Nancy Lee Robertson is a Canadian actress, best known for her roles as Wanda Dollard in the television series ''

Corner Gas ''Corner Gas'' is a Canadian television sitcom created by Brent Butt. The series ran for six seasons from 2004 to 2009. Re-runs still air on CTV, CTV2, CTV Comedy Channel, Much, MTV, E! and are streaming on Crave and Amazon Prime. The seri ...

'' and Millie Upton in the series ''

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'', both of which were created by and starring her husband,

Brent Butt Brent Leroy Butt (born August 3, 1966) is a Canadian actor, comedian, and screenwriter. He is best known for his role as Brent Leroy on the CTV Television Network, CTV sitcom ''Corner Gas'', which he created. He also created the television serie ...

Early life

Robertson was born and raised in

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. She studied drama during high school and graduated in 1990. She went on to attend the Breck Academy and The Vancouver Arts Club Theatre Program.

Career

Robertson's television career began with the CBC

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series ''The 11th Hour''. She later played temperamental parking attendant Harriet Sharpe in the

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film ''

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''; her fellow parking attendant, Grant Parker, is played by

Fred Ewanuick Fred Ewanuick ( /əˈwαnɪk/; born June 23, 1971) is a Canadian actor known for his roles in the television series ''Corner Gas'' as Hank Yarbo and as the title character in the CTV sitcom ''Dan for Mayor''. He was also a regular in a CTV anthol ...

, who later co-starred with Robertson in ''

''. From 2004 to 2009, Robertson played Wanda Dollard, an intelligent and sarcastic gas station attendant, on the hit Canadian television series ''Corner Gas''. In 2010, Robertson's husband and ''Corner Gas'' co-star,

created a new television series, ''

''. The show's lead role, a children's author with anger-management issues, was not initially written with Robertson in mind, but she decided to take on the role upon reading the script. The second and final season of ''Hiccups'' ended on 28 August 2011. Robertson played the role of Principal Moreno in the television movie ''

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''. Robertson is an alumna of the

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troupe.

Personal life

On 19 November 2005, Robertson married her ''

'' and ''

'' co-star

. They live in Vancouver.

Filmography

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Robertson, Nancy Actresses from Vancouver Canadian television actresses Canadian voice actresses Living people Year of birth missing (living people)