 |
Asia Vieira | |
|---|---|
| Born | Asia Molly Vieira May 18, 1982 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1988–present |
Asia Molly Vieira (born May 18, 1982) is a Canadian actress best known for her early role in the 1991 made-for-television Omen IV: The Awakening [1] and playing as Christine Harrison in the Disney Channel original series, Flash Forward .
Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, she began her career as a child model at the age of four, later gaining her first major role in 1988 alongside Diane Keaton and Liam Neeson in The Good Mother . She is an accomplished gymnast and graduated from the Etobicoke School of the Arts as a Music Theatre Major. She was also a student at the University of Toronto, studying both drama and history.
Vieira has starred in numerous made-for-TV movies and popular television shows, but she is probably best known for playing the roles of Jewel Staite's best friend Christine Harrison in the TV series Flash Forward , Sally in The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon and Delia York, daughter of Damien Thorn, in Omen IV: The Awakening . She has recently been recording for both radio and cartoons, along with appearing in a number of made-for-TV movies and short films including I Am an Apartment Building which won Best Canadian short at the Edmonton Short Film Festival.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | The Good Mother | Molly Dunlop | |
| 1992 | Used People | Young Norma | |
| 2004 | A Home at the End of the World | Emily | |
| 2015 | My Ex-Ex | Tracy |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | The Kissing Place | Melissa | Television film |
| 1990–1993 | Street Legal | Kim Davis | 24 episodes |
| 1991 | E.N.G. | Maria Visconti | Episode: "In the Blood" |
| 1991 | Omen IV: The Awakening | Delia York | Television film |
| 1994–1997 | The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon | Sally | 33 episodes |
| 1995 | A Holiday to Remember | Jordy Giblin | Television film |
| 1995–1996 | The Magic School Bus | Caller (voice) | 3 episodes |
| 1996 | Wind at My Back | Skipper | Episode: "No Way of Telling" |
| 1996–1997 | Flash Forward | Christine "Chris" Harrison | 26 episodes |
| 1998 | Goosebumps | Sue | Episode: "Teacher's Pet" |
| 1999 | Are You Afraid of the Dark? | Meggie Evans | Episode: "The Tale of the Secret Admirer" |
| 1999 | Tales from the Cryptkeeper | Erin (voice) | Episode: "Town Gathering" |
| 2000 | Twice in a Lifetime | Angel Ryder (14 years) | Episode: "The Sins of Our Fathers" |
| 2001 | Dangerous Child | Kayla | Television film |
| 2002 | Guilt by Association | Teenage Hannah | |
| 2006 | Gospel of Deceit | Margaret | |
| 2006 | I Am an Apartment Building | Teenager | Television short |
| 2009 | The Dating Guy | Sue (voice) | Episode: "Bonnie & Mark" |
The Omen is a 1976 supernatural horror film directed by Richard Donner and written by David Seltzer. An international co-production of the United Kingdom and the United States, it stars Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Harvey Spencer Stephens, Billie Whitelaw, Patrick Troughton, Martin Benson, and Leo McKern. The film's plot follows Damien Thorn, a young child replaced at birth by his father, unbeknownst to his wife, after their biological child dies shortly after birth. As a series of mysterious events and violent deaths occur around the family and Damien enters childhood, they come to learn he is in fact the prophesied Antichrist.
Wendy Jane Crewson is a Canadian actress and producer. She began her career appearing on Canadian television, before her breakthrough role in 1991 dramatic film The Doctor.
Connie Sellecca is an American actress, producer, and former model, best known for her roles on the television series Flying High, The Greatest American Hero, and Hotel, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama in 1987.
Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel, also known as Anne of Avonlea or Anne of Avonlea: The Continuing Story of Anne of Green Gables, is a 1987 Canadian television miniseries film and the second in a series of four films. A sequel to the 1985 miniseries Anne of Green Gables, it is based on Lucy Maud Montgomery's novels Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, and Anne of Windy Poplars.
Helen Shaver is a Canadian actress and film and television director. After appearing in a number of Canadian movies, she received a Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress for her performance in the romantic drama In Praise of Older Women (1978). She later appeared in the films The Amityville Horror (1979), The Osterman Weekend (1983), Desert Hearts (1985), The Color of Money (1986), The Believers (1987), The Craft (1996),Tremors 2: Aftershocks (1996) and Down River (2013). She received another Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress nomination for the 1986 drama film Lost!, and won a Best Supporting Actress for We All Fall Down (2000). Shaver also starred in some short-lived television series, including United States (1980) and Jessica Novak (1981), and from 1996 to 1999 starred in the Showtime horror series, Poltergeist: The Legacy, for which she received a Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television nomination.
