{{Short description|Canadian actress}} {{Infobox person | name = Nancy Palk | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1956}} | years_active = | spouse = Joseph Ziegler (died 2025) | occupation = Actress | birth_place = | children = 3 }}
'''Nancy Palk''' (born 1956) is a Canadian actress,<ref name=nothof>Anne Nothof, [https://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Palk%2C%20Nancy "Palk, Nancy"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204234857/https://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Palk%2C%20Nancy |date=2021-12-04 }}. ''Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia'', July 16, 2021.</ref> most noted as one of the founding members of the Soulpepper theatre company.<ref name=garebian>Keith Garebian, [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/soulpepper-theatre "Soulpepper Theatre"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019025032/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/soulpepper-theatre |date=2023-10-19 }}. ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', November 4, 2010.</ref>
Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Palk studied English at Queen's University, later studying at the National Theatre School of Canada in their Acting program.<ref name=nothof/> She has spent her career as an actress based in Toronto, Ontario.<ref name=wagner>Vit Wagner, "Respected stage artist simply too big for film". ''Toronto Star'', November 7, 1998.</ref>
She has been a six-time Dora Mavor Moore Award nominee for Best Lead Actress, General Theatre, receiving nods in 1988 for ''I Am Yours'',<ref>"CentreStage play tops Dora Award nominees". ''Toronto Star'', May 11, 1988. Page C1.</ref> in 1994 for ''Dancing at Lughnasa'',<ref>"Mirvish Productions nets 16 Dora Mavor Moore nominations". ''Hamilton Spectator'', May 18, 1994.</ref> in 1996 for ''The Glorious 12th'',<ref>H.J. Kirchhoff, "Harbourfront Centre tops Dora list Captures 23 nominations, Canadian Stage is second with 17". ''The Globe and Mail'', May 17, 1996.</ref> in 1998 for ''Molly Sweeney'',<ref>"Dora Award nominees". ''Toronto Star'', May 27, 1998.</ref> in 1999 for ''Don Carlos'',<ref>"Dora awards are darkest without the Don; Soulpepper play a glaring omission from strong field of best show nominees". ''Toronto Star'', June 19, 1999.</ref> and in 2014 for ''Angels in America''.<ref>Robert Cushman, "Best in shows; The Doras have a weak field to choose from this year, but they've chosen well". ''National Post'', June 21, 2014.</ref>
In 2020 she received a nomination in the Best Leading Performer, General Theatre category for ''August: Osage County''.<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>
She has also had film and television roles, most notably a recurring role as Betsy in the television series ''Rogue'', and a major role in the 2018 film ''Catch and Release''.<ref>Alisha Mughal, [https://exclaim.ca/film/article/catch_and_release_film_review "'Catch and Release' Is a Scathing Statement on How Dangerous the Pro-Life Agenda Can Be"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019021323/https://exclaim.ca/film/article/catch_and_release_film_review |date=2023-10-19 }}. ''Exclaim!'', July 14, 2020.</ref>
She is married to actor Joseph Ziegler, alongside whom he has acted in several shows including ''Death of a Salesman'', ''Long Day's Journey Into Night'' and ''A Tender Thing'', a play by Ben Power which reimagines William Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet'' as an elderly couple confronting mortality.<ref>Martin Morrow, "A story of even greater woe: an aging Juliet and Romeo". ''The Globe and Mail'', August 23, 2014.</ref>
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