Djennie Laguerre

Actor, author and storyteller, Djennie Laguerre is a graduate of the Stella Adler Acting Conservatory (New York) and the University of Ottawa (BAC in Art; Theatre, and Literature). She has been acclaimed as the performer and author of Manman la mer at Théâtre la Catapulte. She is the author and performer of Rendez-Vous with Home/Lakay at the SummerWorks Festival, 2008, and at the Théâtre français de Toronto, 2010, also presented in several storytelling festivals such as Les contes nomades (NAC) and Le Festival du loup de Lafontaine and Festival Les vieux m’ont conté. She is proud of the ambitious tour of both English and French versions of Rendez-vous with Home/Lakay with the iconic Black Theatre Workshop (Montreal, February 2018 and November 2019) and the English version with Roseneath Theatre in Toronto 2020! She just finished a 3-year tour with Manman la mer in Ottawa, Ivory Coast, New Brunswick, Québec and Ontario. An English version called Mother Sea is to come.

In 2020-21, she won the Best Actress Prix Rideau Award for her performance in Manman la mer, and the production team won “Best Production”. She received the Spotlight Award at the SummerWorks Festival in 2008 for Rendez-Vous with Home. She is a Dora Award- nominee for “Outstanding Performance – Individual” for Rendez-Vous with Home 2020, and “Outstanding Performance – Individual” and “Outstanding Performance – Ensemble” for Les Zinspirés. Djennie was also nominated for “Best Actress” at the METAs Awards 2018 for Rendez-vous Home/ Lakay. Children may know her as an Artist in schools ⁄Artist Educator with OAC, YPT and Theatre Direct. Djennie is also the storyteller and dancer Madame Bonheur at MiniTFO/CBC.