Carmen Moore | |
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Born | British Columbia, Canada |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1995–present |
Carmen Moore (born December 24) is a Canadian actress from Vancouver, British Columbia largely known for her work in television.
She is perhaps best known for her role as Loreen Cassway on Arctic Air (for which she was nominated for a Leo Award in 2012) and the lead role of Leona Stoney, on the acclaimed series Blackstone (for which she has garnered five Leo nominations with three wins for Best Lead Performance and was nominated for a Gemini Award in 2011 and a Canadian Screen Award in 2017). She's also known for her role as Simone Cardinal on Godiva's for which she earned a 2006 Leo nomination.
Carmen Moore is of mixed blood including Wet'suwet'en and is a member of the Hagwilget Village First Nation in Hazelton, British Columbia. She was born in Burnaby, British Columbia and grew up in Coquitlam, British Columbia. She attended Port Moody Senior Secondary School. In 1991 she joined the Spirit Song Native Theatre Co., and worked with them for 9 months. Her first professional theatre gig was with Theatre New Brunswick's Young Company tour in 1992 and got rave reviews. Carmen was nominated for a Jessie Richardson Award for Best Supporting Actress in Fend Players' Danceland in 1993. She continued her work in theatre, as well as auditioning for TV and film. For Firehall Arts Centre's Someday she was nominated for another Jessie, this time for Best Actress.
Carmen has worked steadily in TV and film since 1995. She was nominated for the American "First Americans in the Arts" award, for her role as Chewlynndit in the made for TV movie Brothers of the Frontier (1996). She played Dawn Star, the wife of Sir Ben Kingsley's character "The Great Zamboni", in the movie Spooky House, and in 2004 she worked with world renowned director John Woo for the television film The Robinsons: Lost in Space.