Rebecca Northan

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Rebecca Northan is a Canadian actress, improviser, theatre director, and creative artist. She is known for playing the hippie mother Diane Macleod on the CTV and The Comedy Network sitcom Alice, I Think. She has been improvising and working as an actor for many years, and in 2004 she was nominated for a Gemini Award for "Best Ensemble in a Comedy" for The Comedy Network’s The Joe Blow Show. Northan is also a five-time Canadian Comedy Award nominee for "Best Female Improviser". She is a graduate of the University of Calgary, and an alumna of the Loose Moose Theatre Company where she did her improv training with Keith Johnstone. She has made several appearances at the Montreal Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in the World Improv Games, and was a member of The Second City Toronto mainstage cast in Good's Good, Evil's Bad. She has also appeared as a guest host on CBC's This Hour Has 22 Minutes, as well as having appeared in the feature films: The Rocker, and Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium. Rebecca also co-stars in the Showcase series The Foundation, directed by fellow Calgarian, Michael Dowse.


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as Jeremy's Mother
Released: 2008-08-20

In the 1980s, a drummer is abandoned by his band just before they become rock superstars. Twenty...

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Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

as Ellie Applebaum
Released: 2007-11-14

Molly Mahoney is the awkward and insecure manager of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium—the...

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What If

as Holly
Released: 2013-09-07

Medical-school dropout Wallace has been repeatedly burned by bad relationships. So while...

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Princess

as Angular Woman
Released: 2009-05-09

A reclusive princess and a directionless young man embark on a quest to save the world's...

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Change of Plans

as Vice Principal
Released: 2011-01-08

Sally and Jason Danville's life are turned upside down when a tragic accident suddenly names...

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Adult Adoption

as Jane
Released: 2023-01-14

Rosy is a 25-year-old bank teller who ‘aged out’ of the foster care system at 18 and has since...

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Flashpoint

as uncredited
First aired: 2008-07-11

The Strategic Response Unit (SRU) is an elite team of cops who specialize in high-risk critical...

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Life with Derek

as uncredited
First aired: 2005-09-18

Life with Derek is a Canadian television sitcom that aired on Family and VRAK.TV in Canada and...

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Overlord and the Underwoods

as Francine LaRue
First aired: 2021-10-04

A typical North American family's lives change drastically when a distant relative moves in from...

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Alice, I Think

as uncredited
First aired: 2006-06-18

Alice, I Think was a Canadian television series based on the Susan Juby book of the same name....

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