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Angela Asher is a Canadian film and television actress.[1] She is most noted for her role as Tara Mercer in 18 to Life, for which she received a nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy Series at the 26th Gemini Awards in 2011.[2]
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Angela Asher | |
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| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Known for | 18 to Life, Hard Rock Medical, Workin' Moms |
| Political party | New Blue |
She has also had recurring or regular roles in the television series Married Life, This Is Wonderland, Degrassi, Inhuman Condition, Bad Blood, Hard Rock Medical[3][4] and Workin' Moms,[5] and appeared in the films Interstate 60, King of Sorrow, A Dark Truth and Ghostland.
In 2022, Asher was a candidate in the 2022 Ontario general election for the New Blue Party of Ontario, which garnered publicity by opposing public health measures against COVID-19.[6] She ran in Spadina—Fort York, placing fifth with under two percent of the vote.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Talons of the Eagle | Constable Link | |
| 1994 | Boozecan | Bell | |
| 2001 | True Blue | Levealle | |
| 2002 | Interstate 60 | Waitress | |
| 2007 | King of Sorrow | Dr. Dreyfus | |
| 2009 | A Touch of Grey | Liz | |
| 2012 | A Dark Truth | Caller | Voice |
| 2013 | A Fish Story | Louise | |
| 2016 | Only I... | Marcy Galloway | |
| 2018 | Ghostland | Candy Truck Woman | |
| 2019 | Claws of the Red Dragon | Clair Rosenberg |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Catwalk | Janie | Episode: "Getting What You Want" |
| 1994 | Forever Knight | Prostitute | Episode: "Killer Instinct" |
| 1994 | Side Effects | Amber | Episode: "Superman" |
| 1995 | The Hardy Boys | Karen Smith | Episode: "A Perfect Stranger" |
| 1995 | Where's the Money, Noreen? | Noreen Lookalike | Television film |
| 1996 | Once a Thief | Olivia Gearing | |
| 1997 | Psi Factor | Angel | Episode: "The Curse/Angel on a Plane" |
| 1997 | Earth: Final Conflict | Frauke Manheim | Episode: "Horizon Zero" |
| 1998 | When Husbands Cheat | Motel Woman | Television film |
| 1998 | Once a Thief | Olivia Gearing | Episode: "Shaken Not Stirred" |
| 2001 | Queer as Folk | Marianne 'M.M.' MacDonald | Episode: "Very Stupid People" |
| 2001 | Sex, Lies & Obsession | Health Clinic Nurse | Television film |
| 2002 | Puppets Who Kill | Nurse Ynez | Episode: "Bill's Brain" |
| 2003 | Blue Murder | Carly Mitchell | Episode: "Ambush" |
| 2003 | Coast to Coast | Tanya Reinhardt | Television film |
| 2004–2006 | This Is Wonderland | Trish De Raey / Joelle Bellemy | 6 episodes |
| 2006 | The Path to 9/11 | Lorraine Di Taranto | 2 episodes |
| 2008–2009 | Degrassi: The Next Generation | Evelyn Valieri | 4 episodes |
| 2010 | Ties That Bind | Meredith Cole | Television film |
| 2010–2011 | 18 to Life | Tara Hill | 25 episodes |
| 2013 | The Listener | Kay Walton | Episode: "Love's a Bitch" |
| 2013–2018 | Hard Rock Medical | Nancy Siebolski | 39 episodes |
| 2016 | Inhuman Condition | Rachel | 9 episodes |
| 2016 | I'll Be Home for Christmas | Suzi Tate | Television film |
| 2016, 2018 | Private Eyes | Maggie Melroy | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | My Roommate's an Escort | Joanne | |
| 2017–2018 | Bad Blood | Renata | 6 episodes |
| 2018 | Ghost BFF | Coco Beauvais | 4 episodes |
| 2018 | Workin' Moms | Dorothy Cutwater | 5 episodes |
| 2018 | Christmas at Grand Valley | Vera | Television film |
| 2019 | Northern Rescue | Officer Dani | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Impulse | Fran | Episode: "For Those Lost" |
| 2019 | Hudson & Rex | Haley Farr | Episode: "Dead Man Walking" |
| 2019 | Ghostwriter | Mouse | Episode: "The Jungle Ghost, Part 1" |
Electoral record
| 2022 Ontario general election: Spadina—Fort York | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Chris Glover | 15,595 | 46.07 | -3.55 | ||||
| Liberal | Chi Nguyen | 9,463 | 27.96 | +4.29 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Husain Neemuchwala | 6,221 | 18.35 | -3.44 | ||||
| Green | Cara Des Granges | 1,902 | 5.62 | +1.97 | ||||
| New Blue | Angela Asher | 581 | 1.72 | |||||
| Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda | Jan Osko | 95 | 0.28 | +0.11 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 33,857 | 99.33 | +0.16 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 230 | 0.67 | -0.16 | |||||
| Turnout | 34,087 | 33.72 | -19.84 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 101,102 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | -3.92 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[7] | ||||||||
References
- "Perpetually on the job; Angela Asher knows what it means to be a celeb in Canada". National Post, March 13, 2010.
- "Flashpoint in lead again: Police show has 17 nominations; comedy Call Me Fitz scoops 16". Toronto Star, August 4, 2011.
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John Doyle (February 18, 2014). "Hard Rock Medical is a Canadian drama series that always surprises". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on February 19, 2014. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
Angela Asher is superb as Nancy, a fortysomething nurse who has figured she does medicine better than most of the doctors she's worked with.
- "Hard Rock Medical premieres June 9 on TVO". Sudbury, Ontario: Sudbury Living. May 24, 2011. Archived from the original on November 22, 2013. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
Directed by Canadian Derek Diorio and shot in Northern Ontario, the 13-episode series features an ensemble of familiar Canadian faces: Angela Asher, Danielle Bourgon, Rachelle Casseus, Tamara Duarte, Kyra Harper, Christian Laurin, Patrick McKenna, Andrea Menard, Stéphane Paquette, Melissa Jane Shaw, Jamie Spilchuk, and Australian Mark Coles Smith.
- "'Workin' Moms' Comedy Adds to Season 2 Cast". The Hollywood Reporter, July 20, 2017.
- Hoff, George (May 3, 2022). "Here are the challenges the Tories will encounter as they seek a second majority". CP24. Bell Media. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
The New Blue Ontario Party will be courting socially conservative Ontarians who have opposed the various public health restrictions imposed during the two years of the pandemic.
- "Candidates in: Spadina—Fort York (101)". Elections Ontario. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
External links
- Angela Asher at IMDb
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