France Perras

France has been performing on stage as long as she can remember. As a member of UdA, ACTRA, and UBCP, she secured her first professional stage contract at age 18 and has earned a living doing what she loves for the past ten years, working in both French and English. Whether in front of a microphone, at a podium, on stage in a play, or on a film set, France feels comfortable in all mediums and gets the job done with a warm smile!
France graduated from the theatre department at The University of Ottawa. Over the past ten years, she has appeared in numerous French and English shows with independent theatre companies in town and co-ops, gracing Fringe Festival stages more than a few times.
Her most recent Fringe production, “Get Off the Cross, Mary!”, just won an X-tra West Hero Award for Best Live Performance of 2008.
She has worked on many sets, including Deadzone, Stargate-Atlantis, The L Word, Psych, and numerous commercials. She loves independent films and shorts and has participated in a variety of them that are winning awards and screening at festivals around the world. Check out www.goingwestpictures.com (re: Peking Turkey), www.codependent.com (re: Swimming Lessons), and coming soon—a clip on YouTube from a feature called Voicebox.
Commercial voice-over clients include Intrawest, The Cash Store, Pizza Freschetta, Capital Direct, Lipton, and others. As for cartoons, France recently guest-starred on “Martha Speaks”—a fabulous new show—and she continues to do more!
Her live announcing credits include The 2007 Canada Winter Games in Whitehorse, where France served as the Live Bilingual Announcer for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies. She is also the regular House Bilingual MC for the annual Canadian Association of Broadcasters Conference in Ottawa, as well as a regular moderator at the Vancouver International Writers and Readers Festival.