Birth Name: Tara Spencer-Nairn
Birth Date: 1978-01-06
Birth Place: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Details
Alternate Names: Tara Spencer Nairn
Physical Characteristics: N/A
Career
First Appearances: - Don't Look Down (1998) as Rachel
Most Important Roles: - Final Draft (2007) as Kate Twist
- New Waterford Girl (1999) as Lou Benzoa
- Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled (2002) as Lisa
- Big Spender (2003) as
- Rub & Tug (2002) as Betty
- H.E. Double Hockey Sticks (1999) as Anne
- The Perfect Soulmate (2017) as Jean McKinney
- The Girl He Met Online (2014) as Beatrice Casey
- Corner Gas: The Movie (2014) as Karen Pelly
- Here for Blood (2022) as Barb
Career Highlights: - Final Draft (2007)
- New Waterford Girl (1999)
- Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled (2002)
- Big Spender (2003)
- Rub & Tug (2002)
- H.E. Double Hockey Sticks (1999)
- The Perfect Soulmate (2017)
- The Girl He Met Online (2014)
- Corner Gas: The Movie (2014)
- Here for Blood (2022)
Awards
Awards: - Nominated for 1 Canadian Comedy Award - Film - Pretty Funny Female Performance (2003)
- Won Gemini - Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series (2007)
- Nominated for 1 Gemini - Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series (2006)
- Nominated for 1 Gemini - Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series (2004)
- Nominated for 1 Canadian Screen Award - Best Supporting Performance, Web Program or Series (2024)
- Nominated for 1 Canadian Screen Award - Best Performance, Animation (2022)
- Won Fall Award - Best Film (2024)
Full Biography
Tara Spencer-Nairn (born January 6, 1978 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian actress best known for her work on the television series Corner Gas, in which she plays police officer Karen Pelly.
Spencer-Nairn has appeared in a number of Canadian film and TV productions since the mid-1990s. Some of her most noted productions include New Waterford Girl, Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled, and guest appearances on Puppets Who Kill, Relic Hunter, Tom Stone, Bliss, and two appearances on the 1990s revival of The Outer Limits.
Concurrent to appearing in Corner Gas, the actress also appeared on the science fiction series ReGenesis.
In 2011, Spencer-Nairn joined the Season 2 cast of CTV's The Listener to play Nurse Sandy; head triage nurse at fictional St. Luke's Hospital.
