Emmanuelle Zeesman
Emmanuelle Zeesman is a Canadian actress in film, stage, and television, as well as a singer, musical director, and choreographer working primarily in the United States and Canada. She has also performed throughout Australia, Asia and Europe. Zeesman is also a pianist, a trumpet player, and tin whistler.
Training
Zeesman graduated from the University of Windsor Musical Theatre Performance Program before becoming an instructor at the Ottawa School of Speech and Drama. In addition to her education at Windsor, Zeesman is a graduate of École Philippe Gaulier, and she has studied under leading Canadian acting, musical theatre, and choreography coaches.Performances
Movies and television
Zeesman played the role of Lou Anne in the short film "Mercy". Her credits also list her as performing in various film and television roles, including A Lover's Revenge, First Comes Love, Getting Along Famously, Officier Croupier, and The Breakfast Club.Theatre
Zeesman is a member of A Company of Fools Theatre Inc., a not-for-profit professional theatre company that presents Shakespeare plays in a format that employs editing, improvisation, costumes, make up, physical comedy, and local and contemporary references to appeal to broad audiences, including children and those uninitiated into Shakespeare's works.Zeesman's theatrical performances are tabled below.
| Performance | Role | Theatre |
| Guys and Dolls | Mimi | National Arts Centre |
| I | The Writer | Gladstone Theatre |
| [Blood Brothers |Blood Brothers musical] | Mrs. Johnstone | Gladstone Theatre |
| The Andrews Brothers | Peggy | Gladstone Theatre |
| Doubt | Sister James | Gladstone Theatre |
| Romeo and Juliet | Juliet | A Company of Fools |
| The Snow Show | Elizabeth | National Arts Centre |
| The Gimquet | Gimquet | Platypus Theatre |
| La Vie Parisienne | Pauline | Theatre Lyrique |
| Home | As Cast | STO Union |
| Tempest in a Teapot | Miranda | A Company of Fools |
| Macbeth | Lady Macbeth | Salamander Theatre |
| Twelfth Night | Olivia | A Company of Fools |
| The Tales of Hoffmann | Spirite | Opera Lyra |
| Lunch | Mary | U of O Masters Series |
| Dans le creux de la vague | La Mer | Jeunesse en Tete |
| Amahl and the Night Visitors | Shepherdess | Detroit Symphony Orchestra |
| Into the Woods | Rapunzel | Essex Theatre |
| Romeo and Juliet | Capulet | Opera Lyra |
| The Secret Garden musical | Lily | Experimental Theatre |
| Mother Courage | Ivette | Third Wall Theatre |
| Samuel Beckett Shorts | Morvan | Late Night Series for Great Canadian Theatre Company |
| A Midwinter's Dream Tale | Titania | A Company of Fools |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Hermia | A Company of Fools |
| Forbidden Broadway | Julie Andrews | Experimental Theatre |
| A World of Stories | Storyteller | Salamander Theatre |
| Parliament Hill Players | Lady Dufferin | Government of Canada |
| Never Swim Alone | Referee | Vision Theatre |
| Chicago | Velma Kelly | Eddy May Mysteries |
| Hairspray | Prudy Pingleton / Gym Teacher / Matron | Segerstrom Hall, Costa Mesa CA |