Jennifer Racicot

Biography: Jennifer Racicot was born in Sudbury, Ontario. Her parents are Brian and Maureen Racicot, and she has two older sisters Caroline and Lori. Jenni for the most part always wanted to be a performer and when she was just six years old (on her own) she called up a singing teacher. Her first theatre performance was at age seven, as the Dodo bird in Alice in Wonderland, at the Sudbury Theatre Centre. Then several years, singing lessons and productions later she ended up studying theatre at Humber College. After working for Marine Land as a show announcer Jenni was hired by YTV where she spent seven years off and on as a PJ (a program jockey) hosting the Treehouse (1995-1998) and the Zone (1999-2001). She also was a host for a shorter time of the Breakfast Zone, Warp, and Pet Squad (which still runs on the Treehouse station). She is most known for her work on the Treehouse and for her innovative, very whacky show PJ Katie's Farm she did during her Treehouse days. Many Canadian kidsJennifer Racicot was born in Sudbury, Ontario. Her parents are Brian and Maureen Racicot, and she has two older sisters Caroline and Lori. Jenni for the most part always wanted to be a performer and when she was just six years old (on her own) she called up a singing teacher. Her first theatre performance was at age seven, as the Dodo bird in Alice in Wonderland, at the Sudbury Theatre Centre. Then several years, singing lessons and productions later she ended up studying theatre at Humber College. After working for Marine Land as a show announcer Jenni was hired by YTV where she spent seven years off and on as a PJ (a program jockey) hosting the Treehouse (1995-1998) and the Zone (1999-2001). She also was a host for a shorter time of the Breakfast Zone, Warp, and Pet Squad (which still runs on the Treehouse station). She is most known for her work on the Treehouse and for her innovative, very whacky show PJ Katie's Farm she did during her Treehouse days. Many Canadian kids grew up with Jenni on YTV, myself among them. Since she left YTV in 2001 Jenni has been involved in a number of projects, including hosting another show for young people called CG Kids (Canadian Geographic for Kids) that currently airs on TVO and APTN throughout the week. She recently as well has joined MCTV as a weatherperson and has hosted Northern Idol (think American Idol). She along with the band The Black Europeans did a song titled "Whenever you Try" for the CardCaptors soundtrack. She was part of a sort of "pretend" band on YTV called Nuclear Donkey that did a couple of songs for the YTV Big Fun Party Mix, the quality of which I don't think Jenni was all that proud of, though she herself is an amazing singer. She is a very good actress too. She has guest-starred on the paranormal series PSI Factor twice as the character Marilyn, a strange role for Jenni but one she played well anyway. Jenni is a huge animal lover, and has at least three cats (Dippe, Lou, and ??) and a dog (George). She likes horror movies and would like to do one sometime in her career. She had trouble in school because of her dyslexia, but worked hard and overcame it. She is an awesome role model for young people. … Expand