Cara Duff-MacCormick is a Canadian actress, predominantly in the theatre.
Education
Born in Woodstock, Ontario in 1944, Duff-MacCormick studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City before making her professional debut Office-Broadway in December 1969 at the Cherry Lane Theatre as Faith Detweiler in Harold J. Chapler"s Love Your Crooked Neighbor.
Career
She made her Broadway debut as Shelly in Michael Weller"s Moonchildren in 1972, a role she had performed the year before at the Arena Stage in 1971. The following year she returned to Broadway to portray Clare in Tennessee Williams"s play Out Cry at the Lyceum Theatre and played Nina in Anton Chekhov"s The Seagull at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey. That same year she also played Helen in Kevin O"Morrison"s Ladyhouse Blues at the Marymount Manhattan Theatre and played Tammy Ulrich in the film All the President"s Men.
In 1977 she starred in Albert Innaurato"s Earthworms at Playwrights Horizons.
In 1978 she portrayed the role of Hakon"s wife in Ibsen"s The Pretenders alongside Randall Duk Kim and Stephen Language at the Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis. That same year she played Agafya Tikhonovna in Nikolai Gogol"s Marriage, also at the Guthrie Theatre.
In 1980 Duff-MacCormick played Monique in Michel Tremblay"s Bonjour, Louisiana, Bonjour at the Marymount Manhattan Theatre alongside Veronica Castang and Dianne Wiest. The following year she returned to Broadway to appear in Eddie Lawrence"s Animals at the Princess Theatre.
In 1982 she played Peggy Grant in a revival of The Front Page and the following year played Carrie in Paul Kember"s Not Quite Jerusalem, both at the Long Wharf Theater.
In 1985 she appeared Office-Broadway at the American Theater Exchange as Claire in Heather McDonald"s Faulkner"s Bicycle and she appeared at the Actors Theatre of Louisville as Carolyn Rose in Lee Blessing"s War of the Roses, followed by a portrayal of Barbara Mears in Tom Strelich"s Neon Psalms at the American Place Theatre in 1986. In 1987 she appeared at the Hartford Stage as Barbara in A. R. Gurney"s Children. She returned to the Playwrights Horizons in 1989 to perform the role of Natalie Bauer Lechner in Albert Innaurato"s Gus and First Rate (at Lloyd's).
In 1992 she played Queen Isabella in Christopher Marlowe"s Edward II at the Yale Repertory Theatre.
Views
That same year she appeared in a guest-starring role on Law & Order in the episode "Point of View".