Abby Hagyard | |
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 Abby Hagyard (Ottawa) | |
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| Alma mater | St. Patrick's College |
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| Awards | ACTRA Awards |
| Website | abbyhagyard |
Abby Hagyard [1] is a Canadian television actress, animation voice artist, and comedian, publisher, producer and playwright/dramatist [1] best known for her appearances on Nickelodeon's sketch comedy television series You Can't Do That on Television , and her voice work on animated adaptations of The Care Bears and For Better or For Worse .
Born in Edmonton, Alberta and of Norwegian descent, [1] Hagyard's interest in acting began when she was enrolled in a modeling class with her mother. She modeled for two years and then had a secretarial position in the New York offices of Playboy . [1] She returned to Ottawa, Ontario, and studied drama at St. Patrick's College (now Carleton University) for 3 years. [1] [2] She began her work in entertainment as a high-fashion model on Miami Beach and actress. [3] In the early 1980s, she toured the eastern seaboard performing in small venues, [2] and then began hosting the CBC television show Scene from Here , [1] while continuing to perform sketch comedy. [4]
Referred to by the Ottawa Citizen as "one of our town's best and busiest actresses", [5] Starring roles in dinner theater productions led to a one-woman show and an invitation to host her own entertainment series on CBC.[ citation needed ] In 1982, Hagyard joined the cast of You Can't Do That on Television as one of only two adult actors along with Les Lye, [6] and both were mainstays on the program among its rotating juvenile cast until its end in 1990. [7]
Between taping sessions, Hagyard provided character voices for the animated cartoon series For Better or For Worse , The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin , Dennis the Menace and The Care Bears . She additionally co-hosted a morning drive radio show. [8]
In 2005, Hagyard launched Now What? Strategies, a career and business branding service. That same year, she also launched AH Publisher, a boutique publishing service. [9] [ better source needed ]
