Comments on this story are moderated according to our Submission Guidelines. She moved to Los Angeles and landed her first Hollywood role in Michael Manns 1983 horror film, The Keep. Died (60) Add to list Awards 3 wins & 6 nominations Photos 28 Known for Hedwig and the Angry Inch 7.7 Alberta Watson, Canadian actress, dies after battle with cancer | CBC News Loaded. Her film credits include Atom Egoyan's The Sweet Hereafter,Sarah Polley's Away from Her,David O. Russell's Spanking the Monkeyand George Kaczender's In Praise of Older Women. She was 60. Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered on CBC Gem. I have such wonderful memories, and I cant believe shes gone. She was 60. Death [ edit] She followed La Femme Nikita with a string of notable independent films, including The Art of Woo (2001), John Cameron Mitchells Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), Thom Fitzgeralds The Wild Dogs, (2002) and Jeremy Podeswas TV movie, After the Harvest (2001), which brought her another Gemini nomination. avalanche lost father, brother-in-law, family friend in slide, Trudeau says probes into foreign election interference ongoing, Alex Murdaugh sentenced to life in prison for murder of wife, son, Heated debate in B.C. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. Watson died at Torontos Kensington Hospice with her husband Ken at her side. #cdntv, Denis McGrath (@DMcWriterboy) March 23, 2015, I had the pleasure of working with @albertawatson on my first film #alobstertale rent the movie on iTunes to see Albertas great performance, Adam Massey (@lee_adam_massey) March 23, 2015. Box 500 Station A Toronto, ON Canada, M5W 1E6. Her Canadian TV series credits include roles in Heartland, The Newsroom, The Border and Show Me Yours. '24' Actress Alberta Watson Dies at 60 - The Hollywood Reporter award-nominated role as Madeline on, Her name was the basis for the character Alberta Green, played by, I took it because it was a heck of a challenge. She played Dr. Rebecca Myer in the 1980s Buck James TV series, and Erin Driscoll, the head of a counter-terrorist unit, in 24. The Canadian Encyclopedia Audience Relations, CBC P.O. Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. Please note that CBC does not endorse the opinions expressed in comments. Actress Alberta Watson is photographed during the Toronto International Film Festival in 2006, in Toronto. The subject was incest. [10], Watson lived in New Jersey for eight years[11] with her husband until they divorced. [1], Watson was born in Toronto, Ontario, in 1955. Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day. The subject was incest. She followed this with The Prince and Me (2004) and recurring roles in such TV series as Show Me Yours (2004) and Ken Finklemans The Newsroom (2004). Canadian actress Alberta Watson dies at 60 - Globalnews.ca Handout TORONTO Canadian actress Alberta Watson passed away Saturday after a battle with cancer. [13] When her hair started to regrow, she sported the short haircut in her role as Madeline in the show's third season.[13]. She also appeared in The Lookout (2007) with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, as well as in the TV series Angelas Eyes (2006), The Border (2008), and Heartland (2010), for which she won a Gemini Award. Yeeeehaaaa! "Young Actress Is Behind Bars -- For A Movie", "Three Hours On A Plane Is All She Can Stand: Great Escapes - Alberta Watson", "Alberta Watson: The Toughest Woman on Television", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alberta_Watson&oldid=1133861902, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2009, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. She was 60. [4], In Spanking the Monkey, Watson plays her favourite character,[12] a mother who has an incestuous relationship with her son. Watson then appeared in several notable projects, including the early Angelina Jolie vehicle Hackers (1995) and the Golden Globe-nominated, Emmy-winning TV movie Gotti (1996), playing the wife of infamous New York mobster John Gotti. I had the pleasure of working with her. [12][13] Producers at La Femme Nikita worked around her treatment and limited her appearances. Alternate titles: Faith Susan Alberta Watson. [7] She then returned to Toronto and focused on finding roles in independent films. The Hollywood Reporter is a part of Penske Media Corporation. The Tony Award-nominated Broadway actor, 41, died in a hospital in Los Angeles after suffering severe medical complications after contracting the coronavirus. WARNING: Major spoilers for the Season 14 premiere of Heartland are ahead!. Alberta Watson | Biography, Movies, TV Shows, & Facts Renowned for her consistency and reliability, Watson was perhaps best known for the TV series La Femme Nikita (19972001) and 24 (200405), but she also gave memorable performances in David O. Russells Spanking the Monkey (1994), Atom Egoyans The Sweet Hereafter (1997), and John Cameron Mitchells Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001). Watson's agent Pam Winter says the La Femme Nikitastar died Saturday in Toronto. Alberta Watson - IMDb After a long battle with cancer, Watson died at the age of 60 from complications of the disease. Watson died on March 21, 2015 due to complications from cancer at Kensington Hospice in Toronto; she was 60 years old. Id loved her in so many things, I was star struck. The