Jennifer Wigmore
Biography
Jennifer Wigmore is a multidisciplinary artist in acting, writing, and visual art. She has had tremendous success on screen throughout her career including recurring roles on notable projects such as the long-running series Heartland (CBC), Impulse (YouTube Premium), Season 3 of Designated Survivor (Netflix), as Head Mistress Miss Grayling in Seasons 1, 4, 5 & upcoming 6 of Malory Towers (BBC & BYU TV), and in the drama based on DC Comics' acclaimed series Y: The Last Man (FX & Hulu).
She has also appeared in projects such as Anne with an E (CBC), Suits (USA Network), and the feature film Happy Place (Sienna Films). Most recently Jennifer landed a coveted series regular role as Washington's Chief of Police, April Anderson, on the highly anticipated James Patterson series, Cross (Amazon Studios & Paramount Pictures) which will premiere in Fall 2024.
Also this year, Jennifer can be seen in A24's horror comedy Dream Scenario opposite Nicholas Cage. On stage, she has performed in theaters across Canada including The Arts Club, Citadel Theatre, Tarragon Theatre, The Theatre Center, Canadian Stage Company, and the Stratford Festival. Born and raised in Edmonton Alberta she is a graduate of the musical theatre program at Grant MacEwan University she also obtained her BFA and MFA in painting at OCAD University.
In addition to acting, Jennifer is an accomplished visual artist. Rooted in painting, her practice spans figurative and abstract works and often explores the entanglements of art-making and pedagogy from within her disciplines of acting and visual art. Her work can be found in collections across Canada, the US, and England. In 2010 she won the hit Bravo series Star Portraits with her painting of Canadian icon Gordon Pinsent.
The painting now has a permanent home at The Gordon Pinsent Centre for the Arts in Grand Falls, Newfoundland. In 2004 she began teaching acting and co-developed the theatre training program at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario. She has taught acting at multiple institutions including, Toronto Metropolitan University, Randolph College, George Brown College, and visual art at OCAD University, the Art Institute of Chicago, and Sheridan College.
Jennifer recently narrated fellow Edmontonian, Todd Babiak's new novel, The Spirits Up as well as the nonfiction novel Off the Tracks by Pamela Mulloy. Jennifer is also a writer herself and has written several articles for magazines and is currently writing her first play, Measure², and her first screenplay. Jennifer is a passionate and tireless advocate for artists.
She co-founded AACE - The Association of Acting Coaches and Educators and over the last two decades has worked with many other arts organizations including; Got Your Back, NSIP - the National Society of Intimacy Professionals and both Canadian performers unions, Canadian Actors Equity and ACTRA.
