Actress, singer, songwriter, musician,
voice-over artist, recording artist, playwright and painter from
Vancouver, Canada.
ACTRA/UBCP
CAEA
Sarah Davis
Premiere Talent Management
sarah@ptmtalent.com
THE PORCH CHOPS
June 6, 2026
1630 Lynn Valley Road
North Vancouver, BC
SOULED OUT
Sat, Jun 13, 2026 @ 2:00PM
Afternoon Dance $15 door cover
PORCH CHOPS
Sat, Aug 1, 2026
Harmony Arts Festival, West Vancouver
Beedie Stage West 2:15
Porch Chops
Private Event, Sechelt, BC
SOULED OUT
Sat, Aug 15, 2026 @ 2:00pm
Afternoon Dance $15 door cover
SOULED OUT
Sat, Aug 22, 2026 @ 7:00PM
Sechelt Hall, Sechelt, Sunshine Coast
Advance Tickets: $30 Call: 604 885 3513
Door Tickets: $35
PORCH CHOPS
Arbutus Club
Thursday, August 27, 2026
Members only
PORCH CHOPS
September 13, 2026 @5pm
Alcove-- Atrium Hotel Vancouver
2889 E Hastings St, Vancouver, BC
SOULED OUT
Sat, Sep 19, 2026 @ 2:00PM
15 door cover
SOULED OUT
Sat, Oct 10, 2026 @ 2:00PM
$15 door cover
SOULED OUT
Sat, Dec 5, 2026 @ 2:00PM
Afternoon Dance $15 door cover
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
Throughout her career Marlee has received many awards and nominations.
WINNER
PERFORMING ARTS FANS DISTINGUISHED ARTIST 2024
The FANS Distinguished Artist Award is intended to publicly recognize and honour North and West Vancouver artists who have created a substantial, nationally recognized body of work in performing, visual, literary or media arts.
NOMINATIONS
OUTmusic AWARDS 2014
As the dance/pop duo, Sugarbeach, Marlee and wife, Nathalie were nominated for an OUtmusic Award in 2009 in New York City and 4 more nominations for their original songs in 2014 in Las Vegas.
NOMINATION
LEO AWARDS 2024
Marlee was nominated for BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE in a Dramatic Series for her work in "Creepshow-The Hat."
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WINNER
WEST COAST SONGWRITERS FESTIVAL & CANADIAN SONG FESTIVAL
In 1984, Marlee entered her recording of "God Bless The Woman" written by her brother & sister, Judy Ginn Walchuk & Jim Walchuk. The song won in the West Coast Songwriters Festival and went on to win the Canadian Song Festival as well. It was a national hit on Canadian country radio.
WINNER
TALENT ON TAPE - Best Vocalist 1999
Her recording of "Family Bible" written by her brother and sister, Judy Ginn Walchuk & Jim Walchuk from her solo album, "One More Chance" won her BEST VOCALIST in the North American, Talent on Tape contest.
WINNER
PRIDE IN THE ARTS 2008-2014
Throughout their 7 years, writing and performing as Sugarbeach , Marlee & Nathalie (Tully)were the winners of 3 Pride In the Arts Awards in the U.S. including Favorite Group of the Year and had all of their singles hit #1 on the OUTVOICE charts in the U.S.A. They also won song of the year for 2010 for "Living Out Proud" and 2011 for "Come On Out."
WINNER
GLBT HALL OF FAME- Voted on by the fans and the Stonewall Society members 2014
Marlee Walchuk and Tully (Nathalie) Callender were inducted into the GLBT Hall of Fame in the U.S. in January, 2014 for their creation and management of RightOutTV and the impact and resource that website have been to the GLBT arts community and community at large.
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NOMINATIONS
BC COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS
With her National Country hit song, "God Bless The Woman," Marlee was nominated for 5 BCCMA music awards and performed at the award's ceremony.
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WINNER
VANCOUVER'S BEST SOLO ROCK ACT 1986
Marlee's first award was from a city-wide competition of Vancouver's Solo Rock Acts with local judges, including Red Robinson and Ellie O'Day. She played to packed houses, mixing comedy with original songs and covers.
About
Marlee was classically trained at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in Los Angeles.
After years of singing on commercials, TV guest appearances, theatre musicals, live bands, a national hit song, touring, and 3 original CDs, she returned to her first love, acting. She had always shied away from film and TV because she didn't fit into "the norm" only to discover that this is exactly why she would be cast.
She can be seen acting opposite Jessica Biel in Limetown and Kim Fields in You Light Up My Christmas. She plays Mum in The D Cut on Crave TV, another mom of Jessie Tyler Ferguson in Ivy and Bean on Netflix and Making Spirits Bright from Hallmark.
You can also catch her in The Bad Seed Returns on Lifetime, Upload on Prime and recurring as Judge Edith Mendelsohn in So Help Me Todd with Marcia Gay Harden. She's a series regular on "The Chicken Sisters" on Hallmark+ and is guest-starring on When Calls the Heart, Animal Control, The Irrational, Sight Unseen and in the feature film, The Wedding Banquet with Bowen Yang.
Her many commercials include Poise, Shaw WiFi, Fox Sports, Hewlett Packard, Intel and she co-hosts the popular travel series, The Tale Blazers.
She was nominated for a Leo Award for Best Supporting Performance in a Dramatic series for her role on Creepshow - The Hat.
Marlee currently sings live with 2 bands, Souled Out and the Porch Chops
