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Tracy Wright

Acting Born Dec 7, 1959 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 24 credits

Biography

Tracy Wright was born on December 7, 1959 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 1989, she was a founding member of the Toronto's Augusta Company, along with her future husband Don McKellar and Daniel Brooks, and worked regularly throughout her theatre career with Brooks, McKellar, and Canadian writers and directors including Nadia Ross, Jacob Wren, Daniel MacIvor, Hillar Liitoja, Paul Bettis and Sky Gilbert.

In film, she worked closely with McKellar and Bruce McDonald, whose Highway 61 (1991) was one of her first major roles, and This Movie Is Broken and Trigger (2010) were her last. She was also known for her roles in films such as Monkey Warfare, Last Night, When Night Is Falling, Superstar and Me and You and Everyone We Know. Highlights of her television appearances include The Kids in the Hall and Twitch City.

Wright also acted in Bob Wiseman's video "We Got Time" in 1989, along with Leslie Spit Treeo and Don McKellar, and she is the subject of a song by Wiseman, entitled "[email protected]" from his 2013 release Giulietta Masina at the Oscars Crying.

She was married to McKellar, her long-term partner, in January 2010.

Wright died on June 22, 2010, aged 50, from pancreatic cancer.

She wa known for Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005), Trigger (2010) and Blindness (2008). She was married to Don McKellar. She died on June 22, 2010 in Toronto.

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Known for

Film

Flatliners

as Sandra
Film

The Hot Chick

as Dizelle

Lock-Up

as Sister Anne
Film

Me and You and Everyone We Know

as Nancy Herrington

Full filmography

  • The Kids in the Hall (1989) as Sandra
  • Twitch City (1998) as Dizelle
  • Blindness (2008) as Thief's Wife
  • Superstar (1999) as Sister Anne
  • Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) as Nancy Herrington
  • Last Night (1998) as Donna
  • When Night Is Falling (1995) as Tory
  • Dog Park (1998) as Dog Psychologist's Wife
  • Picture Claire (2001) as Detective Sweeney
  • The Five Senses (1999) as Alex
  • All Hat (2007) as Elizabeth Dokes
  • Highway 61 (1991) as Margo
  • Leslie, My Name Is Evil (2009) as Leslie's Mom
  • Trigger (2010) as Vic
  • Joe's So Mean to Josephine (1997) as Dispatcher
  • Green Door (2008) as Rhonda
  • Childstar (2004) as Tabitha
  • Eclipse (1995) as Souvenir Shop Clerk
  • Bubbles Galore (1996) as Vivian Klitorsky
  • Book Of Knives (1995) as Iris Campbell
  • This Movie Is Broken (2010) as Box Office Woman
  • Sarabande (1997) as Emily
  • The Fires of Joanna (1998) as Joanna McVeigh
  • You Are Here (2011) as The Archivist