Megan Elizabeth Laura Diana Follows is a Canadian-American actress and director. She is known for her role as Anne Shirley in the 1985 Canadian television miniseries Anne of Green Gables and its two sequels. From 2013 to 2017, she starred as Catherine de' Medici, Queen of France, in the television drama series Reign.
Faye Grant is an American film, television and stage actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Julie Parrish in NBC's science fiction series V between 1983 and 1985.
Gil Bellows is a Canadian actor, screenwriter, and director. He is best known for the roles of Tommy Williams in the 1994 movie The Shawshank Redemption, Billy Thomas in the Fox television series Ally McBeal (1997–2002), and CIA agent Matt Callan in the CBS television series The Agency (2001–2003). In 2016–2017, he was a regular cast member in the USA Network series Eyewitness.
Molly Parker is a Canadian actress, writer, and director. She garnered critical attention for her portrayal of a necrophiliac medical student in the controversial drama Kissed (1996). She subsequently starred in the television thriller Intensity (1997) before landing her first major American film role in the drama Waking the Dead (2000). She gained further notice for her role as a Las Vegas escort in the drama The Center of the World (2001), for which she was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead.
Omen IV: The Awakening is a 1991 American supernatural horror television film directed by Jorge Montesi and Dominique Othenin-Girard and written by Brian Taggert, from a story by producer Harvey Bernhard and Taggert. The film is the fourth installment in The Omen series and the final installment of the original series. It stars Faye Grant, Michael Woods, Michael Lerner, and Asia Vieira. Its plot follows two attorneys who adopt a young girl, unaware of the fact that she is to possibly succeed Damien Thorn as the Antichrist.
Nicholas Campbell is a Canadian film, television and voice actor and filmmaker, who won three Gemini Awards for acting. He is known for such films as Naked Lunch, Prozac Nation, New Waterford Girl and the television series Da Vinci's Inquest.
Kim Jacinthe Poirier is a Canadian actress, singer, film producer, and television host.
Martin Cummins is a Canadian actor known for his role as Ames White in Dark Angel and as Nick Boyle in Poltergeist: The Legacy.
Flash Forward is a Disney Channel Original Series produced in Canada for preteens and teenagers which was originally previewed on both Disney Channel and ABC from 1995 to 1996 with its main run starting from 1997 to 1999. The series first aired as a 4-episode limited-run preview on The Disney Channel from December 14, 1995 to January 6, 1996. Starting on September 14, 1996, the series aired as a special nationwide preview-run on ABC's Saturday morning lineup. On January 1, 1997, the series premiered on The Disney Channel with a special New Year's Day 5-hour, 10-episode marathon, and on January 5, the series moved to its regular time slot on Saturdays and Sundays.
The Omen is a horror film franchise beginning in 1976. The series centers on Damien Thorn, a child born of Satan and given to Robert and Katherine Thorn, before being passed along the Thorn families as a child. It is revealed among the families that Damien is in fact meant to be the Antichrist, and as an adult is attempting to gain control of the Thorn business and reach for the presidency.
Claire Stansfield is a British-Canadian actress, director, fashion designer and former model who is best known for her recurring role as Alti in several episodes of the television series Xena: Warrior Princess and guest-starring roles on Cybill, Frasier, and The X-Files.
Erin Karpluk is a Canadian actress. She is known for her portrayal of Erica Strange on the CBC Television series Being Erica from 2009 to 2011.
Hélène Joy is an Australian actress. She is best known for her work in television series Durham County and Murdoch Mysteries.
Trish Dolman is a Canadian film and television director and producer. She is most noted for her 2017 documentary film Canada in a Day, for which she won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Direction in a Documentary Program at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018.
Lourdes Faberes is a Philippines-born actress based in the United Kingdom. She is best known for her work in television, theatre, and film. She played Pollution in the Amazon series Good Omens, the assassin Altani on History Channel's Knightfall, and covert operative Michelle Ito on ABC's series, Whiskey Cavalier. In 2021 she appeared on the Bond film, No Time to Die, and in 2022 played Kate Fletcher in The Sandman TV series.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
 | This article about a Canadian actor is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
