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File No. 647725 · Adjudicated
Cree Summer
Actor — A Different World, Rugrats, Tiny Toon Adventures
Born
1969
Birthplace
LOS ANGELES, U.S.
Citizenships
US / CA
Canadianness Score
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
4.0/ 5
Weighted across 6 scored criteria
Designation
Johnny Canuck 🦸Canadian to the core. May have moved, but still calls everyone “bud”.
Scorecard
Path B — not born on Canadian soilI. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — no
LOS ANGELES, U.S.
Canadian parentage — yes
Both parents Canadian
Citizenship on record — yes
Held — by descent or naturalisation
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — yes
Raised — Saskatchewan
Lived in Canada by choice — yes
Residency on record as an adult
Worked or filmed in Canada — yes
Credits filed north of the 49th
III. Cultural evidence — not scored
Section III is recorded for the file only. It carries no weight under either path.
Publicly claims to be Canadian — not scored
Says so, out loud
Canada claims them back — not scored
No claim lodged
Fun fact
Both of her parents were working Canadian actors, and her brother Rainbow Sun Francks is a Canadian actor and former MuchMusic VJ — an entire family business.
The verdict
Born in Los Angeles but raised in Saskatchewan and Toronto by two Canadian actor parents — Don Francks and Lili “Red Eagle” Francks — and starting Canadian public school at nine. One of the most recognizable voices in North American animation, and Canadian through and through despite the LA birth certificate. Four points, Johnny Canuck.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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