Catherine Disher

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Catherine Disher
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Catherine Disher

OccupationActress
Years active1986–present
Spouse Cedric Smith (divorced)
Children1

Catherine Disher is a British-born Canadian actress. She has won two Gemini Awards: in 2005 for Best Actress for her role in the Canadian mini-series Snakes and Ladders , [1] and in 2010 for her role in The Border . She was also nominated for her role as Dr. Natalie Lambert in the Forever Knight TV series.

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She is known for her role as Jill Valentine in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis video game and in the Good Witch TV series and movies, portraying Martha Tinsdale, the mayor of Middleton.

Career

Disher had a supporting role on T. and T. , the legal/action series starring Mr. T, and had another supporting role in the second season of the War of the Worlds series. She starred in Forever Knight from 1992 to 1996, and provided the voice of Jean Grey on the X-Men animated series from 1992 to 1997. [2] She played Maggie Norton on the Canadian television series The Border from 2008 to 2010 and provides additional voices on the PBS Kids/CBC Kids series Super Why! .

Apart from her work as an actor, Disher has done voice work for animated series and video games, such as Resident Evil 3: Nemesis [3] and Sailor Moon . [4] She also wrote one episode of the British-Canadian-Midwestern-French drama series The Campbells .

Disher played Martha Tinsdale in a series of made-for-TV movies about The Good Witch (alongside her X-Men co-star Chris Potter), and has continued the role on the television series Good Witch . [5]

Personal life

She was formerly married to her X-Men co-star Cedric Smith, with whom she had a son, Darcy Montgomery Smith, in 1993.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Live action

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1986 The Vindicator Catherine Collins
Murder Sees the LightTelevision film
1987Haunted by Her PastSalesgirl
1988 A New Life Student
1989The Long Road HomeBayla
The Private CapitalTelevision film
1990Dark Horse
1991The PsychicLucinda
Grand LarcenyDulcieTelevision film
1993 Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story Judy Zess
1998 Earthquake in New York Ms. Clark
2003 Coast to Coast Paula Hobday
2004 Plain Truth LedaTelevision film
2005 Murder in the Hamptons D. A. Dynak
Terry Betty Fox
Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story Ms. Starr
2006A Dad for ChristmasBeverly
2007 In God's Country Eileen
For LeaseViola ChecknyShort film
2008 The Good Witch Martha TinsdaleTelevision film
2009 The Good Witch's Garden
2010 The Good Witch's Gift
2011 The Good Witch's Family
2012 Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang Mrs. O'Hagan
Blood Pressure Glenda
The Good Witch's Charm Martha TinsdaleTelevision film
An Officer and a Murderer Captain Catherine Novak
2013 The Good Witch's Destiny Martha Tinsdale
2014 The Good Witch's Wonder
2015 Regression Kate
2016Love's ComplicatedJ.R.Television film

Television

Voice work

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994 X-Men: Children of the Atom Psylocke, Storm, Spiral
1995 Marvel Super Heroes Psylocke [6]
1996 X-Men vs. Street Fighter Storm
1999 Resident Evil 3: Nemesis Jill Valentine [6]
2000 Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes Psylocke, Storm, Spiral, Jill Valentine
2000 X-Men: Mutant Academy Jean Grey
2001 X-Men: Mutant Academy 2

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