Husband, Friends, and Rescue Dog Fuel Actress Cindy Busby’s Success

The actress demonstrates that hard work and dedication are key to achieving goals, but having a supportive community is just as important.

Cindy Busby with her rescue dog Suzie. Courtesy of Abigail Gorden

Even with more than two decades of film and TV credits, actress Cindy Busby, 42, still gets nervous stepping onto the set of a new production.

And that’s a good thing, said the Montreal native, who credited that “excited energy” with helping her shine in roles like her latest—Nora, a lawyer in the highly anticipated second season of the Great American Family series “When Hope Calls,” premiering on April 6.