- Geri Hall
Geri Hall (born 1972)cite news | url=http://www.uptownmag.com/2008-04-10/feature.aspx | accessdate=2008-10-07 | title=Funny girl / This Hour Has 22 Minutes star Geri Hall returns to the stage for the Winnipeg Comedy Festival | first=Jared | last=Story | publisher="Uptown" | location=Winnipeg | date=
10 April 2008 Age 35 in April 2008.] cite news | url=http://www.oakvillebeaver.com/news/article/121562 | publisher="Oakville Beaver " | accessdate=2008-10-07 | title=This Hour has Oakville's Geri Hall | first=Krissie | last=Rutherford | date=14 September 2007 Indicates Oakville, Ontario origin, age 35 in September 2007.] is aCanadian actress andcomedian . She has appeared on "This Hour has 22 Minutes " in October & November 2004, March 2007 and became a permanent cast anchor in October 2007. Other appearances include theRick Mercer Report , as well as numeroustelevision commercials . She also wrote the Gemini Award-nominated "To Die 4 ". She is known also for her distinctive voice. She impersonates celebrities such as,Matthew Fox ,Neil Patrick Harris etc. She has also appeared in such shows as "The Blobheads" [cite web | url=http://www.telefilm.gc.ca/data/production/prod_2413.asp?lang=en&cat=tv&g=chl&y=2003 | publisher=Telefilm Canada | accessdate=2008-10-07 | title=Blobheads (The) / Television 2003-Youth ] which was on CBC.Geri Hall was also known for her role in attempting to interview Prime Minister
Stephen Harper for the CBC comedy series "22 Minutes" during the 2008 federal election campaign in Halifax,Nova Scotia back onSeptember 12 ,2008 . Hall was restrained by security and was later taken off in handcuffs, but she was not officially under arrest, as instead of being placed in a jail cell, she got an exclusive one-on-one interview with Harper, where he claims that he had never even watched "22 Minutes", and asked Geri "Do you like handcuffs?" [ [http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2008/09/12/22minutes-hall-harper.html Comedian cuffed after professing her love for Harper.] ]Hall is originally from
Oakville, Ontario .Recognition
* 2007
Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role Dramatic Series - "The Jane Show " episode "Rules of Engagement" - Nominated
* 2004Canadian Comedy Award - Television - Pretty Funny Writing - Special or Episode - "To Die 4 " - NominatedReferences
External links
*
* [http://www.gerihall.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.diamondfield.com/gerihall.php Official management website]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.