KEEPER, Tina 1988–

PERSONAL

Born June 7, 1988, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Education: Attended University of Winnipeg; studied history and theater. Also studied dance, improvisation, and mime techniques.

Career: Actress. Performances and workshops in mime, improvisation, and dance; also worked as stage manager and wardrobe worker.

Awards, Honors: Gemini Award nominations, best performance by an actress in a continuing leading dramatic role, 1994, 1995, 1996, and spring 1998, Gemini Award, best performance by an actress in a continuing leading dramatic role, 1997, all for North of 60; Rosie Award, best female lead performance, Alberta Motion Pictures Industry Association, 1995; Aboriginal Film Awards, best actress award, 1997.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Michelle Kenidi, North of 60, CBC (Canada), 1993–. Buffalo, Tipi Tales, 2002.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Michelle Kenidi, In the Blue Ground, CBC (Canada), 1999.

Michelle Kenidi, Dream Storm (also known as Dreamstorm: A North of 60 Mystery), CBC, 2001.

Michelle Kenidi, Another Country (also known as Another Country: A North of 60 Mystery), CBC, 2003.

Michelle Kenidi, Distant Drumming: A North of 60 Mystery (also known as North of 60: Distant Drumming), CBC, 2005.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Cohost, Gemini Awards, CBC (Canada), 1995.

Host, Native Voices: Our Spirit Sings, CBC, 1997.

Cohost, The National Aboriginal Achievement Awards, CBC, 1997.

Herself, Manitoba Flood Relief Concert, CBC, 1997.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

"The Case of the Hidden Heart," The Adventures of Shirley Holmes, YTV, 1999.

Film Appearances:

Metis maid, Mistress Madeleine, 1986.

Smoked Lizard Lips, 1991.

Rhonda, For Angela (short), National Film Board of Canada, 1994.

Narrator, No Turning Back: The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (documentary), National Film Board of Canada, 1997.

Nurse, Heater, The Asylum, 1999.

Dr. Fitzgerald, Skins, First Look Pictures Releasing, 2002.

Charlotte, On the Corner, TVA Films, 2003.