Victoria Snow
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.
Career
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]
Career
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.
Awards
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]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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" |
References
- ^ a b "Cinderella story at Stratford". The Globe and Mail, April 28, 1979.
- ^ a b c "Driven Snow: Proving she can act as well as sing Victoria Snow copped a Gemini for her portrayal of a Metis woman in Daughters Of The Country". Toronto Star, March 26, 1988.
- ^ "Paying tribute to the 'Scarlet' Women". The Globe and Mail, September 10, 1985.
- ^ "Made in Canada". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ "CBC celebrates at k.d.'s cafe as it sweeps Gemini awards". Toronto Star, December 4, 1990.
- ^ "Great, watchable north: The 20th Gemini Awards gala honours the best in Canadian TV". National Post, November 19, 2005.
- ^ "Flashpoint leads in Gemini nominations". The Globe and Mail, September 1, 2010.
- ^ "Cancelled CBC series leads Gemini field". Victoria Times-Colonist, August 30, 2006.