Jessica Holmes (born August 29, 1973 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian comedian and actress. She is best known for her work with the Royal Canadian Air Farce, which she joined in 2003. She is married to actor Scott Yaphe. Holmes attended Canterbury High School in Ottawa followed by Ryerson Polytechnic University in Toronto. She was raised with two older, supposedly fraternal (non-identical) twin brothers. After many years, it was discovered that one of the twins had accidentally been switched at the hospital shortly after birth, and her biological twin brothers are, in fact, identical. For one season, Holmes hosted her own show, The Holmes Show. She also appeared on XPM. Holmes is the daughter of a feminist mother and a Mormon father and was for two years a missionary in Venezuela for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She is no longer a member of the church.[1] In her comedy, she parodies right wing Christian fundamentalists through her character, Candy Anderson Henderson. She also parodies this by appearing as Sister Bessy, a nun with a thick Scottish accent that comments on politics. On both The Holmes Show and Air Farce she has performed caricatures of various celebrities, including Celine Dion, Liza Minnelli, Myriam Bedard, Belinda Stronach, Geri Halliwell, Britney Spears and others. Jessica and Scott had their first child, a baby girl named Alexa Lola, born on December 27, 2006. Penelope Corrin was her fill-in on Air Farce during Jessica's maternity leave during the first two months of 2007 and returned to the show in March 2007.
References
- ^ Crenna, Carol. Laughter is the Best Medicine: Interview with Royal Canadian Air Farce's Jessica Holmes. Vista Magazine. Retrieved on 2007-09-13.
