Isabelle Mejias

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Isabelle Mejias (born November 4, 1961) is a Canadian actress. [1] She is most noted for her performance in the film Unfinished Business , for which she received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actress at the 6th Genie Awards in 1985. [2]

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Career

Originally from Montreal, Quebec, Mejias had her first film role in the 1980 film Girls . [1] She then appeared in The Lucky Star , Le Roi des cons and Julie Darling prior to 1984, when she appeared in both Unfinished Business and The Bay Boy . For Cinema Canada magazine, critic John Harkness wrote of her performance in Unfinished Business that "If this were a country with any sort of rational production/distribution/publicity system, a performance like this would mean that she would immediately be talked about in Hollywood - Mejias has star quality like you wouldn't believe." [3]

She subsequently starred in the films Blue Line, [4] Meatballs III: Summer Job , [5] Higher Education, [6] State Park, The Midday Sun [7] and Scanners II: The New Order . [8] She also starred in the television miniseries Echoes in the Darkness, [9] and had supporting or guest appearances in the television series Philip Marlowe, Private Eye , The Edison Twins , Night Heat , Street Legal and Danger Bay . She received a Gemini Award nomination for Best Guest Performance in a Television Series at the 3rd Gemini Awards for Danger Bay.

Her final known acting role was in the 1996 television film Psychic Detectives, under her married name Isabelle Jamieson.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1980 Girls Betty Darquier
1980 The Lucky Star Marijke
1981Le roi des consSuzanne
1983 Julie Darling Julie
1984 Unfinished Business Isabelle Marks
1984 The Bay Boy Mary McNeil
1985Blue LineNicole
1986 Meatballs III: Summer Job Wendy
1988Higher EducationCarrie Hanson
1988 State Park Marsha
1988Fall from InnocenceMarsa Cummings
1989The Midday SunMaggie Cameron
1991 Scanners II: The New Order Alice Leonardo
1992Hammer DownGina Angelo
1994Final RoundLee

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1984Special PeopleJulieTelevision film
1986 Philip Marlowe, Private Eye MoniqueEpisode: "Blackmailers Don't Shoot"
1986 The Edison Twins BrendaEpisode: "Smile for the Camera"
1987 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Kelly JenkinsEpisode: "Tragedy Tonight"
1987 Echoes in the Darkness Shelly2 episodes
1987 Danger Bay Suzette PoitierEpisode: "It's a Jungle in There"
1987, 1988 Night Heat Simone / Valerie2 episodes
1987, 1992 Street Legal Anna Briso / Kim Morrow
1989 Day One Mrs. TrowbridgeTelevision film
1989 War of the Worlds SherryEpisode: "So Shall Ye Reap"
1989 Friday the 13th: The Series Blair GerardEpisode: "The Shaman's Apprentice"
1990 T. and T. AllyEpisode: "Suspect"
1992 Dangerous Curves Suzanne Blake / Victoria FrostEpisode: "Obsession"
1996 Psychic Detectives CadabraTelevision film

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References

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  2. "Bay Boy reels in 11 Genie nominations". The Globe and Mail , February 15, 1985.
  3. John Harkness, "Don Owen's Unfinished Business". Cinema Canada , May 1985. p. 27.
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  5. "Meatballs sequel leaves you empty". Ottawa Citizen , June 6, 1987.
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