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Catherine Disher

{{short description|Canadian actress}}

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| name = Catherine Disher

| image = Photo of Catherine Disher.jpg

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| caption = Disher in 2024

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| birth_place = England

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1986–present

| spouse = Cedric Smith {{small|(divorced)}}

| children = 1

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Catherine Disher is a British-born Canadian actress. She has won two Gemini Awards: in 2005 for Best Actress for her role in the Canadian mini-series Snakes and Ladders,{{Cite web |date=2004-12-15 |title='Human Cargo' wins big at Gemini Awards |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/human-cargo-wins-big-at-gemini-awards-1.467143 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622191205/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2004/12/13/geminiawards041213.html |archive-date=2008-06-22 |access-date=2010-08-06 |website=CBC.ca}} and in 2010 for her role in The Border. She was also nominated for her role as Dr. Natalie Lambert in the Forever Knight TV series.

Career

Disher had a supporting role on T. and T., the legal/action series starring Mr. T, and had another supporting role in the second season of the War of the Worlds series. She starred in Forever Knight from 1992 to 1996, and provided the voice of Jean Grey on the X-Men animated series from 1992 to 1997.{{cite web|title=The X-Men Episode Guide 3x12: 'Dark Phoenix Part I: Dazzled' |url=http://comicsalliance.com/the-x-men-episode-guide-3x12-dark-phoenix-part-i-dazzled/ |website=Comics Alliance |accessdate=2 October 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161016144036/http://comicsalliance.com/the-x-men-episode-guide-3x12-dark-phoenix-part-i-dazzled/ |archivedate=16 October 2016 }} She played Maggie Norton on the Canadian television series The Border from 2008 to 2010 and provides additional voices on the PBS Kids/CBC Kids series Super Why!.

Apart from her work as an actor, Disher has done voice work for animated series and video games, such as Resident Evil 3: Nemesis{{cite web|title=CRIMSON HEAD ELDER Interview Catherine Disher|url=http://www.crimson-head.com/apps/podcast/podcast/327618|website=CRIMSON HEAD ELDER|accessdate=2 October 2016|archive-date=30 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140730030341/http://www.crimson-head.com/apps/podcast/podcast/327618|url-status=live}} and Sailor Moon.{{cite web|title=Finally, We Can End the Catherine Disher Saga...(And A Gemini Awards Update)|url=http://moon-chase.blogspot.ca/2009/11/finally-we-can-end-catherine-disher.html|website=moon-chase.blogspot.ca|accessdate=2 October 2016|archive-date=16 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161016145849/http://moon-chase.blogspot.ca/2009/11/finally-we-can-end-catherine-disher.html|url-status=live}} She also wrote one episode of the British-Canadian-Midwestern-French drama series The Campbells.

Disher played Martha Tinsdale in a series of made-for-TV movies about The Good Witch (alongside her X-Men co-star Chris Potter), and has continued the role on the television series Good Witch.{{cite web|last1=Dillard|first1=Mechele R.|title=GOOD WITCH 'Madame Mayor' Catherine Disher Almost Became a Zoologist! (Interview)|url=http://tvruckus.com/2015/04/10/good-witch-madame-mayor-catherine-disher-almost-became-a-zoologist-interview/|website=TVRuckus|accessdate=2 October 2016|archive-date=3 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003102512/http://tvruckus.com/2015/04/10/good-witch-madame-mayor-catherine-disher-almost-became-a-zoologist-interview/|url-status=live}}

Personal life

She was formerly married to her X-Men co-star Cedric Smith, with whom she had a son, Darcy Montgomery Smith, in 1993.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

Filmography

=Live action=

==Film==

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable" | Notes

rowspan="2" | 1986data-sort-value="Vindicator, The" | The VindicatorCatherine Collins
Murder Sees the Lightrowspan="2" | Television film
1987Haunted by Her PastSalesgirl
1988data-sort-value="New Life, A" | A New LifeStudent
rowspan="2" | 1989data-sort-value="Long Road Home, The" | The Long Road HomeBayla
data-sort-value="Private Capital, The" | The Private CapitalTelevision film
1990Dark Horse
rowspan="2" | 1991data-sort-value="Psychic, The" | The PsychicLucinda
Grand LarcenyDulcierowspan="3" | Television film
1993Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek StoryJudy Zess
1998Earthquake in New YorkMs. Clark
2003Coast to CoastPaula Hobday
2004Plain TruthLedarowspan="6" | Television film
rowspan="3" | 2005Murder in the HamptonsD. A. Dynak
TerryBetty Fox
Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson StoryMs. Starr
2006data-sort-value="Dad for Christmas, The" | A Dad for ChristmasBeverly
rowspan="2" | 2007In God's CountryEileen
For LeaseViola ChecknyShort film
2008data-sort-value="Good Witch, The" | The Good Witchrowspan="4" | Martha Tinsdalerowspan="4" | Television film
2009data-sort-value="Good Witch's Garden, The" | The Good Witch's Garden
2010data-sort-value="Good Witch's Gift, The" | The Good Witch's Gift
2011data-sort-value="Good Witch's Family, The" | The Good Witch's Family
rowspan="4" | 2012Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl GangMrs. O'Hagan
Blood PressureGlenda
data-sort-value="Good Witch's Charm, The" | The Good Witch's CharmMartha Tinsdalerowspan="4" | Television film
An Officer and a MurdererCaptain Catherine Novak
2013data-sort-value="Good Witch's Destiny, The" | The Good Witch's Destinyrowspan="2" | Martha Tinsdale
2014data-sort-value="Good Witch's Wonder, The" | The Good Witch's Wonder
2015RegressionKate
2016Love's ComplicatedJ.R.Television film

==Television==

=Voice work=

==Video games==

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! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable" | Notes

1994X-Men: Children of the AtomPsylocke, Storm, Spiral
1995Marvel Super HeroesPsylocke
1996X-Men vs. Street FighterStorm
1999Resident Evil 3: NemesisJill Valentine
2000Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of HeroesPsylocke, Storm, Spiral, Jill Valentine
2000X-Men: Mutant Academyrowspan="2" | Jean Grey
2001X-Men: Mutant Academy 2

References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|0228324}}

{{Best Actress in a Drama Series CSA}}

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Category:Actresses from Montreal

Category:Anglophone Quebec people

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Category:Canadian video game actresses

Category:Canadian voice actresses

Category:English emigrants to Canada

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Category:Screenwriters from Quebec