Nancy Sorel

Nancy Sorel
Born	(1964-05-14) May 14, 1964 Fall River, Massachusetts
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1987–present
Spouse	Paul Magel

Nancy Sorel (born May 14, 1964) is a Canadian-American actress known for her roles on many TV series.

Life and career

Born and raised in Fall River, Massachusetts, Sorel received a degree in Theatre and Film from the University of Massachusetts/ Amherst. After graduation she went to New York City and began her acting career starring in Off Broadway plays, commercials, and the role of Coco on the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live.

Her roles in television includes TV series Generations, Murder, She Wrote, The X-Files, The Outer Limits, Cold Squad, Da Vinci's Inquest, Stargate SG-1 and The 4400.

She played also the role of Sammy on Fox’s sitcom Down the Shore (1992-1993). Recently, she plays Clara Fine on Less Than Kind (since 2008) and Claire Eastman on Cashing In (since 2009).

Her other roles include the films Crow's Nest (1992) and I Love You, Don't Touch Me! (1997) movies, and the TV movie The Man Who Used to Be Me (2000), co-starring Rob Estes, William Devane and Laurie Holden.

In 2009, she won a Canadian Comedy Awards for the TV series Less Than Kind.

Nancy Sorel is married to actor Paul Magel.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Crow's Nest	Annie Corssetti
1997	I Love You, Don't Touch Me!	Elizabeth
2006	Goose on the Loose	Hazel McQuaig
2012	Rufus	Vickie
2014	Heaven Is for Real	Dr. Charlotte Slater
2016	Considering Love and Other Magic	Linda
2018	How It Ends	Sonographer
2019	Breakthrough	Mrs. Abbott
	A Dog's Journey	Ringo's Owner
2020	The Grudge	Agent Cole
2023	Ordinary Angels	Virginia

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988-89	One Life to Live	Coco Lane	TV series
1989	Generations	Monique McCallum	TV series
1991	Matlock	Faith Gamson	"The Celebrity"
1991	Jake and the Fatman	Meredith Toomey	"Nevertheless"
1992	The Commish	Lisa	"Shoot the Breeze"
	Lightning Force	Dra. Morgana Finstad	"Checkup"
	Doogie Howser, M.D.	Roxanne Rollins	"Will the Real Dr. Howser Please Stand Up"
1992–93	Down the Shore	Sammy	Regular role
1993	Relentless: Mind of a Killer	Natalie	TV film
	Murder, She Wrote	Jill Walker Machio	"The Survivor"
1994	Beverly Hills, 90210	Gloria Richland	"Life after Death"
	Highlander: The Series	Jill	"Obsession"
1995	Empty Nest	Julie	"The Ex-Files"
	Black Fox	Sarah Johnson	TV miniseries
	The X-Files	Capt. Janet Draper	"The Walk"
1996	In the Lake of the Woods	Pat Hood	TV film
1997	The Outer Limits	Page Houghton	"New Lease"
1998	Welcome to Paradox	Cleo Lawson	"Options"
1999	Beggars and Choosers	Cyra Hampton	"Unsafe Sex"
1999–2000	Da Vinci's Inquest	Kim Leary	"His Wife", "Bring Back the Dead"
2000	Hope Island	Gwen	"20 Sailors Around a Buttonhole"
	Cold Squad	Stephanie	"The Good, the Bad and the Dead"
	Up, Up, and Away!	Mrs. Rosen	TV film
	The Outer Limits	Dana van Owen	"The Gun"
	The Man Who Used to Be Me	Dr. Beck	TV film
	First Wave	Susan	"The Flight of Francis Jeffries"
2001	Seven Days	Esther Simms	"The First Freshman"
2002	Haunted	Susan Mason	"Pilot"
2003	The Twilight Zone	Morgan	"Cold Fusion"
2005	Stargate SG-1	Garan	"It's Good to Be King"
	Tru Calling	Barbara	"Enough"
	The 4400	Jane Orman	"Mommy's Bosses"
2008–2012	Less Than Kind	Clara Fine	Main role
2009–2014	Cashing In	Claire Eastman	Recurring role
2010	Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story	Honey Martini	"Part 1"
2015	The Pinkertons	Marm / Madeleine McGoldrick	"In Marm's Way"
2016	The Man in the High Castle	Mary Dawson	"The Road Less Traveled", "Kintsugi", "Land O' Smiles", "Baku"
2018	Once Upon a Christmas Miracle	Kathy Krueger	TV film
2019	Merry & Bright	Sara	TV film
	A Mazing Winter Romance	Maggie Miller	TV film
2020	Let's Meet Again on Christmas Eve	Nancy Bennet	TV film
2023	Spencer Sisters	Marlina Briggs	Episode #1.2

External links

• Nancy Sorel at IMDb
• Nancy Sorel on Twitter