Fiona Reid

Canadian actress

Fiona Reid CM
Reid in 2024
Born	(1951-07-24) 24 July 1951 (age 72) Whitstable, Kent, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1974–present
Spouse	McCowan Thomas (m. 1977)
Children	2

Fiona Reid, CM (born 24 July 1951) is an English-born Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles as Cathy on the TV series King of Kensington (1975-1978) and as Harriet Miller in the film My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002).

Early life and education

Reid was born in Whitstable, Kent, England.^[1] Her father was a doctor in the British Army.^[2] As a teenager, she lived in Germany, Africa, and the U.S. before settling in Canada with her family in 1964, when she was aged 12.^[3]

She studied acting at McGill University in Montreal, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1972, and at the Banff Centre for the Arts.^[2]

Career

Fiona Reid performed in theatres for five seasons with the Stratford Festival,^[1] and twelve seasons at the Shaw Festival,^[1] as well as theatres in Great Britain and the U.S.^[1] Over her career her performances have garnered her two Dora Mavor Moore awards,^[1] a Jessie Award (Vancouver),^[1] and a Sterling Award (Edmonton) in 2011.^[1]

Her career has been marked by diverse signature roles that include Rose in The Children, Amanda (The Glass Menagerie, 2010),^[1] Julie (London Road), Blanche Dubois (A Streetcar Named Desire), Lady Bracknell (The Importance of Being Earnest), Martha (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf), Mrs Lovett (Sweeney Todd), Hedda Gabler and Clare (A Delicate Balance), amongst many others.^[1] Her film credits include My Big Fat Greek Wedding,^[4] One Week,^[4] and The Time Traveler's Wife.^[4]

In 2016, Reid starred as Queen Elizabeth II in the Mirvish Productions presentation of The Audience at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto.^[1]

In 2019, Fiona started her run in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on Broadway.^[1]

Awards

She has twice won the Dora Mavor Moore Award, in 1993 for Fallen Angels,^[2] and in 1995 for Six Degrees of Separation.^[1] She won an Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award (Sterling Award) for her performance in August: Osage County.^[1]

For her role in "This Is Wonderland", Reid was nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role Dramatic Series in 2005.^[2]

In 2006, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada^[5] She received The Barbara Hamilton Award in 2008.^[1] and an award of excellence from ACTRA Toronto in 2010.^[6]

In 2015, Reid received the Toronto Critics’ Award for her performance of Sonia in Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike (Mirvish Productions).^[1] Reid is the past president of the Actor's Fund of Canada (AFC), and has received an honorary doctorate from Bishop's University and is a graduate of McGill University.^[2]

Personal life

Reid met McCowan Thomas ^[7] doing summer stock theatre^[8] and married him in 1977. They have two children, Alec and Julia.^[3]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1974–1975	Dr. Zonk and the Zunkins	–	Television series
1975–1976	Coming Up Rosie	Mona Swicker	Television series
1975–1978	King of Kensington	Cathy	ACTRA Award for Best Performance in a Continuing Role in a Television Program
1978	Witch's Night Out	Nicely	Voice
1980	Hot Dogs	Mrs. Frappier
1982	An Honourable Member	Trish Baldwin
1987	Heaven on Earth	Abigail
1988	Switching Channels	Pamela Farbrother
1988	Milk and Honey
1990	Friday the 13th: The Series	Dr. Cynthia Galen	Episode: "Midnight Riders"
1990	Road to Avonlea	Mrs. Craig	Episode: "Conversions"
1992	Beethoven Lives Upstairs	Mother
1992-2000	Noddy's Toyland Adventures	Mrs. Tubby Bear, Mrs. Noah (voices)	US version
1996	Any Mother's Son	Doris	TV film
1998-2000	Noddy	Charlene VonPickings	4 episodes
1998	At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story	Sandra Burtch
2000	Timothy Goes to School	Mrs. Jenkins	Voice
2000	Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse	Diamonds	Voice
2000	PR	Deirdre Duncan	Television series
2002	Duct Tape Forever	Judge Hanson
2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	Harriet Miller	Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2002	Henry's World	Doris	Voice
2003	Jacob Two-Two	Ms. Sourpickle	Television series
2003	Luck	Mom
2004	Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story	Lucinda Pilcher	TV movie
2008	One Week	Mary Tyler
2009	The Time Traveler's Wife	Lucile Abshire	Film
2010	Haven	Piper Landon	Television series
2016	My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2	Harriet Miller	Film
2018	Bravest Warriors	Slippy Napkins	Season 4
2018	Trouble in the Garden	Lillian
2018-2022	Chateau Laurier	Mrs. Bracebridge	Web series

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "Fiona Reid entry". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Ahearn, Victoria (23 February 2011). "ACTRA honouree Fiona Reid still torn over split from 'King of Kensington'". 680news.com. Archived from the original on 24 June 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
^ ^a ^b Ouzonian, Richard (9 April 2011). "Fiona Reid: Showing us everything she's got". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 12 April 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Fiona Reid Credits". tvguide.com. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
^ "Governor General announces new appointments to the Order of Canada 2006". Governor General of Canada. 24 July 2006. Archived from the original on 16 August 2006.
^ "ACTRA to honour theatre veteran Fiona Reid". cbc.ca. 13 December 2010. Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
^ "Cathy Has Left the King". The Windsor Star. 8 April 1978. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
^ St. Germain, Pat (15 March 2007). "Theatre: Fiona Reid happily returns to 'Peg". jam.canoe.ca. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)