Jani Lauzon

Who is Jani Lauzon?

Jani Lauzon is a Canadian puppeteer and musician of Métis heritage from East Kootenay, British Columbia. She is a three time Juno Award Nominee with Muppet Show credits that include additional puppetry on Follow That Bird, performing on The Jim Henson Hour, and the character Dip in the Sesame Street Canada television special "Basil Hears a Noise".

Her other non-Henson credits include Maggie on Groundling Marsh and regular roles on Mr. Dressup, The Big Comfy Couch, Tales From the Long House, Alligator Pie, Happy Castle, Prairie Berry Pie, Mr. Dressup, Wumpa's World, Little Star and Iris the Happy Professor.

Lauzon has also appeared on camera in TV and movies such as Code Name: Eternity, Conspiracy of Silence, Business Management, Maggie's Life, Bingo Road and Destiny Ridge.

She was worked as a radio actress on several radio stations including CBC Radio. In 2012, she performed a dual role as Cordelia and the Fool in an all-aboriginal production of William Shakespeare's King Lear at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, alongside a cast that also included August Schellenberg as Lear, Tantoo Cardinal as Regan, Billy Merasty as Gloucester and Craig Lauzon as Kent.