MEG TILLY
Name: Meg Tilly
Birth name: Margaret E. Chan
Born: 14 February 1960 Long Beach, California
Meg Tilly (born February 14, 1960) is an Academy Award-nominated American
actress, Broadway stage dancer and ballerina.
Tilly, the third of four children, was born Margaret E. Chan in Long Beach,
California, the daughter of Patricia Tilly, a schoolteacher, and Harry Chan,
a Chinese American used car salesman. Following her parents' divorce when she
was three, she was raised by her mother and stepfather, John Ward, in British
Columbia, Canada. Tilly graduated from Esquimalt High School in Victoria,
British Columbia. She has two sisters: Rebecca, and actress Jennifer Tilly (born
1958).
Tilly won a Golden Globe and was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar
for the portrayal of Sister Agnes in Agnes of God
As a teen, she was involved with the Connecticut Ballet Company, as well as the
Throne Dance Theatre, and made her screen debut with Alan Parker's Fame in 1980.
A serious back injury forced her to give up dance. She entered the field of
acting, appearing in films such as The Big Chill and Psycho II before her
acclaimed title role in Agnes of God, for which she was nominated for an Oscar
and won a Golden Globe. Tilly later appeared in Valmont, The Two Jakes with Jack
Nicholson and Leaving Normal, as well as Body Snatchers, in which she delivered
a pessimistic monologue in the form of an alien.
Tilly was the first choice for the role of Constanze Mozart in Milos Forman's
film Amadeus. Unfortunately, despite glowing appraisals of her rehearsal work by
both her would-be costar Tom Hulce and director Forman, she sustained a serious
leg injury playing soccer with some local children and was forced to drop out.
The role later went to Elizabeth Berridge.
Tilly has written a novel entitled Singing Songs, comprising a series of
vignettes about a young girl whose stepfather molests her and her sisters. A
second novel, Gemma, came out in October 2006.
Name: Meg Tilly
Birth name: Margaret E. Chan
Born: 14 February 1960 Long Beach, California
Meg Tilly (born February 14, 1960) is an Academy Award-nominated American
actress, Broadway stage dancer and ballerina.
Tilly, the third of four children, was born Margaret E. Chan in Long Beach,
California, the daughter of Patricia Tilly, a schoolteacher, and Harry Chan,
a Chinese American used car salesman. Following her parents' divorce when she
was three, she was raised by her mother and stepfather, John Ward, in British
Columbia, Canada. Tilly graduated from Esquimalt High School in Victoria,
British Columbia. She has two sisters: Rebecca, and actress Jennifer Tilly (born
1958).
Tilly won a Golden Globe and was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar
for the portrayal of Sister Agnes in Agnes of God
As a teen, she was involved with the Connecticut Ballet Company, as well as the
Throne Dance Theatre, and made her screen debut with Alan Parker's Fame in 1980.
A serious back injury forced her to give up dance. She entered the field of
acting, appearing in films such as The Big Chill and Psycho II before her
acclaimed title role in Agnes of God, for which she was nominated for an Oscar
and won a Golden Globe. Tilly later appeared in Valmont, The Two Jakes with Jack
Nicholson and Leaving Normal, as well as Body Snatchers, in which she delivered
a pessimistic monologue in the form of an alien.
Tilly was the first choice for the role of Constanze Mozart in Milos Forman's
film Amadeus. Unfortunately, despite glowing appraisals of her rehearsal work by
both her would-be costar Tom Hulce and director Forman, she sustained a serious
leg injury playing soccer with some local children and was forced to drop out.
The role later went to Elizabeth Berridge.
Tilly has written a novel entitled Singing Songs, comprising a series of
vignettes about a young girl whose stepfather molests her and her sisters. A
second novel, Gemma, came out in October 2006.