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Rebecca Northan

Acting
Known For

55 Years Old

Rebecca Northan is a Canadian actress, improviser, theatre director, and creative artist. She is known for playing the hippie mother Diane Macleod on the CTV and The Comedy Network sitcom Alice, I Think. She has been improvising and working as an actor for many years, and in 2004 she was nominated for a Gemini Award for "Best Ensemble in a Comedy" for The Comedy Network’s The Joe Blow Show. Northan is also a five-time Canadian Comedy Award nominee for "Best Female Improviser". She is a graduate of the University of Calgary, and an alumna of the Loose Moose Theatre Company where she did her improv training with Keith Johnstone. She has made several appearances at the Montreal Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in the World Improv Games, and was a member of The Second City Toronto mainstage cast in Good's Good, Evil's Bad. She has also appeared as a guest host on CBC's This Hour Has 22 Minutes, as well as having appeared in the feature films: The Rocker, and Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium. Rebecca also co-stars in the Showcase series The Foundation, directed by fellow Calgarian, Michael Dowse.

Born

Calgary, Alberta, Canada on 1st January 1970

All Credits

Life with Derek Image
Life with Derek
Flashpoint Image
Flashpoint
Overlord and the Underwoods Image
Overlord and the Underwoods
Francine LaRue
What If Image
What If
Holly
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium Image
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Ellie Applebaum
The Rocker Image
The Rocker
Jeremy's Mother
Alice, I Think Image
Alice, I Think
Princess Image
Princess
Angular Woman
Change of Plans Image
Change of Plans
Vice Principal
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Adult Adoption
Jane