Nicky Guadagni
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Nicky Guadagni is a Canadian actress who has worked on stage
, radio
, film
and television
.
, 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
.
Guadagni has been nominated for five Gemini Award
s 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).
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. 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.
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.
Stage (theatre)
In theatre or performance arts, the stage is a designated space for the performance productions. The stage serves as a space for actors or performers and a focal point for the members of the audience...
, radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
, film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
and television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
.
Career
Originally from MontrealMontreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Nicky Guadagni majored in drama at Dawson College
Dawson College
Dawson College was the first English CEGEP and is located in Westmount, just west of downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Dawson College is located near the heart of downtown Montreal in a former nunnery on 4.85 hectares of green space...
and went on to train at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art is a drama school located in London, United Kingdom. It is generally regarded as one of the most renowned drama schools in the world, and is one of the oldest drama schools in the United Kingdom, having been founded in 1904.RADA is an affiliate school of the...
in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. Her first role after graduation was playing Miranda, with Paul Scofield
Paul Scofield
David Paul Scofield, CH, CBE , better known as Paul Scofield, was an English actor of stage and screen...
as Prospero
Prospero
Prospero is the protagonist in The Tempest, a play by William Shakespeare.- The Tempest :Prospero is the rightful Duke of Milan, who was put to sea on "a rotten carcass of a butt [boat]" to die by his usurping brother, Antonio, twelve years before the play begins. Prospero and Miranda survived,...
, in a production of The Tempest
The Tempest
The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1610–11, and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the exiled Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place,...
in the West End
West End theatre
West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's 'Theatreland', the West End. Along with New York's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English speaking...
of London. Her theatre work in Canada includes A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...
at Stratford Third Stage; Zastrozzi and Criminal Genius at the Factory Theatre
Factory Theatre
Factory Theatre is a theatre in Toronto, Ontario, founded as Factory Theatre Lab in 1970 by Ken Gass and Frank Trotz.Factory was the first theatre to announce that it would exclusively produce Canadian plays, but it soon became a widely emulated policy by other theatre companies...
; Hamlet
Hamlet
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
and Mother Courage
Mother Courage
Mother Courage is a character from a Grimmelshausen novel Lebensbeschreibung der Ertzbetrügerin und Landstörtzerin Courasche dating from around 1670...
for the National Arts Centre
National Arts Centre
The National Arts Centre is a centre for the performing arts located in Ottawa, Ontario, between Elgin Street and the Rideau Canal...
; The Seagull
The Seagull
The Seagull is the first of what are generally considered to be the four major plays by the Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov. The Seagull was written in 1895 and first produced in 1896...
and The Member of the Wedding
The Member of the Wedding
The Member of the Wedding is a 1946 novel by Southern writer Carson McCullers. It took McCullers five years to complete—though she interrupted the work for a few months to write the short novel The Ballad of the Sad Cafe....
at Tarragon Theatre
Tarragon Theatre
The Tarragon Theatre is a theatre in Toronto, Canada, and one of the main centers for contemporary playwriting in the country. Located near Casa Loma, the theatre was founded by Bill and Jane Glassco in 1970. Bill was the Artistic Director from 1971 to 1982. In 1982, Urjo Kareda took over as...
; and OD on Paradise at Theatre Passe Muraille
Theatre Passe Muraille
Theatre Passe Muraille is a theatre company in Toronto, Canada.-Brief history:One of Canada's most influential alternative theatres, Theatre Passe Muraille was founded in 1968 by director and playwright Jim Garrard, who started the company out of Rochdale College.Its radical intention was create a...
.
Guadagni has been nominated for five Gemini Award
Gemini Award
The Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry awards in Canada.First awarded in 1986, the Geminis celebrate the achievements of TV members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Essentially, it presents awards for the best television productions in Canada. Awards are...
s 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
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
A Nero Wolfe Mystery is a television series adapted from Rex Stout's classic series of detective stories that aired for two seasons on the A&E Network. Set in New York City in the early 1950s, the stylized period drama stars Maury Chaykin as Nero Wolfe and Timothy Hutton as Archie Goodwin...
(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
The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery
The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery is a made-for-television film based on the 1953 novel by Rex Stout. Set in 1950s Manhattan, the A&E Network production stars Maury Chaykin as the heavyweight detective genius Nero Wolfe, and Timothy Hutton as Wolfe's assistant, Archie Goodwin, narrator of...
(2000).
