Angela Asher

Angela Asher
NationalityCanadian
OccupationActor
Known for18 to Life, Hard Rock Medical, Workin' Moms
Political partyNew Blue

Angela Asher is a Canadian film and television actress.[1] She is most noted for her role as Tara Mercer in 18 to Life, for which she received a nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy Series at the 26th Gemini Awards in 2011.[2]

She has also had recurring or regular roles in the television series Married Life, This Is Wonderland, Degrassi, Inhuman Condition, Bad Blood, Hard Rock Medical[3][4] and Workin' Moms,[5] and appeared in the films Interstate 60, King of Sorrow, A Dark Truth and Ghostland.

In 2022, Asher was a candidate in the 2022 Ontario general election for the New Blue Party of Ontario, which garnered publicity by opposing public health measures against COVID-19.[6] She ran in Spadina—Fort York, placing fifth with under two percent of the vote while incumbent MPP Chris Glover was re-elected.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1992 Talons of the Eagle Constable Link
1994 Boozecan Bell
2001 True Blue Levealle
2002 Interstate 60 Waitress
2007 King of Sorrow Dr. Dreyfus
2009 A Touch of Grey Liz
2012 A Dark Truth Caller Voice
2013 A Fish Story Louise
2016 Only I... Marcy Galloway
2018 Ghostland Candy Truck Woman
2019 Claws of the Red Dragon Clair Rosenberg

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1994 Catwalk Janie Episode: "Getting What You Want"
1994 Forever Knight Prostitute Episode: "Killer Instinct"
1994 Side Effects Amber Episode: "Superman"
1995 The Hardy Boys Karen Smith Episode: "A Perfect Stranger"
1995 Where's the Money, Noreen? Noreen Lookalike Television film
1996 Once a Thief Olivia Gearing
1997 Psi Factor Angel Episode: "The Curse/Angel on a Plane"
1997 Earth: Final Conflict Frauke Manheim Episode: "Horizon Zero"
1998 When Husbands Cheat Motel Woman Television film
1998 Once a Thief Olivia Gearing Episode: "Shaken Not Stirred"
2001 Queer as Folk Marianne 'M.M.' MacDonald Episode: "Very Stupid People"
2001 Sex, Lies & Obsession Health Clinic Nurse Television film
2002 Puppets Who Kill Nurse Ynez Episode: "Bill's Brain"
2003 Blue Murder Carly Mitchell Episode: "Ambush"
2003 Coast to Coast Tanya Reinhardt Television film
2004–2006 This Is Wonderland Trish De Raey / Joelle Bellemy 6 episodes
2006 The Path to 9/11 Lorraine Di Taranto 2 episodes
2008–2009 Degrassi: The Next Generation Evelyn Valieri 4 episodes
2010 Ties That Bind Meredith Cole Television film
2010–2011 18 to Life Tara Hill 25 episodes
2013 The Listener Kay Walton Episode: "Love's a Bitch"
2013–2018 Hard Rock Medical Nancy Siebolski 39 episodes
2016 Inhuman Condition Rachel 9 episodes
2016 I'll Be Home for Christmas Suzi Tate Television film
2016, 2018 Private Eyes Maggie Melroy 2 episodes
2017 My Roommate's an Escort Joanne
2017–2018 Bad Blood Renata 6 episodes
2018 Ghost BFF Coco Beauvais 4 episodes
2018 Workin' Moms Dorothy Cutwater 5 episodes
2018 Christmas at Grand Valley Vera Television film
2019 Northern Rescue Officer Dani 2 episodes
2019 Impulse Fran Episode: "For Those Lost"
2019 Hudson & Rex Haley Farr Episode: "Dead Man Walking"
2019 Ghostwriter Mouse Episode: "The Jungle Ghost, Part 1"

Electoral record

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2022 Ontario general election: Spadina—Fort York
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Chris Glover 15,595 46.06 −3.56 $135,213
Liberal Chi Nguyen 9,463 27.95 +4.28 $81,726
Progressive Conservative Husain Neemuchwala 6,221 18.37 −3.41 $14,178
Green Cara Des Granges 1,902 5.62 +1.97 $1,233
New Blue Angela Asher 581 1.72   $5,875
Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda Jan Osko 95 0.28 +0.11 $0
Total valid votes/Expense limit 33,857 100.0     $139,048
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots 230
Turnout 34,087 34.35
Eligible voters 99,325
New Democratic hold Swing −3.92
Source(s)
  • "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on May 18, 2023.
  • "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on May 21, 2023.

References

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  1. ^ "Perpetually on the job; Angela Asher knows what it means to be a celeb in Canada". National Post, March 13, 2010.
  2. ^ "Flashpoint in lead again: Police show has 17 nominations; comedy Call Me Fitz scoops 16". Toronto Star, August 4, 2011.
  3. ^ John Doyle (February 18, 2014). "Hard Rock Medical is a Canadian drama series that always surprises". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on February 19, 2014. Retrieved May 31, 2018. Angela Asher is superb as Nancy, a fortysomething nurse who has figured she does medicine better than most of the doctors she's worked with.
  4. ^ "Hard Rock Medical premieres June 9 on TVO". Sudbury, Ontario: Sudbury Living. May 24, 2011. Archived from the original on November 22, 2013. Retrieved September 12, 2014. Directed by Canadian Derek Diorio and shot in Northern Ontario, the 13-episode series features an ensemble of familiar Canadian faces: Angela Asher, Danielle Bourgon, Rachelle Casseus, Tamara Duarte, Kyra Harper, Christian Laurin, Patrick McKenna, Andrea Menard, Stéphane Paquette, Melissa Jane Shaw, Jamie Spilchuk, and Australian Mark Coles Smith.
  5. ^ "'Workin' Moms' Comedy Adds to Season 2 Cast". The Hollywood Reporter, July 20, 2017.
  6. ^ Hoff, George (May 3, 2022). "Here are the challenges the Tories will encounter as they seek a second majority". CP24. Bell Media. Retrieved May 9, 2022. The New Blue Ontario Party will be courting socially conservative Ontarians who have opposed the various public health restrictions imposed during the two years of the pandemic.
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