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Brenda Barrie is an actor with extensive experience in theatre and film. As a member of the Actor's Equity Association (AEA) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), she has worked in theatre, commercials, industrials, voiceovers and video games in Chicago.
Brenda recently made her debut at Chicago Shakespeare Theater in Timothy Findley's Elizabeth Rex, directed by Artistic Director Barbara Gaines. Select Chicago credits include Middletown (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); Memory, Aunt Dan and Lemon, How I Learned to Drive, Waiting for Lefty, and Beauty on the Vine (BackStage Theatre Company); The Ruby Sunrise (The Gift Theatre Company); the world premieres of Mrs. Caliban and Mariette in Ecstasy (Lifeline Theatre); originating the role of Sara in the world premiere of Graceland (Profiles Theatre); A Streetcar Named Desire (Metropolis Performing Arts Centre); and Caravaggio (Silk Road Rising). As a stage actress, she's worked with directors: Les Waters, Michael Patrick Thornton, Matthew Reeder, John Gawlik, Matt Miller, Dale Heinen and Ann Boyd; she's worked with playwrights: Will Eno, Ellen Fairey, Christina Calvitt, Francis Limoncelli, and Laura Marks. She has participated in readings and workshops at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago Dramatists, Route 66 Theatre, American Theatre Company and Lookingglass Theatre Company.
For her Chicago stage work, Brenda's received three (3) Joseph Jefferson Award Nominations for Principal Actress in a Play and two (2) Joseph Jefferson Awards Nominations for Ensemble. Time Out Chicago revered her as an Essential Chicagoan and the Chicago Tribune penned her one of Chicago's Rising Stars.
Brenda's film credits include co-starring in The Chicago Code with Twentieth Century Fox, and performing in independent films including Promise Land (Set to release 2012), L Train (Recipient of The Chicago Award & selected to screen at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival), and Mass Romantic (Best Short '09 Imagen Awards). She also performed the motion capture for Cat Woman and Wonder Woman in the video game MK vs. DC Universe, as well as Kitana and Jade in Mortal Kombat with NetherRealm Studios/Warner Bros.
Brenda received her BFA in theatre (cum laude) from the University of Indianapolis and studied theatre at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland.
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