Karen Hines is a multi-faceted, award-winning performer, writer and director in film, television and theatre. A Second City alumna, she co-starred for three seasons in Ken Finkleman’s Emmy and Gemini Award-winning Newsroom (CBC), Foreign Objects (Rhombus), and Married Life (Comedy Central). The Pochsy Plays, which she created and performed, was nominated for two Alberta Writers Guild Awards and the Governor General’s Award for Drama. My Name is Pochsy: An Industrial Film (Bravo!FACT 2007), one in a series of short films featuring the character Pochsy, is currently screening at film festivals across the continent. Karen started work on her first feature film, Crazy Like a Girl, at Banff Centre’s Women in the Director’s Chair program.