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.
The Perfect Storm
(Ethel Shatford)
Rollerball
(Coach Olga)
Blackwoods
(Ma Franklin)
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
(Brenda)
Framed
(Joan Thomas)
Émile
(Alice)
Mr. Headmistress
(Naomi Bascombe)
American Gothic
(Fanny)
Bingo
(Waitress)
The Tall Man
(Trish)
Laura Lansing Slept Here
(Francie)
Chasing Cain
(Sonia)
Brotherly Love
(Helen Neary)
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
(Helen Armstrong)
Beyond the Call
(Fran)
Corner Gas: The Movie
(Emma Leroy)
Who'll Save Our Children?
Betrayed
(Dr. Fleming)
We the Jury
(Gladys McKenzie)
A Tale of Two Wives
Wolfpen Principle
Ramona and Beezus
(Grandma Kemp)
Lola
(Ma Keller)
After the Promise
Love and other Dilemmas
(Jojo Landro)
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
(Eunice)
Wisegal
(Angie - Patty's Mother)
Christmas Comes to Willow Creek
(Martha Jane)
Turnaround: A Story of Recovery
(Narrator (voice))
Redwall The Movie
(Constance(voice))
Corner Gas
(Emma Leroy)
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
(Liz Hinton)
Monk
(Bonnie)
The Wonderful World of Disney
(Naomi Bascombe)
Wiseguy
Emily of New Moon
Redwall
(Constance (voice))
Lexx
(First Lady Priest)
Dark Angel
(Annie)
Danger Bay
Lexx
(Lorca)
Due South
(Sgt. Sam Thorn)
More Tales of the City
(Vita Keating)