Ellen Dubin is a
Canadian
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actress. She is best known for her part in the television mini-series ''
Lexx
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'', playing the role of
Giggerota.
From 2004 to 2006, Dubin starred in the TV series ''
The Collector
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'' as Jeri Slate. She was nominated for a
Gemini Award
The Gemini Awards were awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television between 1986–2011 to recognize the achievements of Canada's television industry. The Gemini Awards are analogous to the Emmy Awards given in the United States ...
for this role. She also played a guest appearance role in
Gene Roddenberry
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's ''
Earth: Final Conflict'' as well as a number of other series. In 2006 Dubin appeared in the TV movie ''
The Wives He Forgot
''The Wives He Forgot'' is a 2006 film written and produced by J.J. Jamieson, directed by Mario Azzopardi and starring Molly Ringwald as Charlotte Saint John, a small town attorney, who comes to the aid of Gabriel ( Mark Humphrey), a handsome stra ...
'' with
Molly Ringwald
Molly Kathleen Ringwald (born February 18, 1968) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and author. She was cast in her first major role as Molly in the NBC sitcom '' The Facts of Life'' (1979–80) after a casting director saw her playing an o ...
and
Mark Humphrey. In 2004 she appeared in ''
Napoleon Dynamite
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''.
Dubin is the spokesperson for the
Make-a-Wish Foundation
The Make-A-Wish Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in the United States that helps fulfill the wishes of children with a critical illness between the ages of and 18 years old.
Make-A-Wish was founded in 1980 and headqua ...
in Toronto and Central Ontario.
She was married to Canadian media executive
Jay Switzer until his death in 2018.
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
Other
References
External links
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Official WebsiteOfficial Facebook page
Actresses from Toronto
Canadian film actresses
Canadian television actresses
Canadian video game actresses
Canadian voice actresses
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
20th-century Canadian actresses
21st-century Canadian actresses
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