Who is Brenda Crichlow?
An actress with over 170 credits to her name, Brenda Crichlow was born under the zodiac sign of Leo on 24 July 1967, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; she holds Canadian nationality and her ethnicity is African-Canadian. Brenda is perhaps known best for her roles in “Fantastic Four”, “Elf”, and “Firewall”, among others, and to the younger audience she’s known as the voice of Zecora, one of the favorite characters from the animated series “My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic”.
Early life and education
Since Brenda prefers to keep her private life away from the public eye, she hasn’t shared information regarding her childhood, parents, and any siblings.
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It’s assumed that she was raised in Vancouver and attended a local high school, then upon matriculating in 1985, according to her Linkedin profile, she enrolled at Simon Fraser University to study sociology, and then after two years transferred to the Studio 58 Theatre Arts, Langara College, from which she graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Acting, in 1988.
Roles in series
Brenda made her acting debut in 1987, portraying Cooper in an episode of the series “MacGyver”, followed by support roles in numerous series, such as “The X-Files”, “Strange Luck” and “Sliders” all in the early ‘90s.
In the following years, Brenda was seen in “The Net”, “First Wave”, and “You, Me and the Kids”, before she was cast to play Ann Banner in “The Fearing Mind” in 2000, followed by her role as TV Newswoman in “The Dead Zone”, a fantasy mystery drama starring Chris Bruno, Nicole de Boer and Anthony Michael Hall.
Brenda made an appearance in an episode of “The Twilight Zone”, and then in “Cold Squad” in 2005, before her appearance in “Smallville”, a spin-off series from the “Superman” franchise, starring Tom Welling, Allison Mack and Michael Rosenbaum, which had 154 award nominations, and won 34, including three Primetime Emmys.
She was seen in “Blade: The Series” portraying Doctor Miranda Berganza, and then as Sports Reporter in “The L Word” in 2008, followed by her minor roles in “Cult”, “Motive”, and “Some Assembly Required” in 2016.
Brenda’s most recent television appearances were in the series “The Arrangement”, “iZombie”, and “The Gourmet Detective”, while as a voice actor she was heard in “The Dragon Prince”, “Dinotrux”, and “Dinosaur Train”.
However, her most significant voice role is certainly for the character of Zecora in “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic”, an animated adventure comedy created by Lauren Faust and Bonnie Zacherle, which had 48 award nominations and won 21.
Roles in movies
Brenda made her first appearance on the big screen in the 1989 movie “Who’s Harry Crumb?”, followed by her role as Secretary in “Look Who’s Talking”, starring John Travolta, Kirstie Alley and Olympia Dukakis, and then Brenda was seen starring in several TV movies, such as “Omen IV: The Awakening”, “Without a Kiss Goodbye”, and “Born Too Soon”.
In 1993, she portrayed Darryl in “Tomcat: Dangerous Desires”, and then for over a decade she had supporting roles in various TV movies before, she was cast to play Office Co-Worker in “Elf”, starring Will Ferrell, Bob Newhart and James Caan, and then in 2005 portraying Compound Reporter #2 in “Fantastic Four”, alongside Chris Evans, Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis and Ioan Gruffudd.
In the following years, Brenda had numerous roles in TV movies, some of her most notable in “Home by Christmas”, “Vice”, “16 Wishes”, and “Notes from the Heart Healer”, among others.
Her most recent role was in the TV movie “A Lot Like Christmas” in 2021, while she has also voiced the character of Mrs Fregley in the comedy drama “Diary of a Wimpy Kid”.
Love life and marriage with Rene Lessard
Brenda hasn’t been the subject of any rumors concerning her love life and sexual orientation, although she’s still quite a secretive person when it comes to her private life.
It’s widely known that she’s married to Rene Lessard; the two were in a long-term relationship before they tied the knot, however, they haven’t shared information about how they met, and also the exact wedding date and the place are unknown to the public.
Rene is also a secretive person, staying away from the public eye, and despite our effort to find out some more information about him, it was hard to get to know him better. According to his Linkedin profile, he’s a web site developer at Canadian Pharmacists Association, he hails from Ottawa, Ontario Canada, and graduated from Willis College of Business & Technology, in 2000, so it is assumed that he’s in his 50s.
Brenda and Rene became parents for the first time in 2009, when their daughter Isabella was born, and their second child, a son named Justin, was born in 2012.
As of February 2022, the two are still together, apparently enjoying their love and raising their children in their residence in Canada.
Hobbies and other interests
Brenda has no Instagram or Facebook account, but established her Twitter account in October 2013, which is today followed by over 3,500 people; she mostly posts updates about her work -there are no photos or posts related to her personal life.
Brenda is the founder of the Crichlow Actor’s Studio in Vancouver, in 2000, where she works as an acting coach and instructor. She created the annual Youth Mentorship Program, and chooses five finalists from 100 high school students who are dreaming about an acting career. Brenda provides career mentoring, guidance, and acting classes, and thanks to her 25-year-long career, she certainly has many things to offer her students.
Age, height, and net worth
Brenda’s age is 54, and has long, dark brown hair and brown eyes; she weighs around 120lbs (55kgs) and is 5ft 5ins (1.65m) tall, with vital statistics of 36-26-34.
As of February 2022, her net worth has been estimated at $2 million, with most of her income comes from her acting and mentoring career.
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