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Jackie Richardson is a Canadian singer and actress. She is known for her screen roles in ''The Gospel According to the Blues'', ''The Doodlebops'', and ''Sins of the Father''. She is also known for her appearance on the YTV show ''Catwalk'' where she played the grandmother to Atlas (Christopher Lee Clements). She was also a member of 60's Toronto-based girl group The Tiaras along with Brenda Russell. She is of African-American descent, and was born in Pittsburgh. Her family moved to Toronto, Ontario when Richardson was young. She is a three-time nominee for the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Gemini Award, and won the Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series for ''The Gospel According to the Blues.''〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.geminiawards.ca/gemini25/nomspop.cfm?mo=3&id=2740 )〕 In 2003 she was nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Best Actress in a Television Movie for Sins of the Father. She is also a noted stage performer, winning a Dora Award in 2004 for the musical ''Cookin' at the Cookery.''〔(Veteran performer Jackie Richardson awestruck with 'Saint Carmen of The Main' )〕 Other high profile projects include More Tales of the City, Further Tales of the City, and 3 Men and a Baby. The musical ''Big Mama! The Willie Mae Thornton Story'' was conceived of and written by Audrei-Kairen Kotaska for Richardson, who starred in the production first in 1999 and then again in 2012. Her daughter Kim Richardson is also a singer.〔("My Montreal: Soul Singer Kim Richardson" ). ''Montreal Gazette'', February 26, 2014.〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jackie Richardson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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