Christian started acting in plays in elementary school and in his parent’s basement. At 12, he started doing children’s theatre, and appearing in network television programs where he began to realize a career as an actor. After receiving a BFA in drama from the University of Calgary, Christian began working as a professional actor, and for almost 30 years he has worked all across Canada, the US, and abroad, as an actor, director, musician, writer, and teacher.

As an actor, Christian has worked extensively at major theatres all across Canada, and has twice toured throughout the UK. He has been featured in numerous films and network television programs for CBC, Syfy, NBC, YTV, CBS, Hallmark, and many independent productions.

Christian’s voice has been heard in animations, podcasts, audiobooks, radio plays, and in hundreds of commercial voice-overs for local, national, and international companies.

As a director, Christian has directed workshops, plays, musicals, radio commercials, animations, audiobooks, and radio plays both in Canada and the U.S. He has lectured, coached, and taught actors of all ages at drama schools, public and private schools of every grade level, and at many post-secondary colleges and universities throughout his entire career.

He has composed music for plays, is a produced playwright, a multiple Betty a multiple Betty Mitchell Award winner and nominee, a multiple Calgary Critic award winner, and AMPIA award nominee. Christian is Casting Director and Voice Director at Six Degrees.

Jamie is an award-winning actor, singer, voice-over artist, puppeteer, puppet-maker, bread-baker and a curious appreciator of hand-made things.

The past twenty years as a professional theatre artist have taken her from coast to coast, with many memorable summers as a company member at Two Planks and a Passion Theatre off the grid in Nova Scotia. As well as performances with The Arts Club in Vancouver, The 1979 Group in Toronto and One Yellow Rabbit, Alberta Theatre Projects, Vertigo, Theatre Calgary, Ghost River Theatre, Lunchbox Theatre, Downstage, Sage, The Shakespeare Company, Ground Zero, The Green Fools and more here in Calgary.

Jamie is also a puppeteer on Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock streaming now on AppleTV. She has a particular artistic passion for new work, new musicals, projects with a long fermentation process and collaborations with cherished colleagues.

Tom Carey is a Canadian actor, director, and acting coach with over 25 years of experience in film and television. After graduating from film school, he began his career assisting several of Alberta’s top casting directors—an experience he considers the best acting training he could have received. He has since built an extensive career with more than 70 film and TV credits, along with numerous commercial and radio appearances.

His early work includes roles in Open Range (directed by Kevin Costner), Broken Trail (directed by Walter Hill), Brokeback Mountain (directed by Ang Lee), and Passchendaele (directed by Paul Gross). He has also appeared in a wide range of television series, including Heartland, where his character Wes returned after 17 years for the climax of Season 19, as well as Fortunate Son, Fargo, and My Life with the Walter Boys. Known for seeking out challenging roles, Tom has taken part in several horror projects such as The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw, Don’t Say Its Name, Naualli, and Dark Hearts. More recently, he appeared in Season 2 of Billy the Kid and shared the screen with Ed Helms in Smudge The Blades and Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence in Die My Love. He also plays “Martin” in Starbright, an epic fantasy-drama directed by Francesco Lucente.

In addition to acting, Tom has spent much of his career teaching filmmaking and coaching actors, working with a wide range of talent, including Canadian musician Jann Arden.

Megan Baldrey is multi-passionate artist and adult spelling bee champion based out of Calgary, Alberta (Mohkinstsis). An honours’ graduate of Mount Royal University’s Theatre Performance Program, Megan works as a professional voice actor by day and a playwright, arts educator and theatre, film & television actor by… later that same day, probably.

If she’s not recording in the booth or creating and producing in the theatre, you can usually find her doing yoga, working on her first novel, or petting cats. Megan is beyond excited to be fostering the next generation of talent at 6 Degrees Performance Academy, whose classes helped nurture her budding career all those years ago.

