Deborah Grover


Deborah Grover is a Canadian actress, known for her regular roles as prosecuting attorney Elaine Jeffers in Night Heat and Nora in Jann.

Early life and education

Grover studied acting and dance, attending classes at the National Arts Centre, Ottawa, the Ryerson Theatre School, Toronto, and two summers in Alberta at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.

Career

Stage

On stage, Grover performs theatre plays including roles in David Hare's Stuff Happens, Huda in Heather Raffo's 9 Parts of Desire, Mummy in Stockholm, Madeleine in Savannah Bay, Sonja in Michael Frayn's The Two of Us, and Frau Henne in Bremen Town, among others.

Screen

Grover has over thirty theatrical film credits, beginning with her role as Sister Anne in the 1985 film, Agnes of God, and continuing with appearances in The Gate, The Uncles, Fatman, The Shipping News, Where the Truth Lies, Six Figures, and Alice, Darling.
She also appears in television movies, including The Christmas Wife, Under the Piano, When Innocence Is Lost, and Rated X, in addition to the miniseries Bag of Bones, The Kennedys, and The Firm.
In addition to her regular roles on Night Heat and Jann, Grover has had multiple appearances on Our Hero,
How to Be Indie, Happy Town, Sensitive Skin, Orphan Black, and a regular role as Tillie on the sci-fi horror series From.
Grover's television guest appearances include Counterstrike, Instant Star, Love You To Death, Breakout Kings, Satisfaction, The Strain, Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments, Northern Rescue, Dare Me, and Good Witch, among others.
;Voice roles
Grover also voiced the roles of Kassandra and Hippolyte in the 2011 video game Warriors: Legends of Troy.

Award nominations

Grover is a two-time Canadian Screen Award nominee for Guest Performance in a Drama Series, including her role as Josephine Barry in Anne with an E, and her performance as Donna in Mary Kills People.

Personal life

Grover is the mother of two daughters.

Filmography

Film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1984The Littlest HoboAnna Emery1 episode
1985–1989Night HeatProsecutor Elaine JeffersRegular role
1987Walking on AirBarbara PearsonTV movie
1987Taking Care of TerrificMrs CrowleyTV movie
1988The Christmas WifeMickiTV movie
1991My Secret IdentityJudge Daley1 episode
1993CounterstrikeKaren LockleeEpisode: "The Raw Truth"
1996Her Desperate ChoiceKathy TV movie
1996Under the PianoNurse ThompsonTV movie
1997Mary Higgins Clark's While My Pretty One SleepsKitty ConwayTV movie
1997When Innocence Is LostBarbara StoneTV movie
1998A Father for Brittany Judge Harriot RichardsonTV movie
1998PSI Factor: Chronicles of the ParanormalMadeline1 episode
1999Half a Dozen Babies Fiona SullivanTV movie
2000Rated XGeorgia MaeTV movie
2000–2001Our HeroMs. Terzik-Sykes4 episodes
2002FramedMrs. AshtonTV movie
2002MonkMrs. Butterworth1 episode
2002Mutant XVirginia Beals1 episode
2005Our FathersJudge SweeneyTV movie
2007Still Small VoicesAnne HartleyTV movie
2007Instant StarMrs. McNally1 episode
2007Love You To DeathMrs. Jones1 episode
2008Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the MermaidMs. SlausenTV movie
2008PrincessNanaTV movie
2009A Sister's SecretFlorenceTV movie
2009–2010How to Be IndieMs. Roland6 episodes
2010Happy TownJoanie Jenkins7 episodes
2011Breakout KingsWanda O'Connell1 episode
2011Bag of BonesRogette WhitmoreTV miniseries
2011The KennedysMother SuperiorTV miniseries
2012The FirmMaxine SutherlandTV miniseries
2012CopperWidow Woman1 episode
2013SatisfactionSecurity Guard1 episode
2014The StrainFamily Court Judge1 episode
2015The Perfect GirlfriendKathy MatthewsTV movie
2016Mommy's Little GirlElana ConnellTV movie
2016Sensitive SkinLizzie3 episodes
2016Love on a LimbMrs. HaversackTV movie
2017Sometimes the Good KillJeanTV movie
2017The Perfect SoulmateMarlene MaxsonTV movie
2017Orphan BlackYolanda2 episodes
2019Northern RescueTheresa1 episode
2019Shadowhunters: The Mortal InstrumentsVera1 episode
2019–2021JannNoraRegular role
2020Dare MeNeighbor2 episodes
2021Good WitchEllen1 episode
2021SurrealEstateSamanta North1 episode
2023–2024From''TillieRegular role