In 2002 Guadagni made her playwriting debut with In the Wings, adapted from the 1998 novel by Carole Corbeil
Carole Corbeil
Carole Corbeil was a Canadian arts critic and novelist. Born in Montreal to Québécois parents, her writing was often informed by the cultural displacement, and the subsequent sense of dual belonging, that she experienced when her parents divorced and her mother remarried to an anglophone...
, which she performed at Toronto's Theatre Passe Muraille. In 2011 an abbreviated version of her seven-character, one-person show Hooked, written by Carolyn Smart
Carolyn Smart
Carolyn Smart is an author, mostly of poetry, who lives in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. She currently teaches Contemporary Canadian Literature and Creative Writing at Queen's University....
, was part of Toronto's Summerworks Theatre Festival schedule, with performances at Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace.
Guadagni taught voice and scene study for five years at George Brown College
George Brown College
George Brown College is a public, fully accredited college of applied arts and technology with three full campuses in downtown Toronto, Ontario...
as well as at the University College Drama Program in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, and has also worked at the National Theatre School of Canada
National Theatre School of Canada
The National Theatre School of Canada is a private college located in Montreal, Quebec.Established in Montreal in 1960, the National Theatre School of Canada offers professional training in English and French in a setting that unites all the theatre arts: acting, playwriting, directing, set and...
in Montreal. She has provided coaching and dramatic training for clients of the firm The Humphrey Group since 1995.
Filmography
| 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 Ann Hansen Ann Hansen is a Canadian anarchist and former member of Direct Action, a guerrilla organization famous for the 1982 bombing of a Litton Industries plant, which made components for American cruise missiles. She was sentenced to life in prison, but was released after eight years. Hansen wrote of her... |
TV, Gemini Award nominee |
| 1989 | The Twilight Zone The Twilight Zone The Twilight Zone is an American television anthology series created by Rod Serling. Each episode is a mixture of self-contained drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist... |
Records Clerk | TV series, episode "The Cold Equations" |
| 1990 | White Room White Room (film) White Room is a Canadian drama film, released in 1990.The film, written and directed by Patricia Rozema, stars Maurice Godin, Kate Nelligan and Sheila McCarthy. Godin plays Norm, a confused young man who is drawn into events after witnessing the murder of rock star Madeleine X... |
Narrator | |
| 1990 | Street Legal Street Legal (TV series) Street Legal is a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1987 to 1994.-Synopsis:A spinoff from the 1985 television movie Shellgame, Street Legal focused on the professional and private lives of the partners in a small Toronto, Ontario law firm, Barr, Robinovitch and Tchobanian... |
Carol Tait | TV series, episode "Tyger, Tyger" |
| 1991 | A Little Piece of Heaven A Little Piece of Heaven (film) A Little Piece of Heaven is a 1991 television film directed by Mimi Leder, written by Betty Goldberg, and starring Kirk Cameron. It was created by NBC.- Plot :... |
Helen Olander | TV |
| 1991–1993 | Street Legal Street Legal (TV series) Street Legal is a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1987 to 1994.-Synopsis:A spinoff from the 1985 television movie Shellgame, Street Legal focused on the professional and private lives of the partners in a small Toronto, Ontario law firm, Barr, Robinovitch and Tchobanian... |
Anita Graham | TV series, episodes "Eye of the Beholder" "Forgiveness" "Conduct Unbecoming" "The Price" |
| 1992 | Road to Avonlea Road to Avonlea Road to Avonlea was a television series which was first broadcast in Canada and the United States between 1990 and 1996. It was created by Kevin Sullivan and produced by Sullivan Films in association with CBC and the Disney Channel, with additional funding from Telefilm Canada.It was adapted from... |
Female Worker #1 | TV series, episode "Aunt Janet Rebels" |
| 1993 | Bonds of Love | Karen Turney | TV |
| 1993 | E.N.G. E.N.G. E.N.G. is a Canadian television drama, following the staff of a fictional Toronto television news station . The show aired on CTV from 1988 to 1994... |
Mary Callahan | TV series, episodes "One False Step" "Legacy" |
| 1994 | My Breast | Dr. Petrek | TV |
