
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.
- January 1, 1961 (65)
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Actor
- 11 on MovieCove · 24 credits in all
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.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 8
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
Easy watch 6 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Ally: 2 of 3 analyzed roles.
- Allyas Margaret in The Boy in Blue (1986)
- Heraldas Candy Sloane in Spenser: A Savage Place (1995)
- Allyas Cheryl in The Christmas Charade (2024)
Moods and endings
- 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)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Christmas Dreams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

The Listener(2009)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows
A Broken Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

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

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

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

P.T. Barnum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
At the Midnight Hour(1995)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all filmsTaking the Falls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

Spenser: A Savage Place(1995)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Babycakes(1989)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
War of the Worlds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

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

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

Street Legal(1987)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
The Boy in Blue(1986)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

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

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

My Bloody Valentine(1981)
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.

Biggest box office
My Bloody Valentine (1981)

Highest rated
The Christmas Charade (2024)

Most popular right now
Street Legal (1987)
Film career
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.
- 1981Screen debut· My Bloody Valentine
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.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th5
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 11 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Mixed4
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
- Charles JarrottShared titles: At the Midnight Hour (1995), The Boy in Blue (1986)See all 2 shared titles with Charles Jarrott

Actors
- C. David JohnsonShared titles: Thanks of a Grateful Nation (1998), Street Legal (1987)See all 2 shared titles with C. David Johnson

- Richard FitzpatrickShared titles: Spenser: A Savage Place (1995), In the Eyes of a Stranger (1992)See all 2 shared titles with Richard Fitzpatrick

Editors
- Rit WallisShared titles: The Boy in Blue (1986), My Bloody Valentine (1981)See all 2 shared titles with Rit Wallis



