Saskia Garel

Saskia Garel
Born	Saskia Garel (1969-12-09) 9 December 1969 Kingston, Jamaica
Occupation(s)	Actress, singer-songwriter
Years active	1991 - present
Spouse(s)	Steven Allerick (m. 2006 - present)
Children	2

Saskia Garel is a Jamaican-Canadian musician and actress.

Garel was born in Kingston, Jamaica and immigrated to Toronto, Canada at an early age. With an avid interest in the arts, Saskia graduated from York University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours degree and was awarded the Oscar Peterson Award. During her 4 years at York, she performed in the group Coconut Groove (top 40, Latin and world beat music) and played the Toronto nightclub circuit. It was with Coconut Groove that she was discovered by Richie Mayer and David Bendeth (A&R with BMG Music) and was signed to a record deal as a member of the group Love & Sas. This would launch her music career in a huge way as she went on to garner 2 Juno Awards for best R&B recording for "Call My Name" and "Once in a Lifetime" two years in a row off the same album. Love & Sas toured Canada, the US and the UK, had 3 top ten hits on the Canadian charts and had 5 music videos running in high rotation on Much Music. While shooting her music videos, Saskia was bitten by the acting bug and was able to combine her love of singing and her new found passion for acting in the realm of musical theatre. She garnered the role of Mimi, in the Canadian Production of the Pulitzer Prize winning Broadway show Rent. While on tour with Rent in Vancouver, Canada she landed the part of Jasmine on the TV series Nightman, where she starred as a singer in 10 episodes of their final season. Saskia endured the schedule of filming during the day and performing as Mimi at night.

Garel is married to fellow actor Steven Allerick whom she met while playing Nala in The Lion King.

Discography

Solo Albums

• One on One Danielle .... (13 episodes, 2004–2006)
  • "Dirty Laundry" (2004)
  • "Manic Monday" (2004)
  • "Who Brought the Jive Turkey?" (2004)
  • "Mojo No Mo'" (2004)
  • "Lock Blockin'" (2005)
  • "Rock and a Hard Place" (2005)
  • "Accidental Love: Part 1" (2005)
  • "Accidental Love: Part 2" (2005)
  • "Glug, Glug" (2005)
  • "Save the First Dance" (2005)
  • "Cap and Frown" (2005)

Filmography

Film and Television

• One on One Danielle .... (13 episodes, 2004–2006)
  • "Dirty Laundry" (2004)
  • "Manic Monday" (2004)
  • "Who Brought the Jive Turkey?" (2004)
  • "Mojo No Mo'" (2004)
  • "Lock Blockin'" (2005)
  • "Rock and a Hard Place" (2005)
  • "Accidental Love: Part 1" (2005)
  • "Accidental Love: Part 2" (2005)
  • "Glug, Glug" (2005)
  • "Save the First Dance" (2005)
  • "Cap and Frown" (2005)
  • "The Graduates" (2005)
  • "Missing the Daddy Express" (2006)
• Wild Card Jamie Rodrigue .... (1 episode, 2004)
  • "Bound and Gagged, Your Husband Was Snagged" (2004)
• She Spies Gina Dominic .... (1 episode, 2004)
  • "Remember When" (2004)
• Platinum Actress .... (1 episode, 2003)
  • "Loyalty" (2003)
• Spynet Usher .... (unknown episodes, 2002)
• Tracker Gina Newcastle .... (1 episode, 2002)
  • "Eye of the Storm" (2005)
• Earth: Final Conflict Claire .... (1 episode, 2002)
  • "Deep Sleep" (2002)
• A Tale of Two Bunnies Judy .... (2000) (TV)
• Night Man Singer .... (10 episodes, 1998–1999)
  • "Blader" (1999)
  • "Scent of a Woman" (1999)
  • "Dust" (1999)
  • "Spellbound" (1999)
  • "Double Double" (1999)
  • "The Enemy Within" (1999)
  • "Gore" (1999)
  • "Revelations" (1999)
  • "Nightwoman Returns" (1999)
  • "Keyes to the Kingdom of Hell" (1999)
• Mistrial Reporter #8 .... (1996) (TV)

External links

• Saskia Garel at IMDb
• Official website