Alberta Watson

Alberta Watson

Nascimento : 1955-03-06, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Morte : 2015-03-21

História

Faith Susan Alberta Watson, known professionally as Alberta Watson, was a Canadian movie and television series actress.

Perfil

Alberta Watson

Filmes

The Spine
Mary Rutherford
A poignant story of redemption that takes us into the relationship between a man and a woman trapped in a spiral of mutual destruction after 26 years of marriage, the Spine continues Landreth's pursuit of a twisted, beautiful and highly original visual aesthetic, using digital imagery to create characters whose physical appearances are metaphors for their unique souls.
As Faces de Helen
Dr. Sherman
Helen Leonard (Ashley Judd) é uma mulher bem-sucedida que tem um casamento feliz e um relacionamento harmonioso com sua filha. Porém, existe algo que ela tem um segredo: sua bipolaridade, que surge como um surto devastador, transformando sua maneira de enxergar a vida. Agora, sua família e seus amigos tem a missão de fazê-la perceber que a vida continua bela.
Uma Brisa de Família
Marilla
The story of a teenage boy coming of age in a suburban grow-operation, where every day is paradise or fresh hell. But it's always a trip. Sheltered all his life and home-schooled by loving parents who are also committed criminals, Quinn Dawson yearns to experience the normalcy of the suburban world which surrounds him.
Longe Dela
Dr. Fischer
Fiona e Grant estão casados há 50 anos e precisam enfrentar o fato de que a distração constante de Fiona é um sintoma do mal de Alzheimer. Ela precisa ser internada em uma casa de repouso especializada, onde se esquece lentamente de Grant e passa a dedicar seu afeto a outro paciente.
O Vigia
Barbara Pratt
Chris Pratt, um jovem ex-jogador de hóquei, acaba sofrendo um grave acidente de carro, que provoca danos irreparáveis em sua memória. Ele vive com seu amigo Lewis, um homem cego, que o ajuda. Chris tem um emprego simples: zelador de um banco. No entanto, sua calma rotina é abalada quando ele se vê no meio de um esquema de roubo milionário.
Citizen Duane
Bonnie Balfour
Duane Balfour is a teen-aged Don Quixote born into a family of spectacular failure. But, what starts as a simple schoolyard rivalry snowballs out of control when Duane decides to run for mayor of the tiny town of Ridgeway. If Duane is to succeed, he must not only overcome the powerful incumbents, but also his own inadequacies, public perception, and history itself.doers who dare to cross his path. But little does he know that his own attackers are highly connected to an underworld crime family who has close ties to corrupt police and, unbeknownst to him, are also looking for him!
A Lobster Tale
Martha Brewer
Cody Brewer, a quiet New England fisherman isn't doing too well for himself. His wife feels neglected, and his son keeps getting picked on by the school bully. While out collecting his lobster traps one day, Cody finds a strange green moss that holds magical powers. Once word gets out about the magical moss, the entire town suddenly becomes Cody's best friend, all hoping to get a piece of it. With the townspeople clamoring for some moss and the already delicate state of the Brewer family, Cody has a tough time figuring out exactly what to do.
Morte em Hamptons
Ted's Lawyer
O casamento da corretora imobiliária Generosa Rand com o milionário Ted Ammon está em crise. Quando decide entrar com pedido de divórcio, o assassinato de Ted a transforma na principal suspeita do crime.
