Just In:Andrea Menard Rushed to the hospital in a critical condition
Just In:Andrea Menard Rushed to the hospital in a critical condition Andrea Menard, actor, singer, writer, ambassador, teacher, speaker, messenger. Summary “What I can do to help empower the world and to make this world a better place is to become empowered by myself. And that means to trust in what I know, trust in the teachings I have been given, to trust in the gifts I've been given and to use those gifts.” — Andrea Menard Andrea Menard has come to view each part of her multifaceted career as interconnected. Acclaimed for her work as an actress as well a singer, Menard is also a seasoned songwriter with four albums to her name. Early in her career Menard took her writing even further when she created the one-woman musical stage play The Velvet Devil, a story about a 1940s Métis singer who turns her back on her past to try and make it in the big city. Featuring 18 songs co-written with her musical collaborator Robert Walsh The Velvet Devil would later be turned into a film by the CBC. Originally from Flin Flon, Man., Menard began acting more than 20 years ago and has gained praise for her roles in such TV shows as Moccasin Flats, Rabbit Fall, Blackstone, Hard Rock Medical, and Canada’s first transgender-themed television series The Switch. This year the award-winning actress was honored by the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) as the organization’s Woman of the Year.