Nicky Guadagni

Nicky Guadagni
Nicky Guadagni
	Guadagni as Zelda Fitzgerald in Hooked: The Play in 2013
Born	August 1, 1952 (age 71); Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1984–present

Nicky Guadagni (born August 1, 1952) is a Canadian actress who has worked on stage, radio, film and television.

Life and career[edit]

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; Hamlet and 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]^[2]

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). She also played a leading role in cult sci-fi film Cube in 1997.

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.^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[5]

In 2019, she played the demented matriarch Helene Le Domas in the horror film Ready or Not.

Filmography[edit]

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	House
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
1997	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 Vardas	TV 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	Eleanor
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
2019	Ready or Not	Helene Le Domas
2023	Star Trek: Strange New Worlds	Admiral Javas	TV series, episode "Ad Astra Per Aspera"

Awards[edit]

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^[6]
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[edit]

^ Nicky Guadagni, Edna Talent Management Ltd., archived 2012-03-12 from the original at the Internet Archive. Retrieved 2013-12-22.
^ Nicky Guadagni biography Archived 2011-07-12 at the Wayback Machine, Hooked in House (retrieved July 19, 2011)
^ Taylor, Kate, "Adaptation of Corbeil novel earns ins Wing"; The Globe and Mail, November 11, 2002
^ Hooked in House (retrieved July 29, 2011); Summerworks Theatre Festival Archived 2011-08-10 at the Wayback Machine (retrieved July 29, 2011)
^ Our Team Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, The Humphrey Group (retrieved July 19, 2011)
^ "Special Report: Gemini Nominees: Who’s nominated"; Playback, February 12, 1996 (retrieved July 19, 2011)

External links[edit]

Nicky Guadagni at IMDb

[1] Nicky Guadagni, Edna Talent Management Ltd., archived 2012-03-12 from the original at the Internet Archive. Retrieved 2013-12-22.

[2] Nicky Guadagni biography Archived 2011-07-12 at the Wayback Machine, Hooked in House (retrieved July 19, 2011)

[3] Taylor, Kate, "Adaptation of Corbeil novel earns ins Wing"; The Globe and Mail, November 11, 2002

[4] Hooked in House (retrieved July 29, 2011); Summerworks Theatre Festival Archived 2011-08-10 at the Wayback Machine (retrieved July 29, 2011)

[5] Our Team Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, The Humphrey Group (retrieved July 19, 2011)

[6] "Special Report: Gemini Nominees: Who’s nominated"; Playback, February 12, 1996 (retrieved July 19, 2011)

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