Carmen Moore

{{Infobox person

| name = Carmen Moore

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1972|12|24}}

| birth_place = Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1992–present

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Carmen Moore (born 24 December 1972[https://www.northernstars.ca/moore_carmenbio/ Carmen Moore's Bio] at www.northernstars.ca) is a Canadian actress known for her work in television.

She is known for her role as Loreen Cassway on Arctic Air (for which she was nominated for a Leo Award in 2012) and the lead role of Leona Stoney, on the acclaimed series Blackstone (for which she has garnered five Leo nominations with three wins for Best Lead Performance and was nominated for a Gemini Award in 2011 and a Canadian Screen Award in 2017). She's also known for her role as Simone Cardinal on Godiva's[https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/courier-archive/general-archive/vancouvers-carmen-moore-previews-the-fourth-season-of-blackstone-2988426 "Vancouver’s Carmen Moore previews the fourth season of 'Blackstone'"] by Sabrina Furminger at www.vancouverisawesome.com for which she earned a 2006 Leo nomination.

Early life

Moore is of mixed heritage including Wet'suwet'en[https://theprovince.com/entertainment/stories-like-rustic-oracle-must-be-told-says-carmen-moore/wcm/3082a512-17da-4585-8a7a-0a9e2664c6d4 "Stories like Rustic Oracle must be told, says Carmen Moore"] by Stuart Derdeyn at theprovince.com and is registered with the Hagwilget Village First Nation in Hazelton, British Columbia. She was born in Burnaby, British Columbia and grew up in Coquitlam, British Columbia. She attended Port Moody Senior Secondary School. In 1991 she joined the Spirit Song Native Theatre Co., and worked with them for nine months. Her first professional theatre gig was with Theatre New Brunswick's Young Company tour in 1992 and got rave reviews. Carmen was nominated for a Jessie Richardson Award for Best Supporting Actress in Fend Players' Danceland in 1993.{{cite web |url=http://jessies.ca/1992-1993/ |title=The 11th Annual Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards |publisher=Jessie Richardson Theatre Award |date=13 June 1993 |access-date=2 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916212151/http://jessies.ca/1992-1993/ |archive-date=16 September 2016 |url-status=dead }} She continued her work in theatre, as well as auditioning for TV and film. For Firehall Arts Centre's Someday she was nominated for another Jessie, this time for Best Actress.{{cite web |url=http://jessies.ca/1995-1996/ |title=The 14th Annual Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards |publisher=Jessie Richardson Theatre Award |date=17 June 1996 |access-date=2 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917012115/http://jessies.ca/1995-1996/ |archive-date=17 September 2016 |url-status=dead }}

Career

From 2011 to 2015 she was the lead of the APTN TV show Blackstone in the role of Leona Stoney. For this she won three Leo Awards for Best Lead Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series, in 2011, 2014, and 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal/blackstone-star-carmen-moore-lands-second-leo-award-1.2682692 |title=Blackstone star Carmen Moore lands second Leo award |last=McCue |first=Duncan |publisher=CBC News |date=22 June 2014 |access-date=2 September 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://www.windspeaker.com/news/sweetgrass-news/actor-carmen-moore-wins-leo-for-performance-in-blackstone/ |title=Actor Carmen Moore wins Leo for performance in Blackstone |work=Wind Speaker |date=7 June 2016 |access-date=2 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911071705/http://www.windspeaker.com/news/sweetgrass-news/actor-carmen-moore-wins-leo-for-performance-in-blackstone/ |archive-date=11 September 2016 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.leoawards.com/2016/winners/by_name.php |title=2016 Winners by Name |publisher=Leo Awards |access-date=2 September 2016 |archive-date=12 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012070201/http://www.leoawards.com/2016/winners/by_name.php |url-status=dead }} Moore was also nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role in 2011, was nominated for a 2016 UBCP/ACTRA Award for Blackstone[https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/courier-archive/general-archive/ubcpactra-announces-nominees-for-2016-awards-3039137 "UBCP/ACTRA announces nominees for 2016 awards'"] by Sabrina Furminger at www.vancouverisawesome.com and was nominated for a 2017 Canadian Screen Award. She portrayed the role of Loreen Cassway on the CBC series Arctic Air from 2012 to 2014, for which she was nominated for the Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series in 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.leoawards.com/2012/nominees_by_name_2012.html |title=2012 Nominees by Name |publisher=Leo Awards |access-date=2 September 2016 |archive-date=27 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927050631/http://www.leoawards.com/2012/nominees_by_name_2012.html |url-status=dead }}

She received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Actress at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021 for her performance in the film Rustic Oracle.[https://globalnews.ca/news/7726318/2021-canadian-screen-awards-nominations-nominees-list/ "2021 Canadian Screen Awards nominations: List of major TV, movies nominees"]. Global News, 30 March 2021.

