Nancy Beatty

Nancy Beatty is a Canadian actress. Best known as a stage actress,[1] she has also appeared in film and television roles.

On stage, she is a four-time Dora Mavor Moore Award winner,[1] winning in 1990 for George F. Walker's Love and Anger, in 1991 for Morris Panych's 7 Stories,[2] in 1995 for John Murrell's The Faraway Nearby[3] and in 1999 for Walker's Risk Everything.[4] She was also a nominee in 1986 for Don Hannah's The Wedding Script[5] and in 1997 for Carole Fréchette's The Four Lives of Marie.[6]

In film, she appeared in The Michelle Apartments, Henry & Verlin, Life with Billy, The Confessor, Casino Jack, Lars and the Real Girl, The Shipping News and For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down. She garnered a Genie Award nomination for Best Actress at the 15th Genie Awards in 1994 for Henry & Verlin.[7]

On television, she appeared in The Newsroom and Foolish Heart, and garnered a Gemini Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role in a Dramatic Series for an appearance on This Is Wonderland.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Veteran actress lands the mother of all mother roles in The Glass Menagerie". Calgary Herald, November 30, 1999.
  2. ↑ "DORA MAVOR MOORE AWARDS: Lilies, 7 Stories win top honors". Ottawa Citizen, June 18, 1991.
  3. ↑ "Tommy cleans up at Dora awards". Kingston Whig-Standard, June 28, 1995.
  4. ↑ "The Drawer Boy tops theatre's Dora awards". Kingston Whig-Standard, June 23, 1999.
  5. ↑ "Tarragon sweeps the nominations for Dora Awards". Toronto Star, May 15, 1986.
  6. ↑ "Major Dora Mavor Moore nominations". Toronto Star, September 12, 1997.
  7. ↑ "Exotica tops Genie nominations". Halifax Daily News, October 20, 1994.
  8. ↑ "The best in some of Canadian TV". National Post, August 30, 2006.

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