Miranda Frigon

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Biography

Miranda Frigon is a Canadian born Actress and Singer-Songwriter. Born in Edmonton, Alberta she began her acting career at the age of eight, appearing in numerous television commercials. Her childhood and adolescence revolved around competitive gymnastics, ballet and piano, so performing was a huge part of her life from an early age. She traveled and competed across Canada with her gymnastics team all the while training professionally as a dancer. She then went on to dance in a ballet company for several years before joining and touring with a more diverse company that included more various styles of dance in addition to ballet. She studied as a theater major and minored in psychology at the University of Alberta where she also competed on the varsity gymnastics team. Shortly after, Miranda received a scholarship to the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City where she trained in musical theater before landing her first large recurring television role on the Disney series "Honey, I Shrunk The Kids." This brought her back to Canada where she began working and building her film, television and music career. After settling in Vancouver, B.C. she immediately began booking numerous guest stars on hit network U.S. shows such as "The 4400", "Higher Ground", "The Chris Isaak Show", "John Doe" "True Calling" and "The Dead Zone" to name a few. In her free time she was writing music and playing live with her band in venues in and around Vancouver. After a 13 episode run on UPN's "Jake 2.0", she applied for a visa and made her way to Los Angeles. She has been splitting her time working between Canada and the US ever since. In addition to her numerous feature and indie film credits, her most notable pasts TV roles include guest stars on hit shows such as "Bones", "Ugly Betty", "Dexter", "The New Adventures of Old Christine", "V" and "Supernatural". Miranda was nominated for a Canadian Leo Award in 2013 for her leading role on Syfy's "Primeval: New World", was recurring for 5 seasons on the hit drama "Heartland" and is now most recognized for her leading role on Hallmark's "Aurora Teagarden Mysteries" alongside Candace Cameron and Marilu Henner. She was nominated for a Canadian Leo award again in 2015, for her role in this series. Miranda's original song "Hiding Place" was used in episode 5 of Syfy's "Primeval New World" and it unleashed a worldwide fan base for her music. Since, her original songs have been placed in television series, Indie and feature films by Fox, Paramount, The CW, NBC, UPN, CBC, Space, Syfy, Hallmark & Lifetime. Her placements have gotten her worldwide exposure and attracted new fans from all over the globe. Miranda just released her new Kickstarter fan-funded album "First" in 2017 which can be found on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and any additional online stores. In addition to all of her creative and athletic talents, Miranda is also a skilled Mixed Martial Artist. She has been trained in Boxing and Thai Kickboxing for over 10 years.

  • Primary profession
  • Actress·soundtrack·sound_department
  • Gender
  • Female
  • Birth date
  • 20 February 1980
  • Place of birth
  • Edmonton

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Trivia

Was a varsity Gymnast at the University of Alberta.

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