Liisa Repo-Martell
Birth dateFebruary 1971 (age 55–56)
Birth placeToronto, Ontario, Canada
Known forGemini award winner
OccupationActress
Years active1988–present

Liisa Repo-Martell is a Canadian actress and artist.[1]

Repo-Martell's parents, Satu Repo and George Martell, were founding editors of This Magazine Is About Schools, an influential independent Canadian magazine now known as This Magazine.[2]

Repo-Martell grew up in Toronto and attended Jarvis Collegiate Institute in the mid-1980s. She received a Gemini award was for her 1998 performance in Nights Below Station Street.[1] She has had two other Gemini nominations for appearances on This is Wonderland and Flashpoint.[3]

She portrayed Mrs. Genest, the estranged wife of Joe Genest (Stephen Baldwin), in the 2006 made-for-TV-movie Jesse Stone: Night Passage.[4] In February 2012, the National Post called Repo-Martell, and her husband; actor and theatre-director Chris Abraham, a "Toronto theatre power couple".[5] Repo-Mertell portrayed Sir Reginald Hargreeves' wife Abigail in the Netflix series The Umbrella Academy (2019–2024).

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1988CocktailYoung girl in deli
1989American BoyfriendsJulie La Belle
1992UnforgivenFaith
1996Can I Get a Witness?SamShort film
The English PatientJan
2000Washed UpBrains
InfidelityMaidShort film
Hold-UpWoman
2003BastardsFinnie
2004Touch of PinkDelia
2007Diamonds in a BucketVivianShort film
Lars and the Real GirlLaurel
2015King LearRegan
2016LavenderJennifer
2020FlashbackMrs. Fitzell
Happy PlaceNina
2025Blueberry GruntVivian

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1989Street LegalKate Quinlan"Soul Custody"
1992The Good FightSandraTV film
1993E.N.G.Terry"The Big Sleepover"
Class of '96Miranda"The Adventures of Pat's Man and Robin"
Kung Fu: The Legend ContinuesPatty"The Lacquered Box"
1994TekWar: TekLabGalahadTV film
Lives of Girls and WomenNaomi
1995Kung Fu: The Legend ContinuesTrish"May I Walk with You"
1996Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw YearsBilly Jean"Partners"
Hidden in AmericaAngelaTV film
Critical ChoicesAmy
1997Once a ThiefNikki"Rave On"
1998Thanks of a Grateful NationKristie SchuermannTV film
Nights Below Station StreetAdele Walsh
1998–1999Emily of New MoonMaida Flynn"Falling Angels" & "The Return of Maida Flynn"
1999Earth: Final ConflictAmanda Hayes"Volunteers"
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the ParanormalJenny Turner"Body and Soul"
2000Strong MedicineJessie"Pilot"
2002Scared SilentCarole BakelinTV film
2003MissingStacy Drake"Thin Air"
2005–2006This Is WonderlandSandy FisherRecurring role
2006Jesse Stone: Night PassageCarole GenestTV film
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
Puppets Who KillLottie"Buttons and the Dying Wish Foundation"
2007Trapped!First Officer Maiju Saari"Ocean Emergency"
2008ReGenesisMarie Gervais"The Kiss"
2009DivertedEileen NorthbrookTV film
The ListenerRebecca Cahill"My Sister's Keeper"
2010Republic of DoyleShannie Malone"The Fall of the Republic"
FlashpointClaire Williams"Acceptable Risk"
2011, 2020Murdoch MysteriesLydia Howland/Bridget Mulcahy"Dead End Street"/"Rigid Silence"
2011CommittedDonneymeadeTV film
2012KingDot Fuller"Freddy Boise"
2013CrackedAngie Coturno"Spirited Away"
2014RemedyCynthia"Homecoming"
2016Saving HopeTracy"Not Fade Away"
2019, 2022–2024The Umbrella AcademyAbigail Hargreeves7 episodes
2019Anne with an EMrs. Rose"The Summit of My Desires" and "Great and Sudden Change"

References

  1. ^ "Actress comfortable in Chekhov's shorts". Toronto Star. 1999-11-11. p. 1. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved 2012-05-17. A Gemini Award winner last year for her starring role in CBC-TV's Nights Below Station Street, her stage credits include an achingly fragile turn in The Glass Menagerie at London's Grand Theatre and a feisty role in Go Chicken Go's Easy Lenny Lazmon and the Great Western Ascension.
  2. ^ Glenn Sumi (2001-08-30). "Liisa Repo-Martell: She's poured her soul into Soulpepper's classics, but is the city's most serious actor having a good time?". Now. Retrieved 2012-05-17. Perhaps her commitment comes from her parents, political activists and academics who co-founded This Magazine (then called This Magazine is About Schools). "It was almost a religious upbringing," says Repo-Martell. "They had this sense of justice, of utopia. They were passionate. It was inspiring".
  3. ^ "Company Theatre: Liisa Repo-Martell". Company Theatre.
  4. ^ credits from Jesse Stone: Night Passage movie
  5. ^ "The One: Chris Abraham & Liisa Repo-Martell". National Post. 2012-02-11. Archived 2014-08-11 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2014-08-07.