Tracy Wright
Also Known As: Tracy Lauren Wright
Biography: 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. She wa known for Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005), Trigger (2010) and Blindness (2008). She was married to Don McKellar. She died on June 22, 2010 in Toronto.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Birthday: December 07, 1959
Deathday: June 22, 2010
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Gender: Female
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The Fires of Joanna
Overview: 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 isolation with the pleasures of her one great gift: her ability to set fires with her mind. A tale of sin, guilt, and redemption.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Last Night
Overview: Various citizens of Toronto anxiously await the end of the world, which is occurring at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-23
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Trigger
Overview: Ten years after ending their partnership as rock musicians, two women become re-acquainted in the course of one night.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-12
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Good Stuff
Overview: Dark Comedy of an alienated, gothic private school girl coming to terms with a terminal illness.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-01
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You Are Here
Overview: Several story threads about consciousness and perception intertwine in this film by video installation artist Daniel Cockburn.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction Mystery Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-03-05
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Monkey Warfare
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-10
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Dog Park
Overview: Sex comedy takes a look at contemporary dating mores and hypothesizes that the new dating location may be the dog walk in the park. Follow one mild-mannered man who's consistently unlucky in love and dogs.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-14
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Bubbles Galore
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-25
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Joe's So Mean to Josephine
Overview: 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?
Genres: Crime Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-18
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Highway 61
Overview: 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, and the drugs stashed within all the way.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-09-05
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Childstar
Overview: An experimental filmmaker takes a job as a driver for a foul-mouthed child actor and his ambitious stage mother.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-10
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Blindness
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Mystery Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-05-14
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The Five Senses
Overview: 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 (vision), a professional house-cleaner has an acute sense of smell, a cake maker has lost her sense of taste, and an older man is losing his hearing.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-05-18
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My Addiction
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-12
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My Summer Vacation
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-06-23
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Sarabande
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-24
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This Movie Is Broken
Overview: 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, Broken Social Scene, her favourite band, is throwing a big outdoor bash. Maybe if Bruno, with the help of his best pal Blake, can score tickets and give Caroline a night to remember, he can keep this miracle alive.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-06-25
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Dangerous Offender: The Marlene Moore Story
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-06
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Green Door
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-07
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Eclipse
Overview: A round of unerotic sexual couplings in Toronto, interspersed with interviews about an impending total eclipse.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-13
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All Hat
Overview: 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 by urban development. Determined to stay out of trouble, Ray heads to the farm of his old friend Pete Culpepper, a crusty Texas cowboy who trains losing racehorses and whose debts are growing faster than his corn.
Genres: Comedy Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-11
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Superstar
Overview: 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 focus on achieving super-stardom.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-08
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Book Of Knives
Overview: Book of Knives is based on seven psychiatric case histories dating from 1905 up to the present. These stories are linked through the interrogation of a modern day woman, Iris, who has murdered her plastic surgeon. “Book of Knives” is a short history of women, technology & madness in the twentieth century, and calls into question both the ethics and methodologies of western scientific enquiry.
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Original Language: en
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Blue
Overview: New carpet factory footage intercut with old porn creates a brief but telling glimpse into the human psyche.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-10
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Elimination Dance
Overview: Ever more bizarre criteria are used to eliminate couples from a secret dance event.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-12
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Picture Claire
Overview: 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 finds herself caught up in a case of murder and mistaken identity.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-10
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Wasaga
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-12
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Me and You and Everyone We Know
Overview: 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 part in clumsy experiments with the opposite sex.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-06-17
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Apartment Hunting
Overview: A married journalist unexpectedly dials up true love over the telephone while doing research for a story.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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When Night Is Falling
Overview: Camille is a professor at a Protestant college who is engaged to 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 Petra, Camille throws her whole conservative life into disarray.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-02-01
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Wake Up, Jerk Off
Overview: A brief glimpse into the life a single urban gay male.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-23
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Leslie, My Name Is Evil
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-14
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I Am The Camera, Dying
Overview: (a 1/2 hour short 16 mm black and white about a female heroin addict re-incarnated as a cute gay sailor)
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Original Language: en
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