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. "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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