Meredith Henderson
Encyclopedia
Meredith Henderson is a Canadian
actress best known for playing the title role in The Adventures of Shirley Holmes
.
She also had a leading role as wheelchair
-using Cleo Bellows in the 2001 children's television series MythQuest
opposite Christopher Jacot
.
In 2005, she appeared in Shania: A Life in Eight Albums
, a biopic of country
star Shania Twain
, in which she played the lead role. She did all the singing, dancing and guitar playing herself.
Henderson also had a recurring role as the girlfriend of Harris Allan
's character Hunter on the critically acclaimed, groundbreaking gay TV series Queer as Folk.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
actress best known for playing the title role in The Adventures of Shirley Holmes
The Adventures of Shirley Holmes
The Adventures of Shirley Holmes is a Canadian mystery TV series that originally aired from 1996 to 1999. The show was created by Ellis Iddon and Phil Meagher who had produced a successful series of books with Harper Collins, teaming up with Credo and Forefront to develop the TV series...
.
She also had a leading role as wheelchair
Wheelchair
A wheelchair is a chair with wheels, designed to be a replacement for walking. The device comes in variations where it is propelled by motors or by the seated occupant turning the rear wheels by hand. Often there are handles behind the seat for someone else to do the pushing...
-using Cleo Bellows in the 2001 children's television series MythQuest
MythQuest
MythQuest is a Canadian television series that originally aired on PBS in 2001. It stars Meredith Henderson and Christopher Jacot as Cleo and Alex Bellows, two teens whose father Matt disappears into the Cyber Museum, a computer program that, as they discover, allows them to travel into myths by...
opposite Christopher Jacot
Christopher Jacot
Christopher Jacot is a Canadian actor.Jacot was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He attended Earl Haig Secondary School in the Claude Watson programme for drama with fellow actors Sarah Polley and Lani Billard...
.
In 2005, she appeared in Shania: A Life in Eight Albums
Shania: A Life in Eight Albums
Shania: A Life in Eight Albums is a Canadian television movie, which aired on CBC Television on 8pm on November 7, 2005. It is a biopic of Canadian country star Shania Twain, that was originally scheduled to air in October, but was delayed by the CBC labour dispute...
, a biopic of country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
star Shania Twain
Shania Twain
Shania Twain, OC is a Canadian country pop singer-songwriter. Her album The Woman in Me , brought her fame and her 1997 album Come On Over, became the best-selling album of all time by a female musician in any genre, and the best-selling country album of all time. It has sold over 40 million...
, in which she played the lead role. She did all the singing, dancing and guitar playing herself.
Henderson also had a recurring role as the girlfriend of Harris Allan
Harris Allan
Harris Allan is an actor and recording artist under the moniker Fallan Soldier. He attended Lord Roberts Elementary and King George Secondary High School in Vancouver, B.C....
's character Hunter on the critically acclaimed, groundbreaking gay TV series Queer as Folk.
Filmography
- FlashpointFlashpoint (TV series)Flashpoint is a Canadian police drama television series that debuted on July 11, 2008, on CTV in Canada and ran on CBS in the United States for its first three and a half seasons. In 2011, Ion Television began airing new episodes of the series in the United States...
(2009) - Sadie O'Brien - JumperJumper (film)Jumper is a 2008 American science fiction film, loosely based on the 1992 science fiction novel of the same name by Steven Gould. The film is directed by Doug Liman and stars Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, Jamie Bell, Rachel Bilson, Max Thieriot, AnnaSophia Robb, and Diane Lane...
(2008) - Fiona - Everest (2007) - Marlene
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert FordThe Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert FordThe Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is a 2007 American Western drama film. The film is directed by Andrew Dominik, with Brad Pitt portraying Jesse James and Casey Affleck as his killer, Robert Ford.Filming took place in rural Alberta and Winnipeg, Manitoba...
(2007) - Nellie Russell (scenes deleted) - The Dresden FilesThe Dresden FilesThe Dresden Files is a series of contemporary fantasy/mystery novels written by Jim Butcher.He provides a first person narrative of each story from the point of view of the main character, private investigator and wizard Harry Dresden, as he recounts investigations into supernatural disturbances in...
(2007) - Caryn Harris/Nikki Slovak - The Best YearsThe Best Years (TV series)The Best Years is a Canadian teen drama series set in Boston, Massachusetts. The series was created by producer and writer of Degrassi: The Next Generation, Aaron Martin...
(2007) - Hillary Dunbar - 22 Hands (2006)
- Heartstopper (2006) - Sara Wexler
- Shania: A Life in Eight AlbumsShania: A Life in Eight AlbumsShania: A Life in Eight Albums is a Canadian television movie, which aired on CBC Television on 8pm on November 7, 2005. It is a biopic of Canadian country star Shania Twain, that was originally scheduled to air in October, but was delayed by the CBC labour dispute...
(2005) - Eilleen Shania TwainShania TwainShania Twain, OC is a Canadian country pop singer-songwriter. Her album The Woman in Me , brought her fame and her 1997 album Come On Over, became the best-selling album of all time by a female musician in any genre, and the best-selling country album of all time. It has sold over 40 million... - Beach Girls (2005) (mini) TV Series .... Young Maddie
- Queer as Folk - Callie Leeson
- A Wind at My Back ChristmasWind at My BackWind at My Back is a television series which aired in Canada on CBC Television between 1996 and 2001. It was created and produced by Kevin Sullivan, best known for his adaptation of Anne of Green Gables and Road to Avonlea...
(2001) - Anna Schiller - MythQuestMythQuestMythQuest is a Canadian television series that originally aired on PBS in 2001. It stars Meredith Henderson and Christopher Jacot as Cleo and Alex Bellows, two teens whose father Matt disappears into the Cyber Museum, a computer program that, as they discover, allows them to travel into myths by...
(2001) - Cleo Bellows - Big SoundBig SoundBig Sound was a Canadian produced television programme which aired for a run of 22 episodes. The show was set in the offices of a fictional record label, concentrating on the interactions between characters therein. It starred Greg Evigan. As a satire, its aim was to poke fun at the superficial...
(2000) TV Series - Phoebe Sutton - The Adventures of Shirley HolmesThe Adventures of Shirley HolmesThe Adventures of Shirley Holmes is a Canadian mystery TV series that originally aired from 1996 to 1999. The show was created by Ellis Iddon and Phil Meagher who had produced a successful series of books with Harper Collins, teaming up with Credo and Forefront to develop the TV series...
(1996–2000) - Shirley Holmes - Kayla (1999) - Jaynie Nightingale
- GoosebumpsGoosebumps (TV series)Goosebumps is a Canadian children's horror anthology television series based on R. L. Stine's Goosebumps books.-Networks:...
- Cara Renfield - The Song Spinner (1995) - Aurora