Barbara Budd

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Barbara Budd is a Canadian actress, narrator and radio announcer. Since 1993, she has been the cohost of CBC Radio One's As It Happens.

She studied theatre performance at York University, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1974. Budd worked for five seasons as a company member at Canada's Stratford Festival under Robin Phillips (1975-1980). She had minor film roles in the 1980s before joining CBC Radio, for whom she worked as a continuity announcer and substitute host, as well as an occasional guest performer on Royal Canadian Air Farce, until becoming a permanent host on As it Happens.

She continues to narrate documentary films, recordings and classical music concerts.

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