Cynthia Geary is an American actress best known for her role as Shelly Tambo in the television series Northern Exposure. In her Emmy-nominated role, she played a former Miss Northwest Passage beauty queen living with a decades-older lover, Holling Vincoeur. Together they ran Cicely, Alaska's tavern and restaurant, The Brick.
Encouraged at an early age by her mother, Geary studied ballet, voice, and piano. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in vocal performance from the University of Mississipp...
