Notable residents Coquitlam
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juno award-winning rock musician matthew coquitlam. graduated centennial secondary in 1989, , became lead singer matthew band, 1 of canada s successful alternative rock bands in 1990s. centennial secondary featured in alert status red video, , cheerleading squad recorded giant . matthew band dissolved in 2002, , has since pursued solo career , established himself political activist, blogger, , author.
actor taylor kitsch graduated gleneagle secondary in 1999, , went on star in movies such john carter , battleship, , television series friday night lights.
former fa premier league goalkeeper craig forrest coquitlam , attended centennial secondary. forrest appeared in 263 games ipswich town, 30 games west ham united, , 3 games chelsea. forrest earned 56 caps canadian national soccer team, of goalkeeper in team history, , earned clean sheets in country s history. forrest elected canada’s soccer hall of fame in 2007. former canadian national soccer team midfielder jeff clarke , canadian women s national soccer player brittany timko both attended centennial secondary.
former national basketball association player lars hansen raised in coquitlam , played high school basketball @ centennial secondary. member of seattle supersonics 1979 nba championship team, , elected canadian basketball hall of fame in 2008.
model , host of mtv select , g4techtv amanda mackay attended centennial secondary started journalism career writing school s student newspaper.
american political analyst , former fox news co-host, rachel marsden, raised in northeast coquitlam s burke mountain area.
former bc lions placekicker lui passaglia has resided in coquitlam on 20 years. passaglia member of canadian football hall of fame, , #5 jersey 1 of 8 numbers retired lions. passaglia voted #30 of cfl s top 50 players of modern era canadian sports network tsn.
playboy playmate , actress dorothy stratten raised in coquitlam , attended centennial secondary school. stratten playmate of year 1980. appeared in several movies, including peter bogdanovich s laughed, before murdered estranged husband. stratten portrayed twice in biographies of life, jamie lee curtis in death of centerfold: dorothy stratten story, , mariel hemingway in star 80.
spoken word poet chris tse raised in coquitlam though based in ottawa. captain of ottawa spoken word team won canadian festival of spoken word championships , placed second overall in poetry slam world cup in paris, france.
iconic filipino pop , jazz singer, musician, lyricist, , songwriter joey albert coquitlam resident, spearheaded fundraising efforts typhoon haiyan. tickets shows donation canadian red cross.
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