Janet Wright

Janet Wright

Actor

Farnborough, Hampshire, England, UK
March 8, 1945

Biography

Janet Wright was born in 1945 in England and grew up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. She was raised in a family of theatre actors. Her siblings are: Anne Wright, John Wright and Susan Wright. Janet had the chance to work with her two sisters, Susan and Anne, in the theater play "Les Belles Soeurs". Besides from her work on television and cinema, Janet has also been involved in several theater projects like: Memoir, The Club, Miss Margarida's Way, Hedda Gabler, The Seahorse, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, A Lie of the Mind, Not Wanted on the Voyage, Uncle Vanya, Shirley Valentine, King John, In the Ring , Hamlet, The Bacchae, Glengarry Glen Ross, Mabel Leaves Forever and Fool For Love, Dancing at Lughnasa and Wrong for Each Other among others. Janet Wright was married to Brian Richmond and had a son with him named Jacob Richmond who is a playwright, She has a daughter named Celine Richmond. She is married to Bruce Davis. In 29 December 1991, her 44-year-old sister Susan and her parents, Jack and Ruth, died in a house fire.

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Representative Works

The Perfect Storm
The Perfect Storm
6.5
/ English
The Tall Man
The Tall Man
6.1
/ English
Ramona and Beezus
Ramona and Beezus
6.6
/ English
Rollerball
Rollerball
3.9
/ English
Bingo
Bingo
5.1
/ English
Emile
Emile
6.2
/ English
Framed
Framed
5.3
/ English
American Gothic
American Gothic
5.9
/ English
Blackwoods
Blackwoods
3.1
/ English
Wisegal
Wisegal
5.6
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

The Perfect Storm
2000Nominee

Best Performance

The Perfect Storm

The Tall Man
2012Nominee

Best Performance

The Tall Man

Ramona and Beezus
2010Nominee

Best Performance

Ramona and Beezus

Career Highlights

McCabe & Mrs. Miller
1971Highlight

Best Performance

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

Rollerball
2002Highlight

Best Performance

Rollerball