Nicola Cavendish | |
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Born | Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England | 11 November 1952
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1970s–present |
Nicola Cavendish (born 11 November 1952) is an English-born Canadian theatre and film actress.
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]
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 .
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1985 | My American Cousin | Gladys Rutherford | |
1989 | American Boyfriends | Mrs. Day | |
1990 | The Comic Book Christmas Caper | Aunt Dottie | |
1991 | The Grocer's Wife | Mrs. Friendly | |
1993 | View from the Typewriter | Narrator | |
1997 | Air Bud | Principal Pepper | |
1998 | The Sleep Room | Ruth Farmer | |
2001 | Suddenly Naked | Suzanne Steinman | |
2013 | The Bouquet | Bonnie Benton |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1980 | Huckleberry Finn and His Friends | Charlotte Grangerford | 2 episodes |
1988 | The Beachcombers | Const. Cleo Gorcey | Episode: "Miserable Sinner" |
1990 | It | Desk Clerk | Episode: "Part 2" |
1993 | The Diviners | Ella | Television film |
1993 | Street Legal | Pauline Harper | Episode: "Truth, Lies and Consequences" |
1994 | The X-Files | Nurse Owens | Episode: "One Breath" |
1995 | Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story | Susan | Television film |
1995 | Highlander: The Series | Queen Anne | |
1998 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Penelope | Episode: "Noah" |
1999 | Sabrina: The Animated Series | Voice | 7 episodes |
2001 | Mentors | Emily Carr | Episode: "Work in Progress" |
2004 | The L Word | Prison Matron | Episode: "Locked Up" |
2006 | Men in Trees | Pam Mitexi | Episode: "Sink or Swim" |
2008 | The Guard | Vera | Episode: "When I'm Sixty Four" |
2014 | The Memory Book | Mabel Potter | Television film |
2014 | The Christmas Secret | Betty | |
2015 | The Returned | Mia Darrow | 2 episodes |
2015 | The Christmas Note | Betty | Television film |
2015 | The Romeo Section | Helen | 5 episodes |
2019–present | Virgin River | Connie | 25 episodes |