Leah Pinsent is a Canadian television and film actress.

She was born in Toronto, Ontario, the daughter of Canadian actors Gordon Pinsent

Gordon Pinsent

Gordon Edward Pinsent, CC, FRSC is a Canadian television, theatre and film actor.-Early life:Pinsent, the youngest of six children, was born in Grand Falls, Newfoundland, the son of Flossie ; originally from Clifton, Newfoundland, and Stephen Arthur Pinsent, a papermill worker and cobbler;...

 and Charmion King

Charmion King

Charmion King was one of Canada's leading actresses.Born in Toronto, Ontario, she was part of the country's burgeoning theatre and television scene in the decade of the 1950s...

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Her first film role, The Bay Boy

The Bay Boy

The Bay Boy is a 1984 Canadian film. It is a semi-autobiographical film based on director Daniel Petrie's experiences of growing up in Glace Bay, a mining town on Cape Breton Island, during the Great Depression...

, won her a Genie nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She is best known for her roles as production accountant Veronica Miller in the comedy-drama series Made in Canada

Made in Canada

Made in Canada is a Canadian television situation comedy which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2003. Rick Mercer co-created the program and starred as mercenary TV producer Richard Strong....

, and news anchor Diane Gordon in More Tears

More Tears

More Tears is a seriocomedy television series that was broadcast by CBC Television, as a short run programme; it was written and produced by Ken Finkleman following the success of The Newsroom , and was partly a remake of 8½ , by Federico Fellini.As in The Newsroom, George Findlay is the...

and Escape from the Newsroom

The Newsroom

The Newsroom is a Canadian television comedy-drama series which ran on CBC Television in the 1996-97, 2003–04 and 2004-05 seasons. A two-hour television movie, Escape from the Newsroom, was broadcast in 2002....

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Filmography

1. The Bay Boy
   The Bay Boy
   The Bay Boy is a 1984 Canadian film. It is a semi-autobiographical film based on director Daniel Petrie's experiences of growing up in Glace Bay, a mining town on Cape Breton Island, during the Great Depression...
   
   (1984)
2. April Fool's Day (1986)
3. Shades of Love: The Emerald Tear (1988)
4. Glory Enough for All
   Glory Enough for All
   Glory Enough for All is the 1988 television movie depicting the discovery and isolation of insulin by Frederick Banting and Charles Herbert Best. It won the 1989 Gemini award for best miniseries....
   
   (1988)
5. Brutal Glory (1989)
6. The Little Kidnappers (1990)
7. Spill (1996)
8. Dick Richards (1996)
9. Lies He Told (1997)
10. Win, Again! (1999)
11. Waking the Dead
    Waking the Dead (film)
    Waking the Dead is a 2000 American drama film directed by Keith Gordon. The screenplay by Robert Dillon is based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Scott Spencer.-Plot:...
    
    (2000)
12. Thou Shalt Not Kill (2000)
13. Rough Air: Danger on Flight 534 (2001)
14. A Promise (2002)
15. Our Fathers (2005)
16. Burnt Toast (2005)
17. Heyday! (2006)
18. 1st Bite (2006)
19. The Bend (2008)
20. Eating Buccaneers (2009)

Television

1. More Tears
   More Tears
   More Tears is a seriocomedy television series that was broadcast by CBC Television, as a short run programme; it was written and produced by Ken Finkleman following the success of The Newsroom , and was partly a remake of 8½ , by Federico Fellini.As in The Newsroom, George Findlay is the...
   
   (1998)
2. Made in Canada
   Made in Canada
   Made in Canada is a Canadian television situation comedy which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2003. Rick Mercer co-created the program and starred as mercenary TV producer Richard Strong....
   
   (1998–2003)
3. The Newsroom
   The Newsroom
   The Newsroom is a Canadian television comedy-drama series which ran on CBC Television in the 1996-97, 2003–04 and 2004-05 seasons. A two-hour television movie, Escape from the Newsroom, was broadcast in 2002....
   
   (2002)
4. This Is Wonderland
   This Is Wonderland
   This Is Wonderland was a Canadian television series which aired on CBC Television. The series is a legal drama with comedic elements, or a comedy-drama. It was created by playwright George F...
   
   (2004)
5. Funpak (2005)
6. ReGenesis
   ReGenesis
   ReGenesis is a Canadian television program produced by The Movie Network and Movie Central in conjunction with Shaftesbury Films. The series, which ran for four seasons, revolves around the scientists of NorBAC , a fictional organization with a lab based in Toronto...
   
   (2006–2007)

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