Jennifer Hardy CK is an actress with a background in film production, animation, illustration, and painting.

At the age of fourteen, she suffered a stroke damaging the logical left hemisphere of her brain and causing permanent half-blindness, forcing her to compensate by developing the creative right. For over a decade after her stroke, she relearned basic motor, communication, and memory skills while compensating for her lost peripheral vision.

In spite of her adversity, she pursued a degree in drawing and painting at the Ontario College of Art and Design University (OCADU). It was during her studies there that she became fascinated with film production through her study of integrated media. Her degree culminated in an award-winning animated short film, “WSIM: What Suffered Inside Me”, which was based on her struggles with cognitive disability and was submitted to over 20 film festivals worldwide.

Following graduation, Jennifer teamed up with award-winning film director Philip Sportel and contributed to works such as Colin Monroe’s “Will I Stay” and Johnny Polygon’s “The Riot Song”.