#182 Mary Walsh - actress, comedian and writer

Send us Fan MailMary Walsh created and starred in This Hour Has 22 Minutes, CBC’s wildly popular takeon current affairs. The series earned her many of her numerous Gemini awards andshowcased her dynamic range of characters, including the flagrantly outspoken ‘MargDelahunty’.Walsh wrote, produced and starred in the Gemini award winning series Hatching,Matching and Dispatching, which returned to CBC in 2017 as a feature lengthpresentation called A Christmas Fury, with Walsh and the original cast reprising theirroles. In 2017 she released her debut novel, a Canadian best-seller, Crying For TheMoon.Walsh’s recent TV credits include CBC’s Hudson & Rex, Global’s Rookie Blue, HBOCanada’s Sensitive Skin, CBC’s Little Dog for which she was nominated for a 2020Canadian Screen Award, and numerous guest appearances on This Hour Has 22Minutes.In 2022 Walsh wrote, directed, and produced the second season of The MissusDownstairs, a webseries for Bell FibeTV1, with season 3 currently in development.Select feature film credits include The Grand Seduction and Closet Monster (Officialselections at TIFF 2014 and 2015, respectively), Mambo Italiano and Terror Train. In2020 she appeared in a leading role in Helen Shaver’s first feature film Happy Place, forwhich she won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2021 Walshwrote directed and produced her first short film, Dad and the Fridge Box, which can befound on CBC Gem.Outside of the film, TV and theatre world, Mary is an outspoken advocate for mentalhealth and addiction awareness as a spokesperson for Bell Let’s Talk.Among her many awards and doctorates, Mary is the recipient of the Order of Canada,the Governor General’s Lifetime Achievement Award in the Performing Arts, and theCSA’s Earle Grey Award for lifetime achievement in television acting.Gale Force Wins exists to help individuals and companies tell their stories and inspire more optimism in people, products, our economy and our lives. The podcast focuses on conversations with leaders, business owners and change-makers THAT INSPIRE...diving deep with each guest to uncover their wins and the stories behind them.Unique Value PropositionOur point of difference lies in our Gale Force Content Creation Technique which includes 3 key elements:1 - BRILLIANT STORYTELLING: We grasp the bigger purpose and strategy behind the content we’re creating, practice active listening to be flexible in the moment while prepping and interviewing our subjects, and get to the heart of the brand by unearthing the stories from the people who can tell them best.2 - AUTHENTICITY: Unscripted. Real footage. Real people. Real stories. Really good content to use in your external marketing or internal communications that will resonate.3 - SPEED & EASE: From our technological tools to our strategic yet agile approach to content creation, part of our secret sauce is we are resource friendly with your time and money, unobtrusive, and we’ve refined our process that allows you to get your content quickly and easily.#galeforcewins is an inspirational podcast with New episodes every Tuesday evening on Youtube or wherever you get your podcasts.Gale Force Wins started out simply as an inspirational podcast releasing episodes wherever you get your podcasts every Tuesday evening. We continue to do that every Tuesday but have expanded into custom content for clients. We also have perfected a conference and trade show offering where you can receive over 20 videos edited and posted to social media at the same time the event is unfolding.For businesses and organizations we also create digital content quickly and efficiently.Visit our services page here:https://galeforcewins.com/servicesTo message Gerry visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerrycarew/To message Allan visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allanadale/