[4], Watson took a workshop for the Hair musical. The Tony Award-nominated Broadway actor, 41, died in a hospital in Los Angeles after suffering severe medical complications after contracting the coronavirus. The original version of this entry was published by And I'm not a name with an image to protect. Outside acting, Watson championed more production in Canada and more opportunities for Canadian actors. She was 60.
Madeleine is the most badass character ever. [5] While at the workshop she acted in Hamlet, which was directed by Ren Bonnire,[6] who later directed her in La Femme Nikita. Watson continued acting with the hit CBC TV series The King of Kensington and such tax shelter films as Stone Cold Dead (1979), Dirty Tricks (1981), and The Soldier (1982). Canadian actress Alberta Watson has died after a long battle with cancer. During the show's second season (in 1998), Watson was diagnosed with lymphoma, for which she had to undergo chemotherapy treatment which caused her to lose her hair. Her son visits for the summer and she's laid up with a broken leg and things get out of hand. Actress Alberta Watson is photographed during the Toronto International Film Festival in 2006, in Toronto. Watson died on Saturday at age 60 after a long battle with cancer. A decade later, she had a recurring role as a different character (with the same first name) on the seriesNikita. [citation needed] In 2005, Watson joined the cast of 24, playing CTU Director Erin Driscoll for 12 episodes of the show's fourth season. She worked with director Colleen Murphy on the film Shoemaker (1996), for which she received a second Genie nomination for Best Actress. After a long battle with cancer, Watson died at the age of 60 from complications of the disease. Get a roundup of the most important and intriguing national stories delivered to your inbox every weekday. award-nominated role as Madeline on, Her name was the basis for the character Alberta Green, played by, I took it because it was a heck of a challenge. Colorectal cancer cases rising among younger adults in Canada and U.S. Ex-husband of Edmonton soldier who tried to kill their children plans to sue Canadian military, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle evicted from their U.K. home by King Charles, Angry parents speak out on their daughter who froze to death on N.S. lp Faith Susan Alberta Watson (March 6, 1955 March 21, 2015), better known as Alberta Watson, was a Canadian film and television actress. All Rights Reserved. Renowned for her consistency and reliability, Watson was perhaps best known for the TV series La Femme Nikita (1997-2001) and 24 (2004-05), but she also gave memorable performances in David O . TORONTO Canadian actress Alberta Watson passed away Saturday after a battle with cancer. She was 60. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. [7], Watson got her first role at age 19 in a CBC movie called Honor Thy Father. She moved to Los Angeles and landed her first Hollywood role in Michael Manns 1983 horror film, The Keep. In her final performance, Watson played Senator Madeline Pierce when La Femme Nikita was rebooted as Nikita in 2010. Please note that CBC does not endorse the opinions expressed in comments. Lovely woman. I seized the character and made her something. Winter says Watson "died in the arms of her beloved Ken after a long and incredibly courageous battle.". heartland actor dies alberta watson. Best as Madeline in La Femme Nikita/Nikita. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. 2023 The Hollywood Reporter, LLC. Her Gary Goddard Agency .
Alberta Watson | Biography, Movies, TV Shows, & Facts In 2008, Alberta Watson received a Career Achievement Award from the Boston-based Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film. Box 500 Station A Toronto, ON Canada, M5W 1E6. The provocative film was controversial when it premiered at the Toronto Festival of Festivals (now the Toronto International Film Festival), but it earned 10 Canadian Film Award nominations, including one for Watson for Best Supporting Actress. Her husband Ken was at her side. Alberta Watson, in full Faith Susan Alberta Watson, (born March 6, 1955, Toronto, Canadadied March 21, 2015, Toronto), Canadian film and television actress whose career spanned four decades. She moved south and worked for many years in New York and Los Angeles.
