Jody Thompson

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Jody Rae Thompson is a Canadian actress, screenwriter and filmmaker working in film and television.

Acting career

=Television=

She is widely known for her regularly recurring character Devon Moore on the USA network's television series The 4400, but is also recognized as the warrior queen Azura in the television series Flash Gordon and in other recurring television roles including Blade: The Series, Terminal City, and Cold Squad{{cite web|url=http://www.myfanbase.de/index.php?mid=1441&peopleid=1217|title=myFanbase – 4400 – Die Rückkehrer: Jody Thompson|access-date=9 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719065146/http://www.myfanbase.de/index.php?mid=1441&peopleid=1217|archive-date=19 July 2011|url-status=dead}} and television appearances, including roles on Freedom, Fringe, Andromeda, Stargate, Smallville and Supernatural.

=Film=

She has acted in leading and starring roles in feature films and MOW's like Perfect Little Angels, Fear of Flying, also Mission to Mars, Shanghai Noon, 2012 among others. She has co-starred with Eric McCormack in X-Files producer Bob Goodwin's independent film Alien Trespass and played David Arquette's wife in the made-for-television movie, Happy Face Killer.

Producing career

Great Bear (doc 22 min) A Coastal First Nations led collaboration with researchers from leading academic universities provides insights into the importance of bears and other keystone species to the ecosystems of the Great Bear Rainforest. The documentary was coproduced with the Heiltsuk and Kitasoo/Xai'xais Nations.

Spirit Bear (doc 20 min) Discover how the Spirit Bear Lodge - operated by the Kitasoo/Xai'Xai Nation - is revitalizing their community and demonstrating how sustainable practices can succeed economically, environmentally and culturally.

Haida Gwaii: Restoring the Balance (doc 20 min) Building a model for a sustainable, conservation-based economy. In partnership with Haida Nation.

Montaña de Luz, (doc 45 min), Noonday Films. It is an uplifting story about a Honduran orphanage that cares for children living with HIV. The film premiered at the Rhode Island International Film Festival and was Winner of the Heartland Film Festival's Crystal Heart Award (an award which "honors filmmakers whose work explores the human journey by artistically expressing hope and respect for the positive values of life").[8]

My Dear Children (doc 3 min) A dying woman's final letter to her children. Platinum Winner AVA International Digital Communication Awards.

Will of the Wisp, (experimental 8 min) underscoring a young woman's struggle with her history of sexual abuse in a society that places high value on sexual attractiveness. Received a special screening at the US Women in Psychology Conference, a Leo Award, Special Jury Prize at the Portland International Short-Short Film Festival and the Legacy Award, Women in Film Festival Vancouver. Funded by The Canada Council for the Arts. Thompson describes it as, "a silent film that speaks through a series of post-structuralist and surrealist signifiers in conversation."

Alyssa (doc series 3 x 5 min) In partnership with Dalhousie University. A young woman coming to terms with her diagnosis and undergoing chemo, thereby forfeiting her ability to have children. Acknowledged as an outstanding initiative by the Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology. It stars Rhonda Dent and Gabrielle Rose of The Sweet Hereafter.

Screenwriting career

Jody has written multiple feature and television scripts. She is an Academy Nicholl Fellowship Semifinalist and a Page Award winner.

Personal life

Thompson was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, to mother Grace Diane, and father, Ray Thompson, the lead singer of Canadian garage rock band The Wiggy Symphony. She has been married to Bruce Marchfelder since 2001. The couple regularly works together writing and producing feature films and broadcast documentaries.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCeEvLn6Hc4|title=Great Bear|last=STORYHIVE|date=23 February 2015|via=YouTube}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1999 \|Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying \|Stacey \|
1999 \|Coffee \|Lucy \|Short film
2000 \|Shanghai Noon \|Margie \|
2002 \|Hellraiser: Hellseeker \|Tawny \|Video
2002 \|Deadly Little Secrets \|Stacy \|
2007 \|Will of the Wisp \|Nora \|Short film; director, producer, writer
2009 \|Alien Trespass \|Lana \|
2010 \|30 Days of Night: Dark Days \|Lena \|Video
2010 \|Alyssa \| \|Short film; director, producer, writer
2012 \|Barricade \|Leah Shade \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1999

|Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying

|Stacey

1999

|Coffee

|Lucy

|Short film

2000

|Shanghai Noon

|Margie

2002

|Hellraiser: Hellseeker

|Tawny

|Video

2002

|Deadly Little Secrets

|Stacy

2007

|Will of the Wisp

|Nora

|Short film; director, producer, writer

2009

|Alien Trespass

|Lana

2010

|30 Days of Night: Dark Days

|Lena

|Video

2010

|Alyssa

|Short film; director, producer, writer

2012

|Barricade

|Leah Shade

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1997 \|Breaker High \|Jenny \|"That Lip-Synching Feeling"
1997 \|Death Game \|Tori \|TV film
1998 \|Perfect Little Angels \|Justine Freedman \|TV film
1999 \|Cold Feet \|Valerie \|"Girls' Night Out, Boys' Night In"
1999 \|Night Man \|Morgan \|"Spellbound"
1999 \|Viper \|Rita Brooks \|"Of Course, It's a Miracle"
1999 \|Don't Look Behind You \|Mary \|TV film
2000 \|Secret Agent Man \|Ellen \|"Supernaked"
2001 \|Big Sound \|Sherry \|"New Dog, Old Tricks"
2001 \|Freedom \|Alice Kramer \|"Return"
2001 \|UC: Undercover \|Mona \|"City on Fire"
2001 \|Special Unit 2 \|Heather \|"The Beast"
2002 \|Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction \|Stacey Gilmore \|1 episode
2003 \|Just Cause \|Kim Dayton \|"Dying to Be Thin"
2003 \|Andromeda \|Azazel \|"Point of the Spear"
2003 \|John Doe \|Cara \|"Shock to the System"
2003 \|{{sortname\|A\|Date with Darkness: The Trial and Capture of Andrew Luster}} \|Amy \|TV film
2004 \|Cold Squad \|Carmen Janega \|"Girlfriend in a Closet"
2005 \|Cold Squad \|Carmen Janega \|"Mr. Bad Example"
2005 \|Terminal City \|Tamara \|TV miniseries
2005–2007 \|{{sortname\|The\|4400}} \|Devon Moore \|Recurring role
2006 \|Killer Instinct \|Karin \|"She's the Bomb"
2006 \|Godiva's \|Donna \|"Dead Flowers"
2006 \|Supernatural \|Ann Telesca \|"Provenance"
2006 \|Blade: The Series \|Glynnis \|"The Evil Within", "Sacrifice", "Turn of the Screw"
2006 \|In Her Mother's Footsteps \|Gina Byrnes \|TV film
2006 \|{{sortname\|The\|Secrets of Comfort House\|nolink=1}} \|Missy \|TV film
2006 \|Smallville \|Gia \|"Fade"
2007 \|Painkiller Jane \|Vivian Nash \|"The League"
2007 \|Perfect Child \|Monica \|TV film
2007 \|Blood Ties \|Lexia \|"Bugged"
2007 \|Flash Gordon \|Azura \|"Secrets and Lies"
2007 \|Stargate SG-1 \|Female assassin \|"Bounty"
2008 \|Flash Gordon \|Azura \|"Revolution: Part 2"
2009 \|Stargate Atlantis \|Nurse \|"Vegas"
2010 \|{{sortname\|A\|Trace of Danger\|nolink=1}} \|Jenna \|TV film
2011 \|Fringe \|Sara Downey \|"Concentrate and Ask Again"
2011 \|Sanctuary \|Fallon \|"Pax Romana", "Into the Black", "Uprising"
2011 \|R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series \|Marla Margaret \|"Scary Mary: Parts 1 & 2" "Scarecrow"
2012 \|How to Fall in Love \|Claire Russell \|TV film
2014 \|Happy Face Killer \|Cora Jesperson \|TV film
2014 \|Signed, Sealed, Delivered \|Karyn \|"Dark of Night"
2014 \|Heavenly Match \|Marjorie Cline \|TV film
2014 \|{{sortname\|The\|Christmas Shepherd\|nolink=1}} \|Beth \|TV film
2015 \|Watch Your Back \|Louise Hampshire \|TV film
2015 \|Motive \|Bridget Vinton \|"Pilot Error"
2017 \|Project Mc² \|Jenny Wallis \|Recurring Role

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1997

|Breaker High

|Jenny

|"That Lip-Synching Feeling"

1997

|Death Game

|Tori