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Amanda Walsh

Born October 3, 1981
Rigaud, Quebec

Amanda Walsh (born October 3, 1981 in Rigaud, Quebec) is a Canadian actress and former VJ for the Canadian television station MuchMusic. Download high resolution version (612x1789, 124 KB)Amanda from Much Music, publicity photo (C) 2004 Much Music, deemed fair use This work is copyrighted. ... is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Rigaud is a municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada in Vaudreuil-Soulanges at the junction of the Ottawa River (Riviere des Ouatouais) and the Rigaud River. ... is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Rigaud is a municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada in Vaudreuil-Soulanges at the junction of the Ottawa River (Riviere des Ouatouais) and the Rigaud River. ... A video jockey (usually abbreviated to VJ or sometimes veejay) can mean two things: One describes an announcer who introduces and plays videos on commercial music television such as MTV or VH1. ... A television station is a type of broadcast station that broadcasts both audio and video to television receivers in a particular area. ... MuchMusic (often referred to only as Much) is a Canadian cable television specialty channel owned by CTVglobemedia dedicated to music and music-related programs. ...


Amanda started her acting career "acting" out border-crossing scenarios at the Canada Customs college in her home town of Rigaud. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is responsible for Canadas customs operations. ...


Amanda went to Hudson High School, in Hudson, Quebec. Since the age of 12, Amanda has been working as a professional actor and dabbled in sketches and stand-up comedy, with numerous TV appearances and a gold medal win at the 2000 Improv Games in Quebec as a member of the "8 People" troupe. An honours graduate from John Abbott College, Creative Arts program (in Ste. Anne de Bellevue), she has always maintained an avid interest in TV production and music, and at 16 co-produced a documentary on the swing revival. In between gigs, open mike nights where she was gutsy enough to try stand-up, creating video comedies with her friends and learning to play the fiddle, she held a part time job as a waitress in Hudson, Quebec. Abbott enjoys a great setting along the water John Abbott College is an English-language general and professional educational college (CEGEP) located in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec Canada, at the western tip of the Island of Montreal[1]. As one of 47 CEGEPs in Quebec, the college offers eleven... Idiot box redirects here. ... Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to document reality. ... Hudson, Quebec, Canada, is a town with a population of 4796 (2001 Census), and an area of approx. ...


Walsh was "discovered" by a MuchMusic producer while waiting tables in Hudson, Quebec. Smitten by her natural good looks and charming, outgoing personality, he encouraged her to send a video and apply for the job. She got it and became the youngest VJ in MuchMusic history. She has hosted or co-hosted many programmes including Much Top 10, MuchOnDemand, Fandemonium and others. She left MuchMusic in 2004 to pursue an acting career. Recently she has been seen dating DJ Saxon while on set in Vancouver,BC. She has since made appearances on shows such as Smallville, and the night time soap opera Train 48. In 2005, she starred opposite David Boreanaz in the movie These Girls, based on the play by Vivienne Laxdale. That movie was shown at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival. She had a small role in the movie "Stardom (2000)" playing an overenthusiastic VJ on a parody of the Canadian music channel MuchMusic. She recently moved to Los Angeles where she appeared in ABC's mid-season replacement called Sons and Daughters, which premiered March 7, 2006 on ABC. [1] The show was cancelled in late-April after just 10 aired episodes. She recently appeared on an episode of Veronica Mars. Hudson, Quebec, Canada, is a town with a population of 4796 (2001 Census), and an area of approx. ... MuchOnDemand (also MOD) is an hour-long per broadcast viewer interactive television program aired on MuchMusic and Citytv in Canada, hosted by various MuchMusic VJs. ... Fandemonium [http://fandemonium. ... MuchMusic (often referred to only as Much) is a Canadian cable television specialty channel owned by CTVglobemedia dedicated to music and music-related programs. ... Smallville is an American television series set in the fictional town of Smallville, Kansas. ... For Philippine soap opera, see Teleserye. ... Train 48 was a Canadian television soap opera, broadcast on Global Television Network or CH (depending on location) airing from 2003 until 2005. ... David Paul Boreanaz (born May 16, 1969) is an American film and television actor. ... Tagline: Best Friends Share Everything These Girls is a 2006 film by John Hazlett, based off the play of the same name by Vivienne Laxdal. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... Sons & Daughters is an American situation comedy about a group of dysfunctional families living close together in a neighborhood (somewhat inspired by the series Arrested Development [1]). The producer, Significant Others Creator Fred Goss (who also is the star of the show), Lorne Michaels (who was a co-creator of... is the 66th day of the year (67th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the Veronica Mars television series. ...


Trivia

  • Her favorite book: To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee.
  • Her favorite movie: Swingers
  • Her favorite clothing store: Jean Machine
  • Her zodiac is the Libra. "It's all about balance and choices - and going with your heart."
  • Walsh is a skilled saxophone player.
  • Speaks fluent English, French, and German.
  • Appears in 2007 movie, Disturbia.

To Kill a Mockingbird is a Southern Gothic bildungsroman novel by Harper Lee. ... Nelle Harper Lee (born April 28, 1926) is an American novelist known for her Pulitzer Prize–winning 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird, her only major work to date. ... Swingers is a film released in 1996 about the lives of single, unemployed actors living in Los Angeles, California. ... Disturbia is a 2007 thriller film from DreamWorks Pictures, starring Shia LaBeouf as a depressed teen placed under house arrest who thinks he witnesses a murder while spying on his suspicious neighbor. ...

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