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Janet Wright (born March 8, 1945) is a Canadian actress and theatre director. She is best known for her role as Emma Leroy on the hit Canadian sitcom ''Corner Gas''. Wright won a 2006 Canadian Comedy Award for Pretty Funny TV Female for her role on ''Corner Gas''. She also won a 2003 Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series for her role in ''Betrayed'' (2003). She also won the 1992 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for ''Bordertown Café'' (1992). ==Life and family== Wright was born in Farnborough, Hampshire, England in 1945, and immigrated to Calgary, Alberta, Canada in 1946. The family later moved to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, where Wright grew up. Wright is the eldest of four siblings (others being Susan, John, and Anne) who have all made their mark in Canadian theatre. Susan Wright was killed in a fire in 1991 in Stratford, Ontario, along with their parents, Jack and Ruth (Preston). In January 2004, Wright's daughter Rachel Davis, 23, was shot to death while intervening for a stranger who was being beaten in front of the Purple Onion bar in Vancouver, BC. In July 2006, the shooter was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder, five counts of attempted murder and five counts of aggravated assault. His first degree murder conviction triggered an automatic sentence of life imprisonment with no chance of parole until 2029. Wright and her second husband Bruce Davis, along with the rest of their family, have started the Rachel Davis Foundation. The foundation will present an award to a young person (17–23 years of age) who has demonstrated an outstanding act of kindness or compassion.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Home page )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Janet Wright」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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