Debra McGrath is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 actress and comedienne.

Education

Debra McGrath was born in Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

 in 1954. She studied theatre at Ryerson University

Ryerson University

Ryerson University is a public research university located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its urban campus is adjacent to Yonge-Dundas Square located at the busiest intersection in Downtown Toronto. The majority of its buildings are in the blocks northeast of the square in Toronto's Garden...

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Career

McGrath first started her career at the The Second City

The Second City

The Second City is a improvisational comedy enterprise which originated in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.The Second City Theatre opened on December 16, 1959 and has since expanded its presence to several other cities, including Toronto and Los Angeles...

 Toronto, Ontario in 1983, where she was a writer and actress, and eventually a director.

McGrath has made numerous guest appearances on a variety of Canadian TV series, and had a regular role in the first season of Paradise Falls

Paradise Falls

Paradise Falls is a weekly soap opera shown nationally on the Showcase channel in Canada, starting in 2001. It is set in a summer cottage community in Central Ontario....

. She starred with her husband, Colin Mochrie

Colin Mochrie

Colin Andrew Mochrie is a Scottish Canadian actor and improvisational comedian, most famous for his appearances on the British and US versions of television improvisation show Whose Line Is It Anyway?.-Early life:...

, in two television series, CBC

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...

's Getting Along Famously

Getting Along Famously

Getting Along Famously is a Canadian sitcom which aired on CBC Television in 2006.Set in the early 1960s, Getting Along Famously features Robin Duke, Bob Martin and Patrick McKenna as real-life couple Colin Mochrie and Debra McGrath....

and the children's series Seven Little Monsters

Seven Little Monsters

Seven Little Monsters is a children's television program produced by Suzhou Hong Yang Cartoon Co. Ltd. for Nelvana, and is about a family of seven monsters and their mother. The series is created by Maurice Sendak, and directed by Neil Affleck, Lynn Reist, and Glen Sylvester. Each monster is named...

. She can also be seen in Little Mosque on the Prairie

Little Mosque on the Prairie

Little Mosque on the Prairie is a Canadian sitcom on CBC, created by Zarqa Nawaz and produced by WestWind Pictures. It is filmed in Toronto, Ontario and Indian Head, Saskatchewan...

in which she plays Mayor Popowitcz.

In 2003, she formed a comedy troupe called Women Fully Clothed

Women Fully Clothed

Women Fully Clothed is a Canadian live sketch comedy troupe, with a cast of four women, touring throughout the world.-Cast:*Kathy Greenwood *Robin Duke...

. Fellow cast members Kathy Greenwood

Kathy Greenwood

Kathryn "Kathy" Greenwood is a Canadian actress and comedienne. She appeared on the American version of Whose Line Is It Anyway? numerous times, and played Grace Bailey on the Canadian television drama series Wind at My Back....

, Robin Duke

Robin Duke

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, Jayne Eastwood

Jayne Eastwood

Jayne Eastwood , also credited as Jane Easton or Jane Eastwood, is a Canadian actress most famous for appearing in the 2002 film Chicago. She was one of the original cast members of the Toronto branch of The Second City, and was a semi-regular on SCTV...

, Teresa Pavlinek

Teresa Pavlinek

Teresa Pavlinek is a Canadian actress, writer and television producer, best known as the creator and star of The Jane Show.-Career:...

 and McGrath perform sketches about situations ordinary women face everyday. McGrath left the troupe in the first half of 2009.

She has also done voices in several other animated shows including George and Martha

George and Martha

George and Martha is an animated children's television show which comprises 26 episodes made in 1999. The program revolves around the lives of two hippos: George and Martha...

, Stories From My Childhood, George Shrinks

George Shrinks

George Shrinks is a Canadian animated television series. It is based on the children's book by William Joyce, produced in China by Jade Animation and in Canada by Nelvana, in association with Public Broadcasting Service . It tells the story of a ten-year-old boy named George who, for unexplained...

, Diabolik

Diabolik

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, The Raccoons

The Raccoons

The Raccoons is a Canadian animated television series which was originally broadcast from 1985 to 1991 with four preceding television specials beginning in 1980. The series was created by Kevin Gillis, and produced at Atkinson Film-Arts first-hand from 1984 to 1985, then at Hinton Animation Studios...

