Tara Spencer-Nairn

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| name = Tara Spencer-Nairn

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|1|6}}

| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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| years_active = 1996–present

| height = 5 ft 3 in

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| spouse = {{marriage|Josh Glover
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| children = 2

| relatives = Douglas Spencer-Nairn (grandfather)

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Tara Spencer-Nairn (born January 6, 1978) is a Canadian actress best known for her work on the television series Corner Gas.

Early life

Spencer-Nairn was born on January 6, 1978{{cite web |website=AskMen.com |title=Tara Spencer-Nairn |url=http://www.askmen.com/women/celeb_profiles_actress/14_tara_spencer_nairn.html| accessdate=April 16, 2018|archive-date=November 1, 2007 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20071101030214/http://www.askmen.com/women/celeb_profiles_actress/14_tara_spencer_nairn.html }} in Montreal, Quebec, but raised in Vancouver, British Columbia.{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/tara-spencer-nairn-loves-a-role-in-uniform/article565351/ |title=Tara Spencer-Nairn loves a role in uniform |first=Andrew |last=Ryan |work=The Globe and Mail |date=2011-02-07 |accessdate=2018-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222111509/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/tara-spencer-nairn-loves-a-role-in-uniform/article565351/ |archive-date=2017-02-22 |url-status=live }} She is a graduate of the Vancouver Film School.

Career

Spencer-Nairn has appeared in a number of film and TV productions since the mid-1990s. Some of her most notable film appearances include New Waterford Girl,{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D0DEFD7103AF935A15754C0A9669C8B63 |title=Clueless And Angry In a Small 70's Town |authorlink=A. O. Scott |first=A. O. |last=Scott |date=2000-07-26 |accessdate=2018-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107061452/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D0DEFD7103AF935A15754C0A9669C8B63 |archive-date=2018-01-07 |url-status=live }} Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled, and television guest appearances on Puppets Who Kill, Relic Hunter, Cold Squad, Bliss, Flashpoint, and The Outer Limits. In 2005, she portrayed Wayne Gretzky's sister Kim Gretzky in the movie Waking Up Wally: The Walter Gretzky Story.{{cite book |last1=Cermak |first1=Iri |title=The Cinema of Hockey: Four Decades of the Game on Screen |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476626963 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l_EHDgAAQBAJ&q=Tara+Spencer-Nairn+Waking+Up+Wally&pg=PT204 |accessdate=2017-02-21|date=2017-02-02 }}

Her most notable roles are Dog River Police Department (DRPD) Constable Karen Pelly on Corner Gas and Sandy Wardwell on CTV's The Listener. Concurrent to appearing in Corner Gas, she also appeared on the science fiction series ReGenesis.

Personal life

Spencer-Nairn married Josh Glover in 2008.{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/life/2008/06/14/for_officer_karen_weddings_a_gas.html |title=For Officer Karen, wedding's a gas |work=Toronto Star |first=Diana |last=Zlomislic |date=2008-06-14 |accessdate=2018-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418031605/https://www.thestar.com/life/2008/06/14/for_officer_karen_weddings_a_gas.html |archive-date=2018-04-18 |url-status=live }} Together, they have sons Foster (born 2011) and Carson (born 2014).{{cite news |author=Staff writers |title=Tara Spencer-Nairn on holiday traditions and what she wants from Santa |url=http://ca.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/02015122121372/tara-spencer-nairn-on-holiday-traditions-and-what-she-wants-from-santa/ |work=Hello! Canada |date=2015-12-25 |accessdate=2018-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418033507/https://ca.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/02015122121372/tara-spencer-nairn-on-holiday-traditions-and-what-she-wants-from-santa/ |archive-date=2018-04-18 |url-status=live }}

Spencer-Nairn is the younger daughter and youngest of the three children of John Chaloner Spencer-Nairn, the Old Etonian second son of Scottish politician Douglas Spencer-Nairn of the Spencer-Nairn baronets, and his second wife Lucie (née Belanger).{{cite book|editor=Mosley, Charles|title=Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage|edition=107|year=2003|volume=3|page=3697}}

Filmography

=Film=

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Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1999 \|New Waterford Girl \|Lou Benzoa \|
2002 \| Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled \| Lisa Burnley \| Direct-to-video
2002 \|Rub & Tug \|Betty \|
2005 \|Waking Up Wally: The Walter Gretzky Story \|Kim Gretzky \|
2006 \|Password \|Daisy \|Short film
2007 \|{{sortname\|The\|Third Eye\|nolink=1}} \|Nika Printz \|
2007 \|{{sortname\|The\|Interior Monologue of Gill the Goldfish\|nolink=1}} \|The Dame (voice) \|Short film
2007 \|Final Draft \|Kate Twist \|
2014 \|Corner Gas: The Movie \|Constable Karen Pelly \|Reprise of role from the 2004–2009 Corner Gas TV series
2019 \|James vs. His Future Self \| \|
2024 \|Home Free \|Ivy Homur \|
{{TBA}} \|Last the Night \|Barb \|Filming