Stafford Perry was born and raised in Alberta. He decided to pursue an acting career attending the nationally recognized theatre school at the University of Alberta, two seasons in the Banff/Citadel Professional Theatre Program, and gaining a master’s degree at the University of Calgary.

Over the past fifteen years, Stafford has had the opportunity to work on stages across Canada and internationally, garnering multiple theatre award nominations & wins for his drama and comedy performances.

After cutting his acting teeth in theatre, Stafford gained success in film and television; best known for his roles in Black Summer, Heartland, Wynonna Earp, Damnation and Tribal (for which he won a Rosie Award for Best Performance by an Alberta Actor).

Stafford was also nominated for a Stinger award for Best Long Form Performance as a lead in the feature film In Plainview. When he’s not acting, Stafford works as a violence prevention leader in the community and creates programs using the arts to engage men and boys in violence prevention.

Vanessa has been acting professionally for over 15 years. A graduate of the Mount Royal College Conservatory program and the University of Alberta’s BFA in Acting, her theatre experience expands across Western Canada.

She has received a Best Supporting Actor Sterling award and nomination, as well as two Betty Mitchell nominations for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. Vanessa also works quite steadily in the film and voice industry here in Alberta.

She loves the collaborative aspect of acting, and finding the technical intricacies and organic heart that make it all click. Vanessa is keen to be joining the fabulous teaching roster at Six Degrees.

Anna fell into the world of voice-over after attending an intensive master class in Vancouver. She has over 20 years of experience in animation voice-over (My Little Pony, Ironman: Armoured Adventures, Monster Buster Club, Strawberry Shortcake), ADR (Gundam Seed, Megaman, Earth Defense Family, Hamtaro), and narration (CBC series’ Neil Flambé and The Case of the Caustic Cumin and Canada Reads).

Since moving to Calgary in 2012, Anna has turned her focus to voicing commercials (Toyota, Taco Time, Telus Spark, AGLC). Anna also acts in film & television (Stargate Atlantis, Heartland, Fargo) and on stage (Vertigo Theatre, ATP, Theatre Calgary, Vancouver Playhouse, Arts Club, NAC). She firmly believes in having many fingers in many pots.

Brianna is a Calgary-based actor for stage, film, and voice, as well as a stunt performer and violence designer, and theatre educator. Her career as a professional actor began following her graduation from the Theatre Arts program at Mount Royal University; in the ten years since, she has had opportunities across many Calgary stages and film sets as both a performer and a Fight Director.

Brianna discovered the world of Voice Over through a Commercial class here at 6 Degrees, and has since worked on commercials, ADR, educational programming, and audiobooks. As a violence designer and theatre educator, Brianna has worked with students, schools, and stages across the province, and taught performers from age 5 to 85 at summer camps, high schools, universities, and intensives.

She has a passion for helping performers discover and uncover their skills, and is thrilled to be working with 6 Degrees to continue developing our acting community.

Katherine has been working professionally as an actor, singer and dancer for nearly twenty years. Based in Calgary but performing nation-wide, she has enjoyed an award winning career in theatre, film & TV.

She discovered the world of voice artistry in 2014 after being invited to attend the Voice Over Bootcamp here at 6 Degrees. Since then, her extensive experience has included voicing for radio, film & TV, animation, corporate and telephony.

Katherine has a keen ear for detail and loves the nuanced challenge of achieving just the right feeling for each piece. She is delighted to work with the students at 6 Degrees as they discover and develop their own unique approaches and skills.

Based in Calgary, Tyrell is an award-winning actor, well known in the local theatre and voice talent community. He has worked with local companies such as Theatre Calgary, ATP, and Vertigo, as well as nationally at the National Arts Centre, Stratford Festival, and Vancouver’s Bard On The Beach.

He has appeared on screen in Hell On Wheels, Heartland, and Wynonna Earp, among others. He is the co-founder of Calgary’s Black Radish Theatre whose home is in the beautiful GRAND. Having worked professionally in radio and animation for nearly 7 years, he is thrilled for the opportunity to collaborate with the SIX DEGREES team.