Patricia Phillips

{{Short description|Canadian actress and documentary film producer}}

Patricia Phillips is a Canadian actress and documentary film producer. She is most noted for her performances as Sharon in the 1985 film Bayo, for which she was an ACTRA Award nominee for Best Television Actress at the 15th ACTRA Awards in 1986,"ACTRA nominations for 15th annual Nellie Awards on April 2". Montreal Gazette, March 18, 1986. and Helen in the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts' 1985 production of And a Nightingale Sang, for which she received a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for Best Leading Actress (General Theatre) at the 1986 Dora Mavor Moore Awards.Deirdre Kelly, "Dora smiles on Tarragon with record 17 nominations". The Globe and Mail, May 15, 1986.

She was an ACTRA winner for Best Radio Actress at the 13th ACTRA Awards in 1984 for her performance as Morag Gunn in a 1983 CBC Radio dramatization of Margaret Laurence's novel The Diviners,Rick Groen, "Popular mini-series dominates ACTRA awards: Empire earns big dividend". The Globe and Mail, April 4, 1984. and a nominee for Best Supporting Actress at the 14th ACTRA Awards in 1985 for her supporting role in The Passion of the Patriots.Charles Hanley, "Chautauqua Girl has three chances for a Nellie: ACTRA names award nominees". The Globe and Mail, March 19, 1985.

She left acting in the 1990s, forming Great North Productions with Tom Radford and her husband Andy Thomson.Dominik Wisniewski, "Carrying Place resident stars in IMAX 3D production". Brighton Independent, May 2, 2013. The company's projects included the television series Destiny Ridge and Jake and the Kid, as well as numerous documentary films.Alan Kellogg, "Despite grim future of film industry, Great North hangs on". Edmonton Journal, April 2, 1997. After the firm was acquired by Alliance Atlantis in 2000,"Great North bought out by Alliance". Halifax Daily News, July 14, 2000. Phillips remained with Alliance Atlantis for a number of years as head of documentary production, before returning to acting in small supporting roles in the early 2010s.