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	Born in [[w:Long Beach, California\|Long Beach, California]], the third of four children of schoolteacher Patricia Tilly and car salesman Harry Chan, Tilly was raised, after her parents' divorce, by her mother on [[w:Texada Island\|Texada Island]], [[w:British Columbia\|British Columbia]].<ref group="external" name="ebsco_researchstarters_tilly_bio">{{cite web\|url=https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/biography/meg-tilly#:~:text=Meg%20Tilly%20was%20born%20Margaret%20Elizabeth%20Chan\|title=Meg Tilly\|publisher=EBSCO Research Starters\|accessdate=21 June 2026}}</ref> At age fourteen she began taking dance lessons, training with the Connecticut Ballet Company in [[w:Stamford, Connecticut\|Stamford, Connecticut]], and later with the Throne Dance Theatre.<ref group="external" name="megtillyauthor_official_bio">{{cite web\|url=https://megtillyauthor.com/bio/#:~:text=At%20the%20age%20of%2014%2C%20the%20multi-talented%20Tilly%20started%20dance%20lessons\|title=Bio\|publisher=Meg Tilly (official site)\|accessdate=21 June 2026}}</ref><ref group="footnotes" name="dance_age_discrepancy">Tilly's official author website gives her age as fourteen when she began dance lessons; an Internet Movie Database biographical sketch instead gives her age as twelve.</ref> She made her screen debut as a dancer in [[w:Alan Parker\|Alan Parker]]'s ''[[w:Fame (1980 film)\|Fame]]'' (1980), but her ballet career ended in 1979, at age nineteen, when a partner dropped her during a rehearsal in [[w:New York City\|New York]] and severely injured her back.<ref group="commentary" name="orme_saltlaketribune_1985_definite_ideas">{{cite news\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/613802230/#:~:text=Eight%20years%20ago%20Tilly%20traveled%20east%20to%20New%20York\|title=Actress Meg Tilly has definite ideas about Agnes and about her career\|author=Orme, Terry\|work=The Salt Lake Tribune\|date=13 October 1985\|page=98\|accessdate=21 June 2026}}</ref>		Born in [[w:Long Beach, California\|Long Beach, California]], the third of four children of schoolteacher Patricia Tilly and car salesman Harry Chan, Tilly was raised, after her parents' divorce, by her mother on [[w:Texada Island\|Texada Island]], [[w:British Columbia\|British Columbia]].<ref group="external" name="ebsco_researchstarters_tilly_bio">{{cite web\|url=https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/biography/meg-tilly#:~:text=Meg%20Tilly%20was%20born%20Margaret%20Elizabeth%20Chan\|title=Meg Tilly\|publisher=EBSCO Research Starters\|accessdate=21 June 2026}}</ref> At age fourteen she began taking dance lessons, training with the Connecticut Ballet Company in [[w:Stamford, Connecticut\|Stamford, Connecticut]], and later with the Throne Dance Theatre.<ref group="external" name="megtillyauthor_official_bio">{{cite web\|url=https://megtillyauthor.com/bio/#:~:text=At%20the%20age%20of%2014%2C%20the%20multi-talented%20Tilly%20started%20dance%20lessons\|title=Bio\|publisher=Meg Tilly (official site)\|accessdate=21 June 2026}}</ref><ref group="footnotes" name="dance_age_discrepancy">Tilly's official author website gives her age as fourteen when she began dance lessons; an Internet Movie Database biographical sketch instead gives her age as twelve.</ref> She made her screen debut as a dancer in [[w:Alan Parker\|Alan Parker]]'s ''[[w:Fame (1980 film)\|Fame]]'' (1980), but her ballet career ended in 1979, at age nineteen, when a partner dropped her during a rehearsal in [[w:New York City\|New York]] and severely injured her back.<ref group="commentary" name="orme_saltlaketribune_1985_definite_ideas">{{cite news\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/613802230/#:~:text=Eight%20years%20ago%20Tilly%20traveled%20east%20to%20New%20York\|title=Actress Meg Tilly has definite ideas about Agnes and about her career\|author=Orme, Terry\|work=The Salt Lake Tribune\|date=13 October 1985\|page=98\|accessdate=21 June 2026}}</ref>

