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Cynthia Dale

Cynthia Dale

Actor · Born January 1, 1961 (65) · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Cynthia Ciurluini, known professionally as Cynthia Dale, is a Canadian television actress and stage performer. She is best known for her role as lawyer Olivia Novak in the 1987–94, and re-booted for screen in 2019, television drama Street Legal. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cynthia Dale, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 1, 1961 (65)
From
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Works as
Actor
Titles
11 on MovieCove · 24 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 16% in 30 days

What are Cynthia Dale's films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 8 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 4 · Serious 2 · Dark 2

Grounded 7 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

A split, not a type: Gentle 4 · Charged 2 · Intense 2

Steady 6 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0

Casual 5 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

Resolved 6 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

3 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 2 of 3 analyzed roles.

Ally
2 of 3
Herald
1 of 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
5
Warm
3
Contemplative
3
Hopeful
2
Dread
1
Other
5

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet3
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Cynthia Dale's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).

Subscription and free streaming for Cynthia Dale's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

24 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Christmas Charade(2024)

    as Cheryl

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
  • Christmas Dreams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Executive Producer · as Rose

  • The Listener(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as Diane Feeny

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows
  • A Broken Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Carla

  • Trudeau (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Actor

  • The Pretender 2001 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Zane

  • P.T. Barnum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Charity

  • P.T. Barnum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 2 episodes · as Charity

  • Thanks of a Grateful Nation(1998)

    as Lisa Tuite

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
  • At the Midnight Hour(1995)

    as Jillian

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
  • Taking the Falls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 13 episodes · Actor

  • Spenser: A Savage Place(1995)

    as Candy Sloane

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
  • Babycakes(1989)

    as Olivia

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
  • War of the Worlds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 1 episode · as Tila

  • Moonstruck(1987)

    as Sheila

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
  • Sadie and Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Paula Melvin

  • The Liberators (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Elizabeth

  • Street Legal(1987)

    Show 130 episodes · as Olivia Novak

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
  • The Boy in Blue(1986)

    as Margaret

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
  • The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Kelly

  • Night Heat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Heavenly Bodies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Samantha Blair

  • My Bloody Valentine(1981)

    as Patty

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

Career shape

Star power in the 84th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 24 titles from 1981 to 2024; peak year 1986.

Film career

19812024

Peak 1986 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting24 of 24: 23 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score50thProducing1 of 24: 0 only producing, 1 with another role

By decade

1980s11 · acting1990s7 · acting2000s5 · 5 acting · 1 crew2020s1 · acting

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 0% of 6 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Cynthia Dale's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 50th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 38th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

38thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Approval · how many liked their films

50thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Reach · how many have seen their films

44thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Midcredits score across 11 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th2

Reviewers score the acting 61/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 34. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Cynthia Dale work with?

People who share at least 2 of Cynthia Dale's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Charles Jarrott shares the most, 2.

Directors

Actors

Editors