Canadian actress
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![]() Robertson in 2017 |
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| Occupation | Actress |
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| Notable credit | Corner Gas (2004–2009) |
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Nancy Lee Robertson is a Canadian actress, best known for her roles as Wanda Dollard in the television series Corner Gas[1] and Millie Upton in the series Hiccups, both of which were created by and starring her husband, Brent Butt.[2]
Early life
Robertson was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia.[3] She studied drama during high school and graduated in 1990. She went on to attend the Breck Academy and The Vancouver Arts Club Theatre Program.[3]
Career
Robertson's television career began[citation needed] with the CBC sketch comedy series The 11th Hour.[4] She later played temperamental parking attendant Harriet Sharpe in the mockumentary film The Delicate Art of Parking;[4] her fellow parking attendant, Grant Parker, is played by Fred Ewanuick,[5] who later co-starred with Robertson in Corner Gas.
From 2004 to 2009, Robertson played Wanda Dollard, an intelligent and sarcastic gas station attendant, on the hit Canadian television series Corner Gas.[6] In 2010, Robertson's husband and Corner Gas co-star, Brent Butt created a new television series, Hiccups. The show's lead role, a children's author with anger-management issues, was not initially written with Robertson in mind, but she decided to take on the role upon reading the script.[7] The second and final season of Hiccups ended on 28 August 2011. Robertson played the role of Principal Moreno in the television movie Radio Rebel.[8]
Robertson is an alumna of the Vancouver TheatreSports League improvisational comedy troupe.[9]
Personal life
On 19 November 2005, Robertson married her Corner Gas and Hiccups co-star Brent Butt.[10] They live in Vancouver.[3]
Filmography
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