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 1987-94, and re-booted in 2019, television drama Street Legal.

Biography

Dale was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 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 TV 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 April 13 to May 20, 2018.

Filmography

Movies

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

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1980-81The Wayne & Shuster Superspecial2 Episodes: Cyrano de Bergerac, The Swan Lake Murders
1986The CampbellsSarah Greener2 Episodes: Tales of the Canadas, Heaven Sent
1987Walt Disney's Wonderful World of ColorElizabeth1 Episode: The Liberators
1987Seeing ThingsMarlena1 Episode, Eye of the Beholder
1987Alfred Hitchcock PresentsKelly1 Episode: World's Oldest Motive
1987AdderlyLisping Woman1 Episode, Midnight in Morocco
1987Sadie and SonPaula MelvinTV Movie
1987-88Night HeatAllana Pride / Gloria2 Episodes: Set for Life, All the King's Horses
1988-94Street LegalOlivia Novak107 Episodes
1989Baby CakesOliviaTV Movie
1990War of the WorldsTila1 Episode: 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 Newsroomherself1 Episode: Petty Tyranny
1998Witness to YesterdayMarie Antoinette1 Episode: Marie Antoinette
1998Thanks of a Grateful NationLisa TuiteTV Movie
1999P.T. BarnumCharityTV Movie
2001The Pretender 2001Agent ZaneTV Movie
2001The IndustrySusan Doyle1 Episode: Husband & Wife
2002TrudeauOpening HostessTV Movie
2009Christmas DreamsRose LunetteTV Movie
2010-11BaxterBelinda Nightingale3 Episodes: Audition Fever, Cindy and the Prince of Rock, Finale
2011The ListenerDiane Feeny1 Episode: Eye of the Storm
2014Working the EngelsLytton Schultz1 Episode: Family Therapy
2019Street LegalOlivia NovakRebooted version of 1988-94 series