Geri Hall

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Geri Hall
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Geri Hall at TIFF party
Born (1972-05-02) May 2, 1972 (age 51)
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
OccupationComedian
Years active2001–present

Geri Hall (born May 2, 1972, in Oakville, Ontario) [1] [2] is a Canadian actress and comedian.

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She has appeared on the CBC's This Hour has 22 Minutes in October and November 2004, March 2007 and became a permanent cast anchor in October 2007. Other appearances include the Rick Mercer Report and numerous television commercials. She wrote the Gemini Award-nominated To Die 4. She is known for her distinctive voice. She has appeared in The Blobheads on CBC. [3]

Geri Hall is also known for her attempt to interview Prime Minister Stephen Harper for the CBC comedy series 22 Minutes during the 2008 federal election campaign in Halifax, Nova Scotia on September 12, 2008. Hall, who was in character as "Single Female Voter", was restrained by security and later taken away in handcuffs. She was not arrested and instead got an exclusive interview with Harper, who said he had never watched 22 Minutes, and asked Hall: "Do you like handcuffs?" [4]

They were really going to take me to the station, because they maybe didn't know who I was or maybe did know who I was, depends on how you want to believe it.

— Geri Hall describing her encounter with the RCMP

Hall did a similar stunt on March 4, 2009, when she attempted to poke fun at Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty's new rule requiring reporters to stand five feet back. It was poorly received due to Hall attempting it in the middle of questions on U.S. Steel's decision to shut down several mills. New Democrat MPP Peter Kormos was visibly angry and yelled at Hall to "Get the hell out of here". Kormos later said "The timing of it was totally inappropriate, you've got a press gallery trying to hold the premier accountable when a few thousand workers just lost their jobs." McGuinty's office said Hall's timing showed a "lack of judgment". [5] 22 Minutes executive producer Mark Farrell defended Hall and claims Hall wouldn't have known what McGuinty was speaking about beforehand. Farrell says she was doing what she always does (and what former 22 Minutes co-host Mary Walsh did before her)—waiting for a signal from organizers that the session was about to wrap up. "We always try to get in at the last question." [6]

She is slated to have a regular role as Cynthia in the upcoming sitcom One More Time . [7]

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  1. ↑ Story, Jared (10 April 2008). "Funny girl / This Hour Has 22 Minutes star Geri Hall returns to the stage for the Winnipeg Comedy Festival". Winnipeg: Uptown. Archived from the original on 2008-04-16. Retrieved 2008-10-07. Age 35 in April 2008.
  2. ↑ Rutherford, Krissie (14 September 2007). "This Hour has Oakville's Geri Hall". Oakville Beaver. Retrieved 2008-10-07. Indicates Oakville, Ontario origin, age 35 in September 2007.
  3. ↑ "Blobheads (The) / Television 2003-Youth". Telefilm Canada. Archived from the original on 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2008-10-07.
  4. ↑ Comedian cuffed after professing her love for Harper.
  5. ↑ Artuso, Antonella (2009-03-04). "CBC comic falls flat amid job losses". Toronto Sun . Archived from the original on July 10, 2012. Retrieved 2009-03-08.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ↑ "22 Minutes producer defends show's latest ambush on Ontario premier". The Canadian Press. 2009-03-09. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
  7. ↑ Naman Ramachandran, "D.J. Demers’ CBC Comedy Series ‘One More Time’ Sets Cast, Production Underway". Variety , July 27, 2023.
  8. ↑ "2010 nominees" (PDF). agamdarshi.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
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