
Acting
Tracy Wright
Born 1959-12-07 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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.
Acting credits
6.5When 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.
Blindness
2008
7.0Single 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.
Me and You and Everyone We Know
2005
5.3Orphan 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.
Superstar
1999
8.0A married journalist unexpectedly dials up true love over the telephone while doing research for a story.
Apartment Hunting
2000
6.3Camille is a professor at a Protestant college and is in a long-term relationship with 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.
When Night Is Falling
1995
6.7Various citizens of Toronto anxiously await the end of the world, which is occurring at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day.
Last Night
1998
3.1An 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.
All Hat
2007
5.6Josephine 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?
Joe's So Mean to Josephine
1997
5.6Quebec 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.
Picture Claire
2001
Dark Comedy of an alienated, gothic private school girl coming to terms with a terminal illness.
Good Stuff
2001
4.8Ten years after ending their partnership as rock musicians, two women become re-acquainted in the course of one night.
Trigger
2010
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.
My Addiction
1994
5.5A young man, whose girlfriend has just left him and taken their dog, falls for another woman who is also on the rebound, but who prefers the company of her dog to the company of men.
Dog Park
1998
3.0A 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.
Bubbles Galore
1996
4.5A 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.
Leslie, My Name Is Evil
2009
5.7Interconnected 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.
The Five Senses
1999
5.2An experimental filmmaker takes a job as a driver for a foul-mouthed child actor and his ambitious stage mother.
Childstar
2004
6.8A 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.
Highway 61
1991
5.8Several story threads about consciousness and perception intertwine in this film by video installation artist Daniel Cockburn.
You Are Here
2011
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.
The Fires of Joanna
1998
6.5The 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.
Sarabande
1997
3.6Bruno 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.
This Movie Is Broken
2010
4.7Joe 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.
My Summer Vacation
1996
4.4Two 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.
Monkey Warfare
2006