Deborah Grover

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Deborah Grover
Born (1952-01-11) January 11, 1952 (age 73)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
OccupationActress
Years active1983–present
Children2
MotherJoan Richards [1]

Deborah Grover is a Canadian actress, known for her regular roles as prosecuting attorney Elaine Jeffers in Night Heat [2] and Nora in Jann . [3]

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Early life and education

Grover studied acting and dance, attending classes at the National Arts Centre, Ottawa, the Ryerson Theatre School, Toronto, and two summers in Alberta at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. [1]

Career

Stage

On stage, Grover performs theatre plays including roles in David Hare's Stuff Happens (2009), Huda in Heather Raffo's 9 Parts of Desire (2010), Mummy in Stockholm (2012), Madeleine in Savannah Bay (2014–15), Sonja in Michael Frayn's The Two of Us (2018), and Frau Henne in Bremen Town (2023), among others. [4]

Screen

Grover has over thirty theatrical film credits, beginning with her role as Sister Anne in the 1985 film, Agnes of God , and continuing with appearances in The Gate (1987), The Uncles (2000), Fatman (2020), The Shipping News (2001), Where the Truth Lies (2005), Six Figures (2005), and Alice, Darling (2022).

She also appears in television movies, including The Christmas Wife (1988), Under the Piano (1996), When Innocence Is Lost (1997), and Rated X (2000), in addition to the miniseries Bag of Bones (2011), The Kennedys (2011), and The Firm (2012).

In addition to her regular roles on Night Heat and Jann , Grover has had multiple appearances on Our Hero (2000–01), How to Be Indie (2009–10), Happy Town (2010), Sensitive Skin (2016), Orphan Black (2017), and a regular role as Tillie on the sci-fi horror series From (2023–24).

Grover's television guest appearances include Counterstrike (1993), Instant Star (2007), Love You To Death (2007), Breakout Kings (2011), Satisfaction (2013), The Strain (2014), Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments (2019), Northern Rescue (2019), Dare Me (2020), and Good Witch (2021), among others.

Voice roles

Grover also voiced the roles of Kassandra and Hippolyte in the 2011 video game Warriors: Legends of Troy . [5]

Award nominations

Grover is a two-time Canadian Screen Award nominee for Guest Performance in a Drama Series, including her role as Josephine Barry in Anne with an E , [6] and her performance as Donna in Mary Kills People . [7]

Personal life

Grover is the mother of two daughters. [1]

Filmography

Film

Television

Deborah Grover television credits
YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1984 The Littlest Hobo Anna Emery1 episode [10]
1985–1989 Night Heat Prosecutor Elaine JeffersRegular role [10]
1987Walking on AirBarbara PearsonTV movie [9]
1987Taking Care of TerrificMrs CrowleyTV movie [9]
1988'' The Christmas Wife MickiTV movie [9]
1991 My Secret Identity Judge Daley1 episode [10]
1993 Counterstrike Karen LockleeEpisode: "The Raw Truth"
1996Her Desperate ChoiceKathy (Shelter)TV movie [9]
1996 Under the Piano Nurse ThompsonTV movie [9]
1997Mary Higgins Clark's While My Pretty One Sleeps Kitty ConwayTV movie [9]
1997 When Innocence Is Lost Barbara StoneTV movie [9]
1998 A Father for Brittany (A Change of Heart)Judge Harriot RichardsonTV movie [9]
1998 PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal Madeline1 episode [11]
1999 Half a Dozen Babies (Life's Little Struggles)Fiona SullivanTV movie [9]
2000 Rated X Georgia MaeTV movie [9]
2000–2001 Our Hero Ms. Terzik-Sykes4 episodes
2002FramedMrs. AshtonTV movie [9]
2002 Monk Mrs. Butterworth1 episode [10]
2002 Mutant X Virginia Beals1 episode [10]
2005 Our Fathers Judge SweeneyTV movie [9]
2007 Still Small Voices Anne HartleyTV movie [9]
2007 Instant Star Mrs. McNally1 episode
2007 Love You To Death Mrs. Jones1 episode
2008 Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid Ms. SlausenTV movie [10]
2008 Princess NanaTV movie [10]
2009A Sister's SecretFlorenceTV movie [10]
2009–2010 How to Be Indie Ms. Roland6 episodes
2010 Happy Town Joanie Jenkins7 episodes [10]
2011 Breakout Kings Wanda O'Connell1 episode
2011 Bag of Bones Rogette WhitmoreTV miniseries
2011 The Kennedys Mother SuperiorTV miniseries
2012 The Firm Maxine SutherlandTV miniseries
2012 Copper Widow Woman1 episode [10]
2013 Satisfaction Security Guard1 episode
2014 The Strain Family Court Judge1 episode
2015The Perfect GirlfriendKathy MatthewsTV movie [9]
2016Mommy's Little GirlElana ConnellTV movie [9]
2016 Sensitive Skin Lizzie3 episodes
2016Love on a LimbMrs. HaversackTV movie [10]
2017Sometimes the Good KillJeanTV movie [10]
2017The Perfect SoulmateMarlene MaxsonTV movie [10]
2017 Orphan Black Yolanda2 episodes
2019 Northern Rescue Theresa1 episode
2019 Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments Vera1 episdoe
2019–2021 Jann NoraRegular role [10]
2020 Dare Me Neighbor2 episodes
2021 Good Witch Ellen1 episode
2021 SurrealEstate Samanta North1 episode [10]
2023–2024 From TillieRegular role

References

  1. 1 2 3 Holt, David (19 November 2021). "Living in a bubble: Deborah Grover". Silver. HUM@NMedia Inc. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  2. ↑ Mike Boone, "Toronto setting like Manhattan on Lake Ontario". Montreal Gazette , May 23, 1987.
  3. ↑ "Real, but not too real: Singer Jann Arden is happy to play a less-successful version of herself in Jann, even when the scenes hit a little too close to home". Peterborough Examiner , March 19, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Deborah Grover". The Toronto Theatre Database. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  5. ↑ "Deborah Grover". Behind The Voice Actors. Inyxception Enterprises. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  6. ↑ Victoria Ahearn, "CBC/Netflix series Anne has leading 13 Canadian Screen Award nominations". Toronto Star , January 16, 2018.
  7. ↑ Kelly Townsend, "CSAs ’20: Schitt’s Creek breaks awards record with 26 noms". Playback , February 18, 2020.
  8. 1 2 "Deborah Grover". AFI Catalog of Feature Films . American Film Institute . Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 "Deborah Grover: Filmography". Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Deborah Grover". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media / NBCUniversal . Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  11. 1 2 3 "Deborah Grover". Apple TV+ . Apple, Inc. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
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