Allegra Fulton is a Canadian actress,[1] best known for Frida K, a one-woman stage show in which she portrayed artist Frida Kahlo.[2]
The daughter of filmmaker David Fulton and writer Gloria Montero, she began her acting career in childhood with an appearance on the children's television series Butternut Square.[1] In the early 1980s she regularly performed in stage roles in Toronto, including productions of Slow Dance on the Killing Ground,[3] Michi's Blood,[4] and South of Heaven.[5]
In 1991 she received a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for Outstanding Performance, Small Theatre for her performance in Nocturnal Emissions at Buddies in Bad Times.[6]
In the 1990s she began appearing in film and television roles, most notably the Genie Award-winning short film The Hangman's Bride opposite Shawn Doyle, whom she subsequently married.[7]
Frida K, written by Montero, was first staged at the 1994 Toronto Fringe Festival,[8] before being remounted by Tarragon Theatre in 1995.[9] In 1996 she won the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Play, Small Theatre,[10] before taking the play on an extended national and international tour.[11] She returned to Toronto in 1998 in the English-language premiere of Michel Tremblay's Marcel Pursued by the Hounds for Tarragon.[12]
She has continued to act in stage, film, television and animated voice roles. She received a Gemini Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role Dramatic Series at the 16th Gemini Awards in 2001 for a guest appearance on Blue Murder,[13] and received her third Dora nomination in 2020 for Between Riverside and Crazy.[14]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Unfinished Business | Script Assistant | |
| 1991 | Montréal vu par... | Invitée | |
| 1993 | Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould | Waitress | [15] |
| 1996 | Critical Choices | Teresa | |
| 1997 | The Hangman's Bride | Francoise Laurent | Short film[16] |
| 1999 | Woman Wanted | Gracie | |
| 2000 | The Law of Enclosures | Henry's Mother | |
| 2002 | John Q. | Sick Girl's Mother | |
| 2004 | Childstar | Photographer | |
| 2004 | Choke. | Ms. Morgan | Short film[17] |
| 2004 | Show Me | Sam | |
| 2005 | My Uncle Navy and Other Inherited Disorders | Pam | Short film |
| 2007 | Loonie | Angel | Short film[18] |
| 2012 | A Dark Truth | Renaldo's Mom (voice) | |
| 2012 | Flaked | Short film | |
| 2013 | Iris | (voice) | Short film |
| 2014 | Maps to the Stars | Harriet | |
| 2016 | Becoming Wigglesworth | Mona | Short film |
| 2017 | The Shape of Water | Yolanda | |
| 2018 | Hellmington | Maggie Owens | |
| 2018 | Nine Letters | Katherine | Short film |
| 2019 | Run This Town | Susan | |
| 2019 | Strange But True | Chantrel | |
| 2021 | Origins | Linda | Short film |
| 2022 | Photo Booth | Narrator (voice) | |
| 2022 | R.O.I. | Ms. Koslov | Short film |
| 2023 | Cascade | Skip | |
| 2024 | Monica's News | Hazel McClure |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | E.N.G. | Mrs. Fonseca | 1 episode |
| 1993 | Top Cops | Brenna Neinast | 1 episode |
| 1994 | RoboCop | Wilson | 1 episode |
| 1995 | Forever Knight | Nurse #1 | 1 episode |
| 1995 | Dark Eyes | Vicki | 1 episode |
| 1996 | Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance | Sharon Plessy | TV movie |
| 1996 | Holiday Affair | TV movie | |
| 1997 | Too Close to Home | Gloria Lopez | TV movie[19] |
| 1997 | Ms. Scrooge | Marie | TV movie |
| 1997 | Balls Up | Michelle | TV movie |
| 1998 | Stickin' Around | Mrs. Salazar (voice) | 1 episode |
| 1999 | Animorphs | Visser One | 3 episodes |
| 1999 | Black and Blue | Patty Bancroft | TV movie |
| 1999–2000 | Blaster's Universe | Additional Voices (voice) | 13 episodes |
| 1999–2001 | Angela Anaconda | Multiple voices | 34 episodes |
| 2000 | Wind at My Back | Lucille | 1 episode |
