Samuda, Jacqueline (Jackie Samuda)

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Samuda, Jacqueline (Jackie Samuda)

PERSONAL

Full name, Jacqueline Erika Samuda; born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Education: York University, B.F.A. (with honors), performance.

Addresses:

Agent—Lauren Levitt & Associates, 1525 West Eighth Ave., Third Floor, Vancouver, British Columbia V6J 1T5, Canada; M. Lewis and Associates, 2506 Fifth St., Suite 100, Santa Monica, CA 90405.

Career:

Actress, director, producer, and writer. Voice performer for various projects and advertisements. Shaw Festival, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada, performer, 1984 season. Pyramid Productions Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, founding artistic director, beginning 1992; Company of Angels Theatre, Los Angeles, vice president of the board of directors and creator of the short play festival, 1994-96; Women in Film & Video Vancouver, vice president, 2000, president, 2001-03, member of the advisory board, and producer of SUMMER SHORTS film screenings; director of the Pacific Cinematheque Board of Directors and the Alibi Unplugged Productions Board. Vancouver Film School, instructor and mentor in screenwriting and story editing, beginning 1999; University of British Columbia, instructor in writing for film and television, 2002; and guest instructor at various schools. Served as a panelist and moderator at various venues; participated in various seminars, readings, awards presentations, galas, and conventions; served as a juror for the Gemini Awards, Genie Awards, and Leo Awards.

Awards, Honors:

Elizabeth Mascall Award for Performance, York University; Ontario Arts Grant for Individual Professional Development to study theatre in New York City, c. 1987-89; Drama-Logue Award, directing, 1994, for Zastrozzi; Praxis 72-hour short script contest finalist (with Richard Freeman), 2000, for The Cobbler's Children; showcased writer, Alibi Unplugged Reading Series, 2000, for The Right, and 2002, for London Calling; showcased writer, Anza Club Reading Series, 2000, for The Cobbler's Children, and 2002, for 50 Questions; British Columbia Film Screenwriter Fellowship, 2001, CBC/BC Film Signature Shorts competition finalist, 2002, and Crazy 8s Award, Directors Guild of Canada, 2003, all for 50 Questions; Praxis 72-hour short script contest winner, 2002, for Bad Call; Chesterfield Writer's Film Project semifinalist, 2002, for London Calling; LOOK named one of the ten best short films in the Reel Fast short film contest right name, 2002; grants from various organizations, Women in the Directors Chair, 2002; Sharon Gibbon Lifetime Member Award, Women in Film & Video Vancouver, 2008; Voicey Award nomination, 2008, for voice work; received other grants, awards, and other honors to write and create screenplays and television productions; films screened and honored at film festivals and various venues.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Passion and Gasoline (short film), Fury Films, 1986.

(As Jackie Samuda) Mara, A New Life, Paramount, 1988.

(Some sources cite as Jackie Samuda) The Mutagen, [Canada], 1988.

(As Jackie Samuda) Bride, Speaking Parts, Zeitgeist Films, 1989.

(As Jackie Samuda) Female police officer, Renegades, Universal, 1989.

Louise (the maid), The Adjuster (also known as L'expert en sinistres), Orion Classics, 1991.

An Intelligent Woman, Pandora Pictures, 1991.

Corporal Kim Deeves, One of Our Own (also known as Denver P. D.: One of Our Own), 1997.

Death by Vertigo (short film), Waterdog Productions, c. 1997.

Ellen, Making Contract, Strongbrow Productions, 1999.

Olga, The Arrangement (also known as Blood Money, Deadly Arrangement, and Denver P. D.—Killer Woman), Avalanche Home Entertainment/Lions Gate Home Entertainment, 1999.

Beautiful woman, Jam Space (short film), Write Shoot Edit Productions, 2003.

Lounge singer, Eighteen, 2004, Domino Film & Television International/TLA Releasing, 2005.

Sasha Mirov, Sub Zero, Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment, 2005.

Nirrti, Stargate: Continuum (also known as Stargate Continuum: The Movie), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2008.

Voice of Toni, Edison and Leo (animated), TVA Films, 2008.

Appeared in other films, including Close Relations, CFC; and The Queen's Head, Fury Films.

Film Director and Producer:

The Sky's the Limit (short film), 2001.

LOOK (short film), 2002.

50 Questions (short film), CineClix Distribution, c. 2002.

Three Times Fast (short film), c. 2003.

Film Director:

The Poet (short film), 2003.

Director of other productions, including Long Time No See (short film).

Film Work; Other:

Story editor, The Delicate Art of Parking, Cinema Libre/Horizon Entertainment, 2003.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

(Uncredited) To Catch a Killer, CTV (Canada) and syndicated, 1992.

Television Appearances; Movies:

(As Jackie Samuda) Linda, "Symbol of Victory," Shock Chamber (also known as Deadly Pursuit and Greedy Terror), [Canada], 1985.

(Uncredited) Reporter, Leona Helmsley: The Queen of Mean (also known as Queen of Mean), CBS, 1990.

Patti, First Target, TBS, 2000.

Chris's mother, Wasted, MTV, 2002.

Pearl, Wilder Days, TNT, 2003.

Angie, A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story (also known as Just a Girl: The Gwen Araujo Story), Lifetime, 2006.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Nancy Crosbie, "The Psychic," Street Legal, CBC, 1990.

Victoria "Vickie" Condrade, "Fall from Grace," Counterstrike (also known as Auf eigene Faust, Contraataque, Contragolpe, and Force de frappe), CTV (Canada) and USA Network, 1991.

Nirrti, "Fair