Mimi Kuzyk
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Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1979–present |
Mimi Kuzyk (born February 21, 1952) is a Canadian actress.
She was born in Winnipeg to Fred and Kay Kuzyk, and received her early education at the Immaculate Heart of Mary School.[1] She danced with the Rusalka Ukrainian dance group in Winnipeg for 12 years[1] and briefly studied jazz dance at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School.
Her film debut was in the 1984 film, He's Hired, She's Fired.[2] Since then she has had roles in numerous films and television series. Mimi is most noted for playing Detective Patsy Mayo on Hill Street Blues[2] from 1984 to 1986. She received a Genie Award nomination for her work in the 2001 Canadian drama Lost and Delirious, and Gemini Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress.[2] In 2001 she was selected to be the parade marshal for the Bloor West Village Ukrainian Festival in Toronto.[3]
She has also appeared on: Murder, She Wrote, Quantum Leap, Doogie Howser, M.D., The Chris Isaak Show, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, L.A. Law, The Love Boat, Remington Steele, Second City TV,The Ray Bradbury Theater, Instant Star, Traders, Blue Murder, Total Recall 2070, NCIS, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, and The Outer Limits.[2]
As of 1996, she was married to Greek-born carpenter Manolin Kourtikakis and has a daughter Kaliopi.[1]
Filmography
- Loving Friends and Perfect Couples (1983)
- He's Hired, She's Fired[2] (1984)
- Blind Justice (1986)
- Family Sins[2] (1987)
- Speed Zone (1989)
- The Lifeforce Experiment[2] (1995)
- My Date with the President's Daughter[2] (1998)
- Strange Justice[2] (1999)
- Cruel Justice[2] (1999)
- Waking the Dead[2] (2000)
- The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2000)
- Our Hero [2] (2000-2002)
- Lost and Delirious[2] (2001)
- Fairytales and Pornography[2] (2002)
- Phase IV[2] (2002)
- The Human Stain[2] (2003)
- "I Do...But I Don't" (television film)(2004)
- A Different Loyalty[2] (2004)
- The Day After Tomorrow[2] (2004)
- The Final Cut[2] (2004)
- The Last Sign[2] (2005)
- XIII[2] (2008)
- Camille[4] (2008)
- Sophie (2008-2009)
- Sex After Kids (2013)
- Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments (2016)
References
- ^ a b c Guly, Christopher (November 17, 1996), "Mimi Kuzyk: The Canadian sequel", the Ukrainian Weekly, vol. 54, no. 46, retrieved 2011-12-11
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Brennan, Sandra, "Mimi Kuzyk", The New York Times, retrieved 2011-12-11
- ^ Klufas, Jurij (October 14, 2001), "35,000 crowd North America's largest Ukrainian street festival", the Ukrainian Weekly, vol. 59, no. 41, retrieved 2011-12-11
- ^ Sophie: Cast, CBC, retrieved 2011-12-11
External links
- Mimi Kuzyk at IMDb