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___Alberta Watson Mini-bio
A native of Toronto, Alberta began performing with a local theater group as a teenager and then moved on to work doing commercials, television, and eventually feature films. One of her first professional roles came at age 19, when she played a leading role in the CBC TV movie Honor Thy Father. By 1978, at the age of 23, she received a Genie nomination for Best Supporting Actress for one of her first movie roles, Mitzi in
George Kaczender's In Praise of Older Women. Afterwards, she moved to the United States, working in both Los Angeles and New York for several years, but returned to Toronto during the 1990's and has made that city her home ever since.
Although she has appeared in numerous major commercial releases and hit television shows (such as 2004's The Prince & Me, 1995's Hackers, the Emmy-nominated HBO movie Gotti, the Oscar-nominated The Sweet Hereafter, Fox's hit series 24 and the cable TV cult hit La Femme Nikita), Alberta prefers independent productions. These have included a starring role in David O. Russell's controversial 1994 film Spanking the Monkey, for which Watson won much acclaim, as well as roles in John Cameron Mitchell's Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Thom Fitzgerald's The Wild Dogs, After the Harvest (with Sam Shepard, which garnered her a Gemini Award nomination), Deeply (with Lynn Redgrave), Colleen Murphy's Shoemaker (for which Alberta received a Genie nomination in the Lead Actress category), and Choice: The Henry Morgentaler Story (for which she was nominated for yet another Gemini Award).
Alberta has also done a great deal of work in Canadian television, including the CBC Chasing Cain movie series and, more recently, the CBC's drama series The Border. In 2008, she received a Career Achievement Award from the Boston-based Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film.
| Alberta Watson Information
| | Full name: Faith Susan Alberta Watson | | Eye color: Brown | | Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m) | | Nickname(s): Al, Queenie, Queendie | | Notable feature(s): Smoky voice. Death stare. Mona Lisa smile. Belly laugh. | | Education: Left school at 15 and joined a psychedelic theatre group. Studied acting with Gene Lasko in New York during the 80's. | | Family: Husband, named Ken; half siblings; in-laws | | Resides in: Toronto, Canada | | Religious affiliations: none | | Political affiliation: none | | Personal interests/hobbies: animal lover | | |
