Darla Vandenbossche (born 1963) is a Canadian actress.Despite playing
roles in high school theatre productions, it was not until she was 36
years old that Vandenbossche decided to pursue acting as a career.
After working as a preschool teacher and a childcare counsellor with
the Surrey School District for a decade each, and as a youth
counsellor for homeless children and a youth recreation leader, she
joined a theatre group in Vancouver.[1] Her first play was Beyond
Therapy,[1] and she featured in a number of other productions
including Four Dogs and a Bone.[2] After four years of acting with the
theatre group, she found herself an agent and began to attend
auditions for roles in television and film. Although she found little
success at first, rejected for the majority of her auditions, she was
offered a number of small roles, the first of which was a 2004 episode
of the television series Da Vinci's Inquest's seventh season.[1] She
also featured in minor roles in Masters of Horror, License to Wed and
Why Did I Get Married?, although she is best known for her role in the
2007 Academy Award-nominated film Juno in which she plays the mother
of the title character's boyfriend.[1][3] Vandenbossche says of her
role as Mrs. Bleeker: "This one was actually a character. I could make
a history for her and a future for her."[1] She appeared in the 2009
film Love Happens, starring Jennifer Aniston and Aaron
Eckhart.[1][3]Vandenbossche's husband of eighteen years is Craig
Vandenbossche, with whom she has two teenage sons, Kevin and
Michael.[3] She describes herself as a typical housewife[3] and lives
in Fleetwood, Surrey.[1]
roles in high school theatre productions, it was not until she was 36
years old that Vandenbossche decided to pursue acting as a career.
After working as a preschool teacher and a childcare counsellor with
the Surrey School District for a decade each, and as a youth
counsellor for homeless children and a youth recreation leader, she
joined a theatre group in Vancouver.[1] Her first play was Beyond
Therapy,[1] and she featured in a number of other productions
including Four Dogs and a Bone.[2] After four years of acting with the
theatre group, she found herself an agent and began to attend
auditions for roles in television and film. Although she found little
success at first, rejected for the majority of her auditions, she was
offered a number of small roles, the first of which was a 2004 episode
of the television series Da Vinci's Inquest's seventh season.[1] She
also featured in minor roles in Masters of Horror, License to Wed and
Why Did I Get Married?, although she is best known for her role in the
2007 Academy Award-nominated film Juno in which she plays the mother
of the title character's boyfriend.[1][3] Vandenbossche says of her
role as Mrs. Bleeker: "This one was actually a character. I could make
a history for her and a future for her."[1] She appeared in the 2009
film Love Happens, starring Jennifer Aniston and Aaron
Eckhart.[1][3]Vandenbossche's husband of eighteen years is Craig
Vandenbossche, with whom she has two teenage sons, Kevin and
Michael.[3] She describes herself as a typical housewife[3] and lives
in Fleetwood, Surrey.[1]
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