Allegra Fulton

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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]

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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, 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. [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]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1984 Unfinished Business Script Assistant
1991 Montréal vu par... Invitée
1993 Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould Waitress [15]
1996Critical ChoicesTeresa
1997 The Hangman's Bride Francoise LaurentShort 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. MorganShort film [17]
2004Show MeSam
2005My Uncle Navy and Other Inherited DisordersPamShort film
2007LoonieAngelShort film [18]
2012 A Dark Truth Renaldo's Mom (voice)
2012FlakedShort film
2013Iris(voice)Short film
2014 Maps to the Stars Harriet
2016Becoming WigglesworthMonaShort film
2017 The Shape of Water Yolanda
2018HellmingtonMaggie Owens
2018Nine LettersKatherineShort film
2019 Run This Town Susan
2019 Strange But True Chantrel
2021OriginsLindaShort film
2022Photo BoothNarrator (voice)
2022R.O.I.Ms. KoslovShort film
2023CascadeSkip

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992 E.N.G. Mrs. Fonseca1 episode
1993 Top Cops Brenna Neinast1 episode
1994 RoboCop Wilson1 episode
1995 Forever Knight Nurse #11 episode
1995Dark EyesVicki1 episode
1996 Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance Sharon PlessyTV movie
1996 Holiday Affair TV movie
1997Too Close to HomeGloria LopezTV movie [19]
1997 Ms. Scrooge MarieTV movie
1997Balls UpMichelleTV movie
1998 Stickin' Around Mrs. Salazar (voice)1 episode
1999 Animorphs Visser One3 episodes
1999 Black and Blue Patty BancroftTV movie
1999–2000 Blaster's Universe Additional Voices (voice)13 episodes
1999–2001 Angela Anaconda Multiple voices34 episodes
2000 Wind at My Back Lucille1 episode
2000 Twitch City Therapist1 episode
2000 Dirty Pictures AngelaTV movie
2000 Relic Hunter Airport Desk Agent1 episode
2001And Never Let Her GoEleonor BlanchardTV movie
2001, 2004 Blue Murder Louise Vuceta, Ms. Bell3 episodes
2002 The Associates Mrs. Shanfelt2 episodes
2002 Two Against Time TheresaTV movie
2002–2003 Street Time Ann Valentine15 episodes
2004 Celeste in the City HillyTV movie
2004 The Wonderful World of Disney Carmen1 episode
2005 Puppets Who Kill Esmerelda1 episode
2005 Riding the Bus with My Sister VeraTV movie
2005–2009 Mr. Meaty 8 episodes
2006 The Nine Monica Turner1 episode
2011 King Prosecutor1 episode
2011 Against the Wall Nell Cortez1 episode
2013 Degrassi: The Next Generation Madame Cliquet5 episodes
2014 Fargo Helena Milos1 episode
2015 Suits Judge Hernandez1 episode
2017 19-2 Detective Lapointe3 episodes
2018 Schitt's Creek Charlene1 episode
2019 Wayne Graciella1 episode
2019 Workin' Moms Hannah Sittart2 episodes
2019 Cardinal Dr. Jones1 episode
2021 The Good Doctor Dr. Karla Saravia2 episodes
2021Murder on Maple DriveHarmonyTV movie
2021 Chapelwaite Ann Morgan8 episodes
2021–2023 Moonshine Jill Leblanc16 episodes [20]
2023 Titans Helena1 episode
2023 Superman and Lois Older Chemo Patient3 episodes

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  1. 1 2 Richard Ouzounian, "Allegra Fulton: Pondering how it all began". Toronto Star , October 7, 2010.
  2. ↑ Iris Winston, "Frida K". Variety , January 21, 2007.
  3. ↑ Judith Fitzgerald, "Slow Dance on the Killing Ground A compelling tale powerfully told". The Globe and Mail , June 30, 1983.
  4. ↑ Robert Crew, "Daring Crow Theatre has powerful moments". Toronto Star , October 16, 1985.
  5. ↑ Ray Conlogue, "What you see is all you get: Family drama lacks depth". The Globe and Mail , November 23, 1987.
  6. ↑ Geoff Chapman, "Music and sex dominate Doras". Toronto Star , May 15, 1991.
  7. ↑ Susan Walker, "Where losers can be big winners". Toronto Star , September 6, 2000.
  8. ↑ Vit Wagner, "Our critic will be keeping eye on this 12-pack of Fringe productions". Toronto Star , June 30, 1994.
  9. ↑ Kate Taylor, "Theatre review: Frida K". The Globe and Mail, November 16, 1995.
  10. ↑ "Dora Mavor Moore Awards announced". Montreal Gazette , June 25, 1996.
  11. ↑ Martin Morrow, "Frida Mania: Renowned play opens season at One Yellow Rabbit". Calgary Herald , September 27, 1997.
  12. ↑ Kate Taylor, "Tremblay's two worlds fail to mesh The Quebec playwright's new play combines a ghostly chorus with a naturalistic drama and elicits an emotionally muffled production". The Globe and Mail , January 16, 1998.
  13. ↑ Jon Kaplan, "The play’s her thing". Now , August 28, 2003.
  14. ↑ Smith, Mae (June 29, 2020). "2020 Dora Mavor Moore Award Winners". Intermission Magazine. Archived from the original on 2020-08-09. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  15. ↑ "From Girard, a multifaceted 'Glenn Gould'" by Jay Carr, The Boston Globe (29 April, 1994) Retrieved from ProQuest   294962950
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  19. ↑ Too Close to Home review by Tony Scott at variety.com
  20. ↑ "CBC renews Moonshine for a third season" by Angelica Babiera at playbackonline.ca
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