	A 1985 wire-service profile grouped Tilly with a new wave of young actresses, including [[w:Kathleen Turner\|Kathleen Turner]], [[w:Ally Sheedy\|Ally Sheedy]], and [[w:Jamie Lee Curtis\|Jamie Lee Curtis]], who were taking on roles departing from the conventional Hollywood ingenue.<ref group="commentary" name="rosen_danville_1985_climbs_starlet_roles">{{cite news\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/966120234/#:~:text=Big%20Chill%20%E2%80%94%20helped%20her%20career\|title=Meg Tilly climbs above starlet roles with 'Agnes'\|author=Rosen, Marjorie\|work=Danville Register and Bee\|date=20 September 1985\|page=25\|accessdate=21 June 2026}}</ref> Tilly moved to [[w:Los Angeles\|Los Angeles** to study acting under [[w:Peggy Feury\|Peggy Feury]], and after a guest appearance as a prostitute on ''[[w:Hill Street Blues\|Hill Street Blues]]'' she won her first starring film role opposite [[w:Matt Dillon\|Matt Dillon]] in ''[[w:Tex (film)\|Tex]]'' (1982).<ref group="commentary" name="orme_saltlaketribune_1985_definite_ideas" /> She followed it with ''[[w:One Dark Night\|One Dark Night]]'' (1982), ''[[w:Psycho II (film)\|Psycho II]]'' (1983), and ''[[w:Impulse (1984 film)\|Impulse]]'' (1984), and drew wider critical attention as Chloe in [[w:Lawrence Kasdan\|Lawrence Kasdan]]'s ensemble drama ''[[w:The Big Chill (film)\|The Big Chill]]'' (1983).<ref group="external" name="dailyoklahoman_1985_agnes_career_path">{{cite news\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/451821322/#:~:text=Psycho%20II%2C%20and%20gotten%20critical%20attention\|title=Tilly\|work=The Daily Oklahoman\|date=22 September 1985\|page=110\|accessdate=21 June 2026}}</ref>		[[File:Meg Tilly.jpg\|thumb\|Meg Tilly as a young actress.]]A 1985 wire-service profile grouped Tilly with a new wave of young actresses, including [[w:Kathleen Turner\|Kathleen Turner]], [[w:Ally Sheedy\|Ally Sheedy]], and [[w:Jamie Lee Curtis\|Jamie Lee Curtis]], who were taking on roles departing from the conventional Hollywood ingenue.<ref group="commentary" name="rosen_danville_1985_climbs_starlet_roles">{{cite news\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/966120234/#:~:text=Big%20Chill%20%E2%80%94%20helped%20her%20career\|title=Meg Tilly climbs above starlet roles with 'Agnes'\|author=Rosen, Marjorie\|work=Danville Register and Bee\|date=20 September 1985\|page=25\|accessdate=21 June 2026}}</ref> Tilly moved to [[w:Los Angeles\|Los Angeles** to study acting under [[w:Peggy Feury\|Peggy Feury]], and after a guest appearance as a prostitute on ''[[w:Hill Street Blues\|Hill Street Blues]]'' she won her first starring film role opposite [[w:Matt Dillon\|Matt Dillon]] in ''[[w:Tex (film)\|Tex]]'' (1982).<ref group="commentary" name="orme_saltlaketribune_1985_definite_ideas" /> She followed it with ''[[w:One Dark Night\|One Dark Night]]'' (1982), ''[[w:Psycho II (film)\|Psycho II]]'' (1983), and ''[[w:Impulse (1984 film)\|Impulse]]'' (1984), and drew wider critical attention as Chloe in [[w:Lawrence Kasdan\|Lawrence Kasdan]]'s ensemble drama ''[[w:The Big Chill (film)\|The Big Chill]]'' (1983).<ref group="external" name="dailyoklahoman_1985_agnes_career_path">{{cite news\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/451821322/#:~:text=Psycho%20II%2C%20and%20gotten%20critical%20attention\|title=Tilly\|work=The Daily Oklahoman\|date=22 September 1985\|page=110\|accessdate=21 June 2026}}</ref>

