Alberta Watson
Alberta Watson was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on March 6th, 1955 and is the TV Actress. At the age of 60, Alberta Watson biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.
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Faith Susan Alberta Watson (March 6, 1955 – March 21, 2015), better known as Alberta Watson, was a Canadian film and television actress.
Early life
Watson was born in Toronto, Ontario, in 1955. She grew up in Toronto with her mother Grace, a factory worker, and her brother. She began performing with a local Toronto theatre group, T.H.O.G. (Theatre House of God), of the Bathurst Street United Church, at age 15.
Watson took a workshop for the Hair musical. While at the workshop she acted in Hamlet, which was directed by René Bonnière, who later directed her in La Femme Nikita.
Acting career
Watson appeared in Honor Thy Father, a CBC film that was released at the age 19. In her early career, she portrayed Mitzi in George Kaczender's In Praise of Older Women (1978), for which she received a Genie nomination. "Exposure" was her best actress award at the Yorkton Film Festival a year later. She went to Los Angeles, California, and then to New York City.
Watson and her husband lived in New Jersey for eight years before they divorced. She then returned to Toronto and concentrated on finding roles in independent films. She co-starred on the film Shoemaker (1996), for which she received a second Genie Award for Best Actress.
Susan Aibelli of bed-ridden mother Susan Aibelli (the mother of Jonny Lee Miller's character Dade, also known as "Crash Override"/"Zero Cool") in the 1995 American independent film Hackers and Risa, directed by Atom Egoyan, are among her well-known film roles.
Watson plays Spanking the Monkey, a mother with an incestuous relationship with her son. Susan Sarandon, Jessica Lange, and others played the role.Watson said:
Madeline in La Femme Nikita lasted for four seasons from 1997 to 2001 (with guest appearances in the short fifth season). Watson was diagnosed with lymphoma during the show's second season (1998), causing her to lose her hair due to chemotherapy. La Femme Nikita's producers regulated her illness and minimized her presence. When Watson lost her hair, she wore wigs in the show. In her role as Madeline in the show's third season, she sported the short haircut as her hair started to regrow.
In the first season of 24, Watson's first name was based on the character Alberta Green. Watson appeared in 24 episodes of the show's fourth season in 2005, playing CTU Director Erin Driscoll.
Watson appeared in the Canadian television series The Border as the Minister of Public Safety from 2007 to 2008.
Watson appeared in Heartland, a CBC television series, in 2010, and she received a 2011 Gemini Award for her portrayal of Sarah Craven.
Alberta played Madeline Pierce in Nikita, the CW's 2010-2013 revival of the film and TV series in a nod to her La Femme Nikita role.