Kendra Westwood was born in Toronto, Ontario and raised between both Jamaica and Canada. Born to Caribbean parents, she is of half Jamaican and half Grenadian descent.
She became involved in the arts from a very young age and received formal acting training at The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, New York. She is a Leo Award nominated actress known for iZombie as Elaine (2019) directed by Linda-Lisa Hayter, Supernatural (2018) directed by John F.
Showalter (The Flash), Lucifer as Fiona (2017 Television series) directed by Brad Tanenbaum (CSI: Crime Scene Investigations), Home For Christmas Day (2017) directed by Gary Harvey (Murdoch Mysteries), Exes and Ohs as Joey (2011) directed by Gary Harvey, and Crash and Burn (2009) directed by Malcolm MacRury (Saving Hope).
Kendra wrote, produced and starred in Coco Blue (2018 short film) directed by Javier Badillo.
The film went on to be in Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner and screened across The United States, Canada, Europe and Korea winning several awards and gaining Kendra a best actress nomination at The Leo Awards.
As a child growing up in Negril, Jamaica Kendra would perform at school and community functions singing, dancing, acting and reciting poetry.
She was bitten by the acting bug as a youngster after watching Tina Turner's biopic "What's Love Got To Do With It" starring Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne.
She was also hooked on musical films such as "Grease".
After graduating in Ontario with a performing arts award at her high school graduation she was encouraged by her drama teachers to seriously pursue acting.
She first went on to study Theatre at Humber College in Toronto, followed by her enrollment at Lee Strasberg NYC.
While studying in New York she worked on her first Off-Broadway show with Ujaama Black Theatre and performed in Cabaret the musical at Marilyn Monroe Theatre.
She later moved back to Toronto and began working as a touring actor for a children's theatre company.
With a hit production in the 2015 Toronto Fringe Festival, Now Magazine hailed the actress for her strong work in the play All Our Yesterdays presented at Factory Theatre, which received a Patron's Pick award.
Westwood also took Creative Writing classes at University of British Columbia continuing studies. When not on stage or in front of the camera she engages in other creative work such as writing, producing and music.
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