDb Mini Biography By: [Rough Diamond Mgmt](https://imdb.com/search/name?bio_author=Rough%20Diamond%20Mgmt&view=simple&sort=alpha) Vis kilde på IMDb