Isabelle Mejias (born November 4, 1961) is a Canadian actress.[1] She is most noted for her performance in the film Unfinished Business, for which she received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actress at the 6th Genie Awards in 1985.[2]
Originally from Montreal, Quebec, Mejias had her first film role in the 1980 film Girls.[1] She then appeared in The Lucky Star, Le Roi des cons and Julie Darling prior to 1984, when she appeared in both Unfinished Business and The Bay Boy. For Cinema Canada magazine, critic John Harkness wrote of her performance in Unfinished Business that "If this were a country with any sort of rational production/distribution/publicity system, a performance like this would mean that she would immediately be talked about in Hollywood - Mejias has star quality like you wouldn't believe."[3]
She subsequently starred in the films Blue Line,[4] ,[5] Higher Education,[6] State Park, The Midday Sun[7] and .[8] She also starred in the television miniseries Echoes in the Darkness,[9] and had supporting or guest appearances in the television series Philip Marlowe, Private Eye, The Edison Twins, Night Heat, Street Legal and Danger Bay. She received a Gemini Award nomination for Best Guest Performance in a Television Series at the 3rd Gemini Awards for Danger Bay.
Her final known acting role was in the 1996 television film Psychic Detectives, under her married name Isabelle Jamieson.
| 1980 | Girls | Betty Darquier | ||
| 1980 | data-sort-value="Lucky Star, The" | The Lucky Star | Marijke | |
| 1981 | Le roi des cons | Suzanne | ||
| 1983 | Julie Darling | Julie | ||
| 1984 | Unfinished Business | Isabelle Marks | ||
| 1984 | data-sort-value="Bay Boy, The" | The Bay Boy | Mary McNeil | |
| 1985 | Blue Line | Nicole | ||
| 1986 | Wendy | |||
| 1988 | Higher Education | Carrie Hanson | ||
| 1988 | State Park | Marsha | ||
| 1988 | Fall from Innocence | Marsa Cummings | ||
| 1989 | data-sort-value="Midday Sun, The" | The Midday Sun | Maggie Cameron | |
| 1991 | Alice Leonardo | |||
| 1992 | Hammer Down | Gina Angelo | ||
| 1994 | Final Round | Lee |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Special People | Julie | Television film | |
| 1986 | Philip Marlowe, Private Eye | Monique | Episode: "Blackmailers Don't Shoot" | |
| 1986 | data-sort-value="Edison Twins, The" | The Edison Twins | Brenda | Episode: "Smile for the Camera" |
| 1987 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Kelly Jenkins | Episode: "Tragedy Tonight" | |
| 1987 | Echoes in the Darkness | Shelly | 2 episodes | |
| 1987 | Danger Bay | Suzette Poitier | Episode: "It's a Jungle in There" | |
| 1987, 1988 | Night Heat | Simone / Valerie | 2 episodes | |
| 1987, 1992 | Street Legal | Anna Briso / Kim Morrow | ||
| 1989 | Day One | Mrs. Trowbridge | Television film | |
| 1989 | War of the Worlds | Sherry | Episode: "So Shall Ye Reap" | |
| 1989 | Blair Gerard | Episode: "The Shaman's Apprentice" | ||
| 1990 | T. and T. | Ally | Episode: "Suspect" | |
| 1992 | Dangerous Curves | Suzanne Blake / Victoria Frost | Episode: "Obsession" | |
| 1996 | Psychic Detectives | Cadabra | Television film |