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Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series

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The Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress in Comedy Series is an annual Canadian television award, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best leading performance by an actress in a Canadian television comedy series.

The award was first presented in 1986 as part of the Gemini Awards. However, as Canadian television comedy was dominated by sketch comedy rather than narrative sitcoms in the late 1980s, the awards for Best Actress and Best Actor in a Comedy Series were discontinued after 1987,[1] with only a single gender-neutral award presented for Best Performance in a Comedy thereafter; separate awards for Individual Performance in a Comedy and Ensemble Performance in a Comedy were introduced for the 16th Gemini Awards in 2001, but were still not separated for gender.[2]

With the revival of scripted narrative comedy series in the 2000s, separate awards for actors and actresses were reinstated in 2011, and have been presented since then as part of the Canadian Screen Awards.

In August 2022, the Academy announced that beginning with the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023, a gender-neutral award for Best Leading Performance in a Comedy Series will be presented.[3]

1980s

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Year Actor Series Ref
1986
1st Gemini Awards
Martha Gibson Seeing Things [4]
Lally Cadeau Hangin' In [5]
Janet-Laine Green Seeing Things
1987
2nd Gemini Awards
Dinah Christie Check it Out! [6]
Lally Cadeau Hangin' In [7]
Martha Gibson Seeing Things
Janet-Laine Green Seeing Things

2010s

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Year Actor Series Ref
2011
26th Gemini Awards
Tracy Dawson Call Me Fitz [8]
Angela Asher 18 to Life [9]
Grace Lynn Kung InSecurity
Brooke Nevin Call Me Fitz
2012
1st Canadian Screen Awards
Wendel Meldrum Less Than Kind [10]
Jennifer Irwin Mr. D [11]
Cathy Jones This Hour Has 22 Minutes
Natalie Lisinska InSecurity
Tommie-Amber Pirie Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays
2013
2nd Canadian Screen Awards
Tracy Dawson Call Me Fitz [12]
Wendel Meldrum Less Than Kind [13]
Carrie-Lynn Neales Seed
Nancy Sorel Less Than Kind
2014
3rd Canadian Screen Awards
Joanna Cassidy Call Me Fitz [14]
Andrea Martin Working the Engels [15]
Carrie-Lynn Neales Seed
Kacey Rohl Working the Engels
Julia Voth Package Deal
2015
4th Canadian Screen Awards
Catherine O'Hara Schitt's Creek [16]
Brittany LeBorgne Mohawk Girls [17]
Annie Murphy Schitt's Creek
Belinda Cornish Tiny Plastic Men
2016
5th Canadian Screen Awards
Catherine O'Hara Schitt's Creek [18]
Andrea Bang Kim's Convenience [19]
Kim Cattrall Sensitive Skin
Jennifer Dale What Would Sal Do?
Jean Yoon Kim's Convenience
2017
6th Canadian Screen Awards
Catherine O'Hara Schitt's Creek [20]
Andrea Bang Kim's Convenience [21]
Annie Murphy Schitt's Creek
Catherine Reitman Workin' Moms
Jean Yoon Kim's Convenience
2018
7th Canadian Screen Awards
Catherine O'Hara Schitt's Creek [22]
Dani Kind Workin' Moms [22]
Annie Murphy Schitt's Creek
Catherine Reitman Workin' Moms
Cindy Sampson Private Eyes
2019
8th Canadian Screen Awards
Catherine O'Hara Schitt's Creek [23]
Jann Arden Jann [24]
Annie Murphy Schitt's Creek
Michelle Mylett Letterkenny
Jean Yoon Kim's Convenience

2020s

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Year Actor Series Ref
2020
9th Canadian Screen Awards
Catherine O'Hara Schitt's Creek [25]
Dani Kind Workin' Moms [26]
Annie Murphy Schitt's Creek
Catherine Reitman Workin' Moms
Jean Yoon Kim's Convenience
2021
10th Canadian Screen Awards
Jean Yoon Kim's Convenience [27]
Jann Arden Jann [28]
Andrea Bang Kim's Convenience
Dani Kind Workin' Moms
Meredith MacNeill Pretty Hard Cases

