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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| module = {{Infobox musical artist
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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=
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Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
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1987
| Fishtales | Schoolgirl | |
1988
| Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller | Alice | |
2000
| Francine Frensky (voice) | Television film |
2002
| Abandon | Girl Singer | |
rowspan="2"| 2007
| Choir Singer | |
Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom
| Tecna (voice) | |
rowspan="2"| 2008
| Charmane | |
Serveuses demandées
| Candy | |
rowspan="2"| 2018
| Lemonade | Nurse | |
Death Wish
| Nurse Rachel | |
2019
| Good Sam | Faith Haywood | |
=Television=
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Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes ! class="unsortable" | Ref |
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1988
|Extra! Extra! | {{n/a}} | Unknown episodes | |
1992–1996
| Kiki | |
1996–2022
| Francine Frensky (voice) | |
2001–2002
| Mimi Sperling | 13 episodes | |
2002
| Collette | Episode: "Girls Interrupted" | |
2003–2004
| Mental Block | Sparks | 26 episodes | |
2004
| Fries with That | Customer | Episode: "The Campaign" | |
2004–2012
| Francine Frensky (voice) | 6 episodes | |
2005–09
| Tecna (voice) | Cinelume/RAI English version, Seasons 2-4 | Rai English closing credits:
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2006–2008
| Bombolo, Bobby Clash (voices) | | |
2006
| Hydie (voice) (uncredited) | Episode: "Curse of the Six-String Serenade" | |
2016
| 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 |
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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 | |
2013
| Additional voices | |
Discography
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Twitter}}
- {{AllMusic|id=mn0001922798}}
- {{IMDb name|0720418}}
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Canadian voice actresses
Category:Black Canadian actresses
Category:Actresses from Montreal
Category:Canadian people of Jamaican descent
Category:Singers from Montreal
Category:Anglophone Quebec people
Category:Canadian child actresses
Category:21st-century Canadian women singers
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