Saskia Garel
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Saskia Garel (born December 9, 1969) is a Jamaican-Canadian musician and actress.
Early life and education
Garel was born in Kingston, Jamaica and immigrated to Toronto, Canada at an early age. She graduated from York University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours degree and was awarded the Oscar Peterson Award.
Career
During her 4 years at York, she performed in the group Coconut Groove (top 40, Latin and world beat music) and played the Toronto nightclub circuit. It was with Coconut Groove that she was discovered by Richie Mayer and David Bendeth (A&R with BMG Music) and was signed to a record deal as a member of the group Love and Sas. She went on to win two Juno Awards for best R&B recording for "Call My Name" and "Once in a Lifetime" two years in a row off the same album. Love & Sas toured Canada, the US and the UK, had 3 top ten hits on the Canadian charts and had 5 music videos running in high rotation on Much Music.
Garson played the role of Mimi in the Canadian production of the musical Rent. While on tour with Rent in Vancouver, she got the part of Jasmine, a singer, on the TV series Nightman, and appeared in ten episodes of the final season. This meant she was filming during the day and performing as Mimi at night.
Personal life
Garel is married to fellow actor Steven Allerick whom she met while playing Nala in The Lion King.[1]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Mistrial | Reporter #8 | TV movie |
| 2000 | A Tale of Two Bunnies | Judy | TV movie |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | The Newsroom | - | Episode: "Meltdown: Part 3" |
| 1999 | Night Man | Jasmine | Recurring cast: season 2 |
| 2002 | Earth: Final Conflict | Claire Jackson | Episode: "Deep Sleep" |
| Spynet | Usher | TV series | |
| Tracker | Gina Newcastle | Episode: "Eye of the Storm" | |
| 2003 | Platinum | - | Episode: "Loyalty" |
| 2004 | She Spies | Gina Dominic | Episode: "Remember When" |
| Wild Card | Jamie Rodrigue | Episode: "Bound and Gagged, Your Husband Was Snagged" | |
| 2004-06 | One on One | Danielle | Recurring cast: season 4, guest: season 5 |
References
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External links
- Saskia Garel at IMDbTemplate:EditAtWikidataScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Official website
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- 1969 births
- Living people
- Canadian television actresses
- Canadian expatriate actresses in the United States
- Jamaican emigrants to Canada
- Canadian actresses of Chinese descent
- Musicians from Toronto
- Actresses from Toronto
- Actresses from Kingston, Jamaica
- Canadian people of Spanish descent