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Tracy Dawson is a
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actress, comedian and writer. She is best known for her role as Meghan Fitzpatrick in ''
Call Me Fitz ''Call Me Fitz'' is a Canadian television series produced by E1 Entertainment, Amaze Film & Television, and Big Motion Pictures. The half-hour comedy stars Jason Priestley as Richard "Fitz" Fitzpatrick, a morally bankrupt used-car salesman wh ...
'', for which she won the
Gemini Award The Gemini Awards were awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television between 1986–2011 to recognize the achievements of Canada's English-language television industry. The Gemini Awards are analogous to the Emmy Awards given in t ...
for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series or Program at the
2011 Gemini Awards The 26th Gemini Awards was held on September 7, 2011 to honour achievements in Canadian television. The ceremony was broadcast live from the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto, and aired on CBC Television. The show was hosted by Russell Pet ...
. She won the same award at the
2nd Canadian Screen Awards The 2nd Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 9, 2014, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2013.The Second City The Second City is an improvisational comedy enterprise. It is the oldest improvisational theater troupe to be continuously based in Chicago, with training programs and live theaters in Toronto and New York. Since its debut in 1959, it has b ...
's Toronto company, her other credits include ''
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'', ''
Duct Tape Forever ''Duct Tape Forever'' is a 2002 Canadian comedy film based on ''The Red Green Show''. It was written by Steve Smith, the actor who plays Red Green. Plot When property developer Robert Stiles' limousine gets stuck in a sink hole on Possum Lodg ...
'', ''
SketchCom ''SketchCom'' was a 1998 Canadian television comedy series, created by Roger Abbott and Don Ferguson of the Royal Canadian Air Farce. The series aired on Monday evenings, 7:30 pm in most time zones. The first of the series' 13 episodes aired ...
'' and an appearance as a guest anchor on ''
This Hour Has 22 Minutes ''This Hour Has 22 Minutes'' (commonly shortened to ''22 Minutes'' since 2009) is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics wi ...
'' in 2006. She also portrayed Deimata, Skylar's personal monster from the 2012 Disney Channel Original Movie, '' Girl vs. Monster''. Dawson wrote the stage play ''Them & Us'', which premiered at
Theatre Passe Muraille Theatre Passe Muraille is a theatre company in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is on Ryerson Avenue in the Alexandra Park neighbourhood of Toronto. Brief history One of Canada's most influential alternative theatres, Theatre Passe Muraille ("theat ...
in 2009."Them's the breaks"
''
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'', January 6, 2009. She has also written for ''Call Me Fitz'', ''SketchCom,'' ''
Single White Spenny ''Single White Spenny'' was a Canadian mockumentary television series that aired briefly on Showcase (Canadian TV channel), Showcase in 2011. The series chronicles the misadventures of a fictionalized version of Spencer Rice, played by himself, a ...
,'' and ''
Your Family or Mine ''Your Family or Mine'' is an American sitcom series based on the Israeli series '' Savri Maranan'' (). The series is centered on a young married couple, Oliver ( Kyle Howard) and Kelli (Kat Foster), and alternates between their two families livi ...
''. In 2022, her book ''Let Me Be Frank: A Book About Women Who Dressed Like Men To Do Shit They Weren’t Supposed To Do'' was published by
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.


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* * Living people 1983 births 21st-century Canadian actresses 21st-century Canadian comedians 21st-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Canadian screenwriters 21st-century Canadian women writers Actresses from Ottawa Best Actress in a Comedy Series Canadian Screen Award winners Canadian film actresses Canadian sketch comedians Canadian stage actresses Canadian television actresses Canadian television personalities Canadian television writers Canadian women comedians Canadian women dramatists and playwrights Canadian women television writers Canadian women television personalities Comedians from Ottawa Writers from Ottawa Screenwriters from Ontario {{Canada-screen-actor-1980s-stub