Liisa Repo-Martell
| Liisa Repo-Martell | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 1971 (age 45) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | actor |
| Years active | 1988-present |
| Known for | Gemini award winner |
Liisa Repo-Martell is a Gemini award winning Canadian actor and artist.[1] Her parents Satu Repo and George Martell were founding editors of This Magazine Is About Schools, an influential independent Canadian magazine now known as "This".[2]
Her Gemini award was for her 1998 performance in Nights Below Station Street.[1] She has had two other Gemini nominations for appearances on This is Wonderland and Flashpoint.[3]
She played Mrs. Genest, estranged wife of Joe Genest (Stephen Baldwin) in the 2006 Jesse Stone: Night Passage made-for-TV-movie.[4]
In February 2012 the National Post called Repo-Martell, and her husband, actor and theater-director Chris Abraham, a "Toronto theatre power couple".[5]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | American Boyfriends | Julie La Belle | |
| 1992 | Unforgiven | Silky | |
| 1996 | Can I Get a Witness? | Sam | Short film |
| 1996 | English Patient, TheThe English Patient | Jan | |
| 1997 | Nights Below Station Street | Adele Walsh | |
| 2000 | Washed Up | Brains | |
| 2000 | Infidelity | Maid | Short film |
| 2000 | Hold-Up | Woman | Short film |
| 2003 | Bastards | Finnie | |
| 2004 | Touch of Pink | Delia | |
| 2007 | Diamonds in a Bucket | Vivian | Short film |
| 2007 | Lars and the Real Girl | Laurel | |
| 2015 | King Lear | Regan |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Street Legal | Kate Quinlan | "Soul Custody" |
| 1992 | Good Fight, TheThe Good Fight | Sandra | TV film |
| 1993 | E.N.G. | Terry | "The Big Sleepover" |
| 1993 | Class of '96 | Miranda | "The Adventures of Pat's Man and Robin" |
| 1993 | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Patty | "The Lacquered Box" |
| 1994 | TekWar: TekLab | Galahad | TV film |
| 1994 | Lives of Girls & Women | Naomi | TV film |
| 1995 | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Trish | "May I Walk with You" |
| 1996 | Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years | Billy Jean | "Partners" |
| 1996 | Hidden in America | Angela | TV film |
| 1996 | Critical Choices | Amy | TV film |
| 1997 | Once a Thief | Nikki | "Rave On" |
| 1998 | Thanks of a Grateful Nation | Kristie Schuermann | TV film |
| 1998-99 | Emily of New Moon | Maida Flynn | "Falling Angels", "The Return of Maida Flynn" |
| 1999 | Earth: Final Conflict | Amanda Hayes | "Volunteers" |
| 1999 | Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal | Jenny Turner | "Body and Soul" |
| 2000 | Strong Medicine | Jessie | "Pilot" |
| 2002 | Scared Silent | Carole Bakelin | TV film |
| 2003 | Missing | Stacy Drake | "Thin Air" |
| 2005-06 | This Is Wonderland | Sandy Fisher | Recurring role |
| 2006 | Jesse Stone: Night Passage | Carole Genest | TV film |
| 2006 | Puppets Who Kill | Lottie | "Buttons and the Dying Wish Foundation" |
| 2006 | Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise | Carole Genest | TV film |
| 2007 | Trapped! | First Officer Maiju Saari | "Ocean Emergency" |
| 2008 | ReGenesis | Marie Gervais | "The Kiss" |
| 2009 | Diverted | Eileen Northbrook | TV film |
| 2009 | Listener, TheThe Listener | Rebecca Cahill | "My Sister's Keeper" |
| 2010 | Republic of Doyle | Shannie Malone | "The Fall of the Republic" |
| 2010 | Flashpoint | Claire Williams | "Acceptable Risk" |
| 2011 | Murdoch Mysteries | Lydia Howland | "Dead End Street" |
| 2011 | Committed | Donneymeade | TV film |
| 2012 | King | Dot Fuller | "Freddy Boise" |
| 2013 | Cracked | Angie Coturno | "Spirited Away" |
| 2014 | Remedy | Cynthia | "Homecoming" |
| 2016 | Saving Hope | Tracy | "Not Fade Away" |
References
- 1 2 "Actress comfortable in Chekhov's shorts". Toronto Star. 1999-11-11. p. 1. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
A Gemini Award winner last year for her starring role in CBC-TV's Nights Below Station Street, her stage credits include an achingly fragile turn in The Glass Menagerie at London's Grand Theatre and a feisty role in Go Chicken Go's Easy Lenny Lazmon and the Great Western Ascension.
- ↑ Glenn Sumi (2001-08-30). "Liisa Repo-Martell: She's poured her soul into Soulpepper's classics, but is the city's most serious actor having a good time?". Now. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
Perhaps her commitment comes from her parents, political activists and academics who co-founded This Magazine (then called This Magazine is About Schools). "It was almost a religious upbringing," says Repo-Martell. "They had this sense of justice, of utopia. They were passionate. It was inspiring".
- ↑ "Company Theatre: Liisa Repo-Martell". Company Theatre.
- ↑ credits from Jesse Stone: Night Passage movie
- ↑ "The One: Chris Abraham & Liisa Repo-Martell". National Post. 2012-02-11. Retrieved 2014-08-07.
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