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Nicola Cavendish (born 11 November 1952) is an English-born Canadian theatre and film actress. 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 1998 film The Sleep Room.
Cavendish was born in Cirencester, United Kingdom, and raised in British Columbia, Canada.[1] She began her acting career in the mid-1970s.[2]
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, It and My American Cousin. Television roles include Men in Trees, The L Word, Highlander: The Series, The X-Files, Street Legal and Red Serge.
References
- ^ Robinson, Red (January 7, 2008). "B.C. Entertainment hall of fame", The Vancouver Sun, p. B2.
- ^ Wyman, Max (February 19, 1990). "It's eye to eye with Cavendish", The Province, p. 35.
External links
- Nicola Cavendish at the Internet Movie Database
- British Columbia School District 67 Wall of Fame biography
- Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia: Nicola Cavendish
Categories:- 1952 births
- Living people
- Canadian film actors
- Canadian stage actors
- Canadian television actors
- English film actors
- English stage actors
- English television actors
- Canadian people of English descent
- Naturalized citizens of Canada
- Genie Award winners for Best Supporting Actress
- People from Cirencester
- People from Penticton
- University of British Columbia alumni
- Actors from British Columbia
- Canadian actor stubs
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