Valerie Pearson

{{Short description|Canadian actress}} '''Valerie Pearson''' is a Canadian actress from Calgary, Alberta.<ref name=savagery>Liz Nicholls, "Savagery in the urban maze; Actress plays five not-so-nice people in Lion in the Streets". ''Edmonton Journal'', March 26, 1992.</ref> She is most noted for her performance in the 1991 film ''Solitaire'', for which she received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actress at the 13th Genie Awards in 1992.<ref>Craig MacInnis, "Naked Lunch tops the Genie nominations". ''Toronto Star'', October 14, 1992.</ref>

== Career == Pearson has been most prominently associated with stage roles in Calgary and Edmonton, including productions of Edward Connell's ''Welcome to Theatre Fabulous!'',<ref>Liz Nicholls, "Ruefully frantic musical scores with little-theatre headaches". ''Edmonton Journal'', April 22, 1989.</ref> Giselle Lemire and Robert Astle's ''Mama Never Told Me That'',<ref>Liam Lacey, "Theatre Reviews: Mama Never Told Me That". ''The Globe and Mail'', March 7, 1991.</ref> Patricia Benedict's ''Good Government'',<ref>Liz Nicholls, "Doublespeak even Orwell would appreciate; Good Government a satire that's frantic, fun, and at times a reflection of Alberta's political scene". ''Edmonton Journal'', February 25, 1991.</ref> Thornton Wilder's ''Our Town'',<ref>Liz Nicholls, "Our Town wears its years lightly; Citadel production resonates between the tiny and the infinite". ''Edmonton Journal'', November 7, 1993.</ref> Judith Thompson's ''Lion in the Streets'',<ref name="savagery" /> and Ron Chambers's ''Marg Szkaluba (Pissy's Wife)''.<ref>Liz Nicholls, "Country musical hums with sadness". ''Edmonton Journal'', May 21, 1994.</ref>

== Award == She won an Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award for Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role in 1992, for ''Lion in the Streets''.<ref>"Phoenix takes nine awards". ''Edmonton Journal'', June 30, 1992.</ref>

Her other film credits have included ''Cowboys Don't Cry'', ''Dead Bang'', ''The Right Kind of Wrong,'' and ''Chicks with Sticks''.<ref name="NStars">{{cite web |author= |title=Chicks with Sticks |website=Northernstars |publisher=Canadian Independent Visual and Digital Media Association |location=Toronto, Ontario |url=https://www.northernstars.ca/chicks_with_sticks/ |access-date=15 April 2021 |archive-date=15 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415223322/https://www.northernstars.ca/chicks_with_sticks/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Filmography ==

=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ !Year !Title !Role !class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1988 |''Cowboys Don't Cry'' |Janet | |- |1989 |''Dead Bang'' |Helpful Person | |- |1991 |''Solitaire'' |Maggie | |- |2002 |data-sort-value="Reckoning, The" | ''The Reckoning'' |Woman at Play | |- |2004 |''Chicks with Sticks'' |Doris | |- |2013 |data-sort-value="Right Kind of Wrong, The" | ''The Right Kind of Wrong'' |Brenda | |}

=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role !class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1991 |''De Zomer Van '45'' |Moeder van Jim |Episode #1.3 |- |1994 |''While Justice Sleeps'' |Alma Munoz | rowspan="2" |Television film |- |1997 |''Seduction in a Small Town'' |Willa Jenks |- |1997 |''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show'' |Ms. Rutfield |Episode: "Honey, You're Living in the Past" |- |1998 |''Oklahoma City: A Survivor's Story'' |Woman at Implosion | rowspan="5" |Television film |- |2000 |''Papa's Angels'' |Reverend's Wife |- |2001 |''Anatomy of a Hate Crime'' |Martha |- |2003 |''Another Country'' |Magistratw |- |2012 |data-sort-value="Horses of McBride, The" | ''The Horses of McBride'' |Sadie |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0669408}}

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