After attending Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, where she won
the Lorne Greene Award for outstanding work in the theater, she studied
at The Webber Douglas Academy in London.
In December 2014, she revealed to the press that she had come out to her family as a lesbian several years ago.
Wendy Crewson was raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She attended Westwood Collegiate and was first exposed to acting when she performed in The Boy Friend in grade 10.
Graduated from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario with a BA in
Drama in 1977. Switched from English.