Iris Quinn's Personal Bio

Iris was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, and as a young child developed her love for the written word by hiding in a corner listening to her mother’s reading group which met each week to explore novels and plays.

She graduated from Mount Allison University in 1972 with a degree in creative writing and English literature and went directly into a professional theatre company (The Charlottetown Festival) as an actor. She has had a flourishing career as a stage artist and as a voice-over specialist working in Boston, Toronto, Halifax, and now in Vancouver where she happily resides with her husband Fred Henderson, who is also an actor.

Iris juggles a busy film, voice, and television schedule with teaching. Recently appointed as faculty guest artist at the University of British Columbia, she derives great pleasure from working with, and mentoring young actors. She also offers audition and on set coaching, as well as on-camera workshops, and has just created a fabulous acting, taping and casting studio in her Vancouver home..

Her blended family consists of two step children Mike Henderson, a photographer and Jes Henderson, a make-up artist and her own son Joey Quinn, who is a professional glass artist. With grown children and a beautiful family life in place, Iris can now fully realize all the joys of her exciting and varied career.