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| Actor Meredith Henderson has captured the lead role in Shania/CP photo |
Ottawa-born actress Meredith Henderson, best known for starring in the youth TV series The Adventures of Shirley Holmes, will take on the role of Canadian pop-country star Shania Twain in the upcoming CBC-TV movie, filmakers announced Wednesday.
"She commands the camera," director Jerry Ciccoritti told the Canadian Press. "Can she sing? Yes!"
Ciccoritti recently explored northern Ontario shooting locations in Sudbury, Huntsville and Timmins and filming is set to begin Sept. 20. However Ciccoritti said he wasn't sure if the film - which will detail the transformation of Eileen Twain into Shania from 1973 to 1993 - would be completed in time for the 2004-2005 season.
The 20-year-old Henderson won a Gemini Award in her early teens for the Shirley Holmes series, in which she portrayed a descendent of the legendary sleuth Sherlock Holmes. More recently, she has made guest appearances on Queer as Folk, The Eleventh Hour and Puppets Who Kill.