Jodie Resther

{{short description|Canadian actress and singer}}

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| birth_name = Jodie Lynn Resther

| birth_date = {{circa|{{Birth year and age|1977}}}}

| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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| occupation = Actress, singer

| years_active = 1987–present

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| background = solo_singer

| origin = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

| instrument = Vocals

| genre = {{flatlist|

  • R&B
  • Soul{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/real/542730956|title=Real by Jodie Resther on Apple Music|work=apple.com|date=January 2000 |access-date=9 March 2017}}
  • French pop{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/ma-dualite/365590339|title=Ma dualité by Jodie Resther on Apple Music|work=apple.com|date=January 2006 |access-date=9 March 2017}}}}

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  • Aquarius
  • DEJA Musique / Unidisc}}

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Jodie Lynn Resther (born {{circa|1977}}) is a Canadian actress and singer. In the 1990s she played Kiki in the children's live-action show Are You Afraid of the Dark?, and has been involved in various dramas including Extra! Extra!, Vampire High, Undressed, and Fries With That. In cartoons, she is best known for voicing Francine in the PBS children's animated program Arthur. She also voiced Tecna in the Cinélume dub of Winx Club, and in Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Besides screen and voice acting, Resther has dabbled in music, releasing an R&B album titled Real and a French-language album called Ma Dualité on the DEJA Musique label.

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1987

| Fishtales

| Schoolgirl

|

1988

| Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller

| Alice

|

2000

| Arthur's Perfect Christmas

| Francine Frensky (voice)

| Television film

2002

| Abandon

| Girl Singer

|

rowspan="2"| 2007

| I'm Not There

| Choir Singer

|

Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom

| Tecna (voice)

|

rowspan="2"| 2008

| Who Is KK Downey?

| Charmane

|

Serveuses demandées

| Candy

|

rowspan="2"| 2018

| Lemonade

| Nurse

|

Death Wish

| Nurse Rachel

|

2019

| Good Sam

| Faith Haywood

|

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

! class="unsortable" | Ref

1988

|Extra! Extra!

| {{n/a}}

| Unknown episodes

|

1992–1996

|Are You Afraid of the Dark?

| Kiki

|

| {{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1898977/where-are-the-midnight-society-now/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140919073728/http://www.mtv.com/news/1898977/where-are-the-midnight-society-now/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 19, 2014|title='Are You Afraid Of The Dark': Where Are The Midnight Society Now?|work=mtv.com|accessdate=9 March 2017}}

1996–2022

|Arthur

| Francine Frensky (voice)

|

| {{cite web|url=https://ca.celebrity.yahoo.com/blogs/celebrity-news/where-are-they-now--the-cast-of--are-you-afraid-of-the-dark--174933379.html|title=Where are they now: The cast of 'Are You Afraid of the Dark?'|work=yahoo.com|date=13 April 2015 |accessdate=9 March 2017}}

2001–2002

| Vampire High

| Mimi Sperling

| 13 episodes

|

2002

| Undressed

| Collette

| Episode: "Girls Interrupted"

|

2003–2004

| Mental Block

| Sparks

| 26 episodes

|

2004

| Fries with That

| Customer

| Episode: "The Campaign"

|

2004–2012

| Postcards from Buster

| Francine Frensky (voice)

| 6 episodes

|

2005–09

|Winx Club

| Tecna (voice)

| Cinelume/RAI English version, Seasons 2-4

| Rai English closing credits:

  • {{cite episode | series=Winx Club | title=An Unexpected Event | publisher=Rainbow | via=Netflix | at=Closing credits | season=1 | number=1}}
  • {{cite episode | series=Winx Club | title=The Shadow Phoenix | publisher=Rainbow | via=Netflix | at=Closing credits | season=2 | number=1}}
  • {{cite episode | series=Winx Club | title=Hallowinx! | publisher=Rainbow | via=Netflix | at=Closing credits | season=2 | number=16}}
  • {{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unt0A9jE5Tc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/unt0A9jE5Tc |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|title=Winx Club Ending Season 3 RAI English|date=10 December 2012|work=YouTube|accessdate=27 November 2015|at=1:04|author=WinxClubEnglish}}{{cbignore}}
  • {{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1itZG6gaT5Q |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/1itZG6gaT5Q |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|title=Winx Club Ending Season 4 RAI English|date=10 December 2012|work=YouTube|accessdate=27 November 2015|at=0:35, Main Voices|author=WinxClubEnglish}}{{cbignore}}

2006–2008

| Monster Allergy

| Bombolo, Bobby Clash (voices)

|

|

2006

| Martin Mystery

| Hydie (voice) (uncredited)

| Episode: "Curse of the Six-String Serenade"

|

2016

| This Life

| Shannon

| Episode: "Coping Cards"

|

2017

| data-sort-value="Disappearance, The" | The Disappearance

| Henry's Nurse

| Episode: "Treasure Hunt"

|

=Video games=

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Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1994

| Are You Afraid of the Dark?: The Tale of Orpheo's Curse

| Kiki

|

1998

| LeapPad

| Additional voice

|

2009

| Dance Dance Revolution Winx Club

| Tecna

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2013

| Deus Ex: Human Revolution

| Additional voices

|

Discography

  • Real (2000, Aquarius Records)
  • Ma Dualite (2006, Unidisc)

References

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