Andrea Menard (born 1971) is a Canadian actress, playwright, and jazz
singer.Menard was born in 1971 in Flin Flon, Manitoba and based in
Saskatchewan.Menard, who is of Métis descent, is best known for her
work on the television series Moccasin Flats (2003) (in which she
played a Police Officer with the Regina Police Service in the city of
Regina, Saskatchewan) and for her starring role as Constable Tara
Wheaton in the television series Rabbit Fall (2007â€"2008). She is
currently the voice of characters Sarah Merasty and Kohkum on the APTN
stop motion animated program Wapos Bay: The Series (2005â€"Present).An
accomplished jazz singer, Menard wrote and composed a one-woman,
musical one act play entitled The Velvet Devil which opened to rave
reviews in 1998. A soundtrack album featuring 18 songs was released in
2002 and the CBC made a film based upon the play which aired in Canada
in April 2006. In 2005, Menard was featured on the compilation album,
Real Divas - Torch Light Vol. II along with 15 other Canadian jazz
vocalists. Menard's music has been used in a number of TV shows
internationally, most notably her tongue-in-cheek ode to gender
politics, "If I Were a Man", which was featured on an episode of the
series Queer as Folk.
singer.Menard was born in 1971 in Flin Flon, Manitoba and based in
Saskatchewan.Menard, who is of Métis descent, is best known for her
work on the television series Moccasin Flats (2003) (in which she
played a Police Officer with the Regina Police Service in the city of
Regina, Saskatchewan) and for her starring role as Constable Tara
Wheaton in the television series Rabbit Fall (2007â€"2008). She is
currently the voice of characters Sarah Merasty and Kohkum on the APTN
stop motion animated program Wapos Bay: The Series (2005â€"Present).An
accomplished jazz singer, Menard wrote and composed a one-woman,
musical one act play entitled The Velvet Devil which opened to rave
reviews in 1998. A soundtrack album featuring 18 songs was released in
2002 and the CBC made a film based upon the play which aired in Canada
in April 2006. In 2005, Menard was featured on the compilation album,
Real Divas - Torch Light Vol. II along with 15 other Canadian jazz
vocalists. Menard's music has been used in a number of TV shows
internationally, most notably her tongue-in-cheek ode to gender
politics, "If I Were a Man", which was featured on an episode of the
series Queer as Folk.
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