About
Originally from Bathurst, New Brunswick
(also known as Nepisiguit on the unseeded territory of the Mi’kmaw people),
Nancy Kenny is a fluently bilingual (French and English)
actor, writer, translator, and voice artist,
who splits her time between Halifax/Kjipuktuk and Toronto/Tkaronto.
Past TV credits include principal and recurring roles on From (Paramount+), Sullivan’s Crossing (CW/Crave/CTV), and Mont-Rouge (Radio-Canada), as well as principal roles in films such as 111, Skite'kmujuekati'kw (Place of Ghosts), and Deux moments de vie .
Nancy has lent her multilingual skills and talents as a voice artist to various commercials, scripted radio shows, and video games - including principal roles in Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 & Warlords of New York.
Past theatre credits include Something Missing (Unnatural Disaster Theatre), Roller Derby Saved My Soul & Everybody Dies in December (Broken Turtle Productions), Mary Magdalene and Adventures in Sobriety, (Evolution Theatre), The Amorous Ambassador (Upper Canada Playhouse), Rabbit Hole (The Gladstone), and Shakespeare’s Interactive Circus (a Company of Fools).
She is a member of the Canadian Actors Equity Association (CAEA), Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA), and Union des artistes (UdA).
ACTOR & VOICE ARTIST
“Kenny is a charmer... undeniably original.”
— Montreal Gazette
WRITER & TRANSLATOR
UPCOMING
Garde Partagée - Season 2 of a French sketch comedy series for UnisTV.
En résidence - French episodic series for UnisTV - premieres September 2024.
I Don’t Feel Pretty / Chu pas assez cute - bilingual absurdist comedy for the stage. Recipient of a Theatre Recommender Grant from Theatre Passe-Muraille in Toronto & Pat the Dog Theatre in Kitchener-Waterloo. Recent recipient of an Arts Nova Scotia grant.
Six Feet Over - short film - produced through AFCOOP FILM 1 program.
PAST PRODUCTIONS - THEATRE
Princess FREEWORLD Democracy Live (or Your Princess is in Another Castle) - co-written with Wesley Babcock.
TRANSLATIONS - ENGLISH TO FRENCH
Sauvé par le roller derby (Roller Derby Saved My Soul) - dramaturgy by Maureen Labonté with support from PARC.
Dolores - by Edward Alan Baker - dramaturgy by Mishka Lavigne.
Nancy is a member of the of the Playwrights Guild of Canada (PGC), Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre (PARC), and the Société des auteurs de radio, télévision et cinéma (SARTEC).
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