Glenda Braganza
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Glenda Braganza currently lives in Montreal
, Canada
, is a Canadian television and stage actress who has appeared in several Canadian and American television shows and films.
Braganza was born in Halifax
, Nova Scotia
to Indian
-Goan parents and raised in Ottawa
, Ontario
. After graduating from Concordia University in 2001, she worked and received critical praise in several productions on the Montreal
stage, including in "Jennydog", Jane Eyre, and at the Montreal Fringe
. Her various performances earned her the Montreal English Critics Circle Award as the Best Actress of 2003-04.
She most recently starred as Gina Green in the Hollywood made-for-television film 10.5: Apocalypse
, which was about a natural disaster to hit the United States; it starred Dean Cain
and Beau Bridges
.
She has also been on Canadian television with a featured role in the Stephen Surjik
film
Tripping the Wire, and on American television with a recurring role on the Independent Film Channel
original series The Business
.
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Canada
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...
, is a Canadian television and stage actress who has appeared in several Canadian and American television shows and films.
Braganza was born in Halifax
City of Halifax
Halifax is a city in Canada, which was the capital of the province of Nova Scotia and shire town of Halifax County. It was the largest city in Atlantic Canada until it was amalgamated into Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996...
, Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
to Indian
Non-resident Indian and Person of Indian Origin
A Non-Resident Indian is an Indian citizen who has migrated to another country, a person of Indian origin who is born outside India, or a person of Indian origin who resides permanently outside India. Other terms with the same meaning are overseas Indian and expatriate Indian...
-Goan parents and raised in Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
. After graduating from Concordia University in 2001, she worked and received critical praise in several productions on the Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
stage, including in "Jennydog", Jane Eyre, and at the Montreal Fringe
Festivals and parades in Montreal
This is a list of festivals and parades in Montreal for any established festival, carnival, or parade in Montreal.-Festivals in Montreal:Montreal is a "Gamma" global city, hosting a multitude of international festivals and events.*Montreal Reggae Festival...
. Her various performances earned her the Montreal English Critics Circle Award as the Best Actress of 2003-04.
She most recently starred as Gina Green in the Hollywood made-for-television film 10.5: Apocalypse
10.5: Apocalypse
10.5: Apocalypse is a 2006 television miniseries written and directed by John Lafia. A sequel to 2004's 10.5, the film follows a series of catastrophic seismic disasters .-Plot:...
, which was about a natural disaster to hit the United States; it starred Dean Cain
Dean Cain
Dean Cain is an American actor. He is most widely known for his role as Clark Kent/Superman in the popular American television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.-Early life:...
and Beau Bridges
Beau Bridges
Lloyd Vernet "Beau" Bridges III is an American actor and director.- Early life :Bridges was born in Los Angeles, the son of actor Lloyd Bridges and his college sweetheart, Dorothy Bridges . He was nicknamed "Beau" by his mother and father after Ashley Wilkes's son in Gone with the Wind, the book...
.
She has also been on Canadian television with a featured role in the Stephen Surjik
Stephen Surjik
Stephen Surjik is a Canadian film and television director mostly working in television. Surjik was nominated three times for Gemini Awards for best direction, for Little Criminals, Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery, Intelligence, and received four Emmy Award nominations for Weapons of Mass...
film
Tripping the Wire, and on American television with a recurring role on the Independent Film Channel
Independent Film Channel
The Independent Film Channel is an American cable TV network that airs independent film and related programming. IFC programming includes commercially interrupted feature-length films, original documentaries, shorts, animated series, original series, acquired series, and content exclusively for...
original series The Business
The Business (TV series)
The Business is a Canadian television series, which airs on The Movie Network in Canada and IFC in the United States.The plot of the show centres on Vic Morgan , an adult film director of a low-budget softcore pornographic series similar to Girls Gone Wild...
.
Filmography
- My First Wedding (2004): Young Woman
- Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery (2005): Angie Baron
- 10.5: Apocalypse (2006): Gina Green
- Last Exit (2006): Sonogram Technician
- Infected (2008)
- Afterwards (2008): Rachel
- Men with BroomsMen with Brooms (TV series)Men with Brooms is a Canadian television sitcom, which debuted on CBC Television on October 4, 2010. It is a television adaptation of the 2002 film Men with Brooms....
(2010): Rani