Benita Ha

Benita Ha (born January 19) is a Hong Kong Canadian actress. She is best known in Canada for her appearance in the television show Street Cents.[1][2][3]

Benita Ha
Born
Hong Kong
OccupationActress, practical nurse, Host, Reporter, Anchor, Producer
Years active1989-present

Life and career

She also appeared in Smallville, X-Men: The Last Stand, Psych, Paycheck, Catwoman, and Flight 93. She recently voiced the character Rebecca Chang in the survival horror video game Dead Rising 2 and appeared in Underworld: Awakening, R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour, Innocent and Emily Owens M.D. and "Motive". Benita was once known for hosting the television show Street Cents, but her rapidly expanding list of credits on both the small screen and the big screen has allowed her to get beyond the early days of her career. She studied Journalism at the University of King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Communications at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia.

She was a publicist and consultant at MJM Communications, and she also was a host, producer, field and segment producer, news anchor, reporter at CBC, CTV News Channel, Citytv and Discovery Channel.

She was born in Hong Kong and can speak Cantonese.

Her surname, Ha, means summer in Cantonese.

She was once hosted the Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre show - Chop Suey Special #10 with Canadian comedian Tom Chin at Norman Rothstein Theatre on January 23, 2010.

In 2011, she appeared in the Bank of Montreal commercial, in the commercial, she played the role of a banker . And she voiced the character Rebecca Chang again in the video game Dead Rising 2: Off the Record .

She was a practical nurse at George Pearson Centre and currently is a practical nurse at St. Paul's Hospital since 2012. Benita continues to act as well as this is her first and foremost love.

Filmography
Film
Year Film Role Notes
1993Cadillac GirlsDixie
1996Hard Core LogoPipefitter's Girlfriend
1997Love and Death on Long IslandWeather Reporter
199910,000 Delusionssign-language teacherShort film
2000A Feeling Called GloryAmy's Mother RoseShort film
How to Kill Your Neighbor's DogFemale Anchor
The 6th DayTeacher
2001AntitrustParty Reporter
ValentineKim Wheeler
Exiles in ParadiseAi Ling Huang
Kevin of the NorthAirline Clerk
2002Liebe auf den 2. BlickBenitaEnglish Title: Love at second sight
Lily's CricketsLily HongShort film
2003Final Destination 2Dental Receptionist - Jean
PaycheckWife
2004CatwomanForensics Technician
2005White NoiseTV Reporter
PennymanShort film
2006Civic DutyOn Scene News Reporter #2
X-Men: The Last StandWorthington Technician
Unnatural & AccidentalLeeuncredited
2007The InvisibleGillian
2009Case 39Diane
2010Dead Rising 2: Case ZeroRebecca Chang (voice)Video Game, uncredited
Dead Rising 2Rebecca Chang (voice)Video Game
2011Dead Rising 2: Off the RecordRebecca Chang (voice)Video Game
2012Underworld: AwakeningSurgical Nurse
Television
Year Film Role Notes
1989-1993Street centsBenita (Host)unknown episode
1994Metro CafeVancouver hostunknown episode
1995The X FilesGuideepisode "The Blessing Way"
When the Vows BreakNurse DonnaTV Movie
1996Poltergeist: The LegacyGao Ziyan (The fox spirit)episode "Fox Spirit"
Panic in the Skies!Ticket AgentTV Movie
MadisonAnnie3 episodes
1997AlibiGirl at Connor's PartyTV Movie, uncredited
Breaker HighTea Senseiepisode "Sun Ahso Rises"
The Christmas ListAsian ShopperTV Movie
1998The NetNewscaster / Xia Min2 episodes
1999The Outer LimitsCute Lab Technicianepisode "Desent"
2000Up, Up, and AwayMs. ParkerTV　Movie
Higher GroundAnnie Yao7 episodes
Da Vinci's InquestMedical Studentepisode "Do You Wanna Dance"
2001Caitlin's WaySenseiepisode "Side Kicks"
Black RiverCharts' AssistantTV Movie
Beyond Belief: Fact or FictionMichelleepisode "7 Hours Bad Luck"
2002Mysterious WaysAlice Takamotoepisode "Face in the Crowd"
Cold SquadMrs. Yan #1episode "Kill Me Twice"
2003Out of OrderFertility ReceptionistTV mini-series
Wilder DaysAdministratorTV Movie
Picking Up & Dropping OffRosalindTV Movie
2004Jake 2.0Sketch Artist Techepisode "Upgrade"
The Chris Isaak ShowSaleswoman #2 / Tammy Fung2 episodes
NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323D.C. Flight AttendantTV Movie
Stargate SG-1Brooks2 episodes
HuffMollyepisode "Pilot"
2005Personal EffectsClerkTV Movie
SmallvilleDr. Asukaepisode"Solitude"
2006Flight 93Gate AgentTV Movie
Killer InstinctRiley3 episodes
WhistlerSuzieepisode "After the Fall"
Blade: The SeriesDr. Chang2 episodes
2007ReaperReporterepisode "Love, Bullets and Blacktop"
2009Scooby-Doo! The Mystery BeginsMomTV Movie
2010PsychReporter # 2episode"The Head, the Tail, the Whole Damn Episode"
VNews Anchor / News Reporter #2 / Reporter #13 episodes
The TroopMrs. Helmsleyepisode"Double Felix"
Sanctuary Shirley Wilkins (The News Reporter)episode"Trail of Blood"
2011R.L. Stine's The Haunting HourP.E Teacher / Mom Chen2 episodes
InnocentDr. StackTV Movie
2013Emily Owens M.D.Anesthesiologist3 episodes
#SaveBCFilm PSAHerselfTV Movie
Single & Dating in VancouverBenita1 episode, Web series for "SaveBCFilm"
MotiveNurse Evelynepisode "Angels With Dirty Faces"

References
  1. Jones, Alan (2015-02-04). "An Oral History of Street Cents: the Best Kids' Show Ever on Canadian TV". Vice. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  2. Thorne, Tara. "Street Cents is back, sort of!". The Coast Halifax. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  3. "Street Cents | History of Canadian Broadcasting". www.broadcasting-history.ca. Retrieved 2020-06-17.


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