Kate Lynch (born June 29, 1959) is a Canadian film, television and stage actress, drama teacher, theatre director and playwright.

Biography

In 1980 she won the Genie Award for Best Actress for '' Meatballs''. She was notably adept at improvisation against the formidable

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commenting, In her acceptance speech, however, she communicated the belief that she had won the award more for the fact of being a Canadian actress in a popular hit film, at a time when Canadian films still predominantly cast bigger-name stars from the United States, than for her actual performance. She was nominated for the same award in 1988 for her role in '' Taking Care''; although she did not win on that occasion, she told the press that being nominated for that film meant more to her than winning for ''Meatballs'', as by this time the quality of Canadian film had significantly improved and the controversial division of the Genie acting categories into separate awards for Canadian and foreign actors had been discontinued. Her other film credits include '' Lie with Me'', '' Soup for One'', '' Def-Con 4'', '' God Bless the Child'' and ''

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'', while her television credits include ''Custard Pie'', ''Anne of Avonlea'' and guest roles in ''Adderly'', ''Danger Bay'', ''Seeing Things'', ''Queer as Folk'', ''This Is Wonderland'', ''Lost Girl'' and ''Degrassi''. As a playwright, her plays include ''Newcomer'', ''Ten Minute Play: The Musical'', ''The Road to Hell'' (cowritten with Michael Healey), ''Tales of the Blonde Assassin'' and ''Early August''. As a director, she has directed plays for the Shaw Festival, the Blyth Festival and Theatre Passe Muraille, including productions of

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's '' Henry V'', ''

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's '' Waiting for Godot'', Terence Rattigan's '' French Without Tears'',

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'', Eve Ensler's '' The Vagina Monologues'' and Michael Healey's ''The Nuttalls''. She has taught for University College Drama Program, the Stratford Festival, the

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, George Brown College and Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University).

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

References

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