Nicky Guadagni

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Nicky Guadagni
Nicky Guadagni as Zelda Fitgerald.jpg
Guadagni as Zelda Fitzgerald in Hooked: The Play in 2013
Born (1952-08-01) August 1, 1952 (age 72)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation Actress
Years active1984–present

Nicky Guadagni (born August 1, 1952) is a Canadian actress who has worked on stage, radio, film and television.

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Life and career

Originally from Montreal, Nicky Guadagni majored in drama at Dawson College and went on to train at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Her first role after graduation was playing Miranda, with Paul Scofield as Prospero, in a production of The Tempest in the West End of London. Her theatre work in Canada includes A Midsummer Night's Dream at Stratford Third Stage; Zastrozzi and Criminal Genius at the Factory Theatre; Hamlet and Mother Courage for the National Arts Centre; The Seagull and The Member of the Wedding at Tarragon Theatre; and OD on Paradise at Theatre Passe Muraille. [1] [2]

Guadagni has been nominated for five Gemini Awards for her work on television, and received the award in 1998 (Best Supporting Actress, Major Crime) and 2004 (Best Actress in a Guest Role, Blue Murder , "Eyewitness"). She was a mainstay of the repertory cast of the A&E Network's A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001–2002), playing no fewer than 13 highly varied roles in the course of the TV series and the pilot, The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2000). She also played a leading role in cult sci-fi film Cube in 1997.

In 2002 Guadagni made her playwriting debut with In the Wings, adapted from the 1998 novel by Carole Corbeil, which she performed at Toronto's Theatre Passe Muraille. [3] In 2011 an abbreviated version of her seven-character, one-person show Hooked, written by Carolyn Smart, was part of Toronto's Summerworks Theatre Festival schedule, with performances at Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace. [4]

Guadagni taught voice and scene study for five years at George Brown College as well as at the University College Drama Program in Toronto, Ontario, and has also worked at the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal. She has provided coaching and dramatic training for clients of the firm The Humphrey Group since 1995. [5]

In 2019, she played the demented matriarch Helene Le Domas in the horror film Ready or Not .

Filmography

List of acting performances in film and television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1984A Matter of SexMaryTV
1985 Turning to Stone Allison CampbellTV, Gemini Award nominee
1988 The Squamish Five Ann Hansen TV, Gemini Award nominee
1989 The Twilight Zone Records ClerkTV series, episode: "The Cold Equations"
1990 White Room Narrator
1990 Street Legal Carol TaitTV series, episode "Tyger, Tyger"
1991 A Little Piece of Heaven Helen OlanderTV
1991–1993 Street Legal Anita GrahamTV series, episodes "Eye of the Beholder"
"Forgiveness"
"Conduct Unbecoming"
"The Price"
1992 Road to Avonlea Female Worker #1TV series, episode "Aunt Janet Rebels"
1993Bonds of LoveKaren TurneyTV
1993 E.N.G. Mary CallahanTV series, episodes "One False Step"
"Legacy"
1994My BreastDr. PetrekTV
1994 Forever Knight Elizabeth TrethewayTV series, episode "Hunted"
1995Friends at LastMaine NurseTV
1995 House
1995The Possession of Michael D.The NeurologistTV
1995 Due South Judge ShoreTV series, episode "The Witness"
1996 Side Effects Dr. HagertyTV series, episode "Behind the Scenes"
1996 Crash Tattooist
1996Undue InfluencePostal SupervisorTV
1996We the JuryBeryl GrangerTV
1996 Under the Piano Miss EvansTV
1996Performance! Saying ItTV, Gemini Award nominee
1996 Buried Secrets LibrarianTV
1996 Hidden in America Hospital AdministratorTV
1997 Cube Dr. Helen Holloway
1997Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two WomenLydia Stolowitsky"Mamusha"
1997 Goosebumps (TV series)Marta Blackwell"Werewolf Skin"
1997Johnny 2.0NurseTV
1997Major CrimeDeniceTV, Gemini Award
1998 Sleeping Dogs Lie Sister Rosaria
1998 Blind Faith Margaret O'Neill
1998My Father's Shadow: The Sam Sheppard StoryConservative DebaterTV
1998 Mythic Warriors: Guardians of the LegendPrincess Danae (voice)TV series, episode "Perseus: The Search for Medusa"
1999 Storm of the Century Jenna FreemanTV miniseries
1999Ricky Nelson: Original Teen IdolDonna FontanaTV
1999 Foolish Heart NurseTV series, episode "The Critic"
1999Forget Me NeverPatient No. 2TV
2000A Taste of ShakespeareTitania/NarratorTV series, episode "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
2000 The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery Angela WrightTV
2000 Dirty Pictures KardonTV
2000 The Last Debate Sam MinterTV
2001–2002 A Nero Wolfe Mystery Mrs. Ivana Althaus
Elaine Usher
Viola Duday
Mrs. Perry Porter Jerome
Jeanne Miltan
Mrs. Avery Ballou
Alice Hart
Actress (uncredited)
Fabian's Girl
Mrs. Cramer/Secretary
Tina Vardas		TV series, episodes "The Doorbell Rang"
"Champagne for One"
"Prisoner's Base"
"Christmas Party"
"Over My Dead Body"
"Death of a Doxy"
"The Next Witness"
"Poison à la Carte"
"Before I Die"
"The Silent Speaker"
"Cop Killer"
2002Salem Witch TrialsElizabeth ProctorTV
2003 Queer as Folk Dean of Financial ServicesTV series, episode 3.2
2004 Snakes and Ladders Sara-Jane HardacreTV series, episode "The Bling Bling"
2004 The Eleventh Hour NurseTV series, episode "Swimmers"
2004 Doc Lily/Bonnie FisherTV series, episode "Searching for Bonnie Fisher"
2004 Blue Murder Alison StasiakTV series, episode "Eyewitness"; Gemini Award
2005Beethoven's HairNarratorTV
2006AppassionataDr. Eckhardt's Assistant
2006 Beautiful People Sondra RitcheyTV series, episode "Flashback to the Future"
2006 Silent Hill Eleanor
2006 Booky Makes Her Mark Mrs. MacDonaldTV
2006 The Path to 9/11 Mary Jo WhiteTV
2006AbsolutionMyra LloydTV
2006 Angela's Eyes RebeccaTV series, episode "Eyes on the Prize"
2006 Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy PhotographerTV
2007 Lars and the Real Girl Mrs. Petersen
2019 Ready or Not Helene Le Domas
2023 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Admiral JavasTV series, episode "Ad Astra Per Aspera"

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Nicky Guadagni, Edna Talent Management Ltd., archived 2012-03-12 from the original at the Internet Archive. Retrieved 2013-12-22.
  2. ↑ Nicky Guadagni biography Archived 2011-07-12 at the Wayback Machine , Hooked in House (retrieved July 19, 2011)
  3. ↑ Taylor, Kate, "Adaptation of Corbeil novel earns ins Wing"; The Globe and Mail , November 11, 2002
  4. ↑ Hooked in House (retrieved July 29, 2011); Summerworks Theatre Festival Archived 2011-08-10 at the Wayback Machine (retrieved July 29, 2011)
  5. ↑ Our Team Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine , The Humphrey Group (retrieved July 19, 2011)
  6. ↑ "Special Report: Gemini Nominees: Who’s nominated"; Playback, February 12, 1996 (retrieved July 19, 2011)
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