Nicola Cavendish (born 11 November 1952) is an English-born
Canadian
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theatre and film
actress
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.
Early life
Cavendish was born in
Cirencester
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,
Gloucestershire
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The county town is the city of Gl ...
, England and brought up in
British Columbia
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, Canada. She began her acting career in the mid-1970s.
[Wyman, Max (19 February 1990). "It's eye to eye with Cavendish", '']The Province
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'', p. 35.
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
''Men in Trees'' is an American romantic comedy-drama television series starring Anne Heche as relationship coach Marin Frist, which premiered on September 12, 2006, on ABC. The series is set in the fictional town of Elmo, Alaska, and concerns M ...
'', ''
The L Word'', ''
Highlander: The Series'', ''
The X-Files
''The X-Files'' is an American science fiction drama television series created by Chris Carter. The series revolves around Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), who ...
'', ''
Street Legal'' and ''
Red Serge
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''. She has won a
for the 1991 film ''
The Grocer's Wife'' and a
Gemini Award nomination for the 1998 film ''
The Sleep Room
''The Sleep Room'' is a 1998 Canadian television movie about experiments on Canadian mental patients that were carried out in the 1950s and 1960s by Donald Ewen Cameron and funded by the CIA's MKUltra program. It originally aired as a miniseries a ...
''.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
*
British Columbia School District 67 Wall of Fame biography''Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia'': Nicola Cavendish
1952 births
Living people
Canadian film actresses
Canadian stage actresses
Canadian television actresses
English film actresses
English stage actresses
English television actresses
English emigrants to Canada
Canadian expatriates in England
Naturalized citizens of Canada
Best Supporting Actress Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners
People from Cirencester
People from Penticton
Actresses from British Columbia
Dora Mavor Moore Award winners
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