Brenda Kamino Explained

Brenda Kamino
Birth Date:1951 11, mf=yes
Birth Place:Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation:Actress, teacher, writer, director and painter
Years Active:1977–present
Spouse:Scott Fairweather (m. 1987)
Children:1

Brenda Kamino is a Canadian actress, teacher, writer, director and painter. She is best known for over forty years of theatre work, numerous screen roles, and for playing Dot Yasuda in the TV series Carter.[1]

Early life

Brenda Michiko Kamino was born in Toronto, Ontario. She started acting in a high school production of Antigone, and performed at McMaster University with Martin Short, Eugene Levy and Dave Thomas in Frankenstein, A Rock Musical written by Thomas and his brother Ian Thomas.[2]

Career

Kamino's first professional appearances were in 1977, as an extra in the CBC film Bethune, and in the Toronto Open Circle Theatre's production of The Primary English Class, by Israel Horovitz.[3] The play was so successful in Toronto that it toured other Canadian cities during 1977[3] and 1978.[4]

Other stage plays in which Kamino has performed include Yellow Fever by R. A. Shiomi (1983); Bachelor Man for Theatre Passe Muraille in Toronto (1987), in which she played Queenie, an aging prostitute with bound feet; the Dora-nominated Naomi's Road for Young People's Theatre (1992);[5] M Butterfly (1993); Mom, Dad, I'm Living with a White Girl by Marty Chan (1995);[6] [7] Rashomon[8] and The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles at the 1996 Shaw Festival;[9] [10] Dreams of Blonde and Blue by M. J. Kang, Theatre Passe Muraille (2002);[11] Suicide Notes (2004);[12] Nisei Blue by Mieko Ouchi (2011);[13] Ching Chong Chinaman by Lauren Yee (2013);[14] [15] and Bystanders by David Levine (2015),[16] a solo performance.[17] In an article previewing the 2004 Summerworks called "Artists to Watch", NOW magazine writers Jon Kaplan and Glenn Sumi noted: "Kamino's seen way too infrequently onstage, so her grounded, thoughtful approach to acting should heat up this look at life, language and limits".[18]

She has made many television appearances, including in Lost Girl, , recurring roles in Train 48, , E.N.G. and Street Legal; children’s shows Fred Penner's Place and Mr. Dressup; and the TV movies Befriend and Betray, Ultra and Hotel Babylon.

Kamino has a recurring role playing Dot Yasuda in the TV series Carter (2018–).[1] [19] Carter was commissioned by Sony Pictures Television for AXN in Spain, Latin America, Brazil, Japan, Central Europe and Russia, and by CTV for Canada. It is distributed by SPT worldwide, excluding Canada. In January 2019, it was announced that Carter was renewed for a second season by WGN in the US and CTV Drama (formerly Bravo) in Canada.[20] Season 2 of Carter premiered September 25, 2019 in Canada on CTV Drama.[21]

Films she has appeared in include I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987),[22] [23] Zero Patience (1993),[24] and The Glass Castle (2017).[25]

Kamino produces theatre with award-winning playwright, director and actor Andrew Moodie with their company Renaissance Theatre, dedicated to finding scripts that deserve a second chance at life in the Canadian theatre scene.[26]

