![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Actor Born: March 6, 1955 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada Biography:Prolific Canadian actress "Alberta Watson" is best known for her work in off-center independent films and the syndicated TV series La Femme Nikita. Born and raised in Toronto, Watson began performing in local theater productions as a teenager. After garnering a Genie nomination for one of her first films, the steamy "In Praise of Older Women" (1978), Watson earned parts in several Canadian features, including "Stone Cold Dead" (1980) and a starring role in "Black Mirror" (1981). Moving to the U.S. in the early '80s, Watson continued to work regularly, scoring co-starring roles with Scott Glen in "Michael Mann"'s stylish World War II horror movie "The Keep" (1983); "Susan Sarandon" in the TV movie "Women of Valor" (1986); and in cult director Donald Cammel's second-to-last feature "White of the Eye" (1987). Watson found 1990s indie film success as the incestuous mother to "Jeremy Davies"' put-upon teen... Full Biography
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