Patricia Phillips is a Canadian actress and documentary film producer. She is most noted for her performances as Sharon in the 1985 film '' Bayo'', for which she was an

ACTRA Award The ACTRA Awards were first presented in 1972 to celebrate excellence in Canada's television and radio industries.

nominee for Best Television Actress at the

15th ACTRA Awards The 15th ACTRA Awards were presented on April 2, 1986 to honour achievements in Canadian television production in 1985. They were the final ACTRA Awards presented before the responsibility for organizing and presenting Canadian television awards w ...

in 1986,"ACTRA nominations for 15th annual Nellie Awards on April 2". ''

Montreal Gazette The ''Montreal Gazette'', formerly titled ''The Gazette'', is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Three other daily English-language newspapers shuttered at various times during the second half of th ...

'', March 18, 1986. and Helen in the

St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts The St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts is a performing arts theatre complex located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Situated on Front Street one block east of Yonge Street, it was the City of Toronto's official centennial project, commemorat ...

' 1985 production of ''

And a Nightingale Sang ''And a Nightingale Sang'' is a play by British playwright C.P. Taylor (1977) and commissioned by Newcastle upon Tyne's Live Theatre Company. The play was made into a TV program in 1989 by Jack Rosenthal for Tyne Tees Television. Described as a ...

'', for which she received a

Dora Mavor Moore Award The Dora Mavor Moore Award (also known as the Dora Award) is an award presented annually by the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts which honours theatre, dance and opera productions in Toronto. Named after Dora Mavor Moore, who helped estab ...

nomination for Best Leading Actress (General Theatre) at the 1986 Dora Mavor Moore Awards. She was an ACTRA winner for Best Radio Actress at the

13th ACTRA Awards The 13th ACTRA Awards were presented on April 3, 1984. The ceremony was hosted by Laurier LaPierre, Ann Mortifee and Jayne Eastwood.Rick Groen, "Popular mini-series dominates ACTRA awards: Empire earns big dividend". ''The Globe and Mail ''Th ...

in 1984 for her performance as Morag Gunn in a 1983

CBC Radio CBC Radio is the English-language radio operations of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The CBC operates a number of radio networks serving different audiences and programming niches, all of which (regardless of language) are outlined below ...

dramatization of

Margaret Laurence Jean Margaret Laurence (née Wemyss; July 18, 1926 – January 5, 1987) was a Canadian novelist and short story writer, and is one of the major figures in Canadian literature. She was also a founder of the Writers' Trust of Canada, a non-pr ...

's novel ''

The Diviners ''The Diviners'' is a novel by Margaret Laurence. Published by McClelland & Stewart in 1974, it was Laurence's final novel, and is considered one of the classics of Canadian literature. The novel won the Governor General's Award for English-lan ...

'', and a nominee for Best Supporting Actress at the

14th ACTRA Awards The 14th ACTRA Awards were presented on April 3, 1985, to honour achievements in Canadian television and radio broadcasting in 1984.Rick Groen, "Susan Wright takes ACTRA award as top actress; Chautauqua Girl top TV show". ''The Globe and Mail'', ...

in 1985 for her supporting role in ''The Passion of the Patriots''. She left acting in the 1990s, forming Great North Productions with

Tom Radford Tom Radford (born March 12, 1946) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker from Edmonton, Alberta.Tom Murray"Tom Radford" ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', March 22, 2010. A cofounder with Anne Wheeler and P. J. Reese of the Filmwest Associates studio, Ra ...

and her husband Andy Thomson.Dominik Wisniewski, "Carrying Place resident stars in IMAX 3D production". ''Brighton Independent'', May 2, 2013. The company's projects included the television series ''

Destiny Ridge ''Destiny Ridge'' is a Canadian television drama series, which aired on Global in the 1990s. Produced by Atlantis Communications and Great North Productions in conjunction with a German firm, the series premiered on November 29, 1993."Can't beat ...

'' and ''

Jake and the Kid ''Jake and the Kid'' is a collection of short stories by W. O. Mitchell, originally published in 1961. Many stories in the series appeared in ''Maclean's'' prior to the book's publication. Mitchell also published a sequel volume, ''According to J ...

'', as well as numerous documentary films. After the firm was acquired by

Alliance Atlantis Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. (commonly known as Alliance Atlantis and commonly shortened to simply Alliance or Atlantis and formerly traded as TSX:AAC) was a Canadian media company that operated primarily as a specialty service operato ...

in 2000,"Great North bought out by Alliance". ''

Halifax Daily News ''The Daily News'' was a tabloid newspaper in Halifax, Nova Scotia, that was published from 1974 until ceasing operations in February 2008. History ''The Daily News'' owed its existence to David Bentley, who, along with his wife Diana and Patric ...

'', July 14, 2000. Phillips remained with Alliance Atlantis for a number of years as head of documentary production, before returning to acting in small supporting roles in the early 2010s.

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