Canadian actress Alberta Watson dies at 60 - Globalnews.ca Alternate titles: Faith Susan Alberta Watson. She was 60. Watson died at Torontos Kensington Hospice with her husband Ken at her side. Watson died at Toronto's Kensington Hospice with her husband Ken at her side.. - YouTube 0:00 / 1:49 Video unavailable This video contains content from Adrev Affiliate, who has blocked it in your country. She followed La Femme Nikita with a string of notable independent films, including The Art of Woo (2001), John Cameron Mitchells Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), Thom Fitzgeralds The Wild Dogs, (2002) and Jeremy Podeswas TV movie, After the Harvest (2001), which brought her another Gemini nomination. She also appeared in The Lookout (2007) with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, as well as in the TV series Angelas Eyes (2006), The Border (2008), and Heartland (2010), for which she won a Gemini Award. Watson eventually returned to Canada and landed a leading role in La Femme Nikita, which ran from 1997 to 2001. Courtesy of Everett Collection. Alberta Watson, a Canadian actress who had roles in the 24 and Nikita dramas over a four-decade movie and TV career, has died. Watson's agent Pam Winter says the La Femme Nikitastar died Saturday in Toronto. :)Song: \"We build bridges\" by Liz DurrettWe build bridgesDon't weSometimes need a handDespite our best laid plansDon't weSometimes miss what we hadAnd we struggleDon't weSometimes lose the reasonsBut in the peaceful morningWe can clearly seeWhere we've beenOh, and the tide pulls us out, alrightOh, and the tide pulls us out, alrightOh, when the tide brings us backHow sweet it is Please read our Commenting Policy first. After living in the New YorkNew Jersey area for eight years, she returned to Canada and starred in Shoemaker (1996), an early production for the Canadian Film Centres Feature Film Project, which earned her a Genie Award nomination. Alberta Watson, pictured in an undated publicity photo. (Carlo. The subject was incest. (Theatre House of God),[3] of the Bathurst Street United Church, at age 15. Watson re-teamed with La Femme Nikita co-creator Joel Surnow for season four of his hit action-drama 24. Watson starred in four seasons of La Femme Nikita, along with a return appearance in its fifth season, and earned a Gemini nomination for season two. Handout TORONTO Canadian actress Alberta Watson passed away Saturday after a battle with cancer. I think Im still in shock about @Alberta_Watsons death. The Canadian Encyclopedia Watson gambled by playing the seductive mother in David O. Russells incest-tinged first feature, Spanking the Monkey (1994). She followed this with The Prince and Me (2004) and recurring roles in such TV series as Show Me Yours (2004) and Ken Finklemans The Newsroom (2004). I have such wonderful memories, and I cant believe shes gone. Alberta Watson, well known to television audiences for her Gemini No details are available on a memorial service for Watson.
She briefly lived on a communal farm outside the city with other actors before returning to Toronto to act professionally, landing her first role in the CBC TV movie Honour Thy Father (1974). Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. (Surnow was such a fan that he not only hired her again but also named a character in the series, Alberta Green, after her.) Besides her turn as the operative Madeline Pierce on La Femme Nikita,Watson became known to TV audiences through roles on 24,The Newsroom,Heartlandand The Border. Corrections? Watson played Erin Driscoll, head of the fictional intelligence agency that employs operative Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland). In 2010, Watson guest-starred in Heartland, a series on CBC Television, and she won a 2011 Gemini Award for her portrayal of Sarah Craven. [12][13] Producers at La Femme Nikita worked around her treatment and limited her appearances. Although the film received mostly negative reviews, Watsons performance led to appearances on such American television series as Hill Street Blues, The Equalizer, and Law & Order and a continuing role on the short-lived ABC drama Buck James. legislature over commercialization of hard drugs, Milton man accused of murdering armed intruder released on bail. She underwent treatment but continued to act prolifically, often wearing wigs to conceal the effects of chemotherapy. [2] She grew up in Toronto with her mother Grace, a factory worker, and her brother. She balanced her work in La Femme Nikita with roles in Canadian films including The Life Before This (1999), Desire (2000), and Deeply (2000). On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The Hollywood Reporter is a part of Penske Media Corporation. . avalanche lost father, brother-in-law, family friend in slide, Trudeau says probes into foreign election interference ongoing, Alex Murdaugh sentenced to life in prison for murder of wife, son, Heated debate in B.C. Born in Toronto, Watson started out in acting with a local theater group, and by the 1970s had regular Canadian film and TV roles.
Watson shared the National Board of Review award for Best Ensemble and helped bring the film international recognition. WARNING: Major spoilers for the Season 14 premiere of Heartland are ahead!. Renowned for her consistency and reliability, Watson was perhaps best known for the TV series La Femme Nikita (19972001) and 24 (200405), but she also gave memorable performances in David O. Russells Spanking the Monkey (1994), Atom Egoyans The Sweet Hereafter (1997), and John Cameron Mitchells Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001).
Alberta Watson, Canadian actress, dies after battle with cancer Her first major credit was in Robert Lantos and Claude Hrouxs In Praise of Older Women (1978). Patrick Mullen is a writer, blogger, film critic, film festival programmer, and social media coordinator. Want to discuss? She was nominated for Genie Awards for her work in 1978s In Praise of Older Women and 1996s Shoemaker. U.K. agency missed chance to stop attack at Ariana Grandes Manchester concert: report, Travis Scott accused of assaulting nightclub worker, calls incident a misunderstanding. Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day. Yeeeehaaaa! . Watsons final credits included such Canadian and independent films as Some Things That Stay (2004), Citizen Duane (2006), A Lobster Tale (2006), and Sarah Polleys Genie-winning Away from Her (2006) opposite Gordon Pinsent, with whom she performed in Chris Landreths Genie-nominated animated short The Spine (2009).
