Allegra Fulton is a Canadian actress,[1] best known for Frida K, a one-woman stage show in which she portrayed artist Frida Kahlo.[2]
The daughter of filmmaker David Fulton and writer Gloria Montero, she began her acting career in childhood with an appearance on the children's television series Butternut Square.[1] In the early 1980s she regularly performed in stage roles in Toronto, including productions of Slow Dance on the Killing Ground,[3] Michi's Blood,[4] and South of Heaven.[5]
In 1991 she received a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for Outstanding Performance, Small Theatre for her performance in Nocturnal Emissions at Buddies in Bad Times.[6]
In the 1990s she began appearing in film and television roles, most notably the Genie Award-winning short film The Hangman's Bride opposite Shawn Doyle, whom she subsequently married.[7]
Frida K, written by Montero, was first staged at the 1994 Toronto Fringe Festival,[8] before being remounted by Tarragon Theatre in 1995.[9] In 1996 she won the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Play, Small Theatre,[10] before taking the play on an extended national and international tour.[11] She returned to Toronto in 1998 in the English-language premiere of Michel Tremblay's Marcel Pursued by the Hounds for Tarragon.[12]
She has continued to act in stage, film, television and animated voice roles. She received a Gemini Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role Dramatic Series at the 16th Gemini Awards in 2001 for a guest appearance on Blue Murder,[13] and received her third Dora nomination in 2020 for Between Riverside and Crazy.[14]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Unfinished Business | Script Assistant | ||
| 1991 | Montréal vu par... | Invitée | ||
| 1993 | Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould | Waitress | [15] | |
| 1996 | Critical Choices | Teresa | ||
| 1997 | data-sort-value="Hangman's Bride, The" | The Hangman's Bride | Francoise Laurent | Short film[16] |
| 1999 | Woman Wanted | Gracie | ||
| 2000 | data-sort-value="Law of Enclosures, The" | The Law of Enclosures | Henry's Mother | |
| 2002 | John Q. | Sick Girl's Mother | ||
| 2004 | Childstar | Photographer | ||
| 2004 | Choke. | Ms. Morgan | Short film[17] | |
| 2004 | Show Me | Sam | ||
| 2005 | My Uncle Navy and Other Inherited Disorders | Pam | Short film | |
| 2007 | Loonie | Angel | Short film[18] | |
| 2012 | data-sort-value="Dark Truth, A" | A Dark Truth | Renaldo's Mom (voice) | |
| 2012 | Flaked | Short film | ||
| 2013 | Iris | (voice) | Short film | |
| 2014 | Maps to the Stars | Harriet | ||
| 2016 | Becoming Wigglesworth | Mona | Short film | |
| 2017 | data-sort-value="Shape of Water, The" | The Shape of Water | Yolanda | |
| 2018 | Hellmington | Maggie Owens | ||
| 2018 | Nine Letters | Katherine | Short film | |
| 2019 | Run This Town | Susan | ||
| 2019 | Strange But True | Chantrel | ||
| 2021 | Origins | Linda | Short film | |
| 2022 | Photo Booth | Narrator (voice) | ||
| 2022 | R.O.I. | Ms. Koslov | Short film | |
| 2023 | Cascade | Skip | ||
| 2024 | Monica's News | Hazel McClure |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | E.N.G. | Mrs. Fonseca | 1 episode | |
| 1993 | Top Cops | Brenna Neinast | 1 episode | |
| 1994 | RoboCop | Wilson | 1 episode | |
| 1995 | Forever Knight | Nurse #1 | 1 episode | |
| 1995 | Dark Eyes | Vicki | 1 episode | |
| 1996 | Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance | Sharon Plessy | TV movie | |
| 1996 | Holiday Affair | TV movie | ||
| 1997 | Too Close to Home | Gloria Lopez | TV movie[19] | |
| 1997 | Ms. Scrooge | Marie | TV movie | |
| 1997 | Balls Up | Michelle | TV movie | |
| 1998 | Stickin' Around | Mrs. Salazar (voice) | 1 episode | |
| 1999 | Animorphs | Visser One | 3 episodes | |
| 1999 | Black and Blue | Patty Bancroft | TV movie | |
| 1999–2000 | Blaster's Universe | Additional Voices (voice) | 13 episodes | |
| 1999–2001 | Angela Anaconda | Multiple voices | 34 episodes | |
| 2000 | Wind at My Back | Lucille | 1 episode | |
| 2000 | Twitch City | Therapist | 1 episode | |
| 2000 | Dirty Pictures | Angela | TV movie | |
| 2000 | Relic Hunter | Airport Desk Agent | 1 episode | |
| 2001 | And Never Let Her Go | Eleonor Blanchard | TV movie | |
| 2001, 2004 | Blue Murder | Louise Vuceta, Ms. Bell | 3 episodes | |
| 2002 | data-sort-value="Associates, The" | The Associates | Mrs. Shanfelt | 2 episodes |
| 2002 | Two Against Time | Theresa | TV movie | |
| 2002–2003 | Street Time | Ann Valentine | 15 episodes | |
| 2004 | Celeste in the City | Hilly | TV movie | |
| 2004 | data-sort-value="Wonderful World of Disney, The" | The Wonderful World of Disney | Carmen | 1 episode |
| 2005 | Puppets Who Kill | Esmerelda | 1 episode | |
| 2005 | Riding the Bus with My Sister | Vera | TV movie | |
| 2005–2009 | Mr. Meaty | 8 episodes | ||
| 2006 | data-sort-value="Nine, The" | The Nine | Monica Turner | 1 episode |
| 2011 | King | Prosecutor | 1 episode | |
| 2011 | Against the Wall | Nell Cortez | 1 episode | |
| 2013 | Madame Cliquet | 5 episodes | ||
| 2014 | Fargo | Helena Milos | 1 episode | |
| 2015 | Suits | Judge Hernandez | 1 episode | |
| 2017 | 19-2 | Detective Lapointe | 3 episodes | |
| 2018 | Schitt's Creek | Charlene | 1 episode | |
| 2019 | Wayne | Graciella | 1 episode | |
| 2019 | Workin' Moms | Hannah Sittart | 2 episodes | |
| 2019 | Cardinal | Dr. Jones | 1 episode | |
| 2021 | data-sort-value="Good Doctor, The" | The Good Doctor | Dr. Karla Saravia | 2 episodes |
| 2021 | Murder on Maple Drive | Harmony | TV movie | |
| 2021 | Chapelwaite | Ann Morgan | 8 episodes | |
| 2021–2023 | Moonshine | Jill Leblanc | 16 episodes[20] | |
| 2023 | Titans | Helena | 1 episode | |
| 2023 | Superman and Lois | Older Chemo Patient | 3 episodes | |