Kendra Westwood

Kendra Westwood is a Film, Television and stage Actress known for her work on The CW Network's iZombie, Lifetime Television Movie The College Admissions Scandal, and Netflix Series The Baby-Sitters Club. Kendra was born in Toronto, Ontario and raised between both Jamaica and Canada. She was born to Caribbean parents and is of half Jamaican and half Grenadian descent. She became involved in the arts from a very young age and received formal training at The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, New York. As a producer Kendra also wrote, produced and starred in the short film Coco Blue. The film which was her screenwriting and production debut went on to be in Cannes Film Festival SFC and screened across The United States, Canada, Europe and Korea, gaining Kendra and her team several festival awards including best actress for her performance and best musical score. As a child growing up in Negril, Jamaica Kendra started out as a visual artist, from the age of 7 she was making art and selling pieces to tourist who would come into her parents shop. She was excited when a tourist once bought out all of her children paintings. Kendra would also perform at school and community functions singing, dancing 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 and a small scholarship 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 To Be A Black Man in America at Ujaama Black Theatre and performed in Cabaret the musical at Marilyn Monroe Theatre. Later she began working as a touring actor in Toronto for a children's theatre company. Then 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. When not acting she engages in other creative work such as writing, producing and music. Westwood has taken Film and TV Writing classes at The University of British Columbia continuing studies. While on the music front, she has written songs, toured and performed as a reggae music artist. And while she does stay busy in the industry she also loves to travel, dance and spend time with her family.