In 2021, Moore recurred on The Flash as Kristen Kramer.

Producing and directing career

Carmen has dabbled in the producing and directing side of the industry. She was associate producer on Two Indians Talking,{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2010/film/reviews/two-indians-talking-1117943911/ |title=Review: 'Two Indians Talking' |last=Nelson |first=Rob |work=Variety |date=24 October 2010 |access-date=2 September 2016}} and producer on White Indians Walking, both written by Andrew Genaille. Her directing debut happened in 2015 on the short film Ariel Unraveling, a BravoFACT Award winner.

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1999 \|Keys to Kingdoms \|Ex-Wife \|Short
2002 \|Spooky House \|Dawn Starr \|Main role
2006 \|Unnatural & Accidental \|Rebecca \|Lead role[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/unnatural-accidental/article20417404/ Unnatural & Accidental review] by Jason Anderson at www.theglobeandmail.com
2007 \|Martian Child \|Miss Margie \|
2008 \|Edison and Leo \|Ute (voice) \|
2010 \|Momentum \|Violet \|Short
2010 \|Two Indians Talking \|Sue \|
2014 \|Not Indian Enough \|Karen \|Short
2016 \|Lost Solace \|April \|
2016 \|{{sortname\|The\|Goodnight Kiss\|nolink=1}} \|April \|Short
2019 \|Rustic Oracle \|Susan \|[https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/11/28/north-vancouver-actress-hopes-film-rustic-oracle-will-educate-the-masses.html "North Vancouver actress hopes film Rustic Oracle will ‘educate the masses’'"] by Elisia Seeber at www.thestar.com
2024 \|data-sort-value="Birds Who Fear Death, The" \| The Birds Who Fear Death \|Shannon \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1999

|Keys to Kingdoms

|Ex-Wife

|Short

2002

|Spooky House

|Dawn Starr

|Main role

2006

|Unnatural & Accidental

|Rebecca

|Lead role[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/unnatural-accidental/article20417404/ Unnatural & Accidental review] by Jason Anderson at www.theglobeandmail.com

2007

|Martian Child

|Miss Margie

2008

|Edison and Leo

|Ute (voice)

2010

|Momentum

|Violet

|Short

2010

|Two Indians Talking

|Sue

2014

|Not Indian Enough

|Karen

|Short

2016

|Lost Solace

|April

2016

|{{sortname|The|Goodnight Kiss|nolink=1}}

|April

|Short

2019

|Rustic Oracle

|Susan

|[https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/11/28/north-vancouver-actress-hopes-film-rustic-oracle-will-educate-the-masses.html "North Vancouver actress hopes film Rustic Oracle will ‘educate the masses’'"] by Elisia Seeber at www.thestar.com

