Tracy Dawson is a Canadian actress, comedian and writer. She is best known for her role as Meghan Fitzpatrick in Call Me Fitz, for which she won the Gemini Award for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series or Program at the 2011 Gemini Awards.[1] She won the same award at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards.[2] She has lived in Los Angeles since 2006 and gained American citizenship in 2015.
Tracy Dawson | |
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 Dawson in 2011 | |
| Born | 9 April 1983 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation(s) | film, television and stage actress, playwright |
| Known for | Call Me Fitz, The Gavin Crawford Show |
Career
editAn alumna of The Second City's Toronto company,[3] her other credits include The Gavin Crawford Show,[4] Wild Card, Duct Tape Forever, SketchCom and an appearance as a guest anchor on This Hour Has 22 Minutes in 2006. She also portrayed Deimata, Skylar's personal monster from the 2012 Disney Channel Original Movie, Girl vs. Monster.
Dawson wrote the stage play Them & Us, which premiered at Theatre Passe Muraille in 2009.[5] She has also written for Call Me Fitz, SketchCom, Single White Spenny, and Your Family or Mine.
In 2022, her book Let Me Be Frank: A Book About Women Who Dressed Like Men To Do Shit They Weren’t Supposed To Do was published by HarperCollins.[6]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Loser | Drug Saleswoman | |
| 2001 | On the Line | Goth Girl | |
| 2002 | Duct Tape Forever | Mandy Humphrey | |
| 2002 | Fancy Dancing | Funny Singer | |
| 2003 | Honey | Assistant Director | |
| 2011 | Chillerama | Molly |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Talk to Me | Thelma | Television film |
| 1998 | Goosebumps | Mother | Episode: "Chillogy: Part 1: Squeal of Fortune" |
| 1998, 1999 | SketchCom | Various | 2 episodes |
| 1999 | Twice in a Lifetime | Pauline Kraft | Episode: "O'er the Ramparts We Watched" |
| 2000–2003 | The Gavin Crawford Show | Heather Scranton | 30 episodes |
| 2001 | The Endless Grind | Various | Episode #1.8 |
| 2002 | Doc | Angel Williams | Episode: "Busy Man" |
| 2003 | America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story | Shrine Girl #2 | Television film |
| 2004–2005 | Wild Card | Maizie / Clerk | 4 episodes |
| 2005 | G-Spot | Cynthia | Episode: "Gigi Gets a Job" |
| 2005 | Recipe for a Perfect Christmas | Cody | Television film |
| 2010–2013 | Call Me Fitz | Meghan Fitzpatrick | 46 episodes |
| 2012 | Girl vs. Monster | Deimata | Television film |
References
edit- ^ "'Call Me Fitz' writer Tracy Dawson wins Gemini for best actress". Yahoo! News, September 8, 2011.
- ^ "Call Me Fitz, Seed each get 8 nods at Canadian Screen Awards". The Chronicle Herald, January 13, 2014.
- ^ "Canadian Comedy Travels Light--and Well". Chicago Tribune, August 20, 1999.
- ^ "That's so Gavin and Mary"[usurped]. Jam!, February 20, 2002.
- ^ "Them's the breaks". NOW, January 6, 2009.
- ^ "Screenwriter Tracy Dawson considered posing as a man to further her career. She wrote a book about it instead". theglobeandmail.com. May 16, 2022.
External links
edit- Tracy Dawson at IMDb
- Tracy Dawson on Twitter
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