Angela Asher

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Angela Asher
Angela Asher at a TIFF Cocktail Reception at the Spoke Club.jpg
NationalityCanadian
OccupationActor
Known for 18 to Life , Hard Rock Medical , Workin' Moms
Political party New Blue

Angela Asher is a Canadian film and television actress. [1] She is most noted for her role as Tara Mercer in 18 to Life , for which she received a nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy Series at the 26th Gemini Awards in 2011. [2]

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She has also had recurring or regular roles in the television series Married Life , This Is Wonderland , Degrassi , Inhuman Condition , Bad Blood , Hard Rock Medical [3] [4] and Workin' Moms , [5] and appeared in the films Interstate 60 , King of Sorrow , A Dark Truth and Ghostland .

In 2022, Asher was a candidate in the 2022 Ontario general election for the New Blue Party of Ontario, which garnered publicity by opposing public health measures against COVID-19. [6] She ran in Spadina—Fort York, placing fifth with under two percent of the vote while incumbent MPP Chris Glover was re-elected.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992 Talons of the Eagle Constable Link
1994BoozecanBell
2001 True Blue Levealle
2002 Interstate 60 Waitress
2007 King of Sorrow Dr. Dreyfus
2009 A Touch of Grey Liz
2012 A Dark Truth CallerVoice
2013A Fish StoryLouise
2016Only I...Marcy Galloway
2018 Ghostland Candy Truck Woman
2019 Claws of the Red Dragon Clair Rosenberg

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994 Catwalk JanieEpisode: "Getting What You Want"
1994 Forever Knight ProstituteEpisode: "Killer Instinct"
1994 Side Effects AmberEpisode: "Superman"
1995 The Hardy Boys Karen SmithEpisode: "A Perfect Stranger"
1995Where's the Money, Noreen?Noreen LookalikeTelevision film
1996 Once a Thief Olivia Gearing
1997 Psi Factor AngelEpisode: "The Curse/Angel on a Plane"
1997 Earth: Final Conflict Frauke ManheimEpisode: "Horizon Zero"
1998When Husbands CheatMotel WomanTelevision film
1998 Once a Thief Olivia GearingEpisode: "Shaken Not Stirred"
2001 Queer as Folk Marianne 'M.M.' MacDonaldEpisode: "Very Stupid People"
2001Sex, Lies & ObsessionHealth Clinic NurseTelevision film
2002 Puppets Who Kill Nurse YnezEpisode: "Bill's Brain"
2003 Blue Murder Carly MitchellEpisode: "Ambush"
2003 Coast to Coast Tanya ReinhardtTelevision film
2004–2006 This Is Wonderland Trish De Raey / Joelle Bellemy6 episodes
2006 The Path to 9/11 Lorraine Di Taranto2 episodes
2008–2009 Degrassi: The Next Generation Evelyn Valieri4 episodes
2010 Ties That Bind Meredith ColeTelevision film
2010–2011 18 to Life Tara Hill25 episodes
2013 The Listener Kay WaltonEpisode: "Love's a Bitch"
2013–2018 Hard Rock Medical Nancy Siebolski39 episodes
2016 Inhuman Condition Rachel9 episodes
2016I'll Be Home for ChristmasSuzi TateTelevision film
2016, 2018 Private Eyes Maggie Melroy2 episodes
2017 My Roommate's an Escort Joanne
2017–2018 Bad Blood Renata6 episodes
2018 Ghost BFF Coco Beauvais4 episodes
2018 Workin' Moms Dorothy Cutwater5 episodes
2018Christmas at Grand ValleyVeraTelevision film
2019 Northern Rescue Officer Dani2 episodes
2019 Impulse FranEpisode: "For Those Lost"
2019 Hudson & Rex Haley FarrEpisode: "Dead Man Walking"
2019 Ghostwriter MouseEpisode: "The Jungle Ghost, Part 1"

Electoral record

2022 Ontario general election : Spadina—Fort York
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Chris Glover 15,59546.07-3.55
Liberal Chi Nguyen9,46327.96+4.29
Progressive Conservative Husain Neemuchwala6,22118.35-3.44
Green Cara Des Granges1,9025.62+1.97
New Blue Angela Asher5811.72
Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda Jan Osko950.28+0.11
Total valid votes33,85799.33+0.16
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots2300.67-0.16
Turnout34,08733.72-19.84
Eligible voters101,102
New Democratic hold Swing -3.92
Source: Elections Ontario [7]

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References

  1. "Perpetually on the job; Angela Asher knows what it means to be a celeb in Canada". National Post , March 13, 2010.
  2. "Flashpoint in lead again: Police show has 17 nominations; comedy Call Me Fitz scoops 16". Toronto Star , August 4, 2011.
  3. John Doyle (February 18, 2014). "Hard Rock Medical is a Canadian drama series that always surprises". The Globe and Mail . Archived from the original on February 19, 2014. Retrieved May 31, 2018. Angela Asher is superb as Nancy, a fortysomething nurse who has figured she does medicine better than most of the doctors she's worked with.
  4. "Hard Rock Medical premieres June 9 on TVO". Sudbury, Ontario: Sudbury Living. May 24, 2011. Archived from the original on November 22, 2013. Retrieved September 12, 2014. Directed by Canadian Derek Diorio and shot in Northern Ontario, the 13-episode series features an ensemble of familiar Canadian faces: Angela Asher, Danielle Bourgon, Rachelle Casseus, Tamara Duarte, Kyra Harper, Christian Laurin, Patrick McKenna, Andrea Menard, Stéphane Paquette, Melissa Jane Shaw, Jamie Spilchuk, and Australian Mark Coles Smith.
  5. "'Workin' Moms' Comedy Adds to Season 2 Cast". The Hollywood Reporter , July 20, 2017.
  6. Hoff, George (May 3, 2022). "Here are the challenges the Tories will encounter as they seek a second majority". CP24. Bell Media. Retrieved May 9, 2022. The New Blue Ontario Party will be courting socially conservative Ontarians who have opposed the various public health restrictions imposed during the two years of the pandemic.
  7. "Candidates in: Spadina—Fort York (101)". Elections Ontario . Retrieved May 6, 2022.