Barbara Budd is a Canadian actress, narrator and radio announcer. Since 1993, she has been the cohost of CBC Radio One's As It Happens.
She studied theatre performance at York University, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1974. Budd worked for five seasons as a company member at Canada's Stratford Festival under Robin Phillips (1975-1980). She had minor film roles in the 1980s before joining CBC Radio, for whom she worked as a continuity announcer and substitute host, as well as an occasional guest performer on Royal Canadian Air Farce, until becoming a permanent host on As it Happens.
She also did voices on animation including shows such as RoboCop: The Animated Series, Dinosaucers, Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends, Stunt Dawgs, Babar, The New Archies, Rupert, Little Shop, Blazing Dragons, Stickin' Around, The Adventures of Tintin, Ultraforce, Pippi Longstocking, Bob and Margaret and Little Rosey.
She continues to narrate documentary films, recordings and classical music concerts.
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