Jacqueline Samuda (born 1963 in Ottawa) is a Canadian actress, director and writer.[1][2][3][4]

Jacqueline Samuda
Born1963 (age 60–61)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s)Actress, voice actress, director, writer
Years active1985-present
SpouseRob Riley (2005-present) (2 children)
Websitehttp://www.jacquelinesamuda.com

Biography

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Samuda was born in Ottawa, Ontario, and grew up in both the United States and Canada. She received a B.F.A. Degree in Performance from York University in Toronto, and apprenticed at the prestigious Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the Lake, Ontario. An experienced film/TV/stage/voice actress, Jacqueline has appeared in recurring roles on TV's Spooksville, The L Word and the epic sci-fi series Stargate SG-1 and in many other feature film, TV episodic and animation projects. She is a busy voiceover performer who has voiced many international and national commercial campaigns and many other projects, from audiobooks to videogames to corporate and documentary film. She was a finalist for the 2008 VOICEY Awards, an international voiceover award. As a writer/director, Jacqueline was honoured with the inaugural prize of the Motion Picture Producers Association/Women in the Directors' Chair Feature Film Award in 2008. A past BC Film Writer’s Fellow and instructor at Vancouver Film School and UBC’s Writing Centre, she also has story edited and polished many screenplays, including The Delicate Art of Parking and The Foursome. Her directing background spans theatre in Toronto and L.A. (garnering a Best Director L.A. Critics’ Award for Zastrozzi), and seven short films (received awards, screenings at film festivals and TV distribution). She has taught Directing Actors as a Guest Artist at University of Los Angeles. She has served as president of the board of directors for Pacific Cinématheque, Vancouver’s non-profit cultural cinema venue. Jacqueline has been active on the board of Vancouver's Women in Film, where she served as president of the board 2001-2003 and on the advisory board in subsequent years. In 2008, Jacqueline was honoured to receive a Lifetime Member Award for her work with Women in Film.[5]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1988 A New Life Mara
1989 Renegades Woman Cop
1989 Speaking Parts Bride
1991 The Adjuster Louise
1997 One of Our Own Corporal Kim Deeves
1999 The Arrangement Olga
1999 Making Contact Ellen
2003 Jam Space Beautiful Woman Short film
2003 50 Questions Director Short film for Crazy8s
2003 See Grace Fly Grace (voice)
2005 Sub Zero Sasha Mirov Video
2008 Stargate: Continuum Nirrti Video
2008 Edison and Leo Toni / Nirena (voice)

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1985 Shock Chamber Linda Segment: "Symbol of Victory"
1987 Adderly Modeling Agent Episode: "A Matter of Discretion"
1990 Leona Helmsley: The Queen of Mean Reporter TV film
1990 Street Legal Nancy Crosbie Episode: "The Psychic"
1991 Counterstrike Victoria Condrade Episode: "Fall from Grace"
1992 To Catch a Killer Unknown TV film
1999, 2001, 2003 Stargate SG-1 Nirrti Episodes: "Fair Game", "Rites of Passage" and "Metamorphosis"; Also writer of "Metamorphosis"
2000 First Target Patti TV film
2001 Da Vinci's Inquest Joyce Zisner Episode: "The Sparkle Tour"
2001 The Chris Isaak Show Nedra Wing Episode: "Freud's Dilemma"
2001 Night Visions Melissa Episode: "Used Car"
2001 Wolf Lake Jean Hollander Episode: "The Changing"
2002 Wasted Chris' Mom TV film
2003 Wilder Days Pearl TV film
2004 The L Word Movie Type Episode: "Pilot"
2006 A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story Angie TV film
2006 Saved Nurse #1 Episode: "Triage"
2007 Bionic Woman Med-Flight Tech #2 Episode: "Pilot"
2007 Smallville ER Doctor #1 Episode: "Bizarro"
2008 The L Word Saundra Houston Episodes: "Lesbians Gone Wild", "Lunar Cycle"
2009 The L Word Saundra Houston Episode: "LMFAO"
2012 R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour Gracie's Mom Episode: "Headshot"
2013 Arrow TV Host Episode: "Burned"
2014 When Sparks Fly Gloria TV film
2015 Real Murderers: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery Mamie TV film
2015 Once Upon a Holiday Margaret Wickersham TV film
2017–2020 Marvel Super Hero Adventures Captain Marvel Voice; 3 episodes
2019 When Calls the Heart Joyce Episode: "Heart of a Mountie"
2023 Virgin River Lydia Adler Episode: "Trial By Fire"

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2010 Dead Rising 2: Case West The Director
2011 BackStab HD Coleta
2015 Crypt of the Necrodancer Aria
2016 Homeworld: Deserts Of Kharak Khagaan

References

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  1. ^ "Jacqueline Samuda on the working actor's life". YVR Screen Scene. 30 December 2018. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  2. ^ "Jacqueline Samuda".
  3. ^ "The Armageddon Files Interviews: #2 Jacqueline Samuda". Sci-Fi & Squeam. 2014-10-25. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  4. ^ Spaner, David (2003). Dreaming in the rain : how Vancouver became Hollywood North by Northwest. Vancouver [B.C.]: Arsenal Pulp Press. p. 220. ISBN 1-55152-129-6. OCLC 605710503.
  5. ^ "Jacqueline Samuda wins at Women in Film & Television awards". The Georgia Straight. 2008-03-12. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
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