Alison Matthews

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| name = Alison Matthews

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| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1995–present

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| credits = Gundam SEED
as Ezalia Joule
Inuyasha
as Toran

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Alison Matthews is a Canadian actor, voice artist, and coach. A founding faculty member at the Arts Club Actor's Intensive Training Program, she was also a faculty member for five years with the Citadel Banff Professional Theatre Program at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Alberta. As Head of Coaching for Vancouver's Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival, she has coached over 40 productions since 2007. As a voice and speech trainer, she works with academics at the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of British Columbia, with women at the Vancouver Chapter of The Shoe Project, and with community leaders at Leadership Vancouver Island. For the past twenty years she has adjudicator for competitive speech festivals across Western Canada.

Matthews has numerous film and television credits, including roles on The X-Files and Battlestar Galactica, as well as featured roles in films such as Disney's Snow Dogs, and Final Destination 2. Matthews has voiced several anime roles, most notably Ezalia Joule in Gundam SEED, as well as the narrator in Gundam SEED and Gundam SEED Destiny. She also co-starred in NBC Saturday morning series Just Deal.

Matthews holds a M.F.A. in Theatre from the University of British Columbia, and an Associate Diploma in Drama & Speech from Trinity College London.

Filmography

=Film=

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! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes

1999data-sort-value="Falling, The" | The FallingStellina
2002Snow DogsTV Reporter
2003Final Destination 2Physician
2007Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing ManMotoko Kusanagi{{cite web|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Alison-Matthews/|title=Alison Matthews (visual voices guide)|website=behindthevoiceactors.com|access-date=March 25, 2023|type= A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information}}Voice, Direct-to-video
2007Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG – Individual ElevenMotoko KusanagiVoice, Direct-to-video
2008Stargate: ContinuumInterviewerDirect-to-video
2008SanguineNarratorVoice, Short film

=Television=

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! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes

1995data-sort-value="Child Missing, A" | A Child MissingCustomerTelevision film
1996data-sort-value="Outer Limits, The" | The Outer LimitsKaren DunnEpisode: "Worlds Apart"
1996Poltergeist: The LegacyMiss McHugh / Kat's TeacherEpisode: "The Reckoning"
1997MillenniumSandy GeigerEpisode: "Walkabout"
1997data-sort-value="X-Files, The" | The X-FilesDoctorEpisode: "Synchrony"
1998Welcome to ParadoxAgentEpisode: "The Extra"
1998Mercy PointSurgeon ReeseEpisode: "Opposing Views"
1999First WaveMayaEpisode: "The Decision"
1999–2000Beggars and ChoosersNancy Ingram4 episodes
2000Seven DaysCZN ReporterEpisode: "Brother, Can You Spare a Bomb?"
2000Stargate SG-1BrennaEpisode: "Beneath the Surface"
2000–2002Just DealEmily Gordon23 episodes
2000data-sort-value="Immortal, The" | The ImmortalAgent Audrey WellesEpisode: "Flight 666"
2001data-sort-value="Division, The" | The DivisionTrudy MartinEpisode: "Pilot"
2001Night VisionsDr. Martha TylerEpisode: "After Life"
2001Da Vinci's InquestArianna Wells' DaughterEpisode: "Oppenheimer Park"
2001–2002Project ARMSQueen of Hearts3 episodes
2002, 2004data-sort-value="Chris Isaak Show, The" | The Chris Isaak ShowLisa Pettigrew, Shana2 episodes
2002Beyond Belief: Fact or FictionSegment: Writer's Agent
2002Dark AngelFemale NewscasterEpisode: "Freak Nation"
2002TakenNews ReporterEpisode: "John"
2003Ann Rule Presents: The Stranger Beside MeBeverly NealTelevision film
2004Tru CallingMajorieEpisode: "Closure"
2004Mobile Suit Gundam SEEDEzalia Joule, Narrator (voices)50 episodes
2004Galaxy AngelForte Stollen (voice)130 episodes; 5 seasons
200410.5Donna, Press Secretary2 episodes
2004InuyashaKoran (voice)3 episodes
2004Life as We Known ItMrs. ThropeEpisode: "Natural Disasters"
2005, 2007data-sort-value="L Word, The" | The L WordAssociate Producer, Betty2 episodes
2006data-sort-value="Little Thing Called Murder, A" | A Little Thing Called MurderRegina LaughnyTelevision film
2006data-sort-value="hack//Roots" | .hack//RootsBordeaux (voice)
2007Dragon BoysCat. Gail Dorosh2 episodes
2007SupernaturalReporterEpisode: "Nightshifter"
2007Battlestar GalacticaKaren Fallbrook3 episodes
2007Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DestinyNarrator (voice)5 episodes
2009Defying GravityReporterEpisode: "Eve Ate the Apple"
2014GracepointDesk Sergeant6 episodes
2016Bates MotelDoctorEpisode: "Norman"
2017data-sort-value="Arrangement, The" | The ArrangementProducerEpisode: "The Leak"
2017iZombieVicky ErnstEpisode: "Wag the Tongue Slowly"
2017Girlfriends' Guide to DivorceLindaEpisode: "Rule #930: Plan for New Plans"
2017All of My Heart: Inn LoveStore OwnerTelevision film
2019data-sort-value="Twilight Zone, The" | The Twilight ZoneNews Commentator (Iowa)Episode: "The Wunderkind"
2020Lego Jurassic World: Double TroubleOOPSI, Line Jumper (voices)Episode: "Sibling Rivalry"
2020Love at the Sunset TerraceAshleyTelevision film
2020Christmas She WroteWomanTelevision film
2021BatwomanDoctorEpisode: "Do Not Resuscitate"
2023Guiding EmilyDorisTelevision film

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