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• Parents wanted her to pursue a career in science.
• Appeared in stage productions of Steel Magnolias, Children of a Lesser God and Noises Off.
• First TV job was an appearance in a 1989 commercial for the Canadian coffee-and-doughnut chain Tim Hortons.
• In the early 1990s, cofounded the Canadian comedy group Random Acts, with Katherine Jackson and Anne Marie Kerr.
• Won a Canadian Comedy Award for Best Actress in the 2006 film Breakdown.
• Received Gemini Award nominations for her work on Stargate SG-1 (2001) and Sanctuary (2009). The Gemini Awards honor excellence in Canadian TV.