Jacqueline Samuda

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Jacqueline Samuda
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Born1963 (age 6162)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s)Actress, voice actress, director, writer
Years active1985-present
SpouseRob Riley (2005-present) (2 children)
Website http://www.jacquelinesamuda.com

Jacqueline Samuda (born 1963 in Ottawa) is a Canadian actress, director and writer. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Biography

Samuda was born in Ottawa, Ontario, and grew up in both the United States and Canada. She received a B.F.A. Degree in Performance from York University in Toronto, and apprenticed at the prestigious Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the Lake, Ontario. An experienced film/TV/stage/voice actress, Jacqueline has appeared in recurring roles on TV's Spooksville, The L Word and the epic sci-fi series Stargate SG-1 and in many other feature film, TV episodic and animation projects. She is a busy voiceover performer who has voiced many international and national commercial campaigns and many other projects, from audiobooks to videogames to corporate and documentary film. She was a finalist for the 2008 VOICEY Awards, an international voiceover award. As a writer/director, Jacqueline was honoured with the inaugural prize of the Motion Picture Producers Association/Women in the Directors' Chair Feature Film Award in 2008. A past BC Film Writer’s Fellow and instructor at Vancouver Film School and UBC’s Writing Centre, she also has story edited and polished many screenplays, including The Delicate Art of Parking and The Foursome. Her directing background spans theatre in Toronto and L.A. (garnering a Best Director L.A. Critics’ Award for Zastrozzi), and seven short films (received awards, screenings at film festivals and TV distribution). She has taught Directing Actors as a Guest Artist at University of Los Angeles. She has served as president of the board of directors for Pacific Cinématheque, Vancouver’s non-profit cultural cinema venue. Jacqueline has been active on the board of Vancouver's Women in Film, where she served as president of the board 2001-2003 and on the advisory board in subsequent years. In 2008, Jacqueline was honoured to receive a Lifetime Member Award for her work with Women in Film. [5]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1988 A New Life Mara
1989 Renegades Woman Cop
1989 Speaking Parts Bride
1991 The Adjuster Louise
1997One of Our OwnCorporal Kim Deeves
1999The ArrangementOlga
1999Making ContactEllen
2003Jam SpaceBeautiful WomanShort film
200350 Questions DirectorShort film for Crazy8s
2003 See Grace Fly Grace (voice)
2005Sub ZeroSasha MirovVideo
2008 Stargate: Continuum NirrtiVideo
2008 Edison and Leo Toni / Nirena (voice)

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1985Shock ChamberLindaSegment: "Symbol of Victory"
1987 Adderly Modeling AgentEpisode: "A Matter of Discretion"
1990Leona Helmsley: The Queen of MeanReporterTV film
1990 Street Legal Nancy CrosbieEpisode: "The Psychic"
1991 Counterstrike Victoria CondradeEpisode: "Fall From Grace"
1992 To Catch a Killer UnknownTV film
1999, 2001, 2003 Stargate SG-1 Nirrti Episodes: "Fair Game", "Rites of Passage" and "Metamorphosis"; Also writer of "Metamorphosis"
2000 First Target PattiTV film
2001 Da Vinci's Inquest Joyce ZisnerEpisode: "The Sparkle Tour"
2001 The Chris Isaak Show Nedra WingEpisode: "Freud's Dilemma"
2001 Night Visions MelissaEpisode: "Used Car"
2001 Wolf Lake Jean HollanderEpisode: "The Changing"
2002WastedChris' MomTV film
2003Wilder DaysPearlTV film
2004 The L Word Movie TypeEpisode: "Pilot"
2006 A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story AngieTV film
2006 Saved Nurse #1Episode: "Triage"
2007 Bionic Woman Med-Flight Tech #2Episode: "Pilot"
2007 Smallville ER Doctor #1Episode: "Bizarro"
2008 The L Word Saundra HoustonEpisodes: "Lesbians Gone Wild", "Lunar Cycle"
2009 The L Word Saundra HoustonEpisode: "LMFAO"
2012 R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour Gracie's MomEpisode: "Headshot"
2013 Arrow TV HostEpisode: "Burned"
2014When Sparks FlyGloriaTV film
2015Real Murderers: An Aurora Teagarden MysteryMamieTV film
2015Once Upon a HolidayMargaret WickershamTV film
2017–2020 Marvel Super Hero Adventures Captain MarvelVoice; 3 episodes
2019 When Calls the Heart JoyceEpisode: "Heart of a Mountie"
2023 Virgin River Lydia AdlerEpisode: "Trial By Fire"

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 Dead Rising 2: Case West The Director
2011BackStab HDColeta
2015 Crypt of the Necrodancer Aria
2016 Homeworld: Deserts Of Kharak Khagaan

References

  1. "Jacqueline Samuda on the working actor's life". YVR Screen Scene. 30 December 2018. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  2. "Jacqueline Samuda".
  3. "The Armageddon Files Interviews: #2 Jacqueline Samuda". Sci-Fi & Squeam. 2014-10-25. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  4. Spaner, David (2003). Dreaming in the rain : how Vancouver became Hollywood North by Northwest. Vancouver [B.C.]: Arsenal Pulp Press. p. 220. ISBN   1-55152-129-6. OCLC   605710503.
  5. "Jacqueline Samuda wins at Women in Film & Television awards". The Georgia Straight. 2008-03-12. Retrieved 2021-07-20.