Nancy Sivak

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Nancy Sivak is a Canadian actress. [1] She is most noted for her performance in the film Dirty , for which she won the Leo Award for Best Lead Actress in a Film in 1999. [2]

At the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2000, she also received a dual nomination for Best Actress in a Canadian film for her performances in the films Protection and No More Monkeys Jumpin' on the Bed . [3]

Originally from Edmonton, Alberta, Sivak has spent much of her career based in Vancouver, British Columbia. [1] Her other credits have included the films Live Bait , Last Wedding , Living with the Dead , Everyone , Imaginary Playmate , Moving Malcolm , Mount Pleasant , Crimes of Mike Recket and Down River , guest roles in television, and stage performances in the Vancouver area. She has won two Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards for her stage performances. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 David Spaner, "One craft, two worlds: Ken Olin and Nancy Sivak are both actors but they operate at different ends of the spectrum". The Province , September 28, 1999.
  2. ↑ David Spaner, "Sivak gets down and Dirty: Local actress wouldn't give up on her dream - now she has Leo award to show for it". The Province , May 24, 1999.
  3. ↑ "Vancouver film critics pick Quebec film Malestrom as best Canadian film". Canadian Press, February 14, 2001.
  4. ↑ Barbara Crook, "Jessie winner drops drawers for strip show". Vancouver Sun , June 8, 1995.


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