Originally from Newfoundland, Denise moved to Saskatchewan at the tender age of thirteen where she eventually completed her BFA with a major in acting at the University of Saskatchewan. She has worked with many different theatre groups. She was a founding member of a clowning troupe and sketch comedy troupe called The Hoot Monkeys. She soon became a principle player of the weekly-improvised soap opera, The Saskatoon Soaps. Yearning for greener and steeper pastures, she moved to BC in 2000, where she has thankfully enjoyed erratically steady work as a theatre actor.