Coisas que nunca se esquecem
Liz Anderson
Coisas Que Nunca se Esquecem é uma história tocante de uma jovem de 15 anos, Tamara Anderson, e da sua pouco convencional família que se muda todos os anos para apoiar Stuart o seu pai artista. Tamara, a sua mãe Liz e os seus irmãos mais novos estão cansados deste seu modo de vida nómada. No verão de 1954, Tamara encontrou finalmente um lugar onde gosta de estar. Ela cresce junto aos Murphys, uma tradicional família religiosa. Quando a sua mãe, Liz, lhe é diagnosticada tuberculose e tem de ir para um sanatório, a família fica num estado de tristeza, medo e incerteza. Stuart refugia-se no seu mundo artístico e parte numa viagem de negócios deixando Tamara, zangada e receosa, a contas com os seus irmãos e a lida da casa. Os seus desafios de adolescente tornam-se ainda maiores ao tentar sobreviver à ausência da mãe. Em resultado, os Anderson mudam-se de novo e aceitam finalmente a realidade de que Liz poderá não voltar para casa.
My Brother's Keeper
Helen Woods
Identical twin brothers Lou and Eric plan to compete together in the National Rowing Championships. But when Eric leaves their small town to attend an Ivy League University, the brother's bond is torn apart.
Irish Eyes
Anne Phelan
"Irish Eyes" explores the relationship between two Irish-American brothers in Boston born to immigrant parents and raised in a rough, working class Irish neighborhood. After watching their father being gunned down in front of their eyes as children, Thomas and Sean Phelan grow up building their lives on opposite ends of the law. Thomas, the studious and responsible brother, creates a better life for himself through education and hard, honest work. Eventually, he builds a successful career as a US Attorney. Sean, the more rebellious of the two, gets caught up in a life of crime and rises through the ranks to become the head of the Irish Mob.
Um Príncipe em Minha Vida
Amy Morgan
Paige Morgan (Julia Stiles) tem seu futuro perfeitamente esquematizado. Trabalhando duro para alcançar seu objetivo de se tornar uma médica que viaja pelo mundo para ajudar os carentes, a aluna da Universidade de Wisconsin jura que nada vai atrapalhar o seu sonho. O que ela não esperava era conhecer Eddie (Luke Mably), um estrangeiro fascinante que, sem que ela tenha conhecimento disso, é, na verdade, Edvard Valdemar, o príncipe da Dinamarca!
The Risen
Amanda Knowles
A pregnant woman has an emergency operation to save her life but comes out of the procedure with amnesia.
Penguins Behind Bars
Babs
Penguins Behind Bars is an Adult Swim special, adapted from the graphic novel of the same name by Janet Perlman, that aired only once on July 20th 2003. The Short follows Doris Fairfeather, a female penguin who is framed for robbery by her boyfriend and sent to an all-girl prison.
Guilt by Association
Angie
Life is good for Susan, her two children and new boyfriend Russell. But life abruptly changes when she discovers her perfect boyfriend is a drug dealer. Realising the danger this could bring to her family she tells him to leave. Suddenly her house is raided and Susan is arrested as a co-conspirator in Russell's drug business. Her situation goes from bad to worse when she finds herself behind bars with violent criminals. How will she ever prove her innocence when the system seems against her? Guilt By Association is a disturbing story based on true events.
Chasing Cain II: Face
Detective Denise McGoogan
Two homicide detectives investigate the murder of a popular Jamaican woman, who seems to have lived in two separate worlds. Although there are no witnesses, no clues and police resources are going towards another higher-profile murder, the detectives doggedly track down people who knew the victim until they finally break the case. This edgy and intense film shows how homicide detectives go about their work in an ethnically diverse, multicultural city.
The Art of Woo
Caterin
Alessa Woo (Lee) is an ambitious art dealer who meets her match in gifted painter Ben Crowchild (Beach) in this romantic comedy.
Hedwig: Rock, Amor e Traição
Hansel's Mom
Hedwig é uma cantora de rock que nasceu homem, na Alemanha Oriental, e se chamava Hansel. Criado ouvindo uma rádio norte-americana, Hansel só tinha duas certezas na vida: de que seria uma estrela de rock e que um dia encontraria sua alma gêmea. Quando conhece Luther, recruta americano que promete casar-se e levá-lo para os Estados Unidos, Hansel pensa que chegou sua vez de ser feliz. Contudo, para que seu sonho se realize, é obrigado a submeter-se a uma cirurgia de troca de sexo. Hansel torna-se Hedwig, muda-se para a América e forma uma banda de rock. Mas este é apenas o primeiro capítulo de uma história ao mesmo tempo dramática e engraçada, permeada por amores arrebatadores, amargas desilusões e rock do bom.