, Babar

Babar (TV series)

Babar is an animated television series produced in Canada by Nelvana Limited and The Clifford Ross Company. It premiered in 1989 on CBC and HBO, subsequently was rerun on HBO Family and Qubo. The series is based on Jean de Brunhoff's original Babar books, and was Nelvana's first international...

, Little Bear

Little Bear (TV series)

Maurice Sendak's Little Bear is a Canadian children's television series starring a Little Bear voiced by Kristin Fairlie. Originally produced by Nelvana for Nickelodeon, it currently airs on Treehouse TV in Canada and Nick Jr. in the United States. A direct-to-video full-length feature film was...

, Blazing Dragons

Blazing Dragons

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, Mr. Men and Little Miss

Mr. Men and Little Miss

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, My Dad the Rock Star

My Dad the Rock Star

My Dad the Rock Star is an animated television series created by Gene Simmons of KISS fame, and produced by Canadian company Nelvana for the Canadian based channel Teletoon...

, Bob and Margaret

Bob and Margaret

Bob and Margaret was a Canadian/UK animated television series that was also shown in the United States and all over the world. The series was produced by Nelvana, a Toronto animation studio, and created by Canadian David Fine and Brit Alison Snowden...

, Anatole

Anatole (TV series)

Anatole is an animated children's television series based on the Anatole book series by Eve Titus. The series tells the story of Anatole, a mouse who lives in Paris. He works as a night watchman in a cheese factory. He has a wife, Doucette and a family of six little mice. It originally aired in...

, Freaky Stories

Freaky Stories

Freaky Stories is a Canadian television series, which was originally broadcasted by YTV in English and Canal Famille in French...

, The Busy World of Richard Scarry

The Busy World of Richard Scarry

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, The Neverending Story

The Neverending Story (TV series)

The Neverending Story: The Animated Adventures of Bastian Balthazar Bux is an animated television series, produced by CineVox , Ellipse , and Nelvana , aired for one season on HBO, ran for 26 episodes, and loosely based on Michael Ende's book, The Neverending Story .In the animated series, the...

, Free Willy

Free Willy (TV series)

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, Corduroy

Corduroy (TV series)

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, Bad Dog

Bad Dog (TV series)

Bad Dog was an animated cartoon that aired on FOX Family and Teletoon in 1998. The cartoon focused on the Potanski family and their dog Berkeley. The show's gimmick was that, whenever Berkeley was told that he was a bad dog, he would freeze and pretend to be dead until someone told him he was a...

, Flying Rhino Junior High

Flying Rhino Junior High

Flying Rhino Junior High is a Canadian animated television series produced by Nelvana Limited and Scottish Television. It originally aired from October 3, 1998 to January 22, 2000 on the CBS Kids Show. Reruns used to be shown on STV in Scotland, and in 2011 reruns returned to YTV after a four...

, Medabots

Medabots

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, The Berenstain Bears

The Berenstain Bears (2003 TV series)

The Berenstain Bears is a 2003 animated television series based on Stan and Jan Berenstain's children's book series of the same name. Although most of the earlier episodes in the series were based on the book series, later episodes were not based on any of the books.-Sypnosis:The series follows...

, BIRDZ

BIRDZ

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, Flash Gordon and Franklin

Franklin (TV series)

Franklin is a Canadian animated television series, based on the Franklin the Turtle books by Brenda Clark and Paulette Bourgeois. The television series was named after its main character, Franklin the Turtle...

as well as the feature film Franklin and the Green Knight

Franklin and the Green Knight

Franklin and the Green Knight was the first ever Franklin movie, released direct to video and DVD in 2000. It has since aired on Noggin and Nick Jr. in the United States, and Canada's Family Channel.-Plot:Franklin is at first excited when he learns that his parents are going to have a baby...

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Personal life

McGrath met and married Colin Mochrie

Colin Mochrie

Colin Andrew Mochrie is a Scottish Canadian actor and improvisational comedian, most famous for his appearances on the British and US versions of television improvisation show Whose Line Is It Anyway?.-Early life:...

 while working at Second City. They have lived in Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

, and the United States. She and Colin currently live in Toronto with their son, Luke (born 1990). Their son is currently a member of the website That Guy with the Glasses

That Guy with the Glasses

That Guy with the Glasses is a website that mostly showcases satirical reviews of movies and video games. It primarily stars Chicago native Douglas Darien "Doug" Walker as "That Guy with the Glasses". The founder and administrator of the site is Michael Michaud, CEO of the parent company Channel...

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