Cynthia Dale


Cynthia Ciurluini, known professionally as Cynthia Dale, is a Canadian television actress and stage performer. She is best known for her role as lawyer Olivia Novak in the television drama ''Street Legal.''

Biography

Dale was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on 11 August 1960 and attended Michael Power/St. Joseph High School. She is the sister of Canadian actress Jennifer Dale and entered the acting world in 1965 after accompanying her sister to an audition. Dale and her sister would appear together in a CBC variety special.
In the 1970s and 1980s, she appeared in a number of movies and stage productions. She appeared as Patty in the 1981 Canadian slasher film, My Bloody Valentine. She appeared in New York City in an off-Broadway play in 1987, and previously in 1983 first appeared at the Stratford Festival, where she has headlined several shows in the 2000s. She starred in the 1985 movie Heavenly Bodies, where she played the owner of an aerobics dance studio.
Since 1998, she has been married to CBC News anchor Peter Mansbridge. They have one child, Will.
She was a member of the judging panel of the Canadian television show Triple Sensation in 2007.
She played Helen Bechdel in the Musical Stage Company's Off-Mirvish production of Fun Home at the CAA Theatre from 13 April 2018 to 20 May 2018.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1981My Bloody ValentinePatty
1983SnowUnknownShort
1984Heavenly BodiesSamantha Blair
1986The Boy in BlueMargaret
1987MoonstruckSheila
2008A Broken LifeCarla

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1980-1981The Wayne & Shuster SuperspecialUnknown2 episodes: "Cyrano de Bergerac"; "The Swan Lake Murders"
1986The CampbellsSarah Greener2 episodes: "Tales of the Canadas"; "Heaven Sent"
1987Walt Disney's Wonderful World of ColorElizabethEpisode: "The Liberators"
1987Seeing ThingsMarlenaEpisode, "Eye of the Beholder"
1987Alfred Hitchcock PresentsKellyEpisode: "World's Oldest Motive"
1987AdderlyLisping WomanEpisode, "Midnight in Morocco"
1987Sadie and SonPaula MelvinTV movie
1987-1988Night HeatAllana Pride / Gloria2 episodes: "Set for Life"; "All the King's Horses"
1988-1994Street LegalOlivia Novak107 episodes
1989Baby CakesOliviaTV movie
1990War of the WorldsTilaEpisode: "The Obelisk"
1992In the Eyes of a StrangerNancyTV movie
1995At the Midnight HourJullianTV movie
1995Taking the FallsTerry Lane13 episodes
1995Spenser: A Savage PlaceCandy SloaneTV movie
1996The NewsroomHerselfEpisode: "Petty Tyranny"
1998Witness to YesterdayMarie AntoinetteEpisode: "Marie Antoinette"
1998Thanks of a Grateful NationLisa TuiteTV movie
1999P.T. BarnumCharityTV movie
2001The Pretender 2001Agent Andrea ZaneTV movie
2001The IndustrySusan DoyleEpisode: "Husband & Wife"
2002TrudeauOpening HostessTV movie
2009Christmas DreamsRose LunetteTV movie
2010-2011BaxterBelinda Nightingale3 episodes: "Audition Fever"; "Cindy and the Prince of Rock"; "Finale"
2011The ListenerDiane FeenyEpisode: "Eye of the Storm"
2014Working the EngelsLytton SchultzEpisode: "Family Therapy"
2019Street LegalOlivia NovakRebooted version of 1988–94 series
2022CoronerAunt Vick2 episodes: "Blast to the Past"; "Death Goes On"
2023Murdoch MysteriesBarbara SerranoEpisode: "Murder in F Major"