Jacqueline Samuda

Jacqueline Samuda (born 1963 in Ottawa) is a Canadian actress, director and writer.

Biography Samuda was born in Ottawa, Ontario, and grew up in both the United States and Canada. She received a B.F.A. Degree in Performance from York University in Toronto, and apprenticed at the prestigious Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the Lake, Ontario. An experienced film/TV/stage/voice actress, Jacqueline has appeared in recurring roles on TV's Spooksville, The L Word and the epic sci-fi series Stargate SG-1 and in many other feature film, TV episodic and animation projects. She is a busy voiceover performer who has voiced many international and national commercial campaigns and many other projects, from audiobooks to videogames to corporate and documentary film. She was a finalist for the 2008 VOICEY Awards, an international voiceover award. As a writer/director, Jacqueline was honoured with the inaugural prize of the Motion Picture Producers Association/Women in the Directors' Chair Feature Film Award in 2008. A past BC Film Writer’s Fellow and instructor at Vancouver Film School and UBC’s Writing Centre, she also has story edited and polished many screenplays, including The Delicate Art of Parking and The Foursome. Her directing background spans theatre in Toronto and L.A. (garnering a Best Director L.A. Critics’ Award for Zastrozzi), and seven short films (received awards, screenings at film festivals and TV distribution). She has taught Directing Actors as a Guest Artist at University of Los Angeles. She has served as president of the board of directors for Pacific Cinématheque, Vancouver’s non-profit cultural cinema venue. Jacqueline has been active on the board of Vancouver's Women in Film, where she served as president of the board 2001-2003 and on the advisory board in subsequent years. In 2008, Jacqueline was honoured to receive a Lifetime Member Award for her work with Women in Film.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1988 Mara 1989 Renegades Woman Cop 1989 Speaking Parts Bride 1991 Louise 1997 One of Our Own Corporal Kim Deeves 1999 Olga 1999 Making Contact Ellen 2003 Jam Space Beautiful Woman Short film 2003 50 Questions Director Short film for Crazy8s 2003 See Grace Fly Grace (voice) 2005 Sub Zero Sasha Mirov Video 2008 Stargate: Continuum Nirrti Video 2008 Edison and Leo Toni / Nirena (voice)

Television Year Title Role Notes 1985 Shock Chamber Linda Segment: "Symbol of Victory" 1987 Adderly Modeling Agent Episode: "A Matter of Discretion" 1990 Leona Helmsley: The Queen of Mean Reporter TV film 1990 Street Legal Nancy Crosbie Episode: "The Psychic" 1991 Counterstrike Victoria Condrade Episode: "Fall From Grace" 1992 To Catch a Killer Unknown TV film 1999, 2001, 2003 Stargate SG-1 Nirrti Episodes: "Fair Game", "Rites of Passage" and "Metamorphosis"; Also writer of "Metamorphosis" 2000 First Target Patti TV film 2001 Da Vinci's Inquest Joyce Zisner Episode: "The Sparkle Tour" 2001 Nedra Wing Episode: "Freud's Dilemma" 2001 Night Visions Melissa Episode: "Used Car" 2001 Wolf Lake Jean Hollander Episode: "The Changing" 2002 Wasted Chris' Mom TV film 2003 Wilder Days Pearl TV film 2004 Movie Type Episode: "Pilot" 2006 Angie TV film 2006 Saved Nurse #1 Episode: "Triage" 2007 Bionic Woman Med-Flight Tech #2 Episode: "Pilot" 2007 Smallville ER Doctor #1 Episode: "Bizarro" 2008 Saundra Houston Episodes: "Lesbians Gone Wild", "Lunar Cycle" 2009 Saundra Houston Episode: "LMFAO" 2012 R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour Gracie's Mom Episode: "Headshot" 2013 Arrow TV Host Episode: "Burned" 2014 When Sparks Fly Gloria TV film 2015 Real Murderers: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery Mamie TV film 2015 Once Upon a Holiday Margaret Wickersham TV film 2017–2020 Marvel Super Hero Adventures Captain Marvel Voice; 3 episodes2019 When Calls the Heart Joyce Episode: "Heart of a Mountie" 2023 Virgin River Lydia Adler Episode: "Trial By Fire"

Video games Year Title Role Notes 2010 Dead Rising 2: Case West The Director 2011 BackStab HD Coleta 2015 Crypt of the Necrodancer Aria 2016 Homeworld: Deserts Of Kharak Khagaan