SASKIA GAREL 

SAG/ACTRA/AEA/CAEA

Height: 5'7" Weight: 120lbs 

                                                                                     

TELEVISION

One on One                                      Danielle/Recurring               Various Directors /UPN

Wild Card                                          Jamie/Co-Star                     Milan Cheylov/Lifetime TV

She Spies                                          Gina/Guest Star                   Pat Duffy/Spike TV & NBC      

Platinum                                           Eden/Guest Star                  Marcus Raboy/UPN/Francis Ford Coppolla

Tracker                                             Gina/Guest Star                    Jon Cassar/Scifi Network/Syndicated

NightMan                                         Jasmine/Series Regular        Various Directors/Glen Larson Prod’n

Earth Final Conflict                           Claire/Guest Star                  Alliance-Atlantis/Syndicated

X-tendamix                                      Host                                    Much Music

 

FILM

Tale of Two Bunnies                        Judy/PP                                Dir: Randall Miller/Grossbart Barnett Prod

10:10                                                Amanda/Lead                       Dir: Sean Kremenetskiy, AFI

Mistrial                                              Reporter/Co-Star                Dir: Heywood Gould, HBO

 

THEATRE

Up From the Downs                           Mercedes                           Dir: Gregg T. Daniel/Watts Village Theatre 

The Lion King                                     Nala                                  Dir: Julie Taymore, Toronto, LA, Chicago

Rent                                                   Mimi                                 Toronto/Mirvish Production

Ain't no Mountain High Enough         Andrea                               Coronet Theatre/Berry Gordy/Motown

 

MUSIC VIDEOS 

I Don’t Need Yo’ Kiss                       Love & Sas/Lead                   Revolver Productions

Don’t Stop Now                               Love & Sas/Lead                  Debra Samuel Productions

Call My Name                                   Love & Sas/Lead                  Revolver Productions

 

SPECIAL SKILLS

Singing:      One half of “Love & Sas” duo signed to BMG Canada

                        Canadian and American national anthems / Independent CD entitled “Movin’ On”

Dancing:     NBA’s Raptors’ Dance Pak in their inaugural year   

                  Salsa, Merengue, Cha Cha, Reggae

Accents:     Jamaican, Hispanic, British

 

 

AWARDS:       

Juno Award for Best R&B Recording of “Call My Name”

Juno Award for Best R&B Recording of “Once in a Lifetime”

DJ “Cheer Pool Award” for Top Canadian Dance Group

“Oscar Peterson Scholarship” and “Four Seasons Festivals Ontario Music” Awards

 

TRAINING:    

Acting:

Diane Christiansen “Scene Study”

Robert D’Avanzo “On Camera/Scene Study”

Alan Feinstein    “Scene Study”

Margie Haber      “Audition Technique”

Phil Ramuno      “Acting in a Sitcom”

 

Voice:  

Royal Conservatory, Toronto

BFA Honours Degree in Music at York University, Toronto

Claude Watson School of the Arts, Toronto

Jazz Vocals with Pat LaBarbara, John Gittens, Al Henderson, Frank Falco        

 

Dance:  

Sean Dibiden, (Hip Hop) Randolph Dance Theatre  

Tamara Mose, (Hip Hop) Blaze Dance Company

 

COMMERCIALS:           Available upon request