Janet Wright (born March 8, 1945) is a Canadian actress and theatre director. She is best known for her role as Emma Leroy on the hit Canadian sitcom Corner Gas. Wright won a 2006 Canadian Comedy Award for Pretty Funny TV Female for her role on Corner Gas. She also won a 2003 Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series for her role in Betrayed (2003). She also won the 1992 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for Bordertown Café (1992).
Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series, Gemini Award for Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series, Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, Canadian Comedy Award for Television / Best ...
Movies
Corner Gas: The Movie, The Perfect Storm, The Tall Man, Ramona and Beezus, Rollerball, Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains, Thoughtcrimes, American Gothic, Redwall: The Movie, Love and Other Dilemmas, Bingo, Blackwoods, Laura Lansing Slept Here, Emile, Framed, Lola, Bordertown Café, Chasing C...
TV Shows
Corner Gas, Kingdom Hospital, Redwall
Star Sign
Pisces
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Fact
1
She is part of the cast of the Canadian sitcom "Corner Gas" (2004) [May 2005]
2
She is currently playing the character of Jojo Ladro in the comedy 'Love and Other Dilemmas' directed by Larry Di Stefano. [June 2006]
3
She and Eric Peterson, who play Brent Butt's parents in "Corner Gas", have been friends for 35 years. They are both proud Saskatchewan natives.
4
She is a co-funder of Persephone Theatre productions along with her late sister Susan Wright.
5
Was in the film Boondock Saints, The (1999), as Connor (Sean Patrick Flannery) and Murphy's (Norman Reedus) mother who calls them from Ireland (jokingly) threatening to kill herself. But the scene was cut from the final film, it can be seen in the deleted scene section of the DVD however.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Corner Gas: The Movie
2014
Emma Leroy
The Tall Man
2012
Trish
Ramona and Beezus
2010
Grandma Kemp
Corner Gas
2004-2009
TV Series
Emma Leroy
Memory Lanes
2009
TV Movie
Sarah Duggen
Wisegal
2008
TV Movie
Angie - Patty's Mother
Whistler
2007
TV Series
Celia
Love and Other Dilemmas
2006
Jojo Ladro
Kingdom Hospital
2004
TV Series
Liz Hinton
Thoughtcrimes
2003
TV Movie
Zoya
Arbor Vitae
2003
Short
Senior Nurse
Phenomenon II
2003
TV Movie
Jeri
A Tale of Two Wives
2003
TV Movie
Phyllis
Jinnah: On Crime - White Knight, Black Widow
2003
TV Movie
Frosty
Emile
2003
Alice
Betrayed
2003
TV Movie
Dr. Fleming
Taken
2002
TV Mini-Series
Patty
Monk
2002
TV Series
Bonnie
Framed
2002
TV Movie
The Chris Isaak Show
2002
TV Series
Evie
Rollerball
2002
Coach Olga
Hostage Rescue Team
2001
TV Movie
Simone
Blackwoods
2001
Ma Franklin
Dark Angel
2001
TV Series
Annie
Lola
2001
Ma Keller
Lexx
1999-2001
TV Series
First Lady Priest / Lorca
Chasing Cain
2001
Sonia
Redwall
1999-2001
TV Mini-Series
Constance
Ghost of Martin
Redwall: The Movie
2000
TV Movie
Constance (voice)
The Perfect Storm
2000
Ethel Shatford
Emily of New Moon
1998-1999
TV Series
Aunt Thom
Armistead Maupin's More Tales of the City
1998
TV Mini-Series
Vita Keating
Due South
1998
TV Series
Sgt. Sam Thorn
The Wonderful World of Disney
1998
TV Series
Naomi Bascombe
Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension
1998
TV Series
Mrs. Floyd
Fast Track
1997
TV Series
Charlotte Scannel
My Mother's Ghost
1996
TV Movie
We the Jury
1996
TV Movie
Gladys McKenzie
Beyond the Call
1996
TV Movie
Fran
Street Legal
1993-1994
TV Series
Doris Banachowska / Jessica Grant
Neon Rider
1994
TV Series
Michelle Pfeiffer
Bordertown Cafe
1992
Maxine
Bingo
1991
Waitress
Wiseguy
1988-1989
TV Series
Mabel / Millicent
Laura Lansing Slept Here
1988
TV Movie
Cowboys Don't Cry
1988
Pearl
American Gothic
1988
Fanny
Christmas Comes to Willow Creek
1987
TV Movie
Martha Jane
Home Is Where the Hart Is
1987
J.P.'s Wife
Danger Bay
1986-1987
TV Series
After the Promise
1987
TV Movie
Waitress
The Beachcombers
1987
TV Series
Didee
Loyalties
1987
Audrey Sawchuk
Deadly Deception
1987
TV Movie
Desk clerk
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1986
TV Series
Woman Neighbor
Brotherly Love
1985
TV Movie
Helen Neary
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
1984
TV Movie
Woman in Bar
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
1983
TV Movie
Helen Armstrong
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
1982
Aunt Linda's Friend - Brenda
Huckleberry Finn and His Friends
1980
TV Series
Mrs. Judith Loftus
Who'll Save Our Children?
1978
TV Movie
King of Kensington
1978
TV Series
Evelyn
The Wiz
1978
The Wiz Singers Adult Choir (voice, uncredited)
Peep Show
1976
TV Series
Lucy
Wolfpen Principle
1974
Miss Mervin
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
1971
Eunice
Obscene House
1969
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Shock Therapy TV
2011
executive producer
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
It's Been a Gas
2009
TV Movie documentary
Herself / Emma Leroy
The 9th Annual Canadian Comedy Awards
2008
TV Special
Herself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Emily of New Moon
2000
TV Series
Aunt Thom
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2007
Gemini
Gemini Awards
Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series
Corner Gas (2004)
2007
Leo
Leo Awards
Best Performance or Host(s) in a Music, Comedy or Variety Program or Series
Corner Gas (2004)
2003
Gemini
Gemini Awards
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
Betrayed (2003)
1992
Genie
Genie Awards
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Bordertown Cafe (1992)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2006
Gemini
Gemini Awards
Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series
Corner Gas (2004)
2006
Leo
Leo Awards
Best Performance or Host in a Music, Comedy or Variety Program or Series
Corner Gas (2004)
2005
Leo
Leo Awards
Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series: Best Performance or Host(s)
Corner Gas (2004)
2004
Canadian Comedy Award
Canadian Comedy Awards
Television - Pretty Funny Performance - Female
Corner Gas (2004)
2004
Gemini
Gemini Awards
Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series
Corner Gas (2004)
2001
Gemini
Gemini Awards
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series