2024

|data-sort-value="Birds Who Fear Death, The" | The Birds Who Fear Death

|Shannon

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1995 \| data-sort-value="Commish, The" \| The Commish \|Shirley \|"In the Shadows of the Gallows"
1996 \|Brothers of the Frontier \|Chewlynndit \|TV film
1996 \|Two \|Jamina \|"Dream Prisoner"
1997 \|Rose Hill \|Shining Water \|TV film
1997 \|Dead Man's Gun \|Winter Bird \|"Medicine Man"
1997 \|Police Academy: The Series \|Joanie \|"Two Men and a Baby"
1997 \|North of 60 \|Janine Carr \|"Peter and the Wolf"
1997 \|Stargate SG-1 \|Laboratory Assistant \|Episode: "Cold Lazarus"
1998 \| data-sort-value="Net, The" \| The Net \|Lucia \|"Go Like You Know"
1999 \|Revenge of the Land \|Agnes \|TV film
1999–2000 \|Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy \|Rita George \|Regular role
2000–01 \|Seven Days \|Raquel / Officer Merrill \|"The Cuban Missile", "The Final Countdown"
2001 \|Crossfire Trail \|Dancing Flower \|TV film
2001 \|UC: Undercover \|Marianna Torres \|"Honor Among Thieves"
2001–02 \|Wolf Lake \|Deputy Molly Bloom \|Main role
2002 \|Tom Stone \|Sherry \|Recurring role
2003–04 \|Andromeda \|Tri-Jema \|Recurring role
2004 \| data-sort-value="Collector, The" \| The Collector \|Janet Carter \|"The Roboticist"
2004 \| data-sort-value="Life, The" \| The Life \|Sheila \|TV film
2004–06 \|Raven Tales \|Frog / Narrator (voice) \|Recurring role
2005 \| data-sort-value="4400, The" \| The 4400 \|Stacey Papequash \|"Weight of the World"
2005–06 \|Godiva's \|Simone \|Main role
2006 \|Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance \|Sister Tivenan \|TV miniseries
2007 \|Eureka \|Dr. Childress \|"Noche de suenos"
2007–08 \|Flash Gordon \|Joely Lavant \|Recurring role
2008 \| data-sort-value="Guard, The" \| The Guard \|Pamela Highway \|"When All Else Fails"
2008 \|Raven Tales: The Games \|Frog (voice) \|TV film
2009 \|Killer Hair \|Sherri \|TV film
2009 \|Psych \|Rosa \|"He Dead"
2009 \|Tales of an Urban Indian \|Krista \|TV film
2010 \|Meteor Storm \|Harper \|TV film
2010 \|Hellcats \|Sarah Laurenson \|Episode: "Finish What We Started"
2010 \|Caprica \|Fidelia Fazekas \|3 episodes; Episodes: "The Heavens Will Rise", "Here Be Dragons", "Apotheosis"
2010 \|Supernatural \|Doctor \|The Devil You Know
2011 \|Time After Time \|Officer Rita \|TV film
2011–15 \|Blackstone \|Leona Stoney \|Lead role
2012 \|Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome \|Nina Leothe \|TV film
2012–14 \|Arctic Air \|Loreen Cassway \|Lead role
2013 \|Supernatural \|Sgt. Miranda Bates \|Episode: "Devil May Care"
2014–15 \|Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce \|Principal Barrows \|2 episodes; Episodes: "Rule #47", "Rule #3"
2015 \|Unreal \|Jessica Salinas \|Episode: "Savior"
2015 \|iZombie \|Suzuki's Wife \|2 episodes; Episodes: "Grumpy Old Liv", "Love & Basketball"
2015–16 \|Arrow \|Mina Fayad \|3 episodes; Episodes: "Suicidal Tendencies", "Restoration", "Schism"
2016 \|Second Chance \|Agent Sue Adair \|Regular role
2016 \|Bates Motel \|Grace Wei \|Episode: "Forever"
2016 \|Motive \|Gemma Fowler \|Episode: "Chronology of Pain"
2016 \|Chesapeake Shores \|Sally \|3 episodes; Episodes: "Pilot", "Home to Roost: Parts 1 & 2"
2016 \|Death of a Vegas Showgirl \|Celeste Flores-Narvaez \|TV film
2019 \|Outlander \|Wahkatiiosta \|2 episodes; Episodes: "Man of Worth", "Providence"
2020 \|Cardinal \|Sheila Gagne \|Recurring role, 6 episodes
2020 \|Supernatural \|Serafina \|Episodes: "Unity"
2020 \|Vikings \|Pekitaulet \|2 episodes; Episodes: "The Lord Giveth... ", "The Last Act"[https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/vikings-season-6-episode-20-review-the-last-act/ "Vikings Season 6 Episode 20 Review: The Last Act"] by Dave Vitagliano at www.denofgeek.com
2020–21 \|Nancy Drew \|Hannah Gruen \|Recurring role; Episodes: "The Whisper Box," "The Clue in the Captain's Painting," "The Reunion of Lost Souls," "The Secret of the Solitary Scribe," "The Drowned Woman," "The Riddle of the Broken Doll," "The Judgement of the Perilous Captain"
2021–23 \| data-sort-value="Flash, The" \| The Flash \|Kristen Kramer \|Recurring role, 20 episodes
2024 \| Jurassic World: Chaos Theory \| Ronnie \| Voice, recurring role, 6 episodes

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1995

| data-sort-value="Commish, The" | The Commish

|Shirley

|"In the Shadows of the Gallows"

1996

|Brothers of the Frontier

|Chewlynndit

|TV film

1996

|Two

|Jamina

|"Dream Prisoner"

1997

|Rose Hill

|Shining Water

|TV film

1997

|Dead Man's Gun

|Winter Bird

|"Medicine Man"

1997

|Police Academy: The Series

|Joanie

|"Two Men and a Baby"

1997

|North of 60

|Janine Carr

|"Peter and the Wolf"

1997

|Stargate SG-1

|Laboratory Assistant

|Episode: "Cold Lazarus"

