Victoria Snow (born 1954/55) [1] is a Canadian actress. [2] She is best known for her recurring roles as Mary Margaret Skalany in Kung Fu: The Legend Continues and Dee White in Cra$h & Burn , and her starring role as Frances Hunter in Paradise Falls .
Born in Ancaster, Ontario, Snow had her first break as an actress when she was promoted from a minor role to the lead in a Stratford Festival production of the musical Happy New Year in 1979, after original lead Virginia Sandifur was forced to withdraw due to illness. [1]
Snow played the lead role in a production of Medea , directed by John Neville at Halifax's Neptune Theatre, [2] and played Nancy Blake in a 1985 production of The Women at the Shaw Festival. [3]
She has also had supporting or guest roles in the series 9B , E.N.G. , Katts and Dog , The Newsroom , Traders , Total Recall 2070 , Queer as Folk , Blue Murder , This Is Wonderland , Flashpoint , Republic of Doyle , Warehouse 13 , Haven and Slasher , the television films True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet , Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story , Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story and Waking Up Wally: The Walter Gretzky Story, [4] and the theatrical films Millennium and Stardom .
Snow portrayed the mother of Bryan Mills (Clive Standen) in the television series Taken , a prequel to the film trilogy of the same name, in 2017 and 2018. In 2021, she appeared as a federal judge in the film Dark Web: Cicada 3301 .
Snow is a two-time Gemini Award winner, winning Best Lead Actress in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series at the 3rd Gemini Awards in 1988 for Daughters of the Country [2] and Best Guest Performance in a Series at the 5th Gemini Awards in 1990 for an episode of Street Legal . [5] She was also a nominee for Best Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role at the 20th Gemini Awards in 2005 [6] and the 25th Gemini Awards in 2010 [7] for Paradise Falls, and a nominee for Best Actress in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series at the 21st Gemini Awards in 2006 for her performance as Phyllis Gretzky in Waking Up Walter: The Walter Gretzky Story. [8]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1986 | The Wake | Joan Laboucane | |
1988 | A New Life | Audrey | |
1989 | Destiny to Order | Mellie | |
1989 | Millennium | Pinky Djakarta | |
1995 | Jungleground | Sgt. Purdy | |
1995 | Iron Eagle on the Attack | Amanda Kirke | |
1995 | The Feeler | Lina | |
1997 | Double Take | Real Estate Lady | |
1998 | Yellow Wedding | Dale | |
2000 | Stardom | Tina's Mother | |
2001 | Pressure Point | Haley Griffin | |
2001 | The Safety of Objects | Jill | |
2002 | Men with Brooms | Officer Frances Darte | |
2006 | One Way | Helen Drake | |
2008 | The Last Hit Man | Marion | |
2009 | The Jazzman | Karen Kaddly | |
2010 | St. Roz | Minnie Barr | |
2019 | Georgetown | Peggy Mason | |
2019 | Random Acts of Violence | Borden | |
2021 | Dark Web: Cicada 3301 | Judge Mary Collins |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1983 | The Accident | Reporter | Television film |
1985, 1986 | Check It Out! | Woman Doctor / Lt. Conway | 2 episodes |
1986 | Philip Marlowe, Private Eye | Reporter | Episode: "Pickup on Noon Street" |
1987 | Adderly | Angela Gasperini | Episode: "Debbie Does Dishes" |
1988 | T. and T. | Debbie / Donna | 2 episodes |
1988 | 9B | Rhea Burnham | 3 episodes |
1988–1992 | Katts and Dog | Virginia | |
1989 | War of the Worlds | Blade | Episode: "Seft of Emun" |
1989 | Street Legal | Diane Abbot | Episode: "The Cradle Will Rock" |
1989 | Love and Hate | Ellie Hubiak | Television film |
