Allegra Fulton is a Canadian actress, [1] best known for Frida K, a one-woman stage show in which she portrayed artist Frida Kahlo. [2]
The daughter of filmmaker David Fulton and writer Gloria Montero, she began her acting career in childhood with an appearance on the children's television series Butternut Square . [1] In the early 1980s she regularly performed in stage roles in Toronto, including productions of Slow Dance on the Killing Ground, [3] Michi's Blood, [4] and South of Heaven. [5]
In 1991 she received a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for Outstanding Performance, Small Theatre for her performance in Nocturnal Emissions at Buddies in Bad Times. [6]
In the 1990s she began appearing in film and television roles, most notably the Genie Award-winning short film The Hangman's Bride opposite Shawn Doyle, whom she subsequently married. [7]
Frida K, written by Montero, directed by Peter Hinton was first staged at the 1994 Toronto Fringe Festival, [8] before being remounted by Tarragon Theatre in 1995. [9] In 1996 she won the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Play, Small Theatre, [10] before taking the play on an extended national and international tour to Spain, Barcelona and more. [11] She returned to Toronto in 1998 in the English-language premiere of Michel Tremblay's Marcel Pursued by the Hounds for Tarragon. [12]
She has continued to act in stage, film, television and animated voice roles. She received a Gemini Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role Dramatic Series at the 16th Gemini Awards in 2001 for a guest appearance on Blue Murder , [13] and received her third Dora nomination in 2020 for Between Riverside and Crazy. [14]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1984 | Unfinished Business | Script Assistant | |
1991 | Montréal vu par... | Invitée | |
1993 | Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould | Waitress | [15] |
1996 | Critical Choices | Teresa | |
1997 | The Hangman's Bride | Francoise Laurent | Short film [16] |
1999 | Woman Wanted | Gracie | |
2000 | The Law of Enclosures | Henry's Mother | |
2002 | John Q. | Sick Girl's Mother | |
2004 | Childstar | Photographer | |
2004 | Choke. | Ms. Morgan | Short film [17] |
2004 | Show Me | Sam | |
2005 | My Uncle Navy and Other Inherited Disorders | Pam | Short film |
2007 | Loonie | Angel | Short film [18] |
2012 | A Dark Truth | Renaldo's Mom (voice) | |
2012 | Flaked | Short film | |
2013 | Iris | (voice) | Short film |
2014 | Maps to the Stars | Harriet | |
2016 | Becoming Wigglesworth | Mona | Short film |
2017 | The Shape of Water | Yolanda | |
2018 | Hellmington | Maggie Owens | |
2018 | Nine Letters | Katherine | Short film |
2019 | Run This Town | Susan | |
2019 | Strange But True | Chantrel | |
2021 | Origins | Linda | Short film |
2022 | Photo Booth | Narrator (voice) | |
2022 | R.O.I. | Ms. Koslov | Short film |
2023 | Cascade | Skip | |
2024 | Monica's News | Hazel McClure |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1992 | E.N.G. | Mrs. Fonseca | 1 episode |
1993 | Top Cops | Brenna Neinast | 1 episode |
1994 | RoboCop | Wilson | 1 episode |
1995 | Forever Knight | Nurse #1 | 1 episode |
1995 | Dark Eyes | Vicki | 1 episode |
1996 | Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance | Sharon Plessy | TV movie |
1996 | Holiday Affair | TV movie | |
1997 | Too Close to Home | Gloria Lopez | TV movie [19] |
1997 | Ms. Scrooge | Marie | TV movie |
1997 | Balls Up | Michelle | TV movie |
1998 | Stickin' Around | Mrs. Salazar (voice) | 1 episode |
1999 | Animorphs | Visser One | 3 episodes |
1999 | Black and Blue | Patty Bancroft | TV movie |
1999–2000 | Blaster's Universe | Additional Voices (voice) | 13 episodes |
1999–2001 | Angela Anaconda | Multiple voices | 34 episodes |
2000 | Wind at My Back | Lucille | 1 episode |
2000 | Twitch City | Therapist | 1 episode |
2000 | Dirty Pictures | Angela | TV movie |
2000 | Relic Hunter | Airport Desk Agent | 1 episode |
2001 | And Never Let Her Go | Eleonor Blanchard | TV movie |
2001, 2004 | Blue Murder | Louise Vuceta, Ms. Bell | 3 episodes |
2002 | The Associates | Mrs. Shanfelt | 2 episodes |
2002 | Two Against Time | Theresa | TV movie |
2002–2003 | Street Time | Ann Valentine | 15 episodes |
2004 | Celeste in the City | Hilly | TV movie |
2004 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Carmen | 1 episode |
2005 | Puppets Who Kill | Esmerelda | 1 episode |
2005 | Riding the Bus with My Sister | Vera | TV movie |
2005–2009 | Mr. Meaty | 8 episodes | |
2006 | The Nine | Monica Turner | 1 episode |
2011 | King | Prosecutor | 1 episode |
2011 | Against the Wall | Nell Cortez | 1 episode |
2013 | Degrassi: The Next Generation | Madame Cliquet | 5 episodes |
2014 | Fargo | Helena Milos | 1 episode |
2015 | Suits | Judge Hernandez | 1 episode |
2017 | 19-2 | Detective Lapointe | 3 episodes |
2018 | Schitt's Creek | Charlene | 1 episode |
2019 | Wayne | Graciella | 1 episode |
2019 | Workin' Moms | Hannah Sittart | 2 episodes |
2019 | Cardinal | Dr. Jones | 1 episode |
2021 | The Good Doctor | Dr. Karla Saravia | 2 episodes |
2021 | Murder on Maple Drive | Harmony | TV movie |
2021 | Chapelwaite | Ann Morgan | 8 episodes |
2021–2023 | Moonshine | Jill Leblanc | 16 episodes [20] |
2023 | Titans | Helena | 1 episode |
2023 | Superman and Lois | Older Chemo Patient | 3 episodes |