No stranger to television audiences, Mary Walsh may be best known for her work on This Hour Has 22 Minutes, CBC’s wildly popular take on current affairs. The series, which she also created, has earned her many Gemini awards and showcased her dynamic range of characters, including the flagrantly outspoken ‘Marg Delahunty’. Walsh’s many other recent credits include CBC’s smash, new series Republic of Doyle; CityTV’s Murdoch Mysteries; The Quality of Life; The Matters of Life and Dating with Ricky Lake for the Lifetime Network; The Wind In The Willows, a fantasy themed drama based on the book by Kenneth Grahame; Young Triffie’s Been Made Away With, a comedy which she also wrote and directed; and the comedy series Hatching, Matching & Dispatching, which Walsh wrote, produced and starred in opposite Mark McKinney. Walsh appeared in the award-winning film Crackie (screened at the Toronto International Film Festival), with other select feature film credits including: Mambo Italiano; The Divine Ryans with Pete Postlethwaite; The New Waterford Girl, and in the title role of Violet. Among her many awards and doctorates, Mary is also the recipient of the Order of Canada.