After the Harvest
Caleb Gare (Sam Shepard) is a farmer obsessed with owning as much land as he can and controlling his entire family. This becomes more complicated when a beautiful visiting teacher moves into the Gare home and she becomes involved in a battle of wills. To complicate matters more, a deep secret held by Caleb's wife will have to come to the surface. With the family at the breaking point, they must put aside their differences to bring in the year's harvest, after which they celebrate at the town's annual festival. Little does Caleb suspect that the one night of celebration will end in disaster, turmoil, and forever change the family.
Inocência Perdida
Lily Storm
Depois que sua única amiga é expulsa de sua escola particular no Upper East Side de Manhattan, Cat Storm quer se aproximar de um garoto por quem ela se sente atraída e se recriar com novos amigos. Mas seus novos amigos não são confiáveis, seu namorado está com problemas, seus pais são frios e indiferentes e ela cada vez mais se descobre que não é amada.
Chasing Cain
Denise McGoogan
A brutal drive-by shooting of a Croatian woman who works at an abortion clinic sends two homicide detectives out onto the streets of one of the world's most culturally diverse cities. Their first suspect has ties to the pro-life movement. But a sudden turn of events, a fresh trail of clues and a suicide attempt by the victim's Serbian husband lead the detectives into the impenetrable world of Balkan politics and prejudices. As they hunt for the killer, they uncover an ethnic war between Croatians and Serbians amid the urban backdrop of downtown Toronto.
Deeply
Fiona
Claire McKay (Julia Brendler) é uma adolescente traumatizada que é levada para a ilha de seus ancestrais, na esperança dela se recuperar da súbita morte do seu primeiro amor. Claire encontra uma excêntrica escritora, Celia (Lynn Redgrave), que lhe conta a história de outra adolescente, Silly (Kirsten Dunst), e a maldição que assombrou a ilha desde a época dos vikings. Claire reconta a história de Silly e sua grande perda, uma história que ainda não terminou. Claire então revive seu trauma e procura um final feliz para sua história.
Desire
Simone
An affair between a pianist and a teacher begins to disintegrate when girls from her school turn up missing.
The Life Before This
Nita
Several innocent persons are hurt after two robbers, fleeing from the police, run into a neighborhood cafe.
The Girl Next Door
Mary Bradley
There's someone peeping through windows so Arthur has been asked to watch the neighbour's eighteen year old daughter while her parents are away. Soon their mutual attraction develops into something that Arthur later regrets.
Seeds Of Doubt
Jennifer Kingsley, a newspaper journalist, believes a man has been falsely convicted of murder, and becomes set on proving his innocence.
O Doce Amanhã
Risa Walker
Um acidente de ônibus escolar provoca a morte de 20 crianças, em uma cidade no interior do Canadá. As famílias em luto são visitadas por Mitchell Stephens (Ian Holm), um advogado que tenta convencer os pais a pedirem uma indenização contra qualquer um que possam culpar. Paralelamente Mitchell enfrenta um drama pessoal, pois sua filha é viciada em drogas. A comunidade está paralisada em sua dor, mas Nicole (Sarah Polley), uma jovem que sobreviveu ao acidente, de sua cadeira de rodas talvez possa ser o testemunho que decidirá este caso.
Giant Mine
CBC's dramatic account of the tragedy of Yellowknife's Giant Mine, in which 9 miners were killed during a bitter labour dispute.
