Brigitte Kingsley began her acting career in high school with television commercials such as Oxy, Foot Locker, McDonalds, Head & Shoulders and Radio Shack to name a few. She became the "hostess with the mostess" on the television series Game Nation for 4 seasons as host Suki Diefenbaker. Shortly after graduating from York University with her Bachelor of Fine Arts, Brigitte Kingsley launched her production company Defiant Empire Corporation with business partner Andrew Cymek. She produced a series of short films, corporate videos and commercials before producing her first feature film Dark Rising in 2006 starring wrestling superstar Jay "Christian Cage" Reso. The low-budget indie feature was released through Universal Vivendi in 2007 and nominated for 6 Canadian Comedy Award s in 2008 for Best Writing, Directing, Male Performance and Best Female Performance, which Brigitte earned for her role as the lead character "Summer Vale". In January of 2008, Brigitte Kingsley became president of Black Walk, a production company that is best known for their clever comedic features including Phil the Alien and Ham & Cheese as well as for holding the record for winning the most Much Music Video Award s to date. In 2010 Brigitte released her feature Medium Raw, an action-thriller starring John Rhys Davies (Lord of the Rings), William B. Davies (X-Files), Mercedes McNab (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Jay Reso (WWE). Following that, she expanded the "Dark Rising" Brand with the television series "The Savage Tales of Summer Vale" (2011) and the Dark Rising sequel "Summer Strikes Back!" (2011). Brigitte was born in Sudbury, Ontario and resides just outside of Toronto.