Emmanuelle Zeesman

Emmanuelle Zeesman (born 20th century) is a Canadian actress of film, stage and television, as well as a singer, musical director, and choreographer working primarily in the United States and in Canada. Emmanuelle has also performed throughout Australia, Asia and Europe. Emmanuelle is also a pianist, a trumpet player, and tin whistler.[1]

Emmanuelle Zeesman
Born
Emmanuelle Zeesman

Montreal, Quebec, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Occupation(s)film, stage, television actress singer film director and choreographer

She graduated from the University of Windsor Musical Theatre Performance Program before becoming an instructor at the Ottawa School of Speech and Drama.[2] She is a member of A Company of Fools Theatre Inc., a not-for-profit professional theatre company that presents Shakespeare plays in a format that employs editing, improvisation, costumes, make up, physical comedy, and local and contemporary references to appeal to broad audiences, including children and the Shakespeare uninitiated.[3]

In addition to her education at Windsor, Emmanuelle is a graduate of École Philippe Gaulier, and she has studied under leading Canadian acting, musical theatre, and choreography coaches.[4]

Performances

Movies and television

Emmanuelle played the role of Lou Anne in the short film ‘Mercy’.[5] Her credits also list her as performing in various film and television roles (acting, dancing, hosting), including ‘'A Lover’s Revenge'’, ‘'First Comes Love'’, ‘'Getting Along Famously'’, ‘'Officier Croupier'’, and ‘'The Breakfast Club'’ (Rogers Cable and the New RO, not the John Hughes film).[4]

Theatrical performances

Her theatrical performances are tabled below.[4][6]

PerformanceRoleTheatre/production
Guys and DollsMimiNational Arts Centre
IThe WriterGladstone Theatre/David Hersh
Blood BrothersMrs. JohnstoneGladstone Theatre
The Andrews BrothersPeggyGladstone Theatre
DoubtSister JamesGladstone Theatre/John P. Kelly
Romeo and JulietJulietA Company of Fools/Al Connors
The Snow ShowElizabethNational Arts Centre/Jennifer Brewin
La Vie parisiennePaulineTheatre Lyrique/Steve Michaud
HomeAs CastSTO Union/Nadia Ross
Tempest in a TeapotMirandaA Company of Fools/Scott Florence
MacbethLady MacbethSalamander Theatre/Chris McLeod
Twelfth NightOliviaA Company of Fools/Margo McDonald
The Tales of HoffmannSpiriteOpera Lyra/Henri Akino
LunchMaryU of O Masters Series/Nathalie Quesnel
Dans le creux de la vagueLa Mer (Lead Vocalist)Jeunesse en Tete/Anne-Marie Riel
Amahl and the Night VisitorsShepherdessDetroit Symphony Orchestra/Diana-Mady Kelly
Into the WoodsRapunzelEssex Theatre/David Savoy
Romeo and JulietCapulet (Dancer)Opera Lyra/Daniel Livingston
The Secret Garden (musical)LilyExperimental Theatre/Melanie Walker
Mother CourageIvetteThird Wall Theatre/James Richardson
Samuel Beckett ShortsMorvanGreat Canadian Theatre Company(Late Night Series)/ C. Roberts
A Midsummer Night's DreamHermiaA Company of Fools/Catriona Leger
Forbidden BroadwayJulie AndrewsExperimental Theatre/S. Henrickson
A World of StoriesStorytellerSalamander Theatre/Eleanor Crowder
Parliament Hill PlayersLady DufferinGovernment of Canada/Benoit Osborne
Never Swim AloneRefereeVision Theatre/Greg Wizinski
ChicagoVelma KellyEddy May Mysteries/Riley Stewart
HairsprayPrudy Pingleton /Gym Teacher /MatronSegerstrom Hall, Costa Mesa CA

Awards

In 2010 the Capital Critics Circle (CCC) awarded her the title of Best Professional Actor for her role in Blood Brothers at the Gladstone Theatre.[7] Alvina Ruprecht of the CCC, and resident theatrical critic of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,[8] describes Zeesman’s performance as "absolutely magnificent as Mrs Johnstone, the worried, harassed debt ridden mother who can’t pay, can’t control her oldest boys … Zeesman’s singing brings great depth to all these emotional situations. As well as being a strong singer she has also become a serious actress. The final number, Tell me it’s not true, as she bends over the two bodies of her dead sons, was the culmination of a great performance".[9]

References
  1. Emanuelle Zeesman Archived March 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Mensour Agency, retrieved 19 June 2012
  2. Musical Instructors, Ottawa School of Speech and Drama, retrieved 19 June 2012
  3. "a Company of Fools Theatre « Mandate". Fools.ca. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
  4. "Emmanuelle Zeesman". Mensour.ca. Archived from the original on March 17, 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
  5. "Mercy". IMDb.
  6. "The Gladstone | HOME". Thegladstone.ca. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
  7. "CCC Theatre Awards 2010 Capital Critics Circle Announces Eleventh Annual Theatre Awards". Capital Critics Circle. November 15, 2010. Archived from the original on March 17, 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  8. "Home of the Canadian Theatre Critics Association - Membership". Canadiantheatrecritics.ca. June 13, 2000. Archived from the original on March 2, 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
  9. "Blood Brothers at the Gladstone". Capital Critics Circle. Archived from the original on March 17, 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
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