Nancy Palk

Nancy Palk (born 1956) is a Canadian actress,^[1] most noted as one of the founding members of the Soulpepper theatre company.^[2]

Nancy Palk
Born	1956 (age 68–69)
Occupation	Actress
Spouse	Joseph Ziegler (died 2025)
Children	3

Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Palk studied English at Queen's University, later studying at the National Theatre School of Canada in their Acting program.^[1] She has spent her career as an actress based in Toronto, Ontario.^[3]

She has been a six-time Dora Mavor Moore Award nominee for Best Lead Actress, General Theatre, receiving nods in 1988 for I Am Yours,^[4] in 1994 for Dancing at Lughnasa,^[5] in 1996 for The Glorious 12th,^[6] in 1998 for Molly Sweeney,^[7] in 1999 for Don Carlos,^[8] and in 2014 for Angels in America.^[9]

In 2020 she received a nomination in the Best Leading Performer, General Theatre category for August: Osage County.^[10]

She has also had film and television roles, most notably a recurring role as Betsy in the television series Rogue, and a major role in the 2018 film Catch and Release.^[11] However, she has noted in interviews that as a woman who is almost six feet tall, she has often been passed over by film and television casting directors.^[3]

She is married to actor Joseph Ziegler, alongside whom he has acted in several shows including Death of a Salesman, Long Day's Journey Into Night and A Tender Thing, a play by Ben Power which reimagines William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet as an elderly couple confronting mortality.^[12]

Her first cousin is Alix Palk, mother of comic actor Will Arnett. ^[13]