Tracy Wright
Born: 1959-12-07 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died: 2010-06-22
Known For: Acting
Biography
Tracy Wright was born on December 7, 1959 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 1989, she was a founding member of the Toronto's Augusta Company, along with her future husband Don McKellar and Daniel Brooks, and worked regularly throughout her theatre career with Brooks, McKellar, and Canadian writers and directors including Nadia Ross, Jacob Wren, Daniel MacIvor, Hillar Liitoja, Paul Bettis and Sky Gilbert. In film, she worked closely with McKellar and Bruce McDonald, whose Highway 61 (1991) was one of her first major roles, and This Movie Is Broken and Trigger (2010) were her last. She was also known for her roles in films such as Monkey Warfare, Last Night, When Night Is Falling, Superstar and Me and You and Everyone We Know. Highlights of her television appearances include The Kids in the Hall and Twitch City. Wright also acted in Bob Wiseman's video "We Got Time" in 1989, along with Leslie Spit Treeo and Don McKellar, and she is the subject of a song by Wiseman, entitled "Mothface@yahoo.ca" from his 2013 release Giulietta Masina at the Oscars Crying. She was married to McKellar, her long-term partner, in January 2010. Wright died on June 22, 2010, aged 50, from pancreatic cancer. She wa known for Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005), Trigger (2010) and Blindness (2008). She was married to Don McKellar. She died on June 22, 2010 in Toronto.
Filmography
2011
- You Are Here as The Archivist
2010
- This Movie Is Broken as Box Office Woman
- Trigger as Vic
2009
- Leslie, My Name Is Evil as Leslie's Mom
2008
- Blindness as Thief's Wife
- Green Door as Rhonda
2007
- All Hat as Elizabeth Dokes
2006
- Monkey Warfare as Linda
2005
- Me and You and Everyone We Know as Nancy Herrington
2004
- Childstar as Tabitha
2001
- Picture Claire as Detective Sweeney
- Good Stuff as Mom
2000
- Apartment Hunting as Steve
1999
- Superstar as Sister Anne
- The Five Senses as Alex
1998
- Last Night as Donna
- Elimination Dance as Female Dance Partner
- Dog Park as Dog Psychologist's Wife
- Twitch City as Dizelle
- The Fires of Joanna as Joanna McVeigh
1997
- Sarabande as Emily
- Joe's So Mean to Josephine as Dispatcher
- Permission
1996
- Bubbles Galore as Vivian Klitorsky
- Dangerous Offender: The Marlene Moore Story as Spot
- My Summer Vacation as Marvette
1995
- When Night Is Falling as Tory
- Eclipse as Souvenir Shop Clerk
1994
- Wasaga as Judy
- My Addiction
- Wake Up, Jerk Off
1992
1991
- Highway 61 as Margo
1989
- The Kids in the Hall as Sandra