#cdntv, Denis McGrath (@DMcWriterboy) March 23, 2015, I had the pleasure of working with @albertawatson on my first film #alobstertale rent the movie on iTunes to see Albertas great performance, Adam Massey (@lee_adam_massey) March 23, 2015. Her final film role was in the Vancouver-shot Helen (2009), starring Ashley Judd. In 2010, Watson guest-starred in Heartland, a series on CBC Television, and she won a 2011 Gemini Award for her portrayal of Sarah Craven.
Alberta Watson, congrats on your Gemini win 2011, for Heartland! TV Actresses.
Canadian actor Nick Cordero dies from coronavirus complications [13] Watson wore wigs in the show when she lost her hair. geoff ewart (@geoffewart) March 23, 2015. Pseudonyms will no longer be permitted. Updates? The offbeat black comedy proved to be a defining moment in her career; the film won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival and drew largely positive reviews. In a nod to her La Femme Nikita role, Alberta played a recurring character Madeline Pierce in Nikita, the CW's 2010-2013 reboot of the film and TV series. I seized the character and made her something. Watson came closer to fame with the role of Madeline, the cunning force on the Canadian syndicated spy series La Femme Nikita, adapted from the 1990 Luc Besson film. io. Watson earned a Gemini Award in 2011 for her guest role on Heartland. Omissions? It didn't scare me at all. She began performing with a local Toronto theatre group, T.H.O.G. We reserve the right to close comments at any time. Watson then played the grieving and lonely mother, Risa Walker, in Atom Egoyans critically acclaimed The Sweet Hereafter (1997). Watson then appeared in several notable projects, including the early Angelina Jolie vehicle Hackers (1995) and the Golden Globe-nominated, Emmy-winning TV movie Gotti (1996), playing the wife of infamous New York mobster John Gotti.
Alberta Watson - IMDb She was 60. zh. [1], Watson was born in Toronto, Ontario, in 1955. [7] She then returned to Toronto and focused on finding roles in independent films. "Young Actress Is Behind Bars -- For A Movie", "Three Hours On A Plane Is All She Can Stand: Great Escapes - Alberta Watson", "Alberta Watson: The Toughest Woman on Television", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alberta_Watson&oldid=1133861902, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2009, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. Watson's first name inspired the character Alberta Green in the first season of 24. RIP Alberta Watson. Alberta Watson, a Canadian actress who had roles in the 24 and Nikita dramas over a four-decade movie and TV career, has died.
Her Gary Goddard Agency rep, Pam Winter, confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that Watson passed away on Saturday at Torontos Kensington Hospice after a long battle with cancer. It is a priority for CBC to create products that are accessible to all in Canada including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges. And I'm not a name with an image to protect. It didn't scare me at all. Comments on this story are moderated according to our Submission Guidelines. She won a Gemini Award in 2010. [10], Watson lived in New Jersey for eight years[11] with her husband until they divorced. Watsons list of credits includes 24, The Newsroom and The Border as well as movies like Away from Her and The Sweet Hereafter. [2] Watson said:[7].mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 40px}.mw-parser-output .templatequote .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;padding-left:1.6em;margin-top:0}. [4], In Spanking the Monkey, Watson plays her favourite character,[12] a mother who has an incestuous relationship with her son. Audience Relations, CBC P.O. Watson found additional strong TV work playing Detective Denise McGoohan in Chasing Cain (2001) and Chasing Cain: Face (2002). She was a deeply disturbed woman with a roller coaster of emotions. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Her son visits for the summer and she's laid up in a cast with a broken leg and things get out of hand. RIP #AlbertaWatson. Heyn, Christopher. Deeply saddened to hear the wonderful @Alberta_Watson has died. Died (60) Add to list Awards 3 wins & 6 nominations Photos 28 Known for Hedwig and the Angry Inch 7.7 Watson later expressed disappointment with her early television work, but these roles inevitably shaped her career, pushing her to pursue strong, complex characters in projects that challenged her. Canadian actor, director, writer, and producer. "A Conversation with Alberta Watson". During 2007 and 2008, Watson played a supporting role in the Canadian television series The Border as the Minister of Public Safety. Alberta Watson, Canadian actress, dies after battle with cancer | CBC News Loaded. I took it because it was a heck of a challenge. She was 60. Watson died on March 21, 2015 due to complications from cancer at Kensington Hospice in Toronto; she was 60 years old. [4], Among her well-known film roles are the bed-ridden mother Susan Aibelli in the 1994 American independent film Spanking the Monkey, Lauren Murphy (the mother of Jonny Lee Miller's character Dade, also called "Crash Override"/"Zero Cool") in the 1995 cult film Hackers, and Risa in the 1997 Academy Award-nominated Canadian film The Sweet Hereafter, directed by Atom Egoyan. Oh! [13] When her hair started to regrow, she sported the short haircut in her role as Madeline in the show's third season.[13]. He has used his social media skills to transform his past interest in blogging about Canadian film Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree.