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Nicky Guadagni is a Canadian actress who has worked on stage, radio, film and television.
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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; Hamletand 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]
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).
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.[2] 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.[3]
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.[4]
Filmography
List of acting performances in film and television Year Title Role Notes 1984 A Matter of Sex Mary TV 1985 Turning to Stone Allison Campbell TV, Gemini Award nominee 1988 The Squamish Five Ann Hansen TV, Gemini Award nominee 1989 The Twilight Zone Records Clerk TV series, episode "The Cold Equations" 1990 White Room Narrator 1990 Street Legal Carol Tait TV series, episode "Tyger, Tyger" 1991 A Little Piece of Heaven Helen Olander TV 1991–1993 Street Legal Anita Graham TV series, episodes "Eye of the Beholder"
"Forgiveness"
"Conduct Unbecoming"
"The Price"1992 Road to Avonlea Female Worker #1 TV series, episode "Aunt Janet Rebels" 1993 Bonds of Love Karen Turney TV 1993 E.N.G. Mary Callahan TV series, episodes "One False Step"
"Legacy"1994 My Breast Dr. Petrek TV 1994 Forever Knight Elizabeth Tretheway TV series, episode "Hunted" 1995 Friends at Last Maine Nurse TV 1995 The Possession of Michael D. The Neurologist TV 1995 Due South Judge Shore TV series, episode "The Witness" 1996 Side Effects Dr. Hagerty TV series, episode "Behind the Scenes" 1996 Crash Tattooist 1996 Undue Influence Postal Supervisor TV 1996 We the Jury Beryl Granger TV 1996 Under the Piano Miss Evans TV 1996 Performance! Saying It TV, Gemini Award nominee 1996 Buried Secrets Librarian TV 1996 Hidden in America Hospital Administrator TV 1996 Cube Dr. Helen Holloway 1997 Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Women Lydia Stolowitsky "Mamusha" 1997 Goosebumps (TV series) Marta Blackwell "Werewolf Skin" 1997 Johnny 2.0 Nurse TV 1997 Major Crime Denice TV, Gemini Award 1998 Sleeping Dogs Lie Sister Rosaria 1998 Blind Faith Margaret O'Neill 1998 My Father's Shadow: The Sam Sheppard Story Conservative Debater TV 1998 Mythic Warriors: Guardians of the Legend Princess Danae (voice) TV series, episode "Perseus: The Search for Medusa" 1999 Storm of the Century Jenna Freeman TV miniseries 1999 Ricky Nelson: Original Teen Idol Donna Fontana TV 1999 Foolish Heart Nurse TV series, episode "The Critic" 1999 Forget Me Never Patient No. 2 TV 2000 A Taste of Shakespeare Titania/Narrator TV series, episode "A Midsummer Night's Dream" 2000 The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery Angela Wright TV 2000 Dirty Pictures Kardon TV 2000 The Last Debate Sam Minter TV 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 VardasTV 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"2002 Salem Witch Trials Elizabeth Proctor TV 2003 Queer as Folk Dean of Financial Services TV series, episode 3.2 2004 Snakes and Ladders Sara-Jane Hardacre TV series, episode "The Bling Bling" 2004 The Eleventh Hour Nurse TV series, episode "Swimmers" 2004 Doc Lily/Bonnie Fisher TV series, episode "Searching for Bonnie Fisher" 2004 Blue Murder Alison Stasiak TV series, episode "Eyewitness"; Gemini Award 2005 Beethoven's Hair Narrator TV 2006 Appassionata Dr. Eckhardt's Assistant 2006 Beautiful People Sondra Ritchey TV series, episode "Flashback to the Future" 2006 Silent Hill Distressed Woman 2006 Booky Makes Her Mark Mrs. MacDonald TV 2006 The Path to 9/11 Mary Jo White TV 2006 Absolution Myra Lloyd TV 2006 Angela's Eyes Rebecca TV series, episode "Eyes on the Prize" 2006 Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy Photographer TV 2007 Lars and the Real Girl Mrs. Petersen Awards
- 1985, Nominee, Gemini Award
Turning to Stone
Best Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television - 1988, Nominee, Gemini Award
The Squamish Five
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television - 1996, Nominee, Gemini Award
Performance! Saying It
Best Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television[5] - 1998, Winner, Gemini Award
Major Crime
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television - 2004, Winner, Gemini Award
Blue Murder (episode "Eyewitness")
Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role in a Dramatic Series
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
References
- ^ Nicky Guadagni at Edna Talent Management, Ltd. (retrieved July 19, 2011); Nicky Guadagni biography, Hooked in House (retrieved July 19, 2011)
- ^ Taylor, Kate, "Adaptation of Corbeil novel earns ins Wing"; Globe and Mail, November 11, 2002
- ^ Hooked in House (retrieved July 29, 2011); Summerworks Theatre Festival (retrieved July 29, 2011)
- ^ Our Team, The Humphrey Group (retrieved July 19, 2011)
- ^ "Special Report: Gemini Nominees: Who’s nominated"; Playback, February 12, 1996 (retrieved July 19, 2011)
External links
Categories:- Canadian film actors
- Canadian television actors
- Gemini Award winners
- Living people
- National Theatre School of Canada faculty
- Dawson College alumni
- Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- 1985, Nominee, Gemini Award
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