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

Maev Beaty
Born1977 (age 4849)

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

Personal life

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

Credits

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Film and television

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Stage

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  • 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

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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

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  1. 1 2 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.
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