	=== ''Agnes of God'' and the ''Amadeus'' role ===		=== ''Agnes of God'' and the ''Amadeus'' role ===
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			[[File:Meg Tilly at the Toronto International Film Festival 2013-original.jpg\|thumb\|Tilly at the 2013 [[w:Toronto_International_Film_Festival\|Toronto International Film Festival]].]]
	In July 2011, Tilly played Martha in [[w:Edward Albee\|Edward Albee]]'s ''[[w:Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?\|Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]'' for the Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre in [[w:Victoria, British Columbia\|Victoria, British Columbia]], a performance that led to a role in [[w:Michel Tremblay\|Michel Tremblay]]'s ''The Real World'' at [[w:Toronto\|Toronto]]'s Tarragon Theatre the following year.<ref group="commentary" name="timescolonist_reid_2013_comeback" /> From January 2012 she starred as floor matron Lorna Corbett in the Canadian wartime drama ''[[w:Bomb Girls\|Bomb Girls]]'' on Global Television, for which she received a [[w:Canadian Screen Awards\|Canadian Screen Award]] nomination and won a [[w:Leo Awards\|Leo Award]]; the series itself won a [[w:Gracie Awards\|Gracie Award]] for Best TV Drama.<ref group="external" name="imdb_tilly_awards" /><ref group="external" name="megtillyauthor_official_bio" /> She reprised the role in the 2014 television film ''Bomb Girls: Facing the Enemy''. In 2017 Tilly appeared opposite [[w:Brad Pitt\|Brad Pitt]] in [[w:David Michôd\|David Michôd]]'s Netflix satire ''[[w:War Machine (film)\|War Machine]]'', playing the wife of Pitt's general.<ref group="external" name="megtillyauthor_official_bio" /> In 2022 she joined the cast of ''[[w:Chucky (TV series)\|Chucky]]'' for its second season; it was the first time she and her sister, actress [[w:Jennifer Tilly\|Jennifer Tilly]], had appeared on screen together.<ref group="commentary" name="bloodydisgusting_jennifertilly_chucky_interview">{{cite web\|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/interviews/3741470/chucky-jennifer-tilly-breaks-down-her-characters-complex-journey-ahead-of-season-2-finale-interview/#:~:text=marks%20the%20first%20time%20Jennifer%20has%20appeared%20on%20screen%20with%20Meg%20Tilly\|title=Chucky Season 2 - Jennifer Tilly Breaks Down Tiffany's Journey\|publisher=Bloody Disgusting\|date=23 November 2022\|accessdate=21 June 2026}}</ref> Tilly's character was killed off in the episode "Death on Denial" by Jennifer Tilly's possessed character; Jennifer Tilly later said her sister was nervous about filming the scene, recalling, "Meg was really upset."<ref group="commentary" name="bloodydisgusting_jennifertilly_chucky_interview" />		In July 2011, Tilly played Martha in [[w:Edward Albee\|Edward Albee]]'s ''[[w:Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?\|Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]'' for the Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre in [[w:Victoria, British Columbia\|Victoria, British Columbia]], a performance that led to a role in [[w:Michel Tremblay\|Michel Tremblay]]'s ''The Real World'' at [[w:Toronto\|Toronto]]'s Tarragon Theatre the following year.<ref group="commentary" name="timescolonist_reid_2013_comeback" /> From January 2012 she starred as floor matron Lorna Corbett in the Canadian wartime drama ''[[w:Bomb Girls\|Bomb Girls]]'' on Global Television, for which she received a [[w:Canadian Screen Awards\|Canadian Screen Award]] nomination and won a [[w:Leo Awards\|Leo Award]]; the series itself won a [[w:Gracie Awards\|Gracie Award]] for Best TV Drama.<ref group="external" name="imdb_tilly_awards" /><ref group="external" name="megtillyauthor_official_bio" /> She reprised the role in the 2014 television film ''Bomb Girls: Facing the Enemy''. In 2017 Tilly appeared opposite [[w:Brad Pitt\|Brad Pitt]] in [[w:David Michôd\|David Michôd]]'s Netflix satire ''[[w:War Machine (film)\|War Machine]]'', playing the wife of Pitt's general.<ref group="external" name="megtillyauthor_official_bio" /> In 2022 she joined the cast of ''[[w:Chucky (TV series)\|Chucky]]'' for its second season; it was the first time she and her sister, actress [[w:Jennifer Tilly\|Jennifer Tilly]], had appeared on screen together.<ref group="commentary" name="bloodydisgusting_jennifertilly_chucky_interview">{{cite web\|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/interviews/3741470/chucky-jennifer-tilly-breaks-down-her-characters-complex-journey-ahead-of-season-2-finale-interview/#:~:text=marks%20the%20first%20time%20Jennifer%20has%20appeared%20on%20screen%20with%20Meg%20Tilly\|title=Chucky Season 2 - Jennifer Tilly Breaks Down Tiffany's Journey\|publisher=Bloody Disgusting\|date=23 November 2022\|accessdate=21 June 2026}}</ref> Tilly's character was killed off in the episode "Death on Denial" by Jennifer Tilly's possessed character; Jennifer Tilly later said her sister was nervous about filming the scene, recalling, "Meg was really upset."<ref group="commentary" name="bloodydisgusting_jennifertilly_chucky_interview" />

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{{Cast Data
| image=Meg Tilly.jpg
| character=[[Mother]]
| series=Caprica
| born_month=02
| born_day=14
| born_year=1960
| death_month=
| death_day=
| death_year=
| nationality=US
| imdb=0000672
| sortkey=Tilly, Meg
}}

'''Meg Tilly''' is the actress who portrayed the [[Mother]] in ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]''.

Tilly has appeared in such films as ''[[w:Agnes of God (film)|Agnes of God]]'', ''[[w:The Big Chill (film)|The Big Chill]]'', ''[[w:Body Snatchers (1993 film)|Body Snatchers]]'', and ''[[w:Psycho II (film)|Psycho II]]''.<ref name="imdb">{{cite_web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000672/|title=Internet Movie Database|date=|accessdate=7 October 2010|last=|first=|format=|language=English}}</ref>

== References ==

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== External Links ==
*[http://www.officialmegtilly.com/ Official site]

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