Janet Wright was born in 1945 in England and grew up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. She was raised in a family of theatre actors. Her siblings are: Anne Wright, John Wright and Susan Wright. Janet had the chance to work with her two sisters, Susan and Anne, in the theater play "Les Belles Soeurs". Besides from her work on television and cinema, Janet has also been involved in several theater projects like: Memoir, The Club, Miss Margarida's Way, Hedda Gabler, The Seahorse, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, A Lie of the Mind, Not Wanted on the Voyage, Uncle Vanya, Shirley Valentine, King John, In the Ring , Hamlet, The Bacchae, Glengarry Glen Ross, Mabel Leaves Forever and Fool For Love, Dancing at Lughnasa and Wrong for Each Other among others.
Janet Wright was married to Brian Richmond and had a son with him named Jacob Richmond who is a playwright, She has a daughter named Celine Richmond. She is married to Bruce Davis. In 29 December 1991, her 44-year-old sister Susan and her parents, Jack and Ruth, died in a house fire.
2014
as Emma Leroy
2012
as Trish
2010
as Grandma Kemp
2008
as Angie - Patty's Mother
2008
as Jojo Landro
2004
as Liz Hinton
2004
as Emma Leroy
2003
as Dr. Fleming
2003
2003
as Alice
2002
as Bonnie
2002
as Joan Thomas
2002
as Coach Olga
2001
as Ma Franklin
2001
as Ma Keller
2001
as Sonia
2000
as Annie
2000
as Ethel Shatford
2000
as Constance(voice)
1999
as Constance (voice)
1998
as Vita Keating
1998
as Naomi Bascombe
1998
1997
as Naomi Bascombe
1997
as First Lady Priest
1997
as Lorca
1996
as Gladys McKenzie
1996
as Fran
1994
as Sgt. Sam Thorn
1991
as Waitress
1988
as Francie
1987
as Martha Jane
1987
1987
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as Fanny
1985
1985
as Helen Neary
1984
as Narrator (voice)
1983
as Helen Armstrong
1982
as Brenda
1978
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as Eunice