In 2005, Kamino received the Canadian Actors' Equity Association's Larry McCance Award "for her work on cultural diversity".[27] [28] For more than two decades, she did artistic and administrative work in theatre, film and TV, advocating access and equity in the arts.[29] Among the groups she worked with were Canadian Actors' Equity, Theatre Ontario and the Ontario Arts Council.[30]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bahr . Robyn . 'Carter': TV Review . The Hollywood Reporter . 4 March 2019 . 6 August 2018.
  2. News: Balch . Erica . 30 October 2014 . It's ALIVE! Frankenstein resurrected from Library archives . Daily News (McMaster University) . Hamilton, Ontario . 18 May 2020.
  3. News: van Vugt . Harry . Primary English Class - This Comedy Stings . 4 March 2019 . The Windsor Star . 30 September 1977 . Windsor, Ontario . 9.
  4. News: Ashwell . Keith . Primary English Class is primarily hilarious . 4 March 2019 . Edmonton Journal . 22 November 1978 . Edmonton, Alberta . D13.
  5. News: Friedlander . Mira . Kamino charts Naomi's Road to family past . Toronto Star . 9 April 1992 . Toronto, Ontario . H7.
  6. Book: Nothof . Anne . Ethnicities: Plays from the New West . 1999 . NeWest Press . 9781896300030 . 95 . 4 March 2019.
  7. Book: Chan . Marty . Ravel . Aviva . Canadian Mosaic II: 6 Plays, Volume 2 . 1996 . Dundurn . 9780889242746 . 101 . https://books.google.com/books?id=kpWnAgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Li+Fen+Gee%22&pg=PA103 . 4 March 2019 . Mom, Dad, I'm Living with a White Girl.
  8. News: Friedlander . Mira . Reviews: Rashomon . 4 March 2019 . Variety . 16 September 1996.
  9. News: Portman . Jamie . Staging of intimidating play succeeds, in part . 4 March 2019 . The Ottawa Citizen . 11 July 1996 . Ottawa, Ontario . D9.
  10. News: Rawson . Christopher . Sweet delights - Shaw Festival offers theatrical morsels at Niagara-on-the-lake . 4 March 2019 . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . 22 September 1996 . F3.
  11. News: Cushman . Robert . Death of a Korean restaurateur . 4 March 2019 . National Post . 28 January 2002 . Toronto, Ontario . B12.
  12. Web site: SummerWorks wrap-up. Sumi. Glenn. Kaplan. Jon. 19 August 2004. NOW Magazine. en-us. 18 May 2020.
  13. News: Clark . Bob . Ṉisei Blue a haunting look at the past . 4 March 2019 . Calgary Herald . 16 February 2011 . D2.
  14. News: Kaplan . Jon . Ching Chong Chinaman Lauren Yee explodes racial stereotypes by underlining clichés and political incorrectness . 4 March 2019 . NOW Toronto . 14 March 2013.
  15. News: Nestruck . J. Kelly . Ching Chong Chinaman: A clever, funny assault on ethnic-identity confusion you have to see . 4 March 2019 . The Globe and Mail . 15 March 2013 . Toronto, Ontario.
  16. Web site: David Levine: Bystanders . . 2015 . Gallery TPW . 18 May 2020.
  17. Web site: A Conversation with Brenda Kamino . Fujino . David . 1 October 2012 . Toronto NAJC (National Association of Japanese Canadians) . 18 May 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20121004232113/http://www.torontonajc.ca/2012/10/01/a-conversation-with-brenda-kamino/ . 4 October 2012.
  18. Web site: Kaplan . Jon . Jon Kaplan (theatre critic) . Sumi . Glenn . 5 August 2004 . Artists to watch . 18 May 2020 . NOW Magazine . en-us.
  19. News: Ali . Lorraine . Trying his hand at a little detecting . 4 March 2019 . The Los Angeles Times . 7 August 2018 . E4.
  20. Web site: WGN America's 'Carter' Renewed For Second Season. Lafayette. Jon. Broadcasting & Cable. 23 January 2019 . en-us. 15 March 2019.
  21. Web site: Preview: Carter kicks it up a notch in Season 2 . David . Greg . 23 October 2019 . www.tv-eh.com . 18 May 2020.
  22. News: Bunke . Joan . Joy of life spices flick . 4 March 2019 . The Des Moines Register . 18 October 1987 . Des Moines, Iowa . 1F.
  23. News: Hubbard to hear 'Mermaids' sing . 4 March 2019 . The Post-Star . 26 January 1990 . Glens Falls, New York . C6.
  24. Book: Lassen . Christian . Camp Comforts: Reparative Gay Literature in Times of AIDS . 2014 . transcript Verlag . 9783839418147 . 18 . 4 March 2019.
  25. Web site: Brenda Kamino . . n.d. . BFI . British Film Institute. 18 May 2020.
  26. Web site: She's Got A New Gig! . Fujino . David . 7 August 2015 . Toronto NAJC (National Association of Japanese Canadians). 18 May 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20150930154927/http://www.torontonajc.ca/2015/09/29/shes-got-a-new-gig/ . 30 September 2015.
  27. Web site: Honours Awards 2019–2020 . . 29 June 2019 . Canadian Actors' Equity Association . 18 May 2020.
  28. News: Brandon wins equity association award . 4 March 2019 . Star-Phoenix . 27 October 2005 . Saskatoon, Saskatchewan . C4.
  29. Book: Knowles . Ric . Performing the Intercultural City . 2017 . University of Michigan Press . 9780472053605 . 178 . 4 March 2019.
  30. Web site: Dreaming in color . Kaplan . Jon . 24 January 2002 . NOW Toronto . 18 May 2020.

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