{{Short description|Canadian actress and comedian}} {{Infobox person | name = Luba Goy | image = Luba Goy on Walk of Fame.jpg | caption = Luba Goy at the 2010 [[Canada's Walk of Fame]] ceremony | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|11|8}} | birth_place = [[Haltern]], [[Allied-occupied Germany|Germany]] | education = [[National Theatre School of Canada]] | years_active = 1970–present }}
'''Luba Goy''' ({{langx|uk|Люба Ґой}}; born November 8, 1945)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fsatoronto.com/media/presspdfs/LubaGoy.pdf |title=Celebrity Luba Goy celebrated National Volunteer Week at Family Service Association of Toronto |date=May 1, 2003 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060512064030/http://www.fsatoronto.com/media/presspdfs/LubaGoy.pdf |archivedate=May 12, 2006}}</ref> is a Canadian actress, [[comedian]] and one of the stars of ''[[Royal Canadian Air Farce]]''.
==Life and career== Goy was born in [[Haltern]], [[Germany]], to [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]] parents and raised in [[Ottawa]], Ontario, Canada. They immigrated to Canada in 1951. She is a graduate of the [[Glebe Collegiate Institute]] in Ottawa, Ontario. In 1969, she graduated from the [[National Theatre School of Canada]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ent-nts.ca/en/alumni/all/acting/1963.aspx |title=Alumni, Acting: 1963-1969 |publisher=National Theatre School of Canada |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512203013/http://www.ent-nts.ca/en/alumni/all/acting/1963.aspx |archivedate=2012-05-12 }}</ref> then went on to act in theatre productions in [[Stratford, Ontario|Stratford]], [[Ontario]]. In 1971, she joined "The Jest Society", a comedy troupe, which evolved into the [[Royal Canadian Air Farce]] in 1973. In the early 1980s, she starred (as herself, alongside [[Billy Van]]) in an educational series on computers called ''[[Bits and Bytes]]''. Produced by [[TVOntario]], the show was aired by [[PBS]] stations in the [[United States]].
Later that decade, she played ''Lotsa Heart Elephant'', ''Treat Heart Pig'' and ''Gentle Heart Lamb'' in [[Nelvana]]'s animated [[Care Bears]] franchise. As part of the Air Farce team, Goy has won 15 [[ACTRA]] awards, a [[Juno Award|Juno]], the [[Maclean's]] Honour Roll, and was among the first Canadians to be inducted into the International Humour Hall of Fame. In 1993, Goy and her Air Farce cast members received Honorary Doctor of Law [[honorary degree|degrees]] from [[Brock University]]. In 1996, Goy received the Outstanding Achievement Award from [[Women in Film and Television]]. In 1998, Goy, along with her Air Farce colleagues, received the [[Governor General's Performing Arts Award]] for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Award Recipients|url=http://ggpaa.ca/award-recipients/1998/the-royal-canadian-air-farce-(roger-abbott-1946-20.aspx|website=Governor General's Performing Arts Awards|publisher=Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation|accessdate=24 July 2014}}</ref>
She has also done voices for various animated TV series featuring ''[[The Elephant Show]]'', ''[[Babar (TV series)|Babar]]'', ''[[AlfTales]]'', ''[[My Pet Monster]]'', ''[[Sylvanian Families]]'', ''[[Tales from the Cryptkeeper]]'', ''[[The Rosey and Buddy Show]]'', ''[[Rupert (TV series)|Rupert]]'', ''[[The New Archies]]'', ''[[Little Shop]]'', ''[[Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors]]'', and ''[[Wild C.A.T.s]]''.
Within the [[Ukrainian Canadian]] community she occasionally has comedy performances that highlight her [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]] heritage. One such example was her involvement in 1999 with the Ukrainian pavilion at [[Folklorama]], a cultural festival in [[Winnipeg, Manitoba]]. She speaks [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]] fluently. Goy's film roles have included an 18th-century innkeeper in the Ukrainian film ''Vid'ma'' (Відьма, Witch), filmed in 1990 in [[Kyiv]].
In 2011, she performed at the Toronto Ukrainian Festival. In May 2012 Goy debuted her one-person show ''Luba, Simply Luba'' at the Berkeley Street Theatre, Toronto. Goy has performed at the Riverdale Share concerts at the Danforth Music Hall and St Barnabas Church.
== Characters portrayed by Goy == {{div col}} *[[Yoko Ono]] *[[Ann Medina]] *[[Hillary Clinton]] *[[Anne McLellan]] *[[Rita MacNeil]] *[[Ethel Blondin-Andrew]] *[[Barbra Streisand]] *[[Wendy Mesley]] *[[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]] *[[Alexa McDonough]] *[[Pamela Wallin]] *[[Sheila Copps]] *[[Adrienne Clarkson]] *[[Elizabeth Taylor]] *[[Laura Bush]] *[[Bev Oda]] *[[Bobbie Battista]] *[[Margaret Atwood]] *[[Elizabeth May]] *[[Martha Stewart]] *[[Suze Orman]] *[[John and Lorena Bobbitt|Lorena Bobbitt]] *[[Kim Campbell]] *[[Madeleine Albright]] *[[Sharon Carstairs]] *[[Donald Duck]] *[[Anita Sarkeesian]] *[[John Leguizamo]] *[[Theresa May]] *[[Bif Naked]] *[[Eva Braun]] ''List is Incomplete'' {{div col end}}
She also provided voices for the animated ''[[Care Bears]]'' characters Lotsa Heart Elephant, Treat Heart Pig and Gentle Heart Lamb.
== Filmography == ===Television=== {| class="wikitable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1979 |Read All About It - Season 1, Episode 4 |Queen of Hearts | |- |1983 |Bits and Bytes |Herself |Host |- |1993-2019 |[[Royal Canadian Air Farce (TV series)|Royal Canadian Air Farce]] |Various roles |196 episodes |}
===Film=== {| class="wikitable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1986 |''[[Every Dog's Guide to Complete Home Safety]]'' |Honey |Voice |- |1991 |''[[Every Dog's Guide to the Playground]]'' |Honey |Voice |}
==References== {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{iMDb name|333009|Luba Goy}}
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