{{Short description|Canadian actress}} '''Allegra Fulton''' is a Canadian actress,<ref name=ouzounian>Richard Ouzounian, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/allegra-fulton-pondering-how-it-all-began/article_31f87248-1101-51d8-8322-deb459e430fd.html "Allegra Fulton: Pondering how it all began"]. ''Toronto Star'', October 7, 2010.</ref> best known for ''Frida K'', a one-woman stage show in which she portrayed artist Frida Kahlo.<ref>Iris Winston, [https://variety.com/2007/legit/reviews/frida-k-3-1200511046/ "Frida K"]. ''Variety'', January 21, 2007.</ref>
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''.<ref name=ouzounian/> In the early 1980s she regularly performed in stage roles in Toronto, including productions of ''Slow Dance on the Killing Ground'',<ref>Judith Fitzgerald, "Slow Dance on the Killing Ground A compelling tale powerfully told". ''The Globe and Mail'', June 30, 1983.</ref> ''Michi's Blood'',<ref>Robert Crew, "Daring Crow Theatre has powerful moments". ''Toronto Star'', October 16, 1985.</ref> and ''South of Heaven''.<ref>Ray Conlogue, "What you see is all you get: Family drama lacks depth". ''The Globe and Mail'', November 23, 1987.</ref>
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.<ref>Geoff Chapman, "Music and sex dominate Doras". ''Toronto Star'', May 15, 1991.</ref>
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.<ref>Susan Walker, "Where losers can be big winners". ''Toronto Star'', September 6, 2000.</ref>
''Frida K'', written by Montero, directed by Peter Hinton-Davis was first staged at the 1994 Toronto Fringe Festival,<ref>Vit Wagner, "Our critic will be keeping eye on this 12-pack of Fringe productions". ''Toronto Star'', June 30, 1994.</ref> before being remounted by Tarragon Theatre in 1995.<ref>Kate Taylor, "Theatre review: Frida K". ''The Globe and Mail'', November 16, 1995.</ref> In 1996 she won the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Play, Small Theatre,<ref>"Dora Mavor Moore Awards announced". ''Montreal Gazette'', June 25, 1996.</ref> before taking the play on an extended national and international tour to Spain, Barcelona and more.<ref>Martin Morrow, "Frida Mania: Renowned play opens season at One Yellow Rabbit". ''Calgary Herald'', September 27, 1997.</ref> She returned to Toronto in 1998 in the English-language premiere of Michel Tremblay's ''Marcel Pursued by the Hounds'' for Tarragon.<ref>Kate Taylor, "Tremblay's two worlds fail to mesh The Quebec playwright's new play combines a ghostly chorus with a naturalistic drama and elicits an emotionally muffled production". ''The Globe and Mail'', January 16, 1998.</ref>
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'',<ref>Jon Kaplan, [https://nowtoronto.com/culture/the-plays-her-thing/ "The play’s her thing"]. ''Now'', August 28, 2003.</ref> and received her third Dora nomination in 2020 for ''Between Riverside and Crazy''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Smith|first=Mae|date=June 29, 2020|title=2020 Dora Mavor Moore Award Winners|url=https://www.intermissionmagazine.ca/awards/2020-dora-mavor-moore-award-winners/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809081504/https://www.intermissionmagazine.ca/awards/2020-dora-mavor-moore-award-winners/ |archive-date=2020-08-09 |access-date=August 6, 2020|website=Intermission Magazine|language=en-CA}}</ref>
== Filmography == ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1984 | ''Unfinished Business'' | Script Assistant | |- | 1991 | ''Montréal vu par...'' | Invitée | |- | 1993 | ''Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould'' | Waitress | <ref>"From Girard, a multifaceted 'Glenn Gould'" by Jay Carr, ''The Boston Globe'' (29 April 1994) Retrieved from {{ProQuest|294962950}}</ref> |- | 1996 | ''Critical Choices'' | Teresa | |- | 1997 | data-sort-value="Hangman's Bride, The" | ''The Hangman's Bride'' | Francoise Laurent | Short film<ref>"Fascinating historical yarn turns on a clever twist; Sharp eye for detail in true story of prison friendship" by Marc Horton, ''Edmonton Journal'' (14 March 1997) [Final Edition] Retrieved from {{ProQuest|252391836}}</ref> |- | 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<ref>"Walk, talk, promote and push" by Susan Walker, ''Toronto Star'' (11 Sept, 2004) Retrieved from {{ProQuest|438743018}}</ref> |- | 2004 | ''Show Me'' | Sam | |- | 2005 | ''My Uncle Navy and Other Inherited Disorders'' | Pam | Short film |- | 2007 | ''Loonie'' | Angel | Short film<ref>[https://variety.com/2008/film/awards/actra-to-honor-peterson-1117981085/ "ACTRA to honor Peterson"] by Brendan Kelly at variety.com</ref> |- | 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 | |- | 2024 | ''Taken in Plain Sight'' | Dolores | Lifetime (TV channel) film |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | 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<ref>[https://variety.com/1997/tv/reviews/too-close-to-home-1200449487/ ''Too Close to Home'' review] by Tony Scott at variety.com</ref> |- | 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 | ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' | 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<ref>[https://playbackonline.ca/2022/08/22/cbc-renews-moonshine-for-a-third-season/ "CBC renews Moonshine for a third season"] by Angelica Babiera at playbackonline.ca</ref> |- | 2023 | ''Titans'' | Helena | 1 episode |- | 2023 | ''Superman and Lois'' | Older Chemo Patient | 3 episodes |- |}
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