References

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  1. ^ Mike Boone, "Gemini Awards highlight enduring problems of Canadian TV". Montreal Gazette, November 30, 1998.
  2. ^ "CTV's Nuremberg leads Gemini nominations". The Telegram, September 18, 2001.
  3. ^ Joseph Pugh, "Canadian Screen Awards switching to gender-neutral performance categories". CBC News, August 25, 2022.
  4. ^ "Green Gables big Gemini awards winner". Windsor Star, December 5, 1986.
  5. ^ Sid Adilman, "Anne leads field in Geminis race". Toronto Star, October 16, 1986.
  6. ^ Bill Anderson, "Seeing Things shines in Gemini spotlight". Ottawa Citizen, December 10, 1987.
  7. ^ John Haslett Cuff, "Seeing Things, Night Heat top Gemini nomination list". The Globe and Mail, October 22, 1987.
  8. ^ Raju Mudhar, "Fitz nabs most Geminis: Top drama and comedy prizes go to The Borgias and Rick Mercer Report". Toronto Star, September 8, 2011.
  9. ^ Mishki Vaccaro, "Gemini nominations announced: Flashpoint leads, once again, and controversial Kennedys miniseries gets some nods". Toronto Life, August 4, 2011.
  10. ^ Linda Barnard, "A first night to remember: 'Amazing ride' for Rebelle at inaugural Canadian Screen Awards". Toronto Star, March 4, 2013.
  11. ^ Diane Wild, [https://www.tv-eh.com/2013/01/15/canadian-screen-award-nominations-announced/ "Canadian Screen Award nominations announced". TV, eh?, January 15, 2013.
  12. ^ Linda Barnard, "Enemy biggest movie winner at Canadian Screen Awards". Toronto Star, March 9, 2014.
  13. ^ Chris Jancelewicz, "Canadian Screen Awards 2014: Nominees Announced For TV And Movie Honours". The Huffington Post, January 13, 2014.
  14. ^ Norman Wilner, "Canadian Screen Awards 2015: The Rundown". Now, March 2, 2015.
  15. ^ "Canadian Screen Awards ’15: Performance categories". Playback, January 13, 2015.
  16. ^ "Canadian Screen Awards 2016: Schitt's Creek, Orphan Black and Room win big". CBC News, March 11, 2016.
  17. ^ Brent Furdyk, "2016 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Announced". ET Canada, January 19, 2016.
  18. ^ Sarah Murphy, "Here's the Complete List of 2017 Canadian Screen Awards Winners". Exclaim!, March 13, 2017.
  19. ^ "Orphan Black, Schitt's Creek, Kim's Convenience up for Canadian Screen Awards". CBC News, January 17, 2017.
  20. ^ "Canadian Screen Awards 2018: All the winners". Hello! Canada, March 12, 2018.
  21. ^ Bridget Liszewski, "Snap Judgment: Canadian Screen Award Nominations 2018". The TV Junkies, January 16, 2018.
  22. ^ a b Brent Furdyk, "2019 Canadian Screen Awards: Complete list of winners from TV gala". Global News, April 1, 2019.
  23. ^ Brent Furdyk, "Canadian Screen Awards: Winners Announced For Scripted Drama, Comedy Categories". ET Canada, May 27, 2020.
  24. ^ Heather Cichowski, "2020 Canadian Screen Awards: 'Schitt's Creek' dominates with 26 nominations". Hello! Canada, February 18, 2020.
  25. ^ Naman Ramachandran, "‘Schitt’s Creek,’ ‘Blood Quantum’ Triumph at Canadian Screen Awards". Variety, May 21, 2021.
  26. ^ Brent Furdyk, "Television Nominees Announced For 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Leads The Pack With 21 Nominations". ET Canada, March 30, 2021.
  27. ^ Adina Bresge, "'Scarborough' top film winner at Canadian Screen Awards". CP24, April 10, 2022.
  28. ^ Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.