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Meg Tilly (born February 14, 1960) is a Canadian-American actress, Broadway stage dancer, Academy Award nominee, and published novelist. She is the younger sister of Academy-Award-nominated actress Jennifer Tilly. Tilly, the third of four children, was born Margaret Elizabeth Chan in Long Beach, California, the daughter of Patricia (née Tilly), a Canadian schoolteacher, and Harry Chan, a used car salesman. Tilly's father was Chinese American, and her mother was of Irish, First Nations, and Finnish descent. Following her parents' divorce when she was three, she was raised by her mother and... MORE

Meg Tilly (born February 14, 1960) is a Canadian-American actress, Broadway stage dancer, Academy Award nominee, and published novelist. She is the younger sister of Academy-Award-nominated actress Jennifer Tilly. Tilly, the third of four children, was born Margaret Elizabeth Chan in Long Beach, California, the daughter of Patricia (née Tilly), a Canadian schoolteacher, and Harry Chan, a used car salesman. Tilly's father was Chinese American, and her mother was of Irish, First Nations, and Finnish descent. Following her parents' divorce when she was three, she was raised by her mother and stepfather, John Ward, on rural Texada Island in British Columbia. She graduated from Esquimalt High School in Victoria, British Columbia. She has a brother, Steve, and two sisters, Rebecca and Jennifer. As a teen, she was involved with the Connecticut Ballet Company, as well as the Throne Dance Theatre, and made her screen debut with Alan Parker's Fame in 1980. When a dance partner dropped her, causing a serious back injury, her dance career came to a shattering halt. She then became an actress. She played a prostitute in a second season episode of Hill Street Blues before she appeared in films LESS