Polly Shannon born 1 September 1973 is a Canadian actress Shannon was born in Kingston Ontario and raised in Aylmer Quebec She is best known for her portrayal of Margaret Trudeau in the 2002 miniseries Trudeau a film about the late Prime Minister of Canada Pierre Trudeau In 1999 she appeared as Jen in an episode of the Canadian horror series The Hunger She attended Philemon Wright High School in Gatineau She has a younger brother Micah and a halfsister Kaitlin Description above from the Wikipedia article Polly Shannon licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia