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Tracy Wright

Tracy Wright

Tracy Wright was born on December 7, 1959 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 1989, she was a founding member of the Toronto's Augusta Company, along with her future husband Don McKellar and Daniel Brooks, and worked regularly throughout her theatre career with Brooks, McKellar, and Canadian writers and directors including Nadia Ross, Jacob Wren, Daniel MacIvor, Hillar Liitoja, Paul Bettis and Sky Gilbert.

In film, she worked closely with McKellar and Bruce McDonald, whose Highway 61 (1991) was one of her first major roles, and This Movie Is Broken and Trigger (2010) were her last. She was also known for her roles in films such as Monkey Warfare, Last Night, When Night Is Falling, Superstar and Me and You and Everyone We Know. Highlights of her television appearances include The Kids in the Hall and Twitch City.

Wright also acted in Bob Wiseman's video "We Got Time" in 1989, along with Leslie Spit Treeo and Don McKellar, and she is the subject of a song by Wiseman, entitled "Mothface@yahoo.ca" from his 2013 release Giulietta Masina at the Oscars Crying.

She was married to McKellar, her long-term partner, in January 2010.

Wright died on June 22, 2010, aged 50, from pancreatic cancer.

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You Are Here (2011)

Several story threads about consciousness and perception intertwine in this film by video installation artist Daniel Cockburn. ...

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Trigger (2010)

Ten years after ending their partnership as rock musicians, two women become re-acquainted in the course of one night. ...

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This Movie Is Broken (2010)

Bruno wakes up in bed next to Caroline, his long time crush. But tomorrow she's off for school in France, and maybe she only granted this miracle as a parting gift for her long time friend. So tonight is Bruno's last chance. And tonight, as it happens, Bro ...

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Leslie, My Name Is Evil (2009)

A young jury member becomes infatuated with Leslie, a troubled teenager and former homecoming princess, who became a follower of Charles Manson's cult and is now on trial for murder. ...

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Blindness (2008)

When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine. ...

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All Hat (2007)

An ex-con returns to his rural Ontario roots and outwits a corrupt and wealthy thoroughbred owner trying to take over a slew of local farms. Ray Dokes, a charming ex-ballplayer, returns from jail to discover the rural landscape of his childhood transformed ...

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Monkey Warfare (2006)

Two ex-revolutionaries living underground have their lives turned upside down by a sexy young radical who goes from smashing SUVs to fighting gentrification with firebombs. ...

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Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)

Single dad Richard meets Christine, a starving artist who moonlights as a cabbie. They awkwardly attempt to start a romance, but Richard's divorce has left him emotionally damaged. Meanwhile, Richard's sons—one a teenager, the other 6-years-old—take pa ...

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Childstar (2004)

An experimental filmmaker takes a job as a driver for a foul-mouthed child actor and his ambitious stage mother. ...

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Good Stuff (2001)

Dark Comedy of an alienated, gothic private school girl coming to terms with a terminal illness. ...

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Picture Claire (2001)

Quebec native Claire Beaucage has a one-night stand with a photographer of some renown. Despite the language barrier between them, he invites her to visit him in Toronto. She shows up on his doorstep after an arson attack leaves her homeless, but soon find ...

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Apartment Hunting (2000)

A married journalist unexpectedly dials up true love over the telephone while doing research for a story. ...

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Superstar (1999)

Orphan Mary Katherine Gallagher, an ugly duckling at St. Monica High School, has a dream: to be kissed soulfully. She decides she can realize this dream if she becomes a superstar, so her prayers, her fantasies and her conversations with her only friend fo ...

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The Five Senses (1999)

Interconnected stories examine situations involving the five senses. Touch is represented by a massage therapist who is treating a woman, while her daughter accidentally loses the woman's pre-school daughter in the park. The older daughter meets a voyeur ( ...

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Last Night (1998)

Various citizens of Toronto anxiously await the end of the world, which is occurring at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day. ...

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Dog Park (1998)

A young man, whose girlfriend has just left him and taken their dog, falls for another woman who is also on the rebound, but who prefers the company of her dog to the company of men. ...

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Elimination Dance (1998)

Ever more bizarre criteria are used to eliminate couples from a secret dance event. ...

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The Fires of Joanna (1998)

Set in Depression-era Eastern Ontario, "The Fires of Joanna" tells the story of a woman struggling to endure a harsh and unforgiving life. Joanna McVeigh is a young epileptic woman, who, burdened by an illness for which she is shunned, illuminates her isol ...

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Sarabande (1997)

The film explores the relationships that a limousine driver, a doctor, and a real estate agent have amongst each other and with Yo-Yo Ma as he travels to Canada to perform Bach's Cello Suites. ...

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Permission (1997)

A boy's desire to play with a Barbie doll prompts a father to question both his son's masculinity and his own. ...

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Joe's So Mean to Josephine (1997)

Josephine has her eye on Joe, a hot-headed, petty criminal who taps phones for a living. When she finally worms her way into his heart she realises it's not a nice place to be. But is it too late? ...

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Dangerous Offender: The Marlene Moore Story (1996)

Marlene Moore has spent most of her life in prison, and is considered so dangerous that the authorities want her locked up indefinitely — though she has never committed a serious crime. ...

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Bubbles Galore (1996)

A bisexual female pornographer searches for sexual and economic independence in a male-dominated industry. But most of all, the girl just wants to have fun. ...

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My Summer Vacation (1996)

Joe is a twenty-something gay man who decides to film people he meets on the street with a camera given to him by his boyfriend. ...

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Eclipse (1995)

A round of unerotic sexual couplings in Toronto, interspersed with interviews about an impending total eclipse. ...

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When Night Is Falling (1995)

Camille is a professor at a Protestant college and is in a long-term relationship with Martin, a respected minister and fellow professor. When Camille meets Petra, a bold and flamboyant performer in a circus troupe, she is inexplicably drawn. Pursuing Petr ...

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Wasaga (1994)

Rebecca, a video artist from Toronto who is working on a project in Wasaga Beach takes driving lessons from driving instructor Judy because of the town's much more car-oriented lifestyle, only to find Judy becoming a love interest. ...

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My Addiction (1994)

Matt, although married, is completely in love with a hustler called Dick. One night Matt leaves his wife and goes to Dick's apartment where he waits for his loved one. But Dick's roommate tells Matt that if Dick catches him there he will kill him. ...

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Wake Up, Jerk Off (1994)

A brief glimpse into the life a single urban gay male. ...

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Blue (1992)

New carpet factory footage intercut with old porn creates a brief but telling glimpse into the human psyche. ...

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Highway 61 (1991)

A naive Canadian barber who knows US popular culture inside and out meets a flamboyant roadie who needs someone to drive her and her "brother's" corpse from Thunder Bay, Ontario to New Orleans. Chaos ensues after the barber agrees to drive her, the corpse, ...

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