Victoria Snow

{{Short description|Canadian actress}}

Victoria Snow (born 1954/55)"Cinderella story at Stratford". The Globe and Mail, April 28, 1979. is a Canadian actress."Driven Snow: Proving she can act as well as sing Victoria Snow copped a Gemini for her portrayal of a Metis woman in Daughters Of The Country". Toronto Star, March 26, 1988. She is best known for her recurring roles as Mary Margaret Skalany in Kung Fu: The Legend Continues and Dee White in Cra$h & Burn, and her starring role as Frances Hunter in Paradise Falls.

Career

Born in Ancaster, Ontario, Snow had her first break as an actress when she was promoted from a minor role to the lead in a Stratford Festival production of the musical Happy New Year in 1979, after original lead Virginia Sandifur was forced to withdraw due to illness.

Career

Snow played the lead role in a production of Medea, directed by John Neville at Halifax's Neptune Theatre, and played Nancy Blake in a 1985 production of The Women at the Shaw Festival."Paying tribute to the 'Scarlet' Women". The Globe and Mail, September 10, 1985.

She has also had supporting or guest roles in the series 9B, E.N.G., Katts and Dog, The Newsroom, Traders, Total Recall 2070, Queer as Folk, Blue Murder, This Is Wonderland, Flashpoint, Republic of Doyle, Warehouse 13, Haven and Slasher, the television films True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet, Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story, Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story and Waking Up Wally: The Walter Gretzky Story,{{cite web|title=Made in Canada|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/made-in-canada/article989582/|website=The Globe and Mail|access-date=15 October 2016}} and the theatrical films Millennium and Stardom.

Snow portrayed the mother of Bryan Mills (Clive Standen) in the television series Taken, a prequel to the film trilogy of the same name, in 2017 and 2018. In 2021, she appeared as a federal judge in the film Dark Web: Cicada 3301.

=Awards=

Snow is a two-time Gemini Award winner, winning Best Lead Actress in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series at the 3rd Gemini Awards in 1988 for Daughters of the Country and Best Guest Performance in a Series at the 5th Gemini Awards in 1990 for an episode of Street Legal."CBC celebrates at k.d.'s cafe as it sweeps Gemini awards". Toronto Star, December 4, 1990. She was also a nominee for Best Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role at the 20th Gemini Awards in 2005"Great, watchable north: The 20th Gemini Awards gala honours the best in Canadian TV". National Post, November 19, 2005. and the 25th Gemini Awards in 2010"Flashpoint leads in Gemini nominations". The Globe and Mail, September 1, 2010. for Paradise Falls, and a nominee for Best Actress in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series at the 21st Gemini Awards in 2006 for her performance as Phyllis Gretzky in Waking Up Walter: The Walter Gretzky Story."Cancelled CBC series leads Gemini field". Victoria Times-Colonist, August 30, 2006.

Filmography

= Film =

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!Year

!Title

!Role

!class="unsortable" | Notes

1986

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

|Joan Laboucane

|

1988

|data-sort-value="New Life, A" | A New Life

|Audrey

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1989

|Destiny to Order

|Mellie

|

1989

|Millennium

|Pinky Djakarta

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1995

|Jungleground

|Sgt. Purdy

|

1995

|Iron Eagle on the Attack

|Amanda Kirke

|

1995

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

|Lina

|

1997

|Double Take

|Real Estate Lady

|

1998

|Yellow Wedding

|Dale

|

2000

|Stardom

|Tina's Mother

|

2001

|Pressure Point

|Haley Griffin

|

2001

|data-sort-value="Safety of Objects, The" | The Safety of Objects

|Jill

|

2002

|Men with Brooms

|Officer Frances Darte

|

2006

|One Way

|Helen Drake

|

2008

|data-sort-value="Last Hit Man, The" | The Last Hit Man

|Marion

|

2009

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

|Karen Kaddly

|

2010

|St. Roz

|Minnie Barr

|

2019

|Georgetown

|Peggy Mason

|

2019

|Random Acts of Violence

|Borden

|

2021

|Dark Web: Cicada 3301

|Judge Mary Collins

|

= Television =

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!class="unsortable" | Notes

1983

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

|Reporter

|Television film

1985, 1986

|Check It Out!

|Woman Doctor / Lt. Conway

|2 episodes

1986

|Philip Marlowe, Private Eye

|Reporter

|Episode: "Pickup on Noon Street"

1987

|Adderly

|Angela Gasperini

|Episode: "Debbie Does Dishes"

1988

|T. and T.

|Debbie / Donna

|2 episodes

1988

|9B

|Rhea Burnham

| rowspan="2" |3 episodes

1988–1992

|Katts and Dog

|Virginia

1989

|War of the Worlds

|Blade

|Episode: "Seft of Emun"

1989

|Street Legal

|Diane Abbot

|Episode: "The Cradle Will Rock"

