She is best known for her roles as Cathy on the TV series King of Kensington (1975-1978) and as Harriet Miller in the film My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002).

[1] Her career has been marked by diverse signature roles that include Rose in The Children, Amanda (The Glass Menagerie, 2010),[1] Julie (London Road), Blanche Dubois (A Streetcar Named Desire), Lady Bracknell (The Importance of Being Earnest), Martha (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf), Mrs Lovett (Sweeney Todd), Hedda Gabler and Clare (A Delicate Balance), amongst many others.

[1] Her film credits include My Big Fat Greek Wedding,[4] One Week,[4] and The Time Traveler's Wife.

[4] In 2016, Reid starred as Queen Elizabeth II in the Mirvish Productions presentation of The Audience at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto.

[1] She has twice won the Dora Mavor Moore Award, in 1993 for Fallen Angels,[2] and in 1995 for Six Degrees of Separation.