Tony Award-nominated Broadway actor, 41, died in a hospital in Los Angeles after suffering severe medical complications after contracting the coronavirus. Watson died at Toronto's Kensington Hospice with her husband Ken at her side.. Best as Madeline in La Femme Nikita/Nikita. She won a Gemini Award in 2010. Oh! I seized the character and made her something. A year later she received the Best Actress award at the Yorkton Film Festival for "Exposure". Several high-profile actresses declined the role, including Susan Sarandon, Faye Dunaway, Jessica Lange, and Isabella Rossellini, but Watson relished it, later calling it her best performance and her favourite role. [About her portrayal of the mother in, Choice: The Henry Morgentaler Story (2005). She was 60. Watsons final credits included such Canadian and independent films as Some Things That Stay (2004), Citizen Duane (2006), A Lobster Tale (2006), and Sarah Polleys Genie-winning Away from Her (2006) opposite Gordon Pinsent, with whom she performed in Chris Landreths Genie-nominated animated short The Spine (2009). And I'm not a name with an image to protect. Watson came closer to fame with the role of Madeline, the cunning force on the Canadian syndicated spy series La Femme Nikita, adapted from the 1990 Luc Besson film. Through regional and national programming on multiple platforms, including CBC Television, CBC News Network, CBC Radio, CBCNews.ca, mobile and on-demand, CBC News and its internationally recognized team of award-winning journalists deliver the breaking stories, the issues, the analyses and the personalities that matter to Canadians. 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She was 60. zh. [2] She grew up in Toronto with her mother Grace, a factory worker, and her brother. Watson played Erin Driscoll, head of the fictional intelligence agency that employs operative Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland). On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Alberta Watson - Wikipedia It didn't scare me at all. In a nod to her La Femme Nikita role, Alberta played a recurring character Madeline Pierce in Nikita, the CW's 2010-2013 reboot of the film and TV series. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. After performing the lead role of Madelaine on the Canadian-made La Femme Nikita series between 1997 and 2001, Watson later played the recurring role of Senator Madeline Pierce on the CWs follow-up Nikita series, also shot in Toronto. Many of Watsonspeers and fans took to Twitter to remember her. Her husband Ken was at her side. In a nod to her La Femme Nikita role, Alberta played a recurring character Madeline Pierce in Nikita, the CW's 20102013 reboot of the film and TV series. When search suggestions are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. During 2007 and 2008, Watson played a supporting role in the Canadian television series The Border as the Minister of Public Safety. She moved south and worked for many years in New York and Los Angeles. I took it because it was a heck of a challenge. - YouTube 0:00 / 1:49 Video unavailable This video contains content from Adrev Affiliate, who has blocked it in your country. 2023 The Hollywood Reporter, LLC. Heyn, Christopher. Watsons list of credits includes 24, The Newsroom and The Border as well as movies like Away from Her and The Sweet Hereafter. Canadian actor Nick Cordero dies from coronavirus complications TORONTO Canadian actress Alberta Watson passed away Saturday after a battle with cancer. Courtesy of Everett Collection. Watson later expressed disappointment with her early television work, but these roles inevitably shaped her career, pushing her to pursue strong, complex characters in projects that challenged her. street, Chinese Canadian parliamentarians among greater targets for interference: Trudeau, Markham caregiver plans to travel, possibly buy new home after $60M lottery win, RCMP believe Slave Lake toddler Jeffrey Dupres, missing for 43 years, is still alive, Survivor of B.C. (Surnow was such a fan that he not only hired her again but also named a character in the series, Alberta Green, after her.) CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices. Madeleine is the most badass character ever. Alberta Watson, in full Faith Susan Alberta Watson, (born March 6, 1955, Toronto, Canadadied March 21, 2015, Toronto), Canadian film and television actress whose career spanned four decades. Her son visits for the summer and she's laid up in a cast with a broken leg and things get out of hand. Alberta Watson, congrats on your Gemini win 2011, for Heartland! Please read our Commenting Policy first. (Carlo. [3][8] Early in her career she portrayed the role of Mitzi in George Kaczender's[9] In Praise of Older Women (1978), for which she received a Genie nomination. Get a roundup of the most important and intriguing national stories delivered to your inbox every weekday. Watson began acting at age 15 with the Theater House of God at the Bathurst Street United Church in Toronto. . Congrats, Alberta!! And I'm not a name with an image to protect. Youll be missed :'(, Dylan Matthews (@iHeyes) March 23, 2015. [4] She moved to Los Angeles, California, and later to New York City. In her final performance, Watson played Senator Madeline Pierce when La Femme Nikita was rebooted as Nikita in 2010.

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