Amanda Barker is from the south shore of Massachusetts, New Brunswick, and has lived all over the US and Canada. She is a well known character actor in Murdoch Mysteries, The Handmaid's Tale, Ginny and Georgia, The Mayor of Kingstown etc. She is based in Toronto, Canada. She won the Canadian Comedy Award for best performance in A Gay Victorian Affair. Early in her career she was Major League Baseball's only female mascot for The Toronto Blue Jays and for five years was on air with The Humble and Fred Show on Sirius XM.