{{Short description|British actress (born 1951)}} {{Use British English|date=August 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Fiona Reid | honorific_suffix = CM | image = Fiona Reid in 2024.jpg | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = Reid in 2024 | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{birth date and age| df=y|1951|7|24}} | birth_place = Whitstable, Kent, England | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1974–present | spouse = McCowan Thomas (m. 1977) | children = 2 }} '''Fiona Reid''', CM (born 24 July 1951) is a British-Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles as Cathy on the TV series ''King of Kensington'' (1975-1978) and as Harriet Miller in the film ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding'' (2002).
==Early life and education== Reid was born in Whitstable, Kent, England.<ref name=CTEncyc>{{cite encyclopedia |url= http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Reid%2C%20Fiona |title=Fiona Reid entry|encyclopedia=Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia |access-date=9 April 2011}}</ref> Her father was a doctor in the British Army.<ref name="680news">{{cite web|url= http://www.680news.com/entertainment/article/187980--actra-honouree-fiona-reid-still-torn-over-split-from-king-of-kensington|title= ACTRA honouree Fiona Reid still torn over split from 'King of Kensington'|first= Victoria|last= Ahearn|publisher= 680news.com|date= 23 February 2011|access-date= 9 April 2011|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110624194917/http://www.680news.com/entertainment/article/187980--actra-honouree-fiona-reid-still-torn-over-split-from-king-of-kensington|archive-date= 24 June 2011|df= dmy-all}}</ref> As a teenager, she lived in Germany, Africa, and the U.S. before settling in Canada with her family in 1964, when she was aged 12.<ref name=Star/>
She studied acting at McGill University in Montreal, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1972, and at the Banff Centre for the Arts.<ref name="680news"/>
==Career== Reid performed in theatres for five seasons with the Stratford Festival,<ref name=CTEncyc/> and twelve seasons at the Shaw Festival,<ref name=CTEncyc/> as well as theatres in Great Britain and the U.S.<ref name=CTEncyc/> Over her career her performances have garnered her two Dora Mavor Moore awards,<ref name=CTEncyc/> a Jessie Award (Vancouver),<ref name=CTEncyc/> and a Sterling Award (Edmonton) in 2011.<ref name=CTEncyc/>
Her career has been marked by diverse signature roles that include Rose in The Children, Amanda (The Glass Menagerie, 2010),<ref name=CTEncyc/> Julie (London Road), Blanche Dubois (A Streetcar Named Desire), Lady Bracknell (The Importance of Being Earnest), Martha (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf), Mrs Lovett (Sweeney Todd), Hedda Gabler and Clare (A Delicate Balance), amongst many others.<ref name=CTEncyc/> Her film credits include ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding'',<ref name="tv"/> ''One Week'',<ref name="tv"/> and ''The Time Traveler's Wife''.<ref name="tv">{{cite web|url= https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/fiona-reid/credits/3000467544/ |title= Fiona Reid Credits |work= tvguide.com |access-date=13 June 2024}}</ref>
In 2016, Reid starred as Queen Elizabeth II in the Mirvish Productions presentation of ''The Audience'' at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto.<ref name=CTEncyc/>
In 2019, she started her run in ''Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'' on Broadway.<ref name=CTEncyc/>
==Awards== She has twice won the Dora Mavor Moore Award, in 1993 for ''Fallen Angels'',<ref name="680news"/> and in 1995 for ''Six Degrees of Separation''.<ref name=CTEncyc /> She won an Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award (Sterling Award) for her performance in ''August: Osage County''.<ref name=CTEncyc />
For her role in ''This Is Wonderland'', Reid was nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role Dramatic Series in 2005.<ref name="680news"/>
In 2006, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada<ref name="order">{{cite web|url=http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=4828 |title= Governor General announces new appointments to the Order of Canada 2006 |work=Governor General of Canada |date=24 July 2006 |archive-date=16 August 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060816003943/https://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=4828 }}</ref> She received The Barbara Hamilton Award in 2008.<ref name=CTEncyc /> and an award of excellence from ACTRA Toronto in 2010.<ref name="rich">{{cite web |url= https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/actra-to-honour-theatre-veteran-fiona-reid-1.870707 |title= ACTRA to honour theatre veteran Fiona Reid |publisher=cbc.ca |date=13 December 2010 |access-date=9 April 2011 |archive-date=9 November 2012 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121109024345/http://www.cbc.ca/m/rich/arts/story/2010/12/13/fiona-reid-award.html }}</ref>
