# Angela Asher

Angela Asher is a Canadian film and television actress. She is most noted for her role as Tara Mercer in 18 to Life, for which she received a nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy Series at the 26th Gemini Awards in 2011.
She has also had recurring or regular roles in the television series Married Life, This Is Wonderland, Degrassi, Inhuman Condition, Bad Blood, Hard Rock Medical and Workin' Moms, and appeared in the films Interstate 60, King of Sorrow, A Dark Truth and Ghostland.
In 2022, Asher was a candidate in the 2022 Ontario general election for the New Blue Party of Ontario, which garnered publicity by opposing public health measures against COVID-19. She ran in Spadina—Fort York, placing fifth with under two percent of the vote while incumbent MPP Chris Glover was re-elected.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1992 | Talons of the Eagle | Constable Link | |
| 1994 | Boozecan | Bell | |
| 2001 | True Blue | Levealle | |
| 2002 | Interstate 60 | Waitress | |
| 2007 | King of Sorrow | Dr. Dreyfus | |
| 2009 | A Touch of Grey | Liz | |
| 2012 | A Dark Truth | Caller | Voice |
| 2013 | A Fish Story | Louise | |
| 2016 | Only I... | Marcy Galloway | |
| 2018 | Ghostland | Candy Truck Woman | |
| 2019 | Claws of the Red Dragon | Clair Rosenberg | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1994 | Catwalk | Janie | Episode: "Getting What You Want" |
| 1994 | Forever Knight | Prostitute | Episode: "Killer Instinct" |
| 1994 | Side Effects | Amber | Episode: "Superman" |
| 1995 | The Hardy Boys | Karen Smith | Episode: "A Perfect Stranger" |
| 1995 | Where's the Money, Noreen? | Noreen Lookalike | Television film |
| 1996 | Once a Thief | Olivia Gearing | Television film |
| 1997 | Psi Factor | Angel | Episode: "The Curse/Angel on a Plane" |
| 1997 | Earth: Final Conflict | Frauke Manheim | Episode: "Horizon Zero" |
| 1998 | When Husbands Cheat | Motel Woman | Television film |
| 1998 | Once a Thief | Olivia Gearing | Episode: "Shaken Not Stirred" |
| 2001 | Queer as Folk | Marianne 'M.M.' MacDonald | Episode: "Very Stupid People" |
| 2001 | Sex, Lies & Obsession | Health Clinic Nurse | Television film |
| 2002 | Puppets Who Kill | Nurse Ynez | Episode: "Bill's Brain" |
| 2003 | Blue Murder | Carly Mitchell | Episode: "Ambush" |
| 2003 | Coast to Coast | Tanya Reinhardt | Television film |
| 2004–2006 | This Is Wonderland | Trish De Raey / Joelle Bellemy | 6 episodes |
| 2006 | The Path to 9/11 | Lorraine Di Taranto | 2 episodes |
| 2008–2009 | Degrassi: The Next Generation | Evelyn Valieri | 4 episodes |
| 2010 | Ties That Bind | Meredith Cole | Television film |
| 2010–2011 | 18 to Life | Tara Hill | 25 episodes |
| 2013 | The Listener | Kay Walton | Episode: "Love's a Bitch" |
| 2013–2018 | Hard Rock Medical | Nancy Siebolski | 39 episodes |
| 2016 | Inhuman Condition | Rachel | 9 episodes |
| 2016 | I'll Be Home for Christmas | Suzi Tate | Television film |
| 2016, 2018 | Private Eyes | Maggie Melroy | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | My Roommate's an Escort | Joanne | 2 episodes |
| 2017–2018 | Bad Blood | Renata | 6 episodes |
| 2018 | Ghost BFF | Coco Beauvais | 4 episodes |
| 2018 | Workin' Moms | Dorothy Cutwater | 5 episodes |
| 2018 | Christmas at Grand Valley | Vera | Television film |
| 2019 | Northern Rescue | Officer Dani | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Impulse | Fran | Episode: "For Those Lost" |
| 2019 | Hudson & Rex | Haley Farr | Episode: "Dead Man Walking" |
| 2019 | Ghostwriter | Mouse | Episode: "The Jungle Ghost, Part 1" |

## Electoral record

vte2022 Ontario general election: Spadina—Fort York :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Chris Glover | 15,595 | 46.06 | −3.56 | $135,213 |
| | Liberal | Chi Nguyen | 9,463 | 27.95 | +4.28 | $81,726 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Husain Neemuchwala | 6,221 | 18.37 | −3.41 | $14,178 |
| | Green | Cara Des Granges | 1,902 | 5.62 | +1.97 | $1,233 |
| | New Blue | Angela Asher | 581 | 1.72 | | $5,875 |
| | Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda | Jan Osko | 95 | 0.28 | +0.11 | $0 |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 33,857 | 100.0 | | $139,048 |
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 230 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,087 | 34.35 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 99,325 |
| | New Democratic hold | New Democratic hold | Swing | Swing | −3.92 |
| Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on May 18, 2023."Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on May 21, 2023. |||||||