ARLENE DUNCAN is a singer and actor who works in television, film, theatre, radio…and the web. Selected film & television credits include: Designated Survivor, Suits, Degrassi: Next Generation, Silent Hill Revelation, Accused, Titans, A Dog’s Journey, Emmy award nominated FLINT & the award-winning web series’ But I’m Chris Jericho & Teenagers.
Theatre credits include: Sophisticated Ladies, the Dora Award winning productions of Ain’t Misbehavin’, The Who’s Tommy, Caroline or Change & as Mercy Nyanjiru in Serving Elizabeth, in her 2021 Stratford Festival debut. She is the recipient of the 2012 African Canadian Achievement Award in the Arts category, Dora Award, Toronto Theatre Award & Toronto Theatre Critics Award winner for the role of Caroline Thibodeaux in Caroline or Change, Dora nominee for Mama Euralie in Once on this Island (The Musical Stage Company) and was selected as one of the 100 Accomplished Black Canadian Women {2016). Arlene does the voices of Officer Rabbit on the popular children’s cartoon, Franklin the Turtle, Mama Zungu in Bobo & Kipi, HUB in CBC Kids series Go Togo but is best known for her 6 seasons as Fatima Dinssa in the comedy Little Mosque on the Prairie (Amazon Prime/Disney+) & 4 seasons as Velma Diggs in the ground breaking drama Diggstown (CBCGem & BET+).