Sweet Angel Mine
Megan
Paul, a young man from London, arrives in the small Nova Scotia town of Milestone, where his long lost father was last seen years earlier. Paul is eager to find out what brought his father to this remote community. He meets Rauchine, a young, beautiful and unaffected girl who lives with her unstable mother and domineering grandmother on a nearby island, who is eking out a harsh and isolated living. Paul finds himself enmeshed in a web of jealousy, bitterness and fear as his attraction to Rauchine begins to grow. After a failed attempt to leave the island with Paul, Rauchine must make a crucial decision and break the cycle of violence and death that has marked her life.
Shoemaker
Anna
Carey and Paul are reclusive shoemakers. Fragile Carey polishes the shoes while overprotective Paul does the books. Their world unravels when Carey becomes smitten with Anna. Worried about his friend's lack of experience, Paul tells him to be wary, but Carey's heart has begun its romantic journey...
Gotti
Victoria Gotti
John Gotti, the head of a small New York mafia crew breaks a few of the old family rules. He rises to become the head of the Gambino family and the most well-known mafia boss in America. Life is good, but suspicion creeps in, and greed, rule-breaking and his high public profile all threaten to topple him.
A Child Is Missing
Agent Lynette Graham
A hermit living in the Washington Mountains stumbles upon a boy who has been kidnapped. He does everything in his power to save the boy but he becomes a suspect.
Hackers: Piratas de Computador
Lauren Murphy
Um adolescente conhecido como Zero Cool é uma lenda entre os hackers, pois com apenas 11 anos ele inutilizou 1507 computadores em Wall Street, provocando um caos total no mundo das finanças. Por conta deste ato ele ficou proibido de mexer em um computador até chegar aos 18 anos, mas quando pode retorna aos computadores utilizando agora o codinome Crash Override. Até que se depara com um gigantesco plano que, além de tornar o autor muito rico, pode incriminá-lo. Assim, com a ajuda de seus companheiros, ele tenta salvar sua pele.
Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence
Deborah Walsh Bradford
Still in mourning over the loss of his wife, former cop Jonathan stone moves to Washington. However, he is soon falsely accused of murder, and with the help of socialite Annie Hayes, he sets out to prove his innocence.
Spanking the Monkey
Susan Aibelli
Bright young student Raymond Aibelli is forced to sidetrack an important medical internship because his mother, Susan, is recovering from a broken leg. When he isn't tasked with the most mundane aspects of Susan's recuperation, Raymond finds distraction in a neighborhood girl, Toni Peck. But, as Susan begins relying on her son for both physical and emotional needs, Raymond starts developing disturbing and unwanted new yearnings.
Mood Indigo
Ellen Giancola
Suspense tale -- a pilot to a prospective series -- involving a criminal psychologist, struggling to rebuild his life after his wife is brutally murdered by a patient, and a lady lawyer who enlists his help in solving a baffling crime.
Zebrahead
Phyliss
Interracial love story set in Detroit.
Disfarce Perigoso
Christine De Vera
Tira cai na armadilha preparada pelo parceiro corrupto e pelos traficantes que o subornam. Ele escapa do atentado, mas é dado como morto. Assumindo uma nova identidade, infiltra-se na gangue com uma idéia fixa: vingar-se do traidor.
Destiny To Order
Thalia / Marla / Nicole
A writer starts running into the characters he's created in real life. Alberta is his fantasy woman, who starts out as a sexy rock singer. However, when the bad guy in his novel (played by Michael Ironside) gets his hands on the manuscript and starts making changes of his own, they are all in for a wild ride.
Shannon's Deal
Terry Lomax
A washed-up lawyer refuses to take a bribe and instead goes after the South American drug cartel that's trying to push those in its way. Pilot for the TV Series.
Red Earth, White Earth
Guy Pehrsson is summoned by his grandfather to return to the farming community of his childhood. He arrives from the City to find that his mother has finally left his alcoholic and abusive father and now lives among the Indians, Guy's childhood friends and neighbours. He also discovers friction between the white farmers and the local Indians, now faced with the choice of selling or retaining their land. A choice made harder by poverty. Guy's boyhood friend, Tom Redfox, leads those Indians who wish to keep their land. Against the background of ensuing confrontation, Guy becomes reacquainted with his estranged parents, his childhood friends and old values, leading to a tragedy that affect the whole community.
