Alison Matthews

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Alison Matthews
Born
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
OccupationActress
Years active1995–present
Notable credit(s) Gundam SEED
as Ezalia Joule
Inuyasha
as Toran
Website alisonmatthews.com

Alison Matthews is a Canadian actor, voice artist, and coach. A founding faculty member at the Arts Club Actor's Intensive Training Program, she was also a faculty member for five years with the Citadel Banff Professional Theatre Program at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Alberta. As Head of Coaching for Vancouver's Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival, she has coached over 40 productions since 2007. As a voice and speech trainer, she works with academics at the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of British Columbia, with women at the Vancouver Chapter of The Shoe Project, and with community leaders at Leadership Vancouver Island. For the past twenty years she has adjudicator for competitive speech festivals across Western Canada.

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Matthews has numerous film and television credits, including roles on The X-Files and Battlestar Galactica, as well as featured roles in films such as Disney's Snow Dogs , and Final Destination 2 . Matthews has voiced several anime roles, most notably Ezalia Joule in Gundam SEED, as well as the narrator in Gundam SEED and Gundam SEED Destiny. She also co-starred in NBC Saturday morning series Just Deal .

Matthews holds a M.F.A. in Theatre from the University of British Columbia, and an Associate Diploma in Drama & Speech from Trinity College London.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999The FallingStellina
2002 Snow Dogs TV Reporter
2003 Final Destination 2 Physician
2007 Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man Motoko Kusanagi [1] Voice, Direct-to-video
2007 Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG – Individual Eleven Motoko Kusanagi [1] Voice, Direct-to-video
2008 Stargate: Continuum InterviewerDirect-to-video
2008SanguineNarratorVoice, Short film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995A Child MissingCustomerTelevision film
1996 The Outer Limits Karen DunnEpisode: "Worlds Apart"
1996 Poltergeist: The Legacy Miss McHugh / Kat's TeacherEpisode: "The Reckoning"
1997 Millennium Sandy GeigerEpisode: "Walkabout"
1997 The X-Files DoctorEpisode: "Synchrony"
1998 Welcome to Paradox AgentEpisode: "The Extra"
1998 Mercy Point Surgeon ReeseEpisode: "Opposing Views"
1999 First Wave MayaEpisode: "The Decision"
1999–2000 Beggars and Choosers Nancy Ingram4 episodes
2000 Seven Days CZN ReporterEpisode: "Brother, Can You Spare a Bomb?"
2000 Stargate SG-1 BrennaEpisode: "Beneath the Surface"
2000–2002 Just Deal Emily Gordon23 episodes
2000 The Immortal Agent Audrey WellesEpisode: "Flight 666"
2001 The Division Trudy MartinEpisode: "Pilot"
2001 Night Visions Dr. Martha TylerEpisode: "After Life"
2001 Da Vinci's Inquest Arianna Wells' DaughterEpisode: "Oppenheimer Park"
2001–2002 Project ARMS Queen of Hearts3 episodes
2002, 2004 The Chris Isaak Show Lisa Pettigrew, Shana2 episodes
2002 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Segment: Writer's Agent
2002 Dark Angel Female NewscasterEpisode: "Freak Nation"
2002 Taken News ReporterEpisode: "John"
2003Ann Rule Presents: The Stranger Beside MeBeverly NealTelevision film
2004 Tru Calling MajorieEpisode: "Closure"
2004 Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Ezalia Joule, Narrator (voices) [1] 50 episodes
2004 Galaxy Angel Forte Stollen (voice) [1] 130 episodes; 5 seasons
2004 10.5 Donna, Press Secretary2 episodes
2004 Inuyasha Koran (voice)3 episodes
2004 Life as We Known It Mrs. ThropeEpisode: "Natural Disasters"
2005, 2007 The L Word Associate Producer, Betty2 episodes
2006 A Little Thing Called Murder Regina LaughnyTelevision film
2006 .hack//Roots Bordeaux (voice) [1]
2007 Dragon Boys Cat. Gail Dorosh2 episodes
2007 Supernatural ReporterEpisode: "Nightshifter"
2007 Battlestar Galactica Karen Fallbrook3 episodes
2007 Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny Narrator (voice)5 episodes
2009 Defying Gravity ReporterEpisode: "Eve Ate the Apple"
2014 Gracepoint Desk Sergeant6 episodes
2016 Bates Motel DoctorEpisode: "Norman"
2017 The Arrangement ProducerEpisode: "The Leak"
2017 iZombie Vicky ErnstEpisode: "Wag the Tongue Slowly"
2017 Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce LindaEpisode: "Rule #930: Plan for New Plans"
2017All of My Heart: Inn LoveStore OwnerTelevision film
2019 The Twilight Zone News Commentator (Iowa)Episode: "The Wunderkind"
2020Lego Jurassic World: Double TroubleOOPSI, Line Jumper (voices) [1] Episode: "Sibling Rivalry"
2020Love at the Sunset TerraceAshleyTelevision film
2020Christmas She WroteWomanTelevision film
2021 Batwoman DoctorEpisode: "Do Not Resuscitate"
2023Guiding EmilyDorisTelevision film

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