Fiona Reid

Fiona Reid, CM (born 24 July 1951) is an English-born Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles as Cathy on the TV series King of Kensington (1975-1978) and as Harriet Miller in the film My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002).

Early life and education
Reid was born in Whitstable, Kent, England. Her father was a doctor in the British Army. As a teenager, she lived in Germany, Africa, and the U.S. before settling in Canada with her family in 1964, when she was aged 12.

She studied acting at McGill University in Montreal, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1972, and at the Banff Centre for the Arts.

Career
Fiona Reid performed in theatres for five seasons with the Stratford Festival, and twelve seasons at the Shaw Festival, as well as theatres in Great Britain and the U.S. Over her career her performances have garnered her two Dora Mavor Moore awards, a Jessie Award (Vancouver), and a Sterling Award (Edmonton) in 2011.

Her career has been marked by diverse signature roles that include Rose in The Children, Amanda (The Glass Menagerie, 2010), Julie (London Road), Blanche Dubois (A Streetcar Named Desire), Lady Bracknell (The Importance of Being Earnest), Martha (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf), Mrs Lovett (Sweeney Todd), Hedda Gabler and Clare (A Delicate Balance), amongst many others. Her film credits include My Big Fat Greek Wedding, One Week, and The Time Traveler's Wife.

In 2016, Reid starred as Queen Elizabeth II in the Mirvish Productions presentation of The Audience at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto.

In 2019, Fiona started her run in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on Broadway.

Awards
She has twice won the Dora Mavor Moore Award, in 1993 for Fallen Angels, and in 1995 for Six Degrees of Separation. She won an Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award (Sterling Award) for her performance in August: Osage County.

For her role in "This Is Wonderland", Reid was nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role Dramatic Series in 2005.

In 2006, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada She received The Barbara Hamilton Award in 2008. and an award of excellence from ACTRA Toronto in 2010.

In 2015, Reid received the Toronto Critics’ Award for her performance of Sonia in Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike (Mirvish Productions). Reid is the past president of the Actor's Fund of Canada (AFC), and has received an honorary doctorate from Bishop's University and is a graduate of McGill University.

Personal life
Reid met McCowan Thomas doing summer stock theatre and married him in 1977. They have two children, Alec and Julia.