Nicola Cavendish
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Born | (1952-11-11) 11 November 1952 (age 71) Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1970s–present |
Nicola Cavendish (born 11 November 1952) is an English-born Canadian theatre and film actress.
Early life
Cavendish was born in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England and brought up in British Columbia, Canada.[1] She began her acting career in the mid-1970s.[2]
Career
Her theatre roles have included cross-Canada tours starring in Shirley Valentine and For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again. Her other film roles include Suddenly Naked, Air Bud and My American Cousin. Television roles include Virgin River (TV series), the 1990 television mini-series version of Stephen King's It, Men in Trees, The L Word, Highlander: The Series, The X-Files, Street Legal and Red Serge. She has won a Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for the 1991 film The Grocer's Wife and a Gemini Award nomination for the 1998 film The Sleep Room.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1985 | My American Cousin | Gladys Rutherford | |
1989 | American Boyfriends | Mrs. Day | |
1990 | The Comic Book Christmas Caper | Aunt Dottie | |
1991 | The Grocer's Wife | Mrs. Friendly | |
1993 | View from the Typewriter | Narrator | |
1997 | Air Bud | Principal Pepper | |
1998 | The Sleep Room | Ruth Farmer | |
2001 | Suddenly Naked | Suzanne Steinman | |
2013 | The Bouquet | Bonnie Benton |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1980 | Huckleberry Finn and His Friends | Charlotte Grangerford | 2 episodes |
1988 | The Beachcombers | Const. Cleo Gorcey | Episode: "Miserable Sinner" |
1990 | It | Desk Clerk | Episode: "Part 2" |
1993 | The Diviners | Ella | Television film |
1993 | Street Legal | Pauline Harper | Episode: "Truth, Lies and Consequences" |
1994 | The X-Files | Nurse Owens | Episode: "One Breath" |
1995 | Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story | Susan | Television film |
1995 | Highlander: The Series | Queen Anne | |
1998 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Penelope | Episode: "Noah" |
1999 | Sabrina: The Animated Series | Voice | 7 episodes |
2001 | Mentors | Emily Carr | Episode: "Work in Progress" |
2004 | The L Word | Prison Matron | Episode: "Locked Up" |
2006 | Men in Trees | Pam Mitexi | Episode: "Sink or Swim" |
2008 | The Guard | Vera | Episode: "When I'm Sixty Four" |
2014 | The Memory Book | Mabel Potter | Television film |
2014 | The Christmas Secret | Betty | |
2015 | The Returned | Mia Darrow | 2 episodes |
2015 | The Christmas Note | Betty | Television film |
2015 | The Romeo Section | Helen | 5 episodes |
2019–present | Virgin River | Connie | 25 episodes |
References
- ^ Robinson, Red (7 January 2008). "BC Entertainment Hall of Fame", The Vancouver Sun, p. B2.
- ^ Wyman, Max (19 February 1990). "It's eye to eye with Cavendish", The Province, p. 35.
External links
- Nicola Cavendish at IMDb
- British Columbia School District 67 Wall of Fame biography
- Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia: Nicola Cavendish
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1970–2021
- Gratien Gélinas (1970)
- Danny Freedman (1971)
- Donald Pilon (1972)
- Willie Lamothe (1973)
- No Award (1974)
- Henry Beckman (1975)
- Frank Moore (1976)
- Jean Lapointe (1977)
- Henry Beckman (1978)
- Gordon Pinsent (1980)
- Germain Houde (1981)
- Saul Rubinek (1982)
- R. H. Thomson (1983)
- Michael Zelniker (1984)
- Alan Scarfe (1985)
- Alan Arkin (1986)
- Gabriel Arcand (1987)
- Germain Houde (1988)
- Rémy Girard (1989)
- Rémy Girard (1990)
- August Schellenberg (1991)
- Michael Hogan (1992)
- Kevin Tighe (1993)
- Don McKellar (1994)
- Kenneth Welsh (1995)
- Peter Donaldson (1996)
- Peter MacNeill (1997)
- Callum Keith Rennie (1998)
- Mark McKinney (1999)
- Martin Cummins (2000)
- Vincent Gale (2001)
- Elias Koteas (2002)
- Stéphane Rousseau (2003)
- Jean Lapointe (2004)
- Denis Bernard (2005)
- Stephen McHattie (2006)
- Armin Mueller-Stahl (2007)
- Callum Keith Rennie (2008)
- Maxim Gaudette (2009)
- Dustin Hoffman (2010)
- Viggo Mortensen (2011)
- Serge Kanyinda (2012)
- Gordon Pinsent (2013)
- John Cusack (2014)
- Nick Serino (2015)
- Vincent Cassel (2016)
- Ethan Hawke (2017)
- Richard Clarkin (2018)
- Rémy Girard (2019)
- Colm Feore (2020)
- Joshua Odjick (2021)
1970–2021
- Fernande Giroux (1970)
- Olivette Thibault (1971)
- Doris Petrie (1972)
- Camille Bernard (1973)
- No Award (1974)
- Lila Kedrova (1975)
- Tedde Moore (1976)
- Carole Lazare (1977)
- Marilyn Lightstone (1978)
- Geneviève Bujold (1980)
- Kate Reid (1981)
- Denise Filiatrault (1982)
- Jackie Burroughs (1983)
- Jackie Burroughs (1984)
- Linda Sorenson (1985)
- Linda Sorenson (1986)
- Louise Portal (1987)
- Paule Baillargeon (1988)
- Colleen Dewhurst (1989)
- Robyn Stevan (1990)
- Danielle Proulx (1991)
- Monique Mercure (1992)
- Nicola Cavendish (1993)
- Martha Henry (1994)
- Kate Nelligan (1995)
- Martha Burns (1996)
- Seana McKenna (1997)
- Monique Mercure (1998)
- Catherine O'Hara (1999)
- Helen Shaver (2000)
- Molly Parker (2001)
- Pascale Montpetit (2002)
- Marie-Josée Croze (2003)
- Jennifer Jason Leigh (2004)
- Danielle Proulx (2005)
- Carrie-Anne Moss (2006)
- Kristen Thomson (2007)
- Kristin Booth (2008)
- Martha Burns (2009)
- Minnie Driver (2010)
- Sophie Nélisse (2011)
- Seema Biswas (2012)
- Sarah Gadon (2013)
- Suzanne Clément (2014)
- Joan Allen (2015)
- Molly Parker (2016)
- Bahar Noohian (2017)
- Sarah Gadon (2018)
- Nour Belkhiria (2019)
- Mary Walsh (2020)
- Cherish Violet Blood (2021)
2022
- Aaron Pierre (2022)
2023-present
- Glenn Howerton (2023)
2023-present
- Chantal Thuy (2023)
Separate awards were presented by gender prior to 2022; ungendered awards for best performance regardless have been presented since.
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