1989

|Love and Hate

|Ellie Hubiak

| rowspan="5" |Television film

1989

|Lady in the Corner

|Ann Henshaw

1990

|data-sort-value="Kissing Place, The" | The Kissing Place

|Casey Edelson

1990

|Getting Married in Buffalo Jump

|Eleanor

1990

|Leona Helmsley: The Queen of Mean

|Marilyn Norrito

1990

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

|Jude

|Episode: "Riding the Nightmare"

1990–1991

|E.N.G.

|Eline

|2 episodes

1991

|Top Cops

|Dorothy Shurtleft

|Episode: "Dorothy Shurtleft"

1991

|Mom P.I.

|Celine

|Episode: "Night Train"

1992

|data-sort-value="Broken Cord, The" | The Broken Cord

|Ruby Stiges

|Television film

1993

|data-sort-value="Hidden Room, The" | The Hidden Room

|Sandra

|Episode: "Jillie"

1993–1997

|Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

|Det. Mary Margaret Skalany

|31 episodes

1994

|Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story

|Claudia

|Television film

1994

|Catwalk

|Amy Doulon

|Episode: "Getting What You Want"

1995

|data-sort-value="Hardy Boys, The" | The Hardy Boys

|Joyce

|Episode: "The Debt Collectors"

1997

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

|Heather Campbell

|Episode: "Meltdown: Part 3"

1997

|When Secrets Kill

|Phyllis Hodges

| rowspan="3" |Television film

1997

|On the 2nd Day of Christmas

|Mindy

1997

|Riverdale

|Melissa

1998

|Real Kids, Real Adventures

|Lagaythe

|Episode: "Plane Crash on Christmas Day"

1998

|Thanks of a Grateful Nation

|Marcia Timmerman

|Television film

1998

|Traders

|Donna

|Episode: "Blood on the Floor"

1999

|Total Recall 2070

|Surgeon

|3 episodes

1999

|Cruel Justice

|Fay Joiner

|Television film

1999

|data-sort-value="Famous Jett Jackson, The" | The Famous Jett Jackson

|Sheila / Director

|2 episodes

1999

|Black and Blue

|Sheila Walsh

| rowspan="2" |Television film

1999

|If You Believe

|Dorinda

2000

|Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story

|Margaret Bush

|Miniseries

2001

|data-sort-value="Familiar Stranger, The" | The Familiar Stranger

|Claire

| rowspan="3" |Television film

2001

|Lucky Girl

|Judy

2001

|Blind Terror

|Peggy

2001

|Largo Winch

|Dr. Carol Turner

|Episode: "Arctic Project"

2001–2008

|Paradise Falls

|Frances Hunter

|68 episodes

2002, 2003

|Odyssey 5

|Jenny Taggart

|2 episodes

2003

|Open House

|Marie

|Television film

2003

|Blue Murder

|S.I.S. Janet Myers

|2 episodes

2003

|Jasper, Texas

|Nancy Nicholson

|Television film

2003

|Queer as Folk

|Alexa Scott

|Episode: "One Ring to Rule Them All"

2003

|data-sort-value="Piano Man's Daughter, The" | The Piano Man's Daughter

|Older Woman

|Television film

2004

|This Is Wonderland

|Janice Pells

|Episode #1.9

2004

|Open Heart

|Marjorie Bain

|Television film

2005

|Tilt

|Eddie's Mother

|3 episodes

2005

|Our Fathers

|Sacha Pfeiffer

| rowspan="4" |Television film

2005

|Jesse Stone: Stone Cold

|Margaret Pennington

2005

|Waking Up Wally: The Walter Gretzky Story

|Phyllis Gretzky

2008

|True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet

|Gaby

2009

|Warehouse 13

|Jesslyn Henjik

|Episode: "Resonance"

2009

|Flashpoint

|Janet Ackerman

|Episode: "Coming to You Live"

2009–2010

|Cra$h & Burn

|Detective Dee Dee White

|6 episodes

2011

|Republic of Doyle

|Siobhan McDonagh

|Episode: "Sympathy for the Devil"

2011

|Haven

|Lucy Ripley

|Episode: "Business as Usual"

2013

|Prosecuting Casey Anthony

|Dr. Jan Garavaglia

| rowspan="2" |Television film

2013

|Jack

|Nancy Layton

2013

|Beauty & the Beast

|Law Partner

|Episode: "Who Am I?"

2016

|Slasher

|Sonja Edwards

|3 episodes

2016

|data-sort-value="Puppy for Christmas, A" | A Puppy for Christmas

|Helen

|Television film

2016

|Incorporated

|Carol Granger

|Episode: "Vertical Mobility"

2017, 2018

|Taken

|Sarah Mills

| rowspan="2" |2 episodes

2019

|Heartland

|Doreen Vernon

2019

|Christmas in Montana

|Kay

|Television film

2019, 2020

|In the Dark

|Kathy

|2 episodes

2020

|Nurses

|Barb Gelson

|Episode: "Chrysalis"

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