Nicola Cavendish

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Nicola Cavendish
Born (1952-11-11) 11 November 1952 (age 70)
OccupationActress

Nicola Cavendish (born 11 November 1952) is an English-born Canadian theatre and film actress.

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Early life

Cavendish was born in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England and brought up in British Columbia, Canada. [1] She began her acting career in the mid-1970s. [2]

Career

Her theatre roles have included cross-Canada tours starring in Shirley Valentine and For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again . Her other film roles include Suddenly Naked , Air Bud and My American Cousin . Television roles include Virgin River (TV series) , the 1990 television mini-series version of Stephen King's It , Men in Trees , The L Word , Highlander: The Series , The X-Files , Street Legal and Red Serge . She has won a Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for the 1991 film The Grocer's Wife and a Gemini Award nomination for the 1998 film The Sleep Room .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1985 My American Cousin Gladys Rutherford
1989 American Boyfriends Mrs. Day
1990The Comic Book Christmas CaperAunt Dottie
1991 The Grocer's Wife Mrs. Friendly
1993View from the TypewriterNarrator
1997 Air Bud Principal Pepper
1998 The Sleep Room Ruth Farmer
2001 Suddenly Naked Suzanne Steinman
2013The BouquetBonnie Benton

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1980 Huckleberry Finn and His Friends Charlotte Grangerford2 episodes
1988 The Beachcombers Const. Cleo GorceyEpisode: "Miserable Sinner"
1990 It Desk ClerkEpisode: "Part 2"
1993 The Diviners EllaTelevision film
1993 Street Legal Pauline HarperEpisode: "Truth, Lies and Consequences"
1994 The X-Files Nurse OwensEpisode: "One Breath"
1995 Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story SusanTelevision film
1995 Highlander: The Series Queen Anne
1998 The Wonderful World of Disney PenelopeEpisode: "Noah"
1999 Sabrina: The Animated Series Voice7 episodes
2001 Mentors Emily CarrEpisode: "Work in Progress"
2004 The L Word Prison MatronEpisode: "Locked Up"
2006 Men in Trees Pam MitexiEpisode: "Sink or Swim"
2008 The Guard VeraEpisode: "When I'm Sixty Four"
2014The Memory BookMabel PotterTelevision film
2014The Christmas SecretBetty
2015 The Returned Mia Darrow2 episodes
2015 The Christmas Note BettyTelevision film
2015 The Romeo Section Helen5 episodes
2019–present Virgin River Connie25 episodes

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References

  1. Robinson, Red (7 January 2008). "BC Entertainment Hall of Fame", The Vancouver Sun , p. B2.
  2. Wyman, Max (19 February 1990). "It's eye to eye with Cavendish", The Province , p. 35.