Carolyn Sadowska has appeared as the Queen for 38 years in commercials, at conventions, in parades and at innumerable parties. She started impersonating the monarch shortly after taking an evening class in improv comedy.
A Victoria woman who impersonated the Queen for the past 38 years is preparing to retire her tiara and hang up her regal gowns after the monarch’s passing.
He introduced her to guests at a party he was throwing and the next thing she knew, she was offered a job meeting and greeting guests for the rest of the exposition. Sadowska said she stopped counting the number of times she has impersonated the Queen. She has travelled the world to star in commercials, entertain delegates at conventions, deliver opening remarks at meetings and once — in Victoria — to stand in for the real Queen during a full dress rehearsal for an upcoming visit.
Occasionally, things wouldn’t go as planned. On one occasion, she prepared material to entertain a group of neurologists — and discovered she was actually speaking to urologists. Impersonation is her full-time job. Along with Queen Elizabeth II, she also plays Queen Victoria, Queen Alexandra and Queen Elizabeth I. The Queen Elizabeth II character was by far the most called-upon, however.
As for commercials, she filmed a Coca-Cola commercial in Barcelona masquerading as London — complete with a red double-decker bus in the background — that was destined for the Japanese market.
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