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1999

|New Waterford Girl

|Lou Benzoa

2002

| Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled

| Lisa Burnley

| Direct-to-video

2002

|Rub & Tug

|Betty

2005

|Waking Up Wally: The Walter Gretzky Story

|Kim Gretzky

2006

|Password

|Daisy

|Short film

2007

|{{sortname|The|Third Eye|nolink=1}}

|Nika Printz

2007

|{{sortname|The|Interior Monologue of Gill the Goldfish|nolink=1}}

|The Dame (voice)

|Short film

2007

|Final Draft

|Kate Twist

2014

|Corner Gas: The Movie

|Constable Karen Pelly

|Reprise of role from the 2004–2009 Corner Gas TV series

2019

|James vs. His Future Self

2024

|Home Free

|Ivy Homur

|Last the Night

|Barb

|Filming

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1996 \|Two \|Suzanne \|Episode: "Prom Night"
1997–98 \|{{sortname\|The\|Outer Limits\|The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)}} \|Heather \|Episodes: "Double Helix" and "The Origin of Species"
1998 \|Poltergeist: The Legacy \|Cindy Smith \|Episode: "The Enlightened One"
1998 \|Breaker High \|Bonnie \|Episode: "To Kill a MockingNerd"
1998 \|Cold Squad \|Amanda Millerd \|Episode: "Amanda Millerd"
1998 \|{{sortname\|The\|Inspectors\|nolink=1}} \|Melissa Kaline \|TV film
1998 \|Dead Man's Gun \|Anna Bevington \|Episode: "The Collector"
1998 \|First Wave \|Cassandra \|Episode: "Speaking in Tongues"
1998 \|Night Man \|Julia \|Episode: "It Came from Out of the Sky"
1998 \|Don't Look Down \|Rachel \|TV film
1999 \|H-E Double Hockey Sticks \|Anne \|TV film
2001 \|Relic Hunter \|Jamie Palmerston \|Episode: "Treasure Island"
2002 \|Moville Mysteries \|Mimi Valentine (voice) \|Main role; 26 episodes
2002 \|Bliss \|Jeanette \|Episode: "The Value of X"
2002 \|Tom Stone \|Annie \|Episode: "Little Bitty"
2002 \|Tracker \|Erica / Vegna / Evgna \|Episodes: "Love, Cirronian Style", "Remember When"
2003 \|Big Spender \|Mel Tennant \|TV film
2004 \|Puppets Who Kill \|Oxana \|Episode: "Dead Ted"
2004 \|Blue Murder \|Melanie Coombs \|Episode: "Cell Block 13"
2004 \|ReGenesis \|Twyla \|Episode: "Baby Bomb"
2004–2009 \|Corner Gas \|Karen Pelly \|Main role; 107 episodes Nominated {{ndash}} Gemini Award for Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series (2004) Nominated {{ndash}} Gemini Award for Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series (2006){{cite news \|url=http://www.ammsa.com/publications/alberta-sweetgrass/cardinal-and-corner-gas-cast-gemini-award \|title=Cardinal and Corner Gas cast up for Gemini Award \|author=Staff writers \|work=Alberta Sweetgrass \|publisher=Aboriginal Multi-Media Society \|date=October 2006 \|accessdate=2018-04-16 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418031806/http://ammsa.com/publications/alberta-sweetgrass/cardinal-and-corner-gas-cast-gemini-award \|archive-date=2018-04-18 \|url-status=live }} Won {{ndash}} Gemini Award for Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series (2007){{cite news \|url=http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/2007/10/29/corner-gas-slings-arrows-tops-at-gemini-awards \|title='Corner Gas,' 'Slings & Arrows' tops at Gemini ... \|work=Niagara Falls Review \|date=2007-10-29 \|accessdate=2018-04-16 \|language=en-CA \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205212842/http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/2007/10/29/corner-gas-slings-arrows-tops-at-gemini-awards \|archive-date=2017-12-05 \|url-status=live }}
2005 \|More Sex & the Single Mom \|Blair \|TV film
2006 \|Cradle of Lies \|Lisa \|TV film
2006 \|Naked Josh \|Becky \|Episode: "Planned Parenthood"
2009 \|{{sortname\|The\|Ron James Show}} \| \|Episode: "1.7"
2010 \|Cancel Christmas \|Michelle Morgan \|TV film
2011–14 \|{{sortname\|The\|Listener\|The Listener (TV series)}} \|Sandy Wardwell \|Recurring role (30 episodes)
2012 \|Degrassi: The Next Generation \|Mrs. Baker \|Episodes: "Building a Mystery: Parts 1 & 2"
2012 \|Flashpoint \|Laney Summers \|Episode: "Forget Oblivion"
2013 \|Murdoch Mysteries \|Pauline Kerr \|Episode: "Murdochophobia"
2015 \|Saving Hope \|Janice Fenn \|Episode: "Heart of Stone"
2015 \|data-sort-value="Preacher's Sin, The" \| The Preacher's Sin \|Lauren Tanning \|TV film
2017 \|Killjoys \|Kitaan \|2 episodes
2018-2021 \|Corner Gas Animated \|Karen Pelly (voice)
2018 \|MasterChef Canada \|Herself \|Guest judge
2018 \|Christmas Around The Corner \|Suzanne \|TV film
2019 \|Hudson & Rex \|Eloise Benson \|Episode 6: "Murder She Thought"
2021 \|Evil Stepmom \|Caroline \|TV film
2022 \|Ghosts \|Young Carol Martino \|Episode: "Dumb Deaths"
2023 \|You're My Hero \|Angela \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1996