| 2000 | Twitch City | Therapist | 1 episode |
| 2000 | Dirty Pictures | Angela | TV movie |
| 2000 | Relic Hunter | Airport Desk Agent | 1 episode |
| 2001 | And Never Let Her Go | Eleonor Blanchard | TV movie |
| 2001, 2004 | Blue Murder | Louise Vuceta, Ms. Bell | 3 episodes |
| 2002 | The Associates | Mrs. Shanfelt | 2 episodes |
| 2002 | Two Against Time | Theresa | TV movie |
| 2002–2003 | Street Time | Ann Valentine | 15 episodes |
| 2004 | Celeste in the City | Hilly | TV movie |
| 2004 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Carmen | 1 episode |
| 2005 | Puppets Who Kill | Esmerelda | 1 episode |
| 2005 | Riding the Bus with My Sister | Vera | TV movie |
| 2005–2009 | Mr. Meaty | 8 episodes | |
| 2006 | The Nine | Monica Turner | 1 episode |
| 2011 | King | Prosecutor | 1 episode |
| 2011 | Against the Wall | Nell Cortez | 1 episode |
| 2013 | Degrassi: The Next Generation | Madame Cliquet | 5 episodes |
| 2014 | Fargo | Helena Milos | 1 episode |
| 2015 | Suits | Judge Hernandez | 1 episode |
| 2017 | 19-2 | Detective Lapointe | 3 episodes |
| 2018 | Schitt's Creek | Charlene | 1 episode |
| 2019 | Wayne | Graciella | 1 episode |
| 2019 | Workin' Moms | Hannah Sittart | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Cardinal | Dr. Jones | 1 episode |
| 2021 | The Good Doctor | Dr. Karla Saravia | 2 episodes |
| 2021 | Murder on Maple Drive | Harmony | TV movie |
| 2021 | Chapelwaite | Ann Morgan | 8 episodes |
| 2021–2023 | Moonshine | Jill Leblanc | 16 episodes[20] |
| 2023 | Titans | Helena | 1 episode |
| 2023 | Superman and Lois | Older Chemo Patient | 3 episodes |
References
edit- ^ a b Richard Ouzounian, "Allegra Fulton: Pondering how it all began". Toronto Star, October 7, 2010.
- ^ Iris Winston, "Frida K". Variety, January 21, 2007.
- ^ Judith Fitzgerald, "Slow Dance on the Killing Ground A compelling tale powerfully told". The Globe and Mail, June 30, 1983.
- ^ Robert Crew, "Daring Crow Theatre has powerful moments". Toronto Star, October 16, 1985.
- ^ Ray Conlogue, "What you see is all you get: Family drama lacks depth". The Globe and Mail, November 23, 1987.
- ^ Geoff Chapman, "Music and sex dominate Doras". Toronto Star, May 15, 1991.
- ^ Susan Walker, "Where losers can be big winners". Toronto Star, September 6, 2000.
- ^ Vit Wagner, "Our critic will be keeping eye on this 12-pack of Fringe productions". Toronto Star, June 30, 1994.
- ^ Kate Taylor, "Theatre review: Frida K". The Globe and Mail, November 16, 1995.
- ^ "Dora Mavor Moore Awards announced". Montreal Gazette, June 25, 1996.
- ^ Martin Morrow, "Frida Mania: Renowned play opens season at One Yellow Rabbit". Calgary Herald, September 27, 1997.
- ^ Kate Taylor, "Tremblay's two worlds fail to mesh The Quebec playwright's new play combines a ghostly chorus with a naturalistic drama and elicits an emotionally muffled production". The Globe and Mail, January 16, 1998.
- ^ Jon Kaplan, "The play’s her thing". Now, August 28, 2003.
- ^ Smith, Mae (June 29, 2020). "2020 Dora Mavor Moore Award Winners". Intermission Magazine. Archived from the original on 2020-08-09. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
- ^ "From Girard, a multifaceted 'Glenn Gould'" by Jay Carr, The Boston Globe (29 April 1994) Retrieved from ProQuest 294962950
- ^ "Fascinating historical yarn turns on a clever twist; Sharp eye for detail in true story of prison friendship" by Marc Horton, Edmonton Journal (14 March 1997) [Final Edition] Retrieved from ProQuest 252391836
- ^ "Walk, talk, promote and push" by Susan Walker, Toronto Star (11 Sept, 2004) Retrieved from ProQuest 438743018
- ^ "ACTRA to honor Peterson" by Brendan Kelly at variety.com
- ^ Too Close to Home review by Tony Scott at variety.com
- ^ "CBC renews Moonshine for a third season" by Angelica Babiera at playbackonline.ca