Maev Beaty

{{Short description|Canadian actress}} {{Infobox person | name = Maev Beaty | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = 1977 }}

'''Maev Beaty''' (born 1977) is a Canadian film, television, stage, and voice actress, best known for her stage roles at the Stratford Festival.<ref name=cte>Anne Nothof, [https://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Beaty%2C%20Maev "Beaty, Maev"]. ''Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia'', September 30, 2022.</ref>

Originally from eastern Ontario, she grew up in Kingston,<ref>Dylan Chenier, [https://www.kingstonist.com/news/i-knocked-on-the-doors-till-my-fingers-bled-kingstons-maev-beaty-on-her-journey-to-stratford/ 'I knocked on the doors till my fingers bled': Kingston's Maev Beaty on her journey to Stratford"]. ''Kingstonist'', September 29, 2023.</ref> she studied drama at the University of Toronto.<ref>Mira Miller, [https://www.intermissionmagazine.ca/spotlight/maev-beaty-2/ "Spotlight: Maev Beaty"]. ''Intermission'', June 23, 2023.</ref>

==Personal life== She is married to Canadian theatre director, playwright, and teacher Alan Dilworth.<ref name=cte/>

== Credits ==

=== Film and television === * ''Mouthpiece'' (2018) - Elaine * ''Murdoch Mysteries'' (2021) - Dr. Laura Kingston * ''Nurses'' (2021) * ''Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora'' (2023) - Anufi (voice) * ''Dream Scenario'' (2023) - Naomi * ''Beau Is Afraid'' (2023) - Narrator for traveling actor group "The Orphans of the Forest" * ''Black Phone 2'' (2025) - Barbara

=== Stage === * ''Angel's Trumpet'' (2001) * ''Dance of the Red Skirts'' (2008) * ''Palace of the End'' (2008) - American soldier * ''Parfumerie'' (2009) - Miss Ratz/Shop Patron * ''Montparnasse'' (2009) - Amelia * ''The Mill, Part 1: Now We Are Brodie'' (2009) - Rebecca Jessup * ''The Mill, Part 2: The Huron Bride'' (2009) - Rebecca Jessup * ''Birnam Wood'' (2010) - Tree of Dreams * ''GLO'' (2010) - Miriam * ''Peggy Pickit Sees the Face of God'' (2010) - Carol * ''Wide Awake Hearts'' (2010) - D * ''The Mill, Part 4: Ash'' (2011) - Beaver * ''The Penelopiad'' (2012) - Laertes/Maid * ''The Happy Woman'' (2012) - Cassie * ''Terminus'' (2012) - A * ''Proud'' (2012) - Jisbella Lyth * ''La Ronde'' (2013) - Isobel * ''Antigone Dead People'' (2013) - Antigone * ''The De Chardin Project'' (2014) - The Guide * ''King Lear'' (2014) - Goneril * ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (2015) - Hippolyta * ''The Last Wife'' (2015) - Kate * ''Bunny'' (2016) - Sorrel * ''The School for Scandal'' (2017) - Lady Sneerwell * ''Secret Life of a Mother'' (2018) * ''Orlando'' (2018) - Sasha * ''The Front Page'' (2019) * ''Tartuffe'' (2019) - Elmire * ''Little Menace: Pinter Plays'' (2019) * ''August: Osage County'' (2019) - Barbara Fordham * ''Hamlet'' (2022) - Gertrude * ''Death and the King's Horseman'' (2022) - Jane Pilkings * ''Letters from Max'' (2023) - Sarah * ''My Name Is Lucy Barton'' (2024) - Lucy Barton

==Awards== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Award ! Year ! Category ! Work ! Result ! {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} |- | rowspan=10| Dora Mavor Moore Awards | 2008 | Outstanding Performance by a Female, Independent Theatre | ''Dance of the Red Skirts'' | {{nom}} | <ref>"Complete list of nominees for the 2008 Dora Mavor Moore Awards". Canadian Press, June 5, 2008.</ref> |- | 2011 | Outstanding New Play or Musical, Independent Theatre | ''Montparnasse''<br>with Erin Shields, Andrea Donaldson | {{nom}} | |- | 2012 | rowspan=5| Best Leading Actress, General Theatre | ''The Happy Woman'' | {{nom}} | <ref>Melissa Leong, "Top women; Crash, Penelopiad lead Dora nods". ''National Post'', June 6, 2012.</ref> |- | rowspan=2| 2013 | ''Proud'' | {{nom}} | rowspan=2| <ref>J. Kelly Nestruck, "200 nominations, 48 categories: See who got nods for the 2013 Dora Mavor Moore Awards". ''The Globe and Mail'', June 3, 2013.</ref> |- | ''Terminus'' | {{nom}} |- | 2015 | ''The De Chardin Project'' | {{nom}} | <ref>J. Kelly Nestruck, "Soulpepper leads in Dora Award nods". ''The Globe and Mail'', June 2, 2015.</ref> |- | 2017 | ''The Last Wife'' | {{won}} | <ref>Carly Maga, "Theatre Centre the big winner at Dora Awards". ''Toronto Star'', June 27, 2017.</ref> |- | rowspan=2| 2019 | Best Leading Performer, General Theatre | ''Secret Life of a Mother'' | {{nom}} | rowspan=2| <ref>Debra Yeo, "Dora Awards go gender neutral for 40th edition: First show of its kind in Canada to adopt fully inclusive policy". ''Toronto Star'', May 29, 2019.</ref> |- | Best Original Play, General Theatre | ''Secret Life of a Mother''<br>with Hannah Moscovitch, Anne-Marie Kerr | {{nom}} |- | 2020 | Best Leading Performer, General Theatre | ''August: Osage County'' | {{nom}} | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Smith|first=Mae|date=June 29, 2020|title=2020 Dora Mavor Moore Award Winners|url=https://www.intermissionmagazine.ca/awards/2020-dora-mavor-moore-award-winners/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809081504/https://www.intermissionmagazine.ca/awards/2020-dora-mavor-moore-award-winners/ |archive-date=2020-08-09 |access-date=August 6, 2020|website=Intermission Magazine|language=en-CA}}</ref> |- | Toronto Theatre Critics Awards | 2013 | Best Supporting Performance in a Play | ''Proud'' | {{won}} | <ref>J. Kelly Nestruck, "Mirvish posts big and small wins at Toronto critics' awards". ''The Globe and Mail'', May 23, 2013.</ref> |}

==References== {{Reflist|colwidth=20em}}

== External links == *{{IMDb name | id=4304160| name=Maev Beaty}} *{{Official website|http://maevbeaty.com}}

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