|Two

|Suzanne

|Episode: "Prom Night"

1997–98

|{{sortname|The|Outer Limits|The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)}}

|Heather

|Episodes: "Double Helix" and "The Origin of Species"

1998

|Poltergeist: The Legacy

|Cindy Smith

|Episode: "The Enlightened One"

1998

|Breaker High

|Bonnie

|Episode: "To Kill a MockingNerd"

1998

|Cold Squad

|Amanda Millerd

|Episode: "Amanda Millerd"

1998

|{{sortname|The|Inspectors|nolink=1}}

|Melissa Kaline

|TV film

1998

|Dead Man's Gun

|Anna Bevington

|Episode: "The Collector"

1998

|First Wave

|Cassandra

|Episode: "Speaking in Tongues"

1998

|Night Man

|Julia

|Episode: "It Came from Out of the Sky"

1998

|Don't Look Down

|Rachel

|TV film

1999

|H-E Double Hockey Sticks

|Anne

|TV film

2001

|Relic Hunter

|Jamie Palmerston

|Episode: "Treasure Island"

2002

|Moville Mysteries

|Mimi Valentine (voice)

|Main role; 26 episodes

2002

|Bliss

|Jeanette

|Episode: "The Value of X"

2002

|Tom Stone

|Annie

|Episode: "Little Bitty"

2002

|Tracker

|Erica / Vegna / Evgna

|Episodes: "Love, Cirronian Style", "Remember When"

2003

|Big Spender

|Mel Tennant

|TV film

2004

|Puppets Who Kill

|Oxana

|Episode: "Dead Ted"

2004

|Blue Murder

|Melanie Coombs

|Episode: "Cell Block 13"

2004

|ReGenesis

|Twyla

|Episode: "Baby Bomb"

2004–2009

|Corner Gas

|Karen Pelly

|Main role; 107 episodes
Nominated {{ndash}} Gemini Award for Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series (2004)
Nominated {{ndash}} Gemini Award for Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series (2006){{cite news |url=http://www.ammsa.com/publications/alberta-sweetgrass/cardinal-and-corner-gas-cast-gemini-award |title=Cardinal and Corner Gas cast up for Gemini Award |author=Staff writers |work=Alberta Sweetgrass |publisher=Aboriginal Multi-Media Society |date=October 2006 |accessdate=2018-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418031806/http://ammsa.com/publications/alberta-sweetgrass/cardinal-and-corner-gas-cast-gemini-award |archive-date=2018-04-18 |url-status=live }}
Won {{ndash}} Gemini Award for Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series (2007){{cite news |url=http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/2007/10/29/corner-gas-slings-arrows-tops-at-gemini-awards |title='Corner Gas,' 'Slings & Arrows' tops at Gemini ... |work=Niagara Falls Review |date=2007-10-29 |accessdate=2018-04-16 |language=en-CA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205212842/http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/2007/10/29/corner-gas-slings-arrows-tops-at-gemini-awards |archive-date=2017-12-05 |url-status=live }}

2005

|More Sex & the Single Mom

|Blair

|TV film

2006

|Cradle of Lies

|Lisa

|TV film

2006

|Naked Josh

|Becky

|Episode: "Planned Parenthood"