Maev Beaty

Maev Beaty
Born1977 (age 48–49)

Maev Beaty (born 1977) is a Canadian film, television, stage, and voice actress, best known for her stage roles at the Stratford Festival.[1]

Originally from eastern Ontario, she grew up in Kingston,[2] she studied drama at the University of Toronto.[3]

Personal life

She is married to Canadian theatre director, playwright, and teacher Alan Dilworth.[1]

Credits

Film and television

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

Award Year Category Work Result Ref.
Dora Mavor Moore Awards 2008 Outstanding Performance by a Female, Independent Theatre Dance of the Red Skirts Nominated [4]
2011 Outstanding New Play or Musical, Independent Theatre Montparnasse
with Erin Shields, Andrea Donaldson
Nominated
2012 Best Leading Actress, General Theatre The Happy Woman Nominated [5]
2013 Proud Nominated [6]
Terminus Nominated
2015 The De Chardin Project Nominated [7]
2017 The Last Wife Won [8]
2019 Best Leading Performer, General Theatre Secret Life of a Mother Nominated [9]
Best Original Play, General Theatre Secret Life of a Mother
with Hannah Moscovitch, Anne-Marie Kerr
Nominated
2020 Best Leading Performer, General Theatre August: Osage County Nominated [10]
Toronto Theatre Critics Awards 2013 Best Supporting Performance in a Play Proud Won [11]

References

  1. ^ a b Anne Nothof, "Beaty, Maev". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia, September 30, 2022.
  2. ^ Dylan Chenier, 'I knocked on the doors till my fingers bled': Kingston's Maev Beaty on her journey to Stratford". Kingstonist, September 29, 2023.
  3. ^ Mira Miller, "Spotlight: Maev Beaty". Intermission, June 23, 2023.
  4. ^ "Complete list of nominees for the 2008 Dora Mavor Moore Awards". Canadian Press, June 5, 2008.
  5. ^ Melissa Leong, "Top women; Crash, Penelopiad lead Dora nods". National Post, June 6, 2012.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ J. Kelly Nestruck, "Soulpepper leads in Dora Award nods". The Globe and Mail, June 2, 2015.
  8. ^ Carly Maga, "Theatre Centre the big winner at Dora Awards". Toronto Star, June 27, 2017.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Smith, Mae (June 29, 2020). "2020 Dora Mavor Moore Award Winners". Intermission Magazine. Archived from the original on 2020-08-09. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  11. ^ J. Kelly Nestruck, "Mirvish posts big and small wins at Toronto critics' awards". The Globe and Mail, May 23, 2013.