1989 | Lady in the Corner | Ann Henshaw | |
1990 | The Kissing Place | Casey Edelson | |
1990 | Getting Married in Buffalo Jump | Eleanor | |
1990 | Leona Helmsley: The Queen of Mean | Marilyn Norrito | |
1990 | The Hitchhiker | Jude | Episode: "Riding the Nightmare" |
1990–1991 | E.N.G. | Eline | 2 episodes |
1991 | Top Cops | Dorothy Shurtleft | Episode: "Dorothy Shurtleft" |
1991 | Mom P.I. | Celine | Episode: "Night Train" |
1992 | The Broken Cord | Ruby Stiges | Television film |
1993 | The Hidden Room | Sandra | Episode: "Jillie" |
1993–1997 | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Det. Mary Margaret Skalany | 31 episodes |
1994 | Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story | Claudia | Television film |
1994 | Catwalk | Amy Doulon | Episode: "Getting What You Want" |
1995 | The Hardy Boys | Joyce | Episode: "The Debt Collectors" |
1997 | The Newsroom | Heather Campbell | Episode: "Meltdown: Part 3" |
1997 | When Secrets Kill | Phyllis Hodges | Television film |
1997 | On the 2nd Day of Christmas | Mindy | |
1997 | Riverdale | Melissa | |
1998 | Real Kids, Real Adventures | Lagaythe | Episode: "Plane Crash on Christmas Day" |
1998 | Thanks of a Grateful Nation | Marcia Timmerman | Television film |
1998 | Traders | Donna | Episode: "Blood on the Floor" |
1999 | Total Recall 2070 | Surgeon | 3 episodes |
1999 | Cruel Justice | Fay Joiner | Television film |
1999 | The Famous Jett Jackson | Sheila / Director | 2 episodes |
1999 | Black and Blue | Sheila Walsh | Television film |
1999 | If You Believe | Dorinda | |
2000 | Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story | Margaret Bush | Miniseries |
2001 | The Familiar Stranger | Claire | Television film |
2001 | Lucky Girl | Judy | |
2001 | Blind Terror | Peggy | |
2001 | Largo Winch | Dr. Carol Turner | Episode: "Arctic Project" |
2001–2008 | Paradise Falls | Frances Hunter | 68 episodes |
2002, 2003 | Odyssey 5 | Jenny Taggart | 2 episodes |
2003 | Open House | Marie | Television film |
2003 | Blue Murder | S.I.S. Janet Myers | 2 episodes |
2003 | Jasper, Texas | Nancy Nicholson | Television film |
2003 | Queer as Folk | Alexa Scott | Episode: "One Ring to Rule Them All" |
2003 | The Piano Man's Daughter | Older Woman | Television film |
2004 | This Is Wonderland | Janice Pells | Episode #1.9 |
2004 | Open Heart | Marjorie Bain | Television film |
2005 | Tilt | Eddie's Mother | 3 episodes |
2005 | Our Fathers | Sacha Pfeiffer | Television film |
2005 | Jesse Stone: Stone Cold | Margaret Pennington | |
2005 | Waking Up Wally: The Walter Gretzky Story | Phyllis Gretzky | |
2008 | True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet | Gaby | |
2009 | Warehouse 13 | Jesslyn Henjik | Episode: "Resonance" |
2009 | Flashpoint | Janet Ackerman | Episode: "Coming to You Live" |
2009–2010 | Cra$h & Burn | Detective Dee Dee White | 6 episodes |
2011 | Republic of Doyle | Siobhan McDonagh | Episode: "Sympathy for the Devil" |
2011 | Haven | Lucy Ripley | Episode: "Business as Usual" |
2013 | Prosecuting Casey Anthony | Dr. Jan Garavaglia | Television film |
2013 | Jack | Nancy Layton | |
2013 | Beauty & the Beast | Law Partner | Episode: "Who Am I?" |
2016 | Slasher | Sonja Edwards | 3 episodes |
2016 | A Puppy for Christmas | Helen | Television film |
2016 | Incorporated | Carol Granger | Episode: "Vertical Mobility" |
2017, 2018 | Taken | Sarah Mills | 2 episodes |
2019 | Heartland | Doreen Vernon | |
2019 | Christmas in Montana | Kay | Television film |
2019, 2020 | In the Dark | Kathy | 2 episodes |
2020 | Nurses | Barb Gelson | Episode: "Chrysalis" |
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