Martha Burns

Martha Burns (born 23 April 1957) is a Canadian actress known for her stage work and youth outreach in Ontario and her leading role as Ellen Fanshaw in the TV dramedy series Slings and Arrows.

Early life Burns was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. and Rebecca Baker on Remedy.

Theatre Burns is a founding member and a former associate director of Toronto's Soulpepper Theatre Company. Burns headed up Soulpepper's extensive youth outreach program. and has worked as an instructor for the theatre program at George Brown College.

She has performed leading roles at Stratford, She was nominated five times for a Dora Award and won twice: in 1986 for The Miracle Worker and in 1984 for Trafford Tanzi.

In 2005 she was honoured for her career in the theatre with the Barbara Hamilton Award.

In 2016 Burns was awarded ACTRA’s Leslie Yeo Award, an award honouring actors for their volunteer work. She donated her cash prize to the Qaggiq Performing Arts Teacher Training Workshop, a program that works on developing Inuit-specific performing arts programming for children and youth.

Personal life Burns is married to director and actor Paul Gross. Nominated Canadian Comedy Award for Best Female TV Performance (2006) Won Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role (2006) Won Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role (2007) 2008 Mary Miller "Part One" 2009 Murdoch Mysteries Mrs. Burgess "Convalescence" 2009 Selena Selkirk "The Face of Hope", "The African Prince", "Springing Jett" 2011 Republic of Doyle Joyce "Something Old, Someone Blue" 2011 Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays Jasmina Hart Main role 2013 After All These Years Phyllis Deitrichson TV film 2013 Cracked Alice Kelly "The Valley" 2014 Darknet Mother "Darknet 3" 2014-15 Remedy Rebecca Baker Main roleNominated Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series (2016) 2017 Alias Grace Mrs. Parkinson 3 episodes 2022 Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities Agatha Episode: "Lot 36"