Actors

Fiona Forbes

Fiona Forbes

Fiona Forbes is a Canadian television personality who currently hosts the award-winning entertainment talk show The Rush, in Vancouver, British Columbia. After being told by Regis Philbin that "You've got something kid!" she has gone on to receive accolades such as "Favorite Television Personality" and numerous other Reader's Choice and Industry Awards. She has done over fifteen thousand interviews with top names from the worlds of film, television, music, literature, sports and pop culture. Along the way Fiona has been schooled in politics from Arnold Schwarzenegger,music and hockey from Michael Buble, booty-pops from the Pussycat Dolls and learned to play the drums with GLEE'S Cory Montieth. Forbes received a degree in History from the University of British Columbia and had planned to go to Law School. Instead, on a whim she enrolled in the Journalism Program at The British Columbia Institute of Technology. Before graduating from the program, Fiona got her first job as a TV Host by accident when she auditioned as a dare and landed her first on camera gig. She is both a proud fashionista and a geek.perhaps best described by Hollywood guru Larry Moss who called her a woman with "chutzpah who reminds me of Lucille Ball". Although she is best known for her work on the long-running talk show The Rush, she has also hosted numerous other shows including Daytime on the Rogers Network, Automotive Morning on Life Network and Breakfast Television on City-TV. Fiona also does extensive work as a Master of Ceremonies for corporate events and is passionate about lending her talents to support many wonderful charities including the Canadian Cancer Society, the Children's Hospital Foundation and Canuck Place.
Fiona Fu

Fiona Fu

Fiona Fu is a prolific award-winning television host, director and producer, with over 15 years of experience in network broadcast both in China and Canada. She made her debut as an actor playing Weiran Xie in the television drama series Blood and Water (OMNI TV, 2015). This role brought her a Leo Awards nomination for Best Supporting Actress (2016). She subsequently been cast in a variety of productions including the feature film Power Rangers (2016), TV series The Man in the High Castle (2015), Minority Report (2015) and Second Chance (2016). Fiona was born in China and grew up in an intellectual family that encouraged her literary and artistic talents. Fiona went on to achieve an undergraduate education in Chinese language and literature, and received graduate training in directing and producing as well as journalism. She started her career as a regional television news anchor in China and quickly ascended the ranks to national assignments at CCTV. She also has worked as a host and director at China Central Television, the largest television network in Asia. Throughout her career in Asia television, she worked in various capacities including news anchor, host, director, producer, newsroom editor and associate editor-in-chief. Upon her immigration to Canada, from where she now resides as a Canadian citizen, Fiona has expanded her experience and accomplishments into new areas, beginning with her MBA degree with honors from Lawrence Technology University. She has also gained further Western Media experience as media director for a US-based music production company. And presently, Fiona serves as producer, scriptwriter and presenter for a number of multilingual and multicultural broadcasters in Canada as she pursues her main creative interests in feature films and television dramas. With over 27 media awards to her credit, her future goals include a desire to be the first Chinese-Canadian female immigrant to direct a major feature film.