Leah Pinsent

{{Infobox person

| image = Leah Pinsent (cropped) 2013-09.jpg

| name = Leah Pinsent

| caption = Pinsent in 2013

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|9|20}}

| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

| years_active = 1984 – present

| awards = Best Ensemble – Comedy Series
2001 Made in Canada
2002 Made in Canada
2004 Made in Canada

| spouse = Peter Keleghan

}}

Leah Pinsent (born September 20, 1968) is a Canadian television and film actress.

Career

Pinsent made her film debut in 1984's The Bay Boy, best known as Kiefer Sutherland's first film.{{cite web|first1=Mark|last1=Leiren-Young |title=Kiefer Sutherland on 24, The Patriot Act, a fateful fortune cookie and driving lessons|url=https://www.nationalobserver.com/2016/02/11/news/kiefer-sutherland-24-patriot-act-fateful-fortune-cookie-and-driving-lessons|website=National Observer|accessdate=23 December 2016|date=11 February 2016}} The role garnered her a Genie nomination for Best Supporting Actress.{{cite web|title=awards database|url=http://www.academy.ca/About-the-Academy/Awards-Database?flow=person&step=1&byp-award-v=0&byp-winners-v=False&byp-name-v=Leah+Pinsent|website=academy.ca|accessdate=23 December 2016}} Her next role was in the 1986 horror film April Fool's Day alongside Thomas F. Wilson and Griffin O'Neal.{{cite web|title=APRIL FOOL'S DAY at 30: The Cast Discusses Working with Fred Walton, Each Other and Moments We Missed - Daily Dead|url=http://dailydead.com/april-fools-day-30-cast-discusses-working-fred-walton-moments-missed/|website=Daily Dead|accessdate=23 December 2016|date=31 March 2016}}

She is perhaps best known for her television roles as production accountant Veronica Miller in the comedy-drama series Made in Canada,{{cite web|title=Welcome to the Simulcasting Video Player beta 2016|url=http://cyberspaceandtime.com/Interview_with_the_CAST_of_MADE_IN_CANADA_at_the_CANADIAN_INTERNATIONAL_TELEVISION_FESTIVAL/wn1pphkgqKc.video|website=cyberspaceandtime.com|accessdate=23 December 2016}} and news anchor Diane Gordon in More Tears and Escape from the Newsroom.{{cite news|title=Escape From the Newsroom|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/escape-from-the-newsroom/article1019145/|website=The Globe and Mail|date=July 19, 2003 |accessdate=23 December 2016}}

Personal life

Pinsent was born in Toronto, Ontario, to Canadian actors Gordon Pinsent and Charmion King.{{cite web|title=A tour of Gordon Pinsent's pied a terre {{!}} Toronto Star|url=https://www.thestar.com/life/homes/decor/2011/01/07/a_tour_of_gordon_pinsents_pied_a_terre.html|website=thestar.com|date=January 7, 2011 |accessdate=23 December 2016}} She was married to Michael Capellupo from 1991 to 2002. Pinsent is married to actor Peter Keleghan.{{cite web|title=The One: Peter Keleghan and Leah Pinsent|url=https://nationalpost.com/health/the-one-peter-keleghan-and-leah-pinsent|website=National Post|accessdate=6 June 2025}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1984

|data-sort-value="Bay Boy, The" | The Bay Boy

|Saxon Coldwell

|Nominated - Genie Award for Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

1986

|April Fool's Day

|Nan

1990

|Brutal Glory

|Julia Woodruff

|Video

rowspan=2|1996

|Dick Richards

|Actress at Starbucks

|Short film

Virus

|Larraine Keller

2000

|Waking the Dead

|Reporter from Fielding's Past

2002

|data-sort-value="Promise, A" | A Promise

|Emily

|Short film

2006

|1st Bite

|Rose

2008

|Eating Buccaneers

|Vanessa

|Nominated - Canadian Comedy Award for Best Performance by a Female - Film{{cite web|title=2010 nominees|url=http://www.agamdarshi.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2010CCANomineesFinal_.pdf|website=agamdarshi.com|accessdate=1 January 2017|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101231654/http://www.agamdarshi.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2010CCANomineesFinal_.pdf|archivedate=January 1, 2017|df=mdy-all}}

2011

|data-sort-value="Bend, The" | The Bend

|Mrs. Campbell

rowspan=2|2014

|Big News from Grand Rock

| Jane Davis

Wet Bum

|Mary Ellen

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

rowspan=2|1988

|Shades of Love: The Emerald Tear

|Jayne Manley

|rowspan=2|TV movie

Glory Enough for All

1990

|data-sort-value="Little Kidnappers, The" | The Little Kidnappers

|Kirsten MacKenzie

|TV movie
Nominated - Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

rowspan=2|1991

|Haute tension

|Amy

|Episode: "Frontière du crime"

Tropical Heat

|Karen Getwell

|Episode: "This Year's Model"

rowspan=2|1992

|Beyond Reality

|Jennifer

|Episode: "Master of Darkness"

Murder, She Wrote

|Louise Thayer

|Episode: "Murder in Milan"

1994

|Side Effects

|Dr. Samantha Budd

|Episode: "The Last Rights"

rowspan=2|1997

|Lies He Told

|TV movie

Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal

|Olivia Vega

|Episode: "The 13th Floor/The Believer"

rowspan=2|1998

|More Tears

|Diane

Made in Canada

|Veronica

|65 episodes
Nominated - Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Comedy Program or Series (1999)
Won - Gemini Award for Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series (2001)
Won - Gemini Award for Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series (2002)
Nominated - Gemini Award for Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series (2003)
Won - Gemini Award for Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series (2004)

1999

|Win, Again!

|Julie

|TV movie
Nominated - Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries

2000

|{{ill|20:13 – Thou Shalt Not Kill|de|20.13 – Mord im Blitzlicht}}

|Eve

|TV movie

rowspan=2|2001

|All Souls

|Dr. Elizabeth Baines

|Episode: "One Step Closer to Roger"