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Lorraine

Strong Like Bull, Smart Like Cabbage.

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Black. Actor. Vegan. Canadian. Dreamer.

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My Interests

    Current Productions being shot in and around Winnipeg Vegan/ Vegetarian cooking Cooking w/Tempeh HTML Gadgets & Gizmos Office Supplies Casting Workbook Movies TV Shows Beadwork Chain Maille Fringe Festivals Film Festivals The Oscars Origami Duct Tape 43 People Feed Not Proud You Tube Blog of Death Showfax Roundtable What The Hell Does a Vegan Eat Anyway? Winnipeg On Stage Papier Mache del.icio.us Lunch Tin Boxes! More Later



I'd like to meet:

    Winnipeggers Vancouverites Edmontonians All Canadians Vegans/ Vegetarians/ Raw Foodists Movie Buffs Thirty-Somethings Living At Home Jewelry-Makers w/Beads and Wire Origamists All sorts of Artsy-Craftsy types Sushi-Lovers Coffee-Drinkers & Tea Tottlers Improvisers (Long-form & TheatreSports) Filmmakers Directors Script Writers Flickrs Members on Myspace.com Artistic Directors Inventive-types YouTubers People who don't like 'phobiacs' 'isms' and 'ists' like homophobiacs, racists, sexists, and whatever else fits into that category, except feminists Those who are trustworthy Fellow Friendsters , Yahoo!360 degree and hi5'ers


Music:

    Sarah VaughElla Fitzgerald & Louise ArmstrongBillie Holiday Jimi Hendrix ABBAFunk & R&BNirvana Prince James Brown Oscar Brown Jr. Stone Temple Pilots /Velvet Revolver The Beastie Boys Maroon 5 Justin Timberlake Lenny Kravitz Rick James Carol KingJames TaylorSugar RayAl Green 50 cent Public Enemy Michael BubleSly and The Family StoneBill Withers Slim Gaillard Wes Montgomery Portishead Nat "King" Cole Bjork Charlie ParkerStevie WonderRay CharlesSeal George Michael The Carpenters Madonna The Bee Gees Howlin' Wolf John Lee HookerMuddy WatersKoko Taylor Big Mama Thornton Aretha FranklinEartha KittEtta JamesThe BeatlesThe Rolling StonesElton JohnThe Guess WhoQueenDef Leppard Jamiroquai BeckMarvin GayeTom WaitsThe Police Desmond Dekker Prince BusterDean Martin and the rest of the Rat PackHouse of PainRun DMCSadeElvis PresleyBob MarleyPeter ToshArinze Eze Them featuring Van Morrison and more later.


Movies:

    The Wizard of Oz Reservoir Dogs Gangster Number 1Requiem for a DreamThe Good The Bad and The Ugly [SE]Raiders of the Lost ArkShallow GraveGroundhog DayMaelstrom [Quebec]CubeThe Chosen Family (short film I did)Cleopatra Jones and The Casino of GoldFoxy BrownBeing John MalkovichEternal Sunshine of The Spotless MindThe BelieverAmerican PsychoThe Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the DesertThe MatrixPulp FictionKill Bill V.1 & 2BatmanFight ClubCastawayThere's Something About MaryForeign Films (South Korean)Run Lola RunAttack The Gas StationThe Foul KingPeppermint CandyBetter Than ChocolateMa Vie En RoseThe MachinistOld BoyLooking for RichardAmelieSe7enSilence of The LambsShrekThe Emperor's New GrooveThe Princess and The WarriorMementoImitation of LifeGuess Who's Coming To Dinner? Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?East of EdenRebel Without A CauseThe Seven Year ItchGentlemen Prefer BlondesSome Like It HotThe ApartmentRopeRear WindowDial "M" for MurderNosferatuThe Watermelon WomanGo FishForbidden LoversInherit the WindMo'Better BluesJungle FeverMonsterGood Will HuntingPurple RainCaligulaGet RealEdge of SeventeenThe Little Girl Who Sold The SunSpidermanThe WoodsmanTampopoSkin FlickDiary of A Mad Black WomanTerminators 1 & 2A Hard Days NightHelp!O Brother, Where Art Thou?SwingersThe Salton SeaWilly Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Darkly Machiever Team AmericaTombstoneKissedShow Me LoveAmerican History X301 302FocusCharlie's AngelsGirlfightMeet the ParentsNottinghillBilly's Hollywood Screen KissBeat StreetBreakin'Breakin' 2:Electric BugalooAn American Werewolf in LondonThree O'clock HighThe Breakfast ClubWillardSixteen CandlesPretty In PinkFerris Bueller's Day OffPlanes Trains & AutomobilesBowfingerMoonstruckThe Usual SuspectsKindergarten CopHigh FidelitySchool of RockLicense to Kill[documentary]A View to A KillDr. NoDiamond are ForeverRaySid & NancyDancehall QueenThird World CopThe Harder They ComeZachariah FartedRollercoasterKitchen PartyI Shot Andy WarholRush HourTrue RomanceBoogie NightsPunch DrunkThe AviatorPinocchioDumboThe FlyAngel HeartMy Best Friend's WeddingYou've Got MailStepMomFools Rush InThe Whole Nine YardsBrokeback MountainCrash [Both David Cronenberg's and Paul Haggis' version] Lucid UnfaithfulPretty WomanMy Best Friend's Wedding Deep Sea in 3D Anything on the Showcase Channel etc. You Kill Me

