{{short description|Canadian actress|bot=PearBOT 5}} '''Gina Chiarelli''' is a Canadian actress.<ref name=standards>"Setting high standards for Vancouver stage acting: In separate performances, Seana McKenna and Gina Chiarelli show how it's done". ''Vancouver Sun'', January 17, 2001.</ref> Most associated with stage roles in Vancouver, British Columbia,<ref name=standards /> she received a Genie Award nomination as Best Actress at the 26th Genie Awards in 2006 for her performance in the film ''See Grace Fly''.<ref>"Key Genie nominees". ''Toronto Star'', January 26, 2006.</ref>
== Early life and education == Chiarelli was raised in East Africa while her parents were working as missionaries. She moved to Ontario at age 11 and later attended a boarding school. She graduated from the New School of Drama in Toronto and moved to Vancouver in 1989.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BIO – GINA CHIARELLI|url=http://ginachiarelli.com/bio/|access-date=2022-02-14|language=en-US}}</ref>
== Career == As a stage actress, Chiarelli won a Jessie Richardson Theatre Award in 1999 for her performance in ''Agnes of God'',<ref>"Jessie Awards 1999 Winners: The Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards honour the best in Vancouver theatre during the 1998-99 season". ''Vancouver Sun'', June 14, 1999.</ref> in 2006 for ''The Diary of Anne Frank'',<ref>"The musical Urinetown wins top Jessie award". ''Vancouver Sun'', June 20, 2006.</ref> and in 2013 for ''Master Class''.<ref>"Jessie Awards a Merry romp". ''Vancouver Sun'', June 25, 2013.</ref> She has also had recurring roles in the television series ''Cold Squad'', ''Da Vinci's Inquest'' and ''The Dead Zone'', and appeared in the films ''Noroc'', ''Deadly Little Secrets'' and ''Numb''.
== Filmography ==
=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1993 |''Look Who's Talking Now'' |Young Rosie | |- |1999 |''Noroc'' |Halina | |- |2000 |''Beautiful Joe'' |Pauline | |- |2000 |''Trixie'' |Casino Security | |- |2000 |''Cinderella; Single Again'' |Drewcella | |- |2001 |''Lola'' |Boutique Owner | |- |2002 |''Deadly Little Secrets'' |Interrogator | |- |2003 |''Little Brother of War'' |Maria | |- |2003 |''See Grace Fly'' |Grace |Also producer |- |2008 |''Another Cinderella Story'' |Paula Pinella | |- |2010 |''Guido Superstar: The Rise of Guido'' |Acting Teacher | |- |2015 |''Numb'' |Officer Stevens | |- |2017 |''Hollow in the Land'' |Helen Balkoff | |- |2017 |''Prodigals'' |Anita | |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1997 |''Millennium'' |Killean Marie Haskell |Episode: "The Wild and the Innocent" |- |1997 |''Police Academy: The Series'' |Maria |Episode: "Dead Man Talking" |- |1997, 2000 |data-sort-value="Outer Limits, The" | ''The Outer Limits'' |Eileen Bowman / Doctor #2 |2 episodes |- |1998 |''Every Mother's Worst Fear'' |Travel Manager |Television film |- |1998 |''Night Man'' |Woman |Episode: "The People's Choice" |- |1998 |data-sort-value="Net, The" | ''The Net'' |Agent Mary Ann Hubble |Episode: "Lucy's Life" |- |1999 |''Two of Hearts'' |Linda |Television film |- |1999 |''Hope Island'' |Sheila Matthews |Episode: "Batten Down the Hatches" |- |1999–2000 |''Cold Squad'' |Tina Coscarella |4 episodes |- |1999–2001 |''You, Me and the Kids'' |Sharon |5 episodes |- |2001 |''Mysterious Ways'' |Madeline |Episode: "Wonderful" |- |2001 |data-sort-value="Miracle of the Cards, The" | ''The Miracle of the Cards'' |Radiographer |Television film |- |2001–2003 |''Da Vinci's Inquest'' |Gina Otaviani |4 episodes |- |2002 |data-sort-value="Dead Zone, The" | ''The Dead Zone'' |Nurse Elaine MacGowan |3 episodes |- |2006 |''Cries in the Dark'' |Rosa |Television film |- |2007 |''Jeff Ltd.'' |Interrogator |2 episodes |- |2007 |''Masters of Science Fiction'' |Allison |Episode: "The Discarded" |- |2009 |data-sort-value="L Word, The" | ''The L Word'' |Dr. Mandy |Episode: "Least Likely" |- |2009 |''Do You Know Me?'' |Tina Marsaretti |Television film |- |2009–2010 |''Riese: Kingdom Falling'' |Cacilia |5 episodes |- |2010 |''Shattered'' |Irene Stanwood |Episode: "Sound of a Strap" |- |2011 |''Hunt for the I-5 Killer'' |Brostowicz |Television film |- |2011, 2013 |data-sort-value="True Heroines, The" | ''The True Heroines'' |Doris Worthington |3 episodes |- |2012 |data-sort-value="Killing, The" | ''The Killing'' |Nurse Ellen |Episode: "72 Hours" |- |2015 |''Supernatural'' |Susie |Episode: "Angel Heart" |- |2016 |''Bates Motel'' |O'Sullivan |Episode: "There's No Place Like Home" |- |2018 |''All of My Heart: The Wedding'' |Florist |Television film |}
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