Angela Asher

{{short description|Canadian film and television actress|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2018|reason=Most sources given are about her appearances}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Angela Asher | image = Angela Asher at a TIFF Cocktail Reception at the Spoke Club.jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_date =  | political_party = New Blue | birth_place = | death_date =  | death_place = | other_names = | known_for = ''18 to Life'', ''Hard Rock Medical'', ''Workin' Moms'' | occupation = Actor }} '''Angela Asher''' is a Canadian film and television actress.<ref>"Perpetually on the job; Angela Asher knows what it means to be a celeb in Canada". ''National Post'', March 13, 2010.</ref> 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.<ref>"Flashpoint in lead again: Police show has 17 nominations; comedy Call Me Fitz scoops 16". ''Toronto Star'', August 4, 2011.</ref>

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''<ref name=GlobeAndMail2014-02-18/><ref name=SubburyLiving/> and ''Workin' Moms'',<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/workin-moms-comedy-adds-season-two-cast-1022871 "'Workin' Moms' Comedy Adds to Season 2 Cast"]. ''The Hollywood Reporter'', July 20, 2017.</ref> 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.<ref name="CP24">{{cite web |last1=Hoff |first1=George |title=Here are the challenges the Tories will encounter as they seek a second majority |url=https://www.cp24.com/news/here-are-the-challenges-the-tories-will-encounter-as-they-seek-a-second-majority-1.5886965 |website=CP24 |publisher=Bell Media |access-date=9 May 2022 |language=en |date=3 May 2022 |quote=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.}}</ref> She ran in Spadina—Fort York, placing fifth with under two percent of the vote while incumbent MPP Chris Glover was re-elected.

== Filmography ==

=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ !Year !Title !Role !class="unsortable" | 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 |data-sort-value="Touch of Grey, A" | ''A Touch of Grey'' |Liz | |- |2012 |data-sort-value="Dark Truth, A" | ''A Dark Truth'' |Caller |Voice |- |2013 |data-sort-value="Fish Story, A" | ''A Fish Story'' |Louise | |- |2016 |''Only I...'' |Marcy Galloway | |- |2018 |''Ghostland'' |Candy Truck Woman | |- |2019 |''Claws of the Red Dragon'' |Clair Rosenberg | |}

=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role !class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1994 |''Catwalk'' |Janie |Episode: "Getting What You Want" |- |1994 |''Forever Knight'' |Prostitute |Episode: "Killer Instinct" |- |1994 |''Side Effects'' |Amber |Episode: "Superman" |- |1995 |data-sort-value="Hardy Boys, The" | ''The Hardy Boys'' |Karen Smith |Episode: "A Perfect Stranger" |- |1995 |''Where's the Money, Noreen?'' |Noreen Lookalike | rowspan="2" |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 |data-sort-value="Path to 9/11, The" | ''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 |data-sort-value="Listener, The" | ''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 | rowspan="2" |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}}

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=GlobeAndMail2014-02-18> {{cite news | url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/hard-rock-medical-is-a-canadian-drama-series-that-always-surprises/article16923473/ | title = Hard Rock Medical is a Canadian drama series that always surprises | work = The Globe and Mail | author = John Doyle | date = 2014-02-18 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140219061109/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/try-it-now/?articleId=16923473 | archivedate = 2014-02-19 | accessdate = 2018-05-31 | url-status = live | quote = 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. }} </ref> <!-- {{cite news | language = English | accessdate = 2018-05-31 | url-status = live }} </ref>

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{{cite news | language = English | accessdate = 2018-05-31 | url-status = live }} </ref> --> <ref name=SubburyLiving>{{cite news |url = http://www.sudburylivingmagazine.com/2011/05/24/tvo-to-produce-hard-rock-medical.html |title = Hard Rock Medical premieres June 9 on TVO |publisher = Sudbury Living |date = 2011-05-24 |location = Sudbury, Ontario |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131122135851/http://www.sudburylivingmagazine.com/2011/05/24/tvo-to-produce-hard-rock-medical.html |archivedate = November 22, 2013 |accessdate = 2014-09-12 |url-status = dead |quote = 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. }}</ref> }}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0038851}}

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