White of the Eye
Ann Mason
In a wealthy and isolated desert community, a sound expert is targeted as the prime suspect of a series of brutal murders of local suburban housewives who were attacked and mutilated in their homes. As he desperately tries to prove his innocence, his wife starts to uncover startling truths...
Women of Valor
Lt. Helen Prescott
A group of American Army nurses are captured by the Japanese in April 1942 and spend three years in a prisoner-of-war camp in Bataan. Lt Margaret Ann Jessup, the head army nurse, survives the camp and testifies against the Japanese in front of the United States Congressional subcommittee years later as a colonel.
Murder in Space
Dominica Mastrelli
Set in the "not-so-distant future", the crew of an international space station are set to return triumphantly to Earth, until someone starts killing the other crew members.
I Am a Hotel
Suzanne
A short musical based on the imaginary events in the King Edward Hotel in Toronto, and the guests' (usually romantic) interactions with each other.
Best Revenge
Dinah
When his best friend is kidnapped and held for ransom by a drug kingpin, an American hustler embarks on a suicide mission to smuggle four million dollars worth of hashish out of Morocco.
A Fortaleza Infernal
Eva Cuza
Durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, tropas nazistas acampam em uma antiga fortaleza romena e acabam despertando uma força sobrenatural diabólica das profundezas.
O Ultimato
Susan Goodman
Um grupo time de agentes secretos super-treinados é enviado para impedir a ação de terroristas, que roubaram material radioativo para destruir poços de petróleo.
Dirty Tricks
A Harvard University student finds a strange letter that seems to be signed by George Washington. When trying to contact an expert (Prof. Chandler) to authenticate it, he is murdered but the letter disappears. Then Chandler, who does not know anything about the case, gets chased by the mafia and haunted by a TV reporter (Polly Bishop).
Black Mirror
Tina
A downbeat story of life inside a women's prison. There is more crime inside than out. When the inmates see that a woman is soon to be admitted for killing a young boy, they begin to plan her murder.
Virus
Litha (uncredited)
Scientists in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure to a military virus that was released in a plane crash and has wiped out the rest of the world.
Stone Cold Dead
Olivia Page
Cidade é aterrorizada por um psicopata que sai noite a dentro matando prostitutas. E o detetive indicado para o caso só tem uma pista para seguir: o criminoso fotografa suas vítimas no exato momento de sua morte, usando uma câmera acoplada ao rifle.
Conspiração Total
Donna
A thriller, released 1st November 1978, based on the non-fiction book Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook by Edward N. Luttwak.
In Praise Of Older Women
Mitzi
Andras Vayda grows up in a turbulent, war-torn Hungary, where he procures local girls for the occupying G.I.'s during World War II. Disappointed by girls of his age, he meets Maya, a married women in her thirties, who tutors him in the lessons of love and romance. Maya is only the first of many mature women that Andras will meet through his teenage and young adult life.
Fortune Dane
Amy Steiner
Carl Weathers is a former championship athlete turned police officer. He is about to face the most vicious challenge of his life in this action packed adventure. When a hitman brutally massacres nine people, including his personal friend in a cold-blooded attack, Fortune Dane demands justice. As he pieces together the facts surrounding the slaughter, he get’s too close to the truth. Someone important wants him stopped. Hired killers stalk him, blackmailers plant drugs to threaten him, and his captain pulls him off the case. The unthinkable happens when the evidence condemns the last person Dane would ever suspect. He turns in his badge and takes matters into his own hands – fighting for his goal, his code, and his life! When the going gets tough, the tough turn to Fortune Dane.
A World War II Fairytale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
Herself (Archive Footage)
Exploring Michael Mann's 1983 film adapted from the F. Paul Wilson novel and its impact.