Susan Coyne (born 16 June 1958) is a

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writer and actress, best known as one of the co-creators and co-stars of the award-winning ''

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'', a TV series which ran 2003–06 about a Canadian

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an theatre company. She has been nominated for four

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awards, in 2006 and 2007 and 2015, and won three. She was married to Canadian actor/director

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. They have two children.

Personal life

Coyne was born in Ottawa on 16 June 1958, and comes from a prominent Canadian family. She is the daughter of Meribeth Cameron (née Stobie) and

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, a former governor of the

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, the sister of journalist

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, and the cousin of constitutional lawyer

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. She attended the

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in Winnipeg, as did her acting colleague

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. In 2017, Coyne was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada by the Governor General for her contributions to Canadian theatre, film and television as an actor and writer. She is a graduate of the

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Career

A veteran of the Toronto theatre scene, she acted for several seasons at the

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, was one of the founding members of the

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and is currently a playwright-in-residence at the

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. Her two best-known plays are ''Kingfisher Days'', an adaptation of her critically acclaimed memoir of the same name, and ''Alice's Affair''. The edition of this memoir that was published in America was titled ''In the Kingdom of Fairies.'' It recounts her experiences in the summer of 1963 at her family's summer cottage on ''

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''. She is also known for her translations of

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. Coyne also appeared in the

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adaptation of the

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novel, ''

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''. In 2006, she won two Gemini Awards for her work on ''Slings & Arrows'': one for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series and one for Best Writing in a Dramatic Series (shared with her fellow co-creators, Bob Martin and

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). In 2007, she again won for Best Writing in a Dramatic Series, but lost to co-star

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for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role. She wrote the screenplay for the 2017 film '' The Man Who Invented Christmas'' starring

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and

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. Other television writing credits include ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''.

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