Television:

    CSIERFriendsThe SimpsonsMalcolm In The MiddleSex & The CityQueer As Folk (UK & US Versions)Will & GraceThat '70's ShowLate Night w/Jay LenoConan O'BrienThe Late Late Show w/Craig FergesonSlings & ArrowsThe CallInside the Actors StudioPimp My RideThe Surreal LifeThe L WordTop 5UnwrappedThe Ellen Degeneres ShowPuppets Who KillMucho LuchoRen & StimpyStreet CentsBehind The MusicMysteries & ScandalsE! True Hollywood StoryA&E BiographyDark ShadowsRed DwarfRescue MeWeedsFrasierSCTVForever KnightThe Outer LimitsEverybody Loves Raymondand more later


Books:

    I'm Still Here : Confessions of a Sex Kitten (Paperback) Rage to Survive: The Etta James Story (Paperback) Tropic of Cancer Winning Auditions - 101 Strategies for Actors (Paperback) Freakonomics The Great & Secret Show The Autobiography of Malcolm X The 48 Laws of Power The Art of Seduction Swim With The Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive Beware the Naked Man Who Offers You His Shirt : Do What You Love, Love What You Do, and Deliver More Than You Promise Anything by Robert Bloch The Unabridged Edgar Allen Poe Is God a Racist, The Right Wing in Canada Stanley R. Barrett 13 by Shanley Writing Down The Bones: Freeing the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg Audition How It All VeganThe Garden of Vegan Blank books for writing in Back to One Notes to Myself The Books of Blood Pad Steal This Book DIYInstruction Manuals I, Tituba Nigger:The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word How to Talk Dirty and Influence People - [Lenny Bruce Autobiography]Growing Up Brady The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets Atheist UniverseVegan With A Vengenceand more later

Heroes:

    Harry Houdini James DeanAl PacinoChristopher WalkenCarol BurnettJim CarreyMichael J. FoxCatherine O'HaraAndrea MartinMartin ShortIan TraceyMike MyersPaul LyndeMae WestTallulah Bankhead Christian Bale T.J.DaweComic actorsDramatic actorsFeministsBlack PioneersGay Male EntertainersMr. NattressMs. Higgins Ted Kozma Trevor King


My Blog

Two Hours and Fifteen Minutes

That's from my call time to when it said on my sign-out sheet that I worked today on the commercial. I'll be notified as to when it'll air, but I hear mid-march, april, whenever. I'll be getting a cop...
Posted by Lorraine on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:20:00 PST

Casting Workbook

I was on Casting Workbook a moment ago and found this video: ...
Posted by Lorraine on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 11:29:00 PST

Pregnant in Local Commercial

I just got called today by my agent, asking if I had a minute for him to tell me that I've been cast in a local commercial for the Manitoba Liquor Control Commission [MLCC], doing With Child, Without ...
Posted by Lorraine on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 08:33:00 PST

Maybe I Did Something Wrong?

Yesterday, I had an audition for a commercial. What's that? You're asking why I crossed the picket lines of ACTRA to do such a thing? Well, It's the I.P.A., not the Commercial Agreement that's on stri...
Posted by Lorraine on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:50:00 PST

IFC moves in for the 'Kill'

18 September 2006 (The Hollywood Reporter)TORONTO -- IFC Films is stepping up its game, launching a slate of four to six films a year in the $4 million-$10 million range, with the prebuy of all North ...
Posted by Lorraine on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 12:38:00 PST

Our First Read-Through

On Sunday, I went to the first readthrough of The Vagina Monologues. It was good seeing others I hadn't seen in a long time, some women from a few years ago and others I'd only known about and now get...
Posted by Lorraine on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 08:58:00 PST

"Waiting In Vain" ~ Bob Marley

Well, http://www.actra.com is on strike. January 8, 2007 - TORONTO - ACTRA is on strike as of today, Monday, January 8, 2007 in Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. ACTRA will be on strike in the res...
Posted by Lorraine on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 08:26:00 PST

Say Hello To My Little Friend

Today, I received the call from the director of The Vagina Monologues and she offered me the two pieces I auditioned with. They'll be performed February 28 and March 1 of 2007. I can't wait to dive ri...
Posted by Lorraine on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 03:35:00 PST

A Little Thing But A Big Thing

Our keyboard attached to our computer is crap. Don't I seem angry? Well, I'm just miffed because some of the keys don't work. Like the exclaimation point for instance. I can't express how glad or pis...
Posted by Lorraine on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:17:00 PST

That Same Ol' Feelin'

I had my audition for The Horsemen yesterday and it went very well. I made sure to go over my lines beforehand and think about how I tackled it when I was rehearsing it with my friend Carrie and it we...
Posted by Lorraine on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 06:57:00 PST