In 2015, Reid received the Toronto Critics’ Award for her performance of Sonia in Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike (Mirvish Productions).<ref name=CTEncyc/> Reid is the past president of the Actor's Fund of Canada (AFC), and has received an honorary doctorate from Bishop's University and is a graduate of McGill University.<ref name="680news"/>
==Personal life== Reid met McCowan Thomas doing summer stock theatre<ref>{{cite web |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=t1s_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=yVIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4365,3372732&dq=fiona-reid&hl=en |title=Cathy Has Left the King|work= The Windsor Star|date= 8 April 1978|access-date=9 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://jam.canoe.com/Theatre/2007/03/15/3755051.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160310224251/http://jam.canoe.com/Theatre/2007/03/15/3755051.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 10 March 2016 |title= Theatre: Fiona Reid happily returns to 'Peg |first= Pat |last=St. Germain|work=canoe.com |date= 15 March 2007|access-date=9 April 2011}}</ref> and married him in 1977. They have two children.<ref name=Star>{{cite web|url= http://www.toronto.com/article/680672--fiona-reid-showing-us-everything-she-s-got|title= Fiona Reid: Showing us everything she's got|first= Richard|last= Ouzonian|work= Toronto Star|date= 9 April 2011|access-date= 9 April 2011|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110412032909/http://www.toronto.com/article/680672--fiona-reid-showing-us-everything-she-s-got|archive-date= 12 April 2011|df= dmy-all}}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! width=10%| Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1974–1975 | ''Dr. Zonk and the Zunkins'' | – | Television series |- | 1975–1976 | ''Coming Up Rosie'' | Mona Swicker | Television series |- | 1975–1978 | ''King of Kensington'' | Cathy | ACTRA Award for Best Performance in a Continuing Role in a Television Program |- | 1978 | ''Witch's Night Out'' | Nicely | Voice |- | 1980 | ''Hot Dogs'' | Mrs. Frappier | |- | 1982 | ''An Honourable Member'' | Trish Baldwin | |- | 1987 | ''Heaven on Earth'' | Abigail | |- | 1988 | ''Switching Channels'' | Pamela Farbrother | |- | 1988 | ''Milk and Honey'' | | |- | 1990 | ''Friday the 13th: The Series'' | Dr. Cynthia Galen | Episode: "Midnight Riders" |- | 1990 | ''Road to Avonlea'' | Mrs. Craig | Episode: "Conversions" |- | 1992 | ''Beethoven Lives Upstairs'' | Mother | |- | 1992-2000 | ''Noddy's Toyland Adventures'' | Mrs. Tubby Bear, Mrs. Noah (voices) | US version |- | 1996 | ''Any Mother's Son'' | Doris | TV film |- | 1998-2000 | ''Noddy'' | Charlene VonPickings | 4 episodes |- | 1998 | ''At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story'' | Sandra Burtch | |- | 2000 | ''Timothy Goes to School'' | Mrs. Jenkins | Voice |- | 2000 | ''Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse'' | Diamonds | Voice |- | 2000 | ''PR'' | Deirdre Duncan | Television series |- | 2001–2004 | ''RoboRoach'' | Additional voices | Television series |- | 2002 | ''Duct Tape Forever'' | Judge Hanson | |- | 2002 | ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding'' | Harriet Miller | Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |- | 2002 | ''Henry's World'' | Doris | Voice |- | 2003 | ''Jacob Two-Two'' | Ms. Sourpickle | Television series |- | 2003 | ''Luck'' | Mom | |- | 2004 | ''Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story'' | Lucinda Pilcher | TV movie |- | 2008 | ''One Week'' | Mary Tyler | |- | 2009 | ''The Time Traveler's Wife'' | Lucile Abshire | Film |- | 2010 | ''Haven'' | Piper Landon | Television series |- | 2016 | ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2'' | Harriet Miller | Film |- | 2018 | ''Bravest Warriors'' | Slippy Napkins | Voice<br>Season 4 |- | 2018 | ''Trouble in the Garden'' | Lillian | |- | 2018–2022 | ''Chateau Laurier'' | Mrs. Bracebridge | Web series |- |2021 |''Royally Wrapped for Christmas'' |Regina Reyna |TV movie |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0717263|Fiona Reid}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090127063548/http://northernstars.ca/actorspqr/reid_fiona.html Fiona Reid] at Northern Stars
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