baɪ ðɪ ˈeɪdʒ ʌv fˈoːɹtiːn, ʃiː wʌz wˈɜːkɪŋ æt ðə kɐnˈeɪdiən bɹˈɔːdkæstɪŋ kˌɔːɹpɚɹˈeɪʃən sˌiːbˌiːsˈiː, æz wˈɛl æz ˈæktɪŋ ɪn stˈeɪdʒ θˈiəɾɚz æt ðə mˈaʊntɪn plˈeɪhaʊs ɪn mˌɑːntɹɪˈɔːl ænd ðə kɹˈɛst θˈiəɾɚɹ ɪn tɚɹˈɑːntoʊ, wˈɜːkɪŋ fɚðə mˌɑːntɹɪˈɔːl ʃeɪkspˈɪɹiən kˈʌmpəni ænd ɐlˈɔŋsaɪd sˈʌtʃ nˈoʊɾəbəlz æz wˈɪljəm ʃˈætnɚ.
By the age of 14, she was working at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), as well as acting in stage theaters at the Mountain Playhouse in Montreal and the Crest Theatre in Toronto, working for the Montreal Shakespearian Company and alongside such notables as William Shatner.