A sure way to make Tessanne Chin laugh is to “sing” one of her favourite karaoke songs: “Black Velvet.” “Yes! You know it!” she exclaims as I butcher the chorus of the Billboard No. 1 hit that netted Canadian Alannah Myles a Grammy back in 1990. She’s chuckling from her seat in a room at …
When Katherine LaNasa has to contemplate a difficult scene (yes, actors do and can experience moments of self-doubt), she simply imagines herself to be somebody else — a grand old lion of the silver screen, no less. “When I’ve had to do things where I’ve felt intimidated, I remember to tell myself that ‘this is …
