About Kim Handysides

With a father who’s idea of great bedtime story material was  Shakespeare, is it any wonder Kim became bound for the stage? From her first role as Goldilocks in a kindergarten assembly, through high school and community theatre productions and subsequent studies at the School of Dramatic Art, University of Windsor, immersion in story and the power to affect an audience were Kim’s key drivers. One day in a TV class, when asked to sit behind the mic to take a stab at narration, something magical happened. She discovered the place she was meant to be. She switched her major from Drama to Communications, namely TV & radio production.

After graduating a stint in small town radio and theatre turned into a decade long series of DJ/weather/reporter/traffic/anchor assignments at local, national and then international radio & TV stations. She worked in key on-camera or on mic positions at CBC, CTV, the national Weather Network & International radio (RCI shortwave) and (what are now) iHeart radio stations. Kim peppered this time with theatre and film roles and plunged whole heartedly into what became her major love, voice acting.

Kim’s passion for creative expression has taken her into stand-up comedy, novel writing, television producing, and extreme crafting. She can’t sew worth a darn but is quite the quickdraw with a glue gun. A foray into homeschooling because of dyslexia in one of her kids turned into an adventure with her two daughters for close to a decade (one now a voiceover actor the other pursuing a Phd in Social Psychology). Her love of learning and teaching is not surprising. She comes from a long line of educational professionals. Kim likes to be hands-on, (if you didn’t already pick up on that with the homeschooling reveal) which led her to renovate two houses with her husband of 20+ years. (There will not be a third!) She’s a board-games lover, a trivia tycoon, and a devoted dominoes despot.

Low key travel to obscure destinations is her favorite way to go, to soak up nature or history, art, and local culture. A lover of all music, (from opera to metal and more) and a guitar player, indie is her favorite genre. Her sports include scuba diving, kayaking, hiking, and cross-country skiing. Although she’s lived in several places, Montreal is now home where she speaks fluent French, with a nice English accent. She also speaks tourist-grade Spanish and wannabe Mandarin.