Christine Laura "Chris" Simpson (born October 5, 1964) is a Canadian television personality best known as a hockey reporter, host, and interviewer.
She played Donna Evans in Saw 3D.
Early Life[]
Christine Simpson was born in London, Ontario, on October 5, 1964. She is the younger sister of former CHL Player-of-the-Year and New York Islanders draft pick Dave Simpson and the older sister of two-time Stanley Cup champion Craig Simpson. Her father is the former Canadian Olympic athlete Marion Simpson.
Career[]
Simpson was the marketing manager at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto for several years and the first in-arena host for the Toronto Maple Leafs before moving to broadcasting. Her first network television job was with Rogers Sportsnet when the Canadian sports channel launched in 1998. She spent ten years with the network as a hockey features reporter, profiling the NHL's top players and personalities, and as the host of the Showtime with Chris Simpson segments, which featured entertainment and sports stories.
Simpson has also been a rinkside reporter for NHL broadcasts in the United States with ABC, ESPN, and Versus, previously known as OLN. She hosted Captains, a weekly show profiling NHL team captains on the NHL Network in the United States and Canada. During the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, she hosted Centre Ice with Chris Simpson at Molson Canadian Hockey House. On October 19, 2010, it was announced that Simpson joined regional sports network MSG Plus as a host for the New Jersey Devils broadcast team.
The same year, Simpson made her feature-film debut in Saw 3D, the seventh entry in the Saw franchise, where she played talk-show host Donna Evans.
Filmography[]
Films[]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Saw 3D | Donna Evans |
| 2017 | Jigsaw | Newscaster |
Trivia[]
- Initially, Christine Simpson was supposed to reprise the role of Donna Evans in Jigsaw. However, her scenes were eventually deleted.
Gallery[]
External Links[]
Christine Simpson on Wikipedia
Christine Simpson at the Internet Movie Database
Christine Simpson on Twitter
Christine Simpson on Instagram