Nancy Palk
Canadian actress
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Nancy Palk (born 1956) is a Canadian actress,[1] most noted as one of the founding members of the Soulpepper theatre company.[2]
Nancy Palk | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1956 (age 69–70) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse | Joseph Ziegler (died 2025) |
| Children | 3 |
Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Palk studied English at Queen's University, later studying at the National Theatre School of Canada in their Acting program.[1] She has spent her career as an actress based in Toronto, Ontario.[3]
She has been a six-time Dora Mavor Moore Award nominee for Best Lead Actress, General Theatre, receiving nods in 1988 for I Am Yours,[4] in 1994 for Dancing at Lughnasa,[5] in 1996 for The Glorious 12th,[6] in 1998 for Molly Sweeney,[7] in 1999 for Don Carlos,[8] and in 2014 for Angels in America.[9]
In 2020 she received a nomination in the Best Leading Performer, General Theatre category for August: Osage County.[10]
She has also had film and television roles, most notably a recurring role as Betsy in the television series Rogue, and a major role in the 2018 film Catch and Release.[11]
She is married to actor Joseph Ziegler, alongside whom he has acted in several shows including Death of a Salesman, Long Day's Journey Into Night and A Tender Thing, a play by Ben Power which reimagines William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet as an elderly couple confronting mortality.[12]