Gemini Award for Individual Performance in a Comedy Program or Series

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The Gemini Award for Best Individual Performance in a Comedy Program or Series is a defunct award category, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television from 2001 to 2010 as part of its Gemini Awards program.

When the Gemini Awards were first introduced in 1986, awards were presented for Best Actor in a Comedy Series and Best Actress in a Comedy Series. [1] However, as Canadian television comedy was dominated in that era primarily by sketch comedy, comedy-drama or stand-up performance shows, rather than traditional sitcoms, comedy performance categories were discontinued after the 2nd Gemini Awards in 1987; [2] for the next few years, performances in comedy-drama shows were eligible to be nominated in the drama performance categories, while sketch comedy performers could be nominated for Best Performance in a Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series. [2]

Beginning with the 6th Gemini Awards in 1992, the Academy introduced a single award for Best Performance in a Comedy Program or Series, whose winners or nominees could be either an individual or an ensemble; [3] separate awards for individual performance and ensemble performance were then introduced for the 16th Gemini Awards in 2001. [4]

After 2010, with the reemergence of scripted comedy series in Canadian television, the category was discontinued. Separate categories for Best Actor in a Comedy Series and Best Actress in a Comedy Series were reintroduced, alongside new categories for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, as of the 26th Gemini Awards in 2011. Since 2012, all four of the separate categories have continued to be presented as part of the contemporary Canadian Screen Awards.

Winners and nominees

YearActorSeriesRef
2001
16th Gemini Awards
Jason Rouse Comedy Now! [5]
Glen Foster Comedy Now! [4]
Jessica Holmes Comedy Now!
Shaun Majumder Halifax Comedy Festival
Jonathan Torrens Jonovision
2002
17th Gemini Awards
Bette MacDonald Halifax Comedy Festival [6]
Jayne Eastwood The Endless Grind [7]
Peter Keleghan Royal Canadian Air Farce
Nikki Payne Halifax Comedy Festival
2003
18th Gemini Awards
Brian Hartt Winnipeg Comedy Festival [8]
Omid Djalili Just for Laughs
Leonie Forbes Lord Have Mercy!
Linda Kash Made in Canada
Nikki Payne Comedy Now!
2004
19th Gemini Awards
Gavin Crawford This Hour Has 22 Minutes : "Episode 4" [9]
Gavin Crawford The Gavin Crawford Show : "Oh the Huge Manatee" [10]
Roman Danylo Comedy Inc.
Shaun Majumder Comedy from the Coast
Russell Peters Comedy Now!
2005
20th Gemini Awards
Mary Walsh Hatching, Matching and Dispatching [11]
Irwin Barker Halifax Comedy Festival [12]
Lewis Black Just for Laughs
Colin Fox Puppets Who Kill : "Buttons the Dresser"
Levi MacDougall Comedy Now!
2006
21st Gemini Awards
Mark McKinney Robson Arms : "A Material Breach" [13]
Brigitte Bako G-Spot : "HBO" [14]
Danny Bhoy Just for Laughs
Derek Edwards Halifax Comedy Festival
Jeremy Hotz Just for Laughs
Richard Waugh Jimmy MacDonald's Canada : "The Lost Episodes: The Canadian Sexplosion"
2007
22nd Gemini Awards
Phyllis Ellis The Wilkinsons : "I Don't Want to Lose You to LA" [15]
John Cleese Just for Laughs [16]
Elvira Kurt Halifax Comedy Festival : "Episode 3"
Rick Mercer Rick Mercer Report : "Episode 5"
Teresa Pavlinek The Jane Show : "House of Jane"
2008
23rd Gemini Awards
Jo Koy Just for Laughs [17]
Natalie Brown Sophie : "Door Number Two" [18]
Louis C.K. Just for Laughs
Jon Dore The Jon Dore Television Show : "Jon Gets Scared"
Ian Sirota Comedy Inc. : "Episode 4x03"
2009
24th Gemini Awards
Debra DiGiovanni Halifax Comedy Festival [19]
Benjamin Arthur Less Than Kind : "Pakikisama" [20]
Jon Dore The Jon Dore Television Show : "Jon Does Drugs"
Terry McGurrin Comedy Now! : "Comedy Now! starring Terry McGurrin"
Brooke Palsson Less Than Kind : "French Is My Kryptonite"
2010
25th Gemini Awards
Benjamin Arthur Less Than Kind : "That's Somebody's Knish!" [21]
Lisa Durupt Less Than Kind : "Road Trip" [22]
Wendel Meldrum Less Than Kind : "I Am Somewhere"
Rick Mercer Rick Mercer Report : "Episode 1"
Pete Zedlacher Just for Laughs

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