Ann Knox

Canadian actress

Ann Knox
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation	Actress
Known for	The Only Thing You Know

Ann Knox is a Canadian former film actress,^[1] who won the Canadian Film Award for Best Actress in 1971 for her performance in The Only Thing You Know.^[2]

Despite her award win, the film had limited commercial release and Knox took no other known acting roles.^[3]

Knox was originally from Guelph, Ontario.^[3] At the time of her award win, she worked primarily as an art teacher at Victoria Park Collegiate in Toronto, Ontario;^[4] by 1975, she was co-owner of a wool and fabric shop with branches in Toronto and Vancouver, British Columbia.^[5]

References

^ "Only Thing You Know: pleasing growing pains". The Globe and Mail, June 5, 1972.
^ "Jutra's Oncle Antoine sweeps film awards". The Globe and Mail, October 2, 1971.
^ ^a ^b "More than awards, reviews needed to be box office hit". Lethbridge Herald, June 5, 1972.
^ "Oscar winner signed for Stratford opera". Toronto Star, April 15, 1972.
^ "Now who thought to call it Judy?" Toronto Star, September 9, 1975.

External links

Ann Knox at IMDb

Canadian Screen Award for Best Lead Performance in a Film

Actor (1968–2021)

Gerard Parkes (1968)
No award (1969)
Doug McGrath and Paul Bradley (1970)
Jean Duceppe (1971)
Gordon Pinsent (1972)
Jacques Godin (1973)
No award (1974)
Stuart Gillard (1975)
André Melançon (1976)
Len Cariou (1977)
Richard Gabourie (1978)
Christopher Plummer (1980)
Thomas Peacocke (1981)
Nick Mancuso (1982)
Donald Sutherland (1983)
Eric Fryer (1984)
Gabriel Arcand (1985)
John Wildman (1986)
Gordon Pinsent (1987)
Roger Lebel (1988)
Jeremy Irons (1989)
Lothaire Bluteau (1990)
Rémy Girard (1991)
Tony Nardi (1992)
Tom McCamus (1993)
Maury Chaykin (1994)
David La Haye (1995)
William Hutt (1996)
Ian Holm (1997)
Roshan Seth (1998)
Bob Hoskins (1999)
Tony Nardi (2000)
Brendan Fletcher (2001)
Luc Picard (2002)
Rémy Girard (2003)
Roy Dupuis (2004)
Michel Côté (2005)
Roy Dupuis (2006)
Gordon Pinsent (2007)
Natar Ungalaaq (2008)
Joshua Jackson (2009)
Paul Giamatti (2010)
Mohamed Fellag (2011)
James Cromwell (2012)
Gabriel Arcand (2013)
Antoine Olivier Pilon (2014)
Jacob Tremblay (2015)
Stephan James (2016)
Nabil Rajo (2017)
Théodore Pellerin (2018)
Mark O'Brien (2019)
Michael Greyeyes (2020)
Liam Diaz (2021)

Actress (1968–2021)

Geneviève Bujold (1968)
No award (1969)
Geneviève Bujold (1970)
Ann Knox (1971)
Micheline Lanctôt (1972)
Geneviève Bujold (1973)
No award (1974)
Margot Kidder (1975)
Marilyn Lightstone (1976)
Monique Mercure (1977)
Helen Shaver (1978)
Kate Lynch (1980)
Marie Tifo (1981)
Margot Kidder (1982)
Rae Dawn Chong (1983)
Martha Henry (1984)
Louise Marleau (1985)
Margaret Langrick (1986)
Martha Henry (1987)
Sheila McCarthy (1988)
Jackie Burroughs (1989)
Rebecca Jenkins (1990)
Pascale Montpetit (1991)
Janet Wright (1992)
Sheila McCarthy (1993)
Sandra Oh (1994)
Helena Bonham Carter (1995)
Martha Henry (1996)
Molly Parker (1997)
Sandra Oh (1998)
Sylvie Moreau (1999)
Marie-Josée Croze (2000)
Élise Guilbault (2001)
Arsinée Khanjian (2002)
Sarah Polley (2003)
Pascale Bussières (2004)
Seema Biswas (2005)
Julie Le Breton (2006)
Julie Christie (2007)
Ellen Burstyn (2008)
Karine Vanasse (2009)
Lubna Azabal (2010)
Vanessa Paradis (2011)
Rachel Mwanza (2012)
Gabrielle Marion-Rivard (2013)
Anne Dorval (2014)
Brie Larson (2015)
Tatiana Maslany (2016)
Sally Hawkins (2017)
Émilie Bierre (2018)
Nahéma Ricci (2019)
Michelle Pfeiffer (2020)
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (2021)

Lead Performance in a Film
(2022–present)

Lamar Johnson (2022)

Canadian Film Awards 1968–1978, Genie Awards 1980-2011, Canadian Screen Awards 2012–present.
Separate awards were presented by gender prior to 2022; a single unified category for best performance regardless of gender has been presented since.