CHERISSA RICHARDS

Actor

Cherissa Richards has performed as an actor for the past 20 years across the country. Most notably, Cherissa has performed at The Shaw Festival as an actor for 3 seasons, and is proud to have performed at Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre in many productions on the Mainstage and the Warehouse theatres, most recently as Lady Mary in Sense and Sensibility. For the past 5 years since she moved back to Winnipeg, Cherissa has been pursuing directing as an apprentice director at Bard on the Beach in Vancouver, The Shaw Festival and the Stratford Festival in Ontario and here at home where she directed her first show at Manitoba Theatre for Young People. Since moving back Cherissa has also been lucky to perform in many Hallmark and Lifetime movies in supporting lead or principal roles like: Secret Indgredient, A Christmas in Tennessee, A Dog’s Journey, On the 12th date of Christmas and most recently in a recurring character opposite the lead in season 4 of Burden of Truth.