Nicky Guadagni (born August 1, 1952) is a

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actress who has worked on

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and

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Life and career

Originally from

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, Nicky Guadagni majored in drama at

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and went on to train at the

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. Her first role after graduation was playing Miranda, with

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, in a production of ''

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'' in the West End of London. Her theatre work in Canada includes ''

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'' at Stratford Third Stage; ''Zastrozzi'' and ''Criminal Genius'' at the

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; ''

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'' and ''

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'' for the

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; ''

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'' and ''

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'' at

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; and ''OD on Paradise'' at

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. Guadagni has been nominated for five

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s for her work on television, and received the award in 1998 (Best Supporting Actress, ''Major Crime'') and 2004 (Best Actress in a Guest Role, '' Blue Murder'', "Eyewitness"). She was a mainstay of the repertory cast of the A&E Network's '' A Nero Wolfe Mystery'' (2001–2002), playing no fewer than 13 highly varied roles in the course of the TV series and the pilot, '' The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery'' (2000). She also played a leading role in cult sci-fi film ''Cube'' in 1997. In 2002 Guadagni made her playwriting debut with ''In the Wings'', adapted from the 1998 novel by Carole Corbeil, which she performed at Toronto's Theatre Passe Muraille. In 2011 an abbreviated version of her seven-character, one-person show ''Hooked'', written by Carolyn Smart, was part of Toronto's Summerworks Theatre Festival schedule, with performances at Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace. Guadagni taught voice and scene study for five years at

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as well as at the University College Drama Program in

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, and has also worked at the

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in Montreal. She has provided coaching and dramatic training for clients of the firm The Humphrey Group since 1995. In 2019, she played the demented matriarch Helene Le Domas in the horror film '' Ready or Not''.

Filmography

Awards

*1985, Nominee,

''Turning to Stone''
Best Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role

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*1988, Nominee, Gemini Award
''The Squamish Five''
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television *1996, Nominee, Gemini Award
''Performance! Saying It''
Best Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television"Special Report: Gemini Nominees: Who’s nominated"
''Playback'', February 12, 1996 (retrieved July 19, 2011) *1998, Winner, Gemini Award
''Major Crime''
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television *2004, Winner, Gemini Award
'' Blue Murder'' (episode "Eyewitness")
Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role in a Dramatic Series
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Guadagni Nicky 1952 births Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses Best Supporting Actress in a Television Film or Miniseries Canadian Screen Award winners Living people Anglophone Quebec people Canadian people of Italian descent Academic staff of the National Theatre School of Canada Dawson College alumni Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Actresses from Montreal Canadian stage actresses Dora Mavor Moore Award winners 20th-century Canadian actresses 21st-century Canadian actresses