Thea Gill

Thea Louise Gill (Template:IPAc-en; born April 5, 1970) is a Canadian actress best known for her starring role as Lindsay Peterson in the Showtime television series Queer as Folk.

Early life

As a child, Gill lived in Vancouver and attended a private girls' school there for twelve years. After graduating from the private school, Gill attended university at York University in Toronto. Gill graduated from York University in 1992 with a BFA Honours in Theatre Performance.<ref name="windycity"> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} </ref>

Career

After graduating from York, Gill lived in Toronto and spent the next several years working in theatre, guest roles in television series, commercials, and some film roles.

Gill's big break came in 2000 when she auditioned for and received the role of Lindsay Peterson in Queer as Folk. Gill held this role for the five season run of Queer as Folk. In 2001 Gill moved from Toronto to Victoria, British Columbia.<ref name="timescolonist"> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} </ref> Gill divided her time between Toronto (shooting Queer as Folk) and Victoria up to 2005 when Queer as Folk concluded.

With the conclusion of Queer as Folk, Gill has had a number of theatre, television, and film roles. In 2006 she joined the cast of the here! network original series Dante's Cove, billed as a "special guest star" in the role of Diana Childs. In a July 2007 interview, Gill stated that she decided to move to Los Angeles for a year to an attempt to find longer-term acting roles.<ref name="timescolonist"/>

In addition to her acting work, Gill is also a jazz singer and has worked as the Midsummer Lounge's featured act on board the Mediterranean and Caribbean cruise ship M.S. Carousel. Gill also did in 2002 a three-night solo singing act at the jazz club, Top o' the Senator, in Toronto. In 2005, Gill appeared in director Richard Bell's Eighteen as a seductive World War II-era chanteuse. This marked Gill's first singing performance in a movie. The song, "In a Heartbeat", was written by Bramwell Tovey and was later nominated for a Genie Award.

Personal life

Gill's partner since 2013 is author Gina Glass.<ref name=maritalstatus /> Gill was previously married for 16 years to Brian Richmond, a Canadian director, from 1993 to 2009.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> When Gill was asked in 2003, during her time on Queer As Folk, "Would you say you are bisexual?", she confirmed this saying, "I guess, well I've thought about that a lot. And I guess perhaps I am."<ref>Guarino, David (May 12, 2004), With Honors: Queer As Folk's Thea Gill, Windy City Times. Retrieved February 12, 2013.</ref>

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Lilly	Julia
1998	Papertrail	Eileen Gibbs
2000	Washed Up	Bunny
2004	Ice Men	Jennifer
2005	Eighteen	Hannah
2006	Truth	Laura	Video
2006	Seed	Sandra Bishop
2008	Mulligans	Stacey Davidson
2009	Four Steps	Faye	Short
2009	Remembering Nigel	Thea Gill
2009	Template:Sortname	Loretta	Short
2009	Pants on Fire	Ruth	Short
2010	Template:Sortname	Kendra Oliver
2010	Template:Sortname	Sam
2011	Slip Away	Linda	Short
2011	Mother Country	Andrea Dupree
2015	Template:Sortname	Hazel Switch (voice)
2016	Love, Colin	Jennifer	Short
2016	20th Century Women	Gail Porter
2019	Throw Like a Girl	Julie	Short
2020	Shepard	Sherry	Completed

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Kung Fu: The Legend Continues	Sue	-
1998	Due South	Tawny	Episode: "Mountie on the Bounty: Part 2"
2000	Common Ground	Willa	TV film
2000–2005	Queer as Folk	Lindsay Peterson	Main role
2001	Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows	Lucille Bremer	TV miniseries
2002	Tornado Warning	Dee Mazur	TV film
2002	Just Cause	Sally Stern	Episodes: "Pilot: Parts 1 & 2"
2003	Bliss	Nina	Episode: "Nina's Muse"
2004	Andromeda	Celine	Episode: "When Goes Around..."
2005	Template:Sortname	Caroline Beaumont	Episode: "The Mother"
2005	Masters of Horror	Jane Cleaver	Episode: "Homecoming"
2006	Lesser Evil	Margaret Dalton	TV film
2006–2007	Dante's Cove	Diana Childs	Main role (seasons 2–3)
2009	Ghost Whisperer	Amy Warner	-
2010	Lies Between Friends	Cait Randell	TV film
2012	My Mother's Secret	Deputy Kane	TV film
2012	Failing Upwards	Hazel Hamilton	Episode: "Estate Sale"
2013	Stonados	Tara Laykin	TV film
2014	Castle	Gloria Robbins	Episode: "Dressed to Kill"
2016	10 Year Reunion	Mrs. Edwards	TV film
2016	In the Black	Julie Fine	TV film

Awards and nominations

• 2003, won a Golden Sheaf Award for her work in an episode of Bliss
• 2003, received The National Leadership Award from the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
• 2003, nominated for an ACTRA Award for 'Outstanding Performance' for her role in Queer as Folk
• 2005, won a Leo Award for 'Best Guest Performance by a Female' for her work on an episode of The Collector.
• 2007, nominated for a Leo Award for 'Best Actress in a Short Drama' for Swap

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