| 1994 | Forever Knight Forever Knight Forever Knight was a Canadian television series about Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire working as a police detective in modern day Toronto. Wracked with guilt for centuries of killing others, he seeks redemption by working as a homicide detective on the night shift while struggling to find a... |
Elizabeth Tretheway | TV series, episode "Hunted" |
| 1995 | Friends at Last | Maine Nurse | TV |
| 1995 | The Possession of Michael D. | The Neurologist | TV |
| 1995 | Due South Due South Due South is a Canadian crime drama series with elements of comedy. The series was created by Paul Haggis, produced by Alliance Communications, and stars Paul Gross, David Marciano, and latterly Callum Keith Rennie... |
Judge Shore | TV series, episode "The Witness" |
| 1996 | Side Effects Side Effects (TV series) Side Effects was a Canadian television series, which aired from February, 1994 to January, 1996 on CBC Television.A hospital-themed drama created by Brenda Greenberg and Guy Mullally, the cast included Elizabeth Shepherd, Albert Schultz, Joseph Ziegler, Jovanni Sy and Arsinée Khanjian.... |
Dr. Hagerty | TV series, episode "Behind the Scenes" |
| 1996 | Crash Crash (1996 film) Crash is a 1996 Canadian/British drama thriller film written and directed by David Cronenberg based on the J. G. Ballard 1973 novel of the same name. It tells the story of a group of people who take sexual pleasure from car accidents, a notable form of paraphilia. The film generated considerable... |
Tattooist | |
| 1996 | Undue Influence | Postal Supervisor | TV |
| 1996 | We the Jury | Beryl Granger | TV |
| 1996 | Under the Piano Under the Piano Under the Piano is a 1995 television film directed by Stefan Scaini and features Kevin Sullivan as executive producer. The film follows the story of one woman’s overwhelming faith in her talented but emotionally defenceless sister. The film starred Megan Follows and Amanda Plummer as the sisters... |
Miss Evans | TV |
| 1996 | Performance! Saying It | TV, Gemini Award nominee | |
| 1996 | Buried Secrets Buried Secrets (film) Buried Secrets is a 1996 made for television movie that stars Tiffani Amber Thiessen as a young woman who moves with her mother to her mother's hometown and is haunted by the ghost of a dead teenager .-Plot:... |
Librarian | TV |
| 1996 | Hidden in America Hidden in America Hidden in America is a 1996 American television film about poverty in the United States. The film is directed by Martin Bell and stars Beau Bridges, Bruce Davison, and Alice Krige. Bridges plays Bill Januson, a father struggling to support his family and whose pride and optimism prevent him from... |
Hospital Administrator | TV |
| 1996 | Cube Cube (film) Cube is a 1997 Canadian science fiction psychological thriller/horror film directed by Vincenzo Natali. The film was a successful product of the Canadian Film Centre's First Feature Project.... |
Dr. Helen Holloway | |
| 1997 | Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Women | Lydia Stolowitsky | "Mamusha" |
| 1997 | Goosebumps Goosebumps (TV series) Goosebumps is a Canadian children's horror anthology television series based on R. L. Stine's Goosebumps books.-Networks:... (TV series) |
Marta Blackwell | "Werewolf Skin" |
| 1997 | Johnny 2.0 | Nurse | TV |
| 1997 | Major Crime | Denice | TV, Gemini Award |
| 1998 | Sleeping Dogs Lie Sleeping Dogs Lie (1998 film) Sleeping Dogs Lie is a 1998 film produced by Sullivan Entertainment and based on the true-life story of Ambrose Small, a Toronto millionaire who went missing after selling his chain of burlesque theatres for $1.7 million to Loew’s movie theatres. The film is inspired by the book The Strange Case of... |
Sister Rosaria | |
| 1998 | Blind Faith Blind Faith (1998 film) Blind Faith is a 1998 film starring Charles S. Dutton, Courtney B. Vance, and Lonette McKee.-Plot:Black lawyer John Williams defends his nephew, who is charged with murdering a white youth in 1957.-Cast:*Charles S. Dutton as Charles Williams... |
Margaret O'Neill | |
| 1998 | My Father's Shadow: The Sam Sheppard Story | Conservative Debater | TV |
| 1998 | Mythic Warriors Mythic Warriors Mythic Warriors was a Canadian-produced animated television series that was a fixture of CBS' Saturday-morning cartoon lineup... : Guardians of the Legend |
Princess Danae (voice) | TV series, episode "Perseus: The Search for Medusa" |
| 1999 | Storm of the Century Storm of the Century Storm of the Century, alternatively known as Stephen King's Storm of the Century, is a 1999 horror TV miniseries written by Stephen King and directed by Craig R. Baxley. Unlike many other King mini-series, Storm of the Century was not based upon a Stephen King novel - King wrote it as a screenplay... |
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 The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery is a made-for-television film based on the 1953 novel by Rex Stout. Set in 1950s Manhattan, the A&E Network production stars Maury Chaykin as the heavyweight detective genius Nero Wolfe, and Timothy Hutton as Wolfe's assistant, Archie Goodwin, narrator of... |
Angela Wright | TV |
| 2000 | Dirty Pictures | Kardon | TV |
| 2000 | The Last Debate The Last Debate The Last Debate is a 2000 political film based on the book by and co-written by the journalist and writer Jim Lehrer.-Cast:* James Garner as Mike Howley* Peter Gallagher as Tom Chapman* Audra McDonald as Barbara Manning* Donna Murphy as Joan Naylor... |
Sam Minter | TV |
| 2001–2002 | A Nero Wolfe Mystery A Nero Wolfe Mystery A Nero Wolfe Mystery is a television series adapted from Rex Stout's classic series of detective stories that aired for two seasons on the A&E Network. Set in New York City in the early 1950s, the stylized period drama stars Maury Chaykin as Nero Wolfe and Timothy Hutton as Archie Goodwin... |
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 Snakes and Ladders (TV series) Snakes and Ladders is a Canadian television mini-series created by Wayne Grigsby which aired on CBC Television in 2004. The series starred Amy Price-Francis as Shannon Jennings, a woman who takes a job as an executive assistant at Parliament Hill for a cabinet minister named Audrey Flankman... |
Sara-Jane Hardacre | TV series, episode "The Bling Bling" |
| 2004 | The Eleventh Hour The Eleventh Hour The eleventh hour is a colloquial expression meaning "a time which is nearly too late". The phrase originates in the book of Matthew of the Christian Bible and references workmen being hired late in the day... |
Nurse | TV series, episode "Swimmers" |
| 2004 | Doc Doc (TV series) Doc is a medical drama/family drama with strong Christian undertones starring Billy Ray Cyrus as Dr. Clint "Doc" Cassidy, a Montana doctor who takes a job in a New York City medical clinic. It ran from March 11, 2001 to November 28, 2004 on PAX... |
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 Silent Hill (film) Silent Hill is a 2006 horror film directed by Christophe Gans and written by Roger Avary. The story is an adaptation of the Silent Hill series of survival horror video games created by Konami. The film, particularly its emotional, religious and aesthetic content as well as its creature design,... |
Distressed Woman | |
| 2006 | Booky Makes Her Mark Booky Makes Her Mark Booky Makes Her Mark is a made-for-TV movie that is based on the books by Bernice Thurman Hunter. This uplifting family film also features beloved Canadian actors Megan Follows , Roberta Maxwell and Lally Cadeau... |
Mrs. MacDonald | TV |
| 2006 | The Path to 9/11 The Path to 9/11 The Path to 9/11 was a two-part miniseries that aired in the United States on ABC television from September 10 – 11, 2006, and also in other countries. The film dramatizes the 1993 World Trade Center bombing in New York City and the events leading up to the September 11, 2001 attacks.The film... |
Mary Jo White | TV |
| 2006 | Absolution | Myra Lloyd | TV |
| 2006 | Angela's Eyes Angela's Eyes Angela's Eyes is an American drama that premiered on July 16, 2006 on Lifetime TV and ran for 13 episodes. The show aired Sundays at 10 pm. Lifetime announced that the show would not be picked up for a second season.... |
Rebecca | TV series, episode "Eyes on the Prize" |
| 2006 | Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy Why I Wore Lipstick To My Mastectomy is a 2006 television film that aired on Lifetime Television and starred Sarah Chalke. It is based on the memoir of the same name, written by Geralyn Lucas... |
Photographer | TV |
| 2007 | Lars and the Real Girl Lars and the Real Girl Lars and the Real Girl is a 2007 American-Canadian comedy-drama film written by Nancy Oliver and directed by Craig Gillespie. It stars Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider, Kelli Garner and Patricia Clarkson... |
Mrs. Petersen |
Awards
- 1985, Nominee, Gemini AwardGemini AwardThe Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry awards in Canada.First awarded in 1986, the Geminis celebrate the achievements of TV members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Essentially, it presents awards for the best television productions in Canada. Awards are...
Turning to Stone
Best Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role
Academy of Canadian Cinema and TelevisionAcademy of Canadian Cinema and TelevisionThe Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television is a Canadian non-profit organization created in 1979 to recognize over 4,000 Canadian film industry and television industry professionals... - 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 - 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