List of Famous people born in Canada
Jennifer Irwin
Jennifer Irwin is a Canadian actress best known for her roles as Linda on Still Standing and as Laurie Neustadt in the comedy Superstar.
Keegan Connor Tracy
Keegan Connor Tracy is a Canadian actress and author. She is best known for her roles as Audrey Malone in the Showtime comedy-drama series Beggars and Choosers (1999–2000), the Blue Fairy in the ABC fantasy drama series Once Upon a Time (2011–18), Miss Blaire Watson in the A&E drama series Bates Motel (2013–16), and Professor Lipson in the Syfy fantasy series The Magicians (2016–2020). Tracy's other notable work includes roles on the television series Jake 2.0, The 4400, Stargate SG-1, Supernatural, Psych, and Battlestar Galactica.
Paul Maxwell
Paul Maxwell was a Canadian actor who worked mostly in British cinema and television, in which he was usually cast as American characters. In terms of audience, his most notable role was probably that of Steve Tanner, the ex-GI husband of Elsie Tanner in the soap opera Coronation Street in 1967.
Brittany Allen
Brittany Allen is a Canadian actress and composer. Her first notable role was as Marissa Chandler on All My Children from 2009 to 2010, for which she received a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in 2011. In later years, she worked consistently on television, and in the films of her partner, Colin Minihan, including the 2018 film What Keeps You Alive which Allen starred in and scored, the 2014 film Extraterrestrial, and the 2016 film It Stains the Sands Red.
Lara Jean Chorostecki
Lara Jean Chorostecki is a Canadian actress known for her role as Fredricka "Freddie" Lounds in the American psychological thriller–horror television series Hannibal, and as Sergeant Krystina Breeland on the critically acclaimed Canadian series X Company.
Gina Holden
Gina Holden is a Canadian actress, perhaps best known for her roles as Coreen Fennel in Blood Ties, Dale Arden in Flash Gordon, and Shea Allen in Harper's Island.
Arthur Hill
Arthur Edward Spence Hill was a Canadian actor. He was known in British and American theatre, film, and television. He attended the University of British Columbia law school. He studied acting in Seattle, Washington.
George London
George London was an American concert and operatic bass-baritone.
Vinessa Antoine
Vinessa Antoine is a Canadian television actress. She is best known for her roles as Judith Winters in the CBC comedy-drama Being Erica; Jordan Ashford in the ABC soap opera General Hospital; and Marcie Diggs in the CBC drama Diggstown.
David Desharnais
David Kevin Denis Desharnais is a Canadian professional ice hockey center currently playing for HC Fribourg-Gottéron of the National League (NL). Undrafted, he originally signed as a free agent with the Montreal Canadiens in 2008.