1998

| data-sort-value="Net, The" | The Net

|Lucia

|"Go Like You Know"

1999

|Revenge of the Land

|Agnes

|TV film

1999–2000

|Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy

|Rita George

|Regular role

2000–01

|Seven Days

|Raquel / Officer Merrill

|"The Cuban Missile", "The Final Countdown"

2001

|Crossfire Trail

|Dancing Flower

|TV film

2001

|UC: Undercover

|Marianna Torres

|"Honor Among Thieves"

2001–02

|Wolf Lake

|Deputy Molly Bloom

|Main role

2002

|Tom Stone

|Sherry

|Recurring role

2003–04

|Andromeda

|Tri-Jema

|Recurring role

2004

| data-sort-value="Collector, The" | The Collector

|Janet Carter

|"The Roboticist"

2004

| data-sort-value="Life, The" | The Life

|Sheila

|TV film

2004–06

|Raven Tales

|Frog / Narrator (voice)

|Recurring role

2005

| data-sort-value="4400, The" | The 4400

|Stacey Papequash

|"Weight of the World"

2005–06

|Godiva's

|Simone

|Main role

2006

|Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance

|Sister Tivenan

|TV miniseries

2007

|Eureka

|Dr. Childress

|"Noche de suenos"

2007–08

|Flash Gordon

|Joely Lavant

|Recurring role

2008

| data-sort-value="Guard, The" | The Guard

|Pamela Highway

|"When All Else Fails"

2008

|Raven Tales: The Games

|Frog (voice)

|TV film

2009

|Killer Hair

|Sherri

|TV film

2009

|Psych

|Rosa

|"He Dead"

2009

|Tales of an Urban Indian

|Krista

|TV film

2010

|Meteor Storm

|Harper

|TV film

2010

|Hellcats

|Sarah Laurenson

|Episode: "Finish What We Started"

2010

|Caprica

|Fidelia Fazekas

|3 episodes; Episodes: "The Heavens Will Rise", "Here Be Dragons", "Apotheosis"

2010

|Supernatural

|Doctor

|The Devil You Know

2011

|Time After Time

|Officer Rita

|TV film

2011–15

|Blackstone

|Leona Stoney

|Lead role

2012

|Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome

|Nina Leothe

|TV film

2012–14

|Arctic Air

|Loreen Cassway

|Lead role

2013

|Supernatural

|Sgt. Miranda Bates

|Episode: "Devil May Care"

2014–15

|Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce

|Principal Barrows

|2 episodes; Episodes: "Rule #47", "Rule #3"

2015

|Unreal

|Jessica Salinas

|Episode: "Savior"

2015

|iZombie

|Suzuki's Wife

|2 episodes; Episodes: "Grumpy Old Liv", "Love & Basketball"

2015–16

|Arrow

|Mina Fayad

|3 episodes; Episodes: "Suicidal Tendencies", "Restoration", "Schism"

2016

|Second Chance

|Agent Sue Adair

|Regular role

2016

|Bates Motel

|Grace Wei

|Episode: "Forever"

2016

|Motive

|Gemma Fowler

|Episode: "Chronology of Pain"

2016

|Chesapeake Shores

|Sally

|3 episodes; Episodes: "Pilot", "Home to Roost: Parts 1 & 2"

2016

|Death of a Vegas Showgirl

|Celeste Flores-Narvaez

|TV film

2019

|Outlander

|Wahkatiiosta

|2 episodes; Episodes: "Man of Worth", "Providence"

2020

|Cardinal

|Sheila Gagne

|Recurring role, 6 episodes

2020

|Supernatural

|Serafina

|Episodes: "Unity"

2020

|Vikings

|Pekitaulet

|2 episodes; Episodes: "The Lord Giveth... ", "The Last Act"[https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/vikings-season-6-episode-20-review-the-last-act/ "Vikings Season 6 Episode 20 Review: The Last Act"] by Dave Vitagliano at www.denofgeek.com

2020–21

|Nancy Drew

|Hannah Gruen

|Recurring role; Episodes: "The Whisper Box," "The Clue in the Captain's Painting," "The Reunion of Lost Souls," "The Secret of the Solitary Scribe," "The Drowned Woman," "The Riddle of the Broken Doll," "The Judgement of the Perilous Captain"

2021–23

| data-sort-value="Flash, The" | The Flash

|Kristen Kramer

|Recurring role, 20 episodes

2024

| Jurassic World: Chaos Theory

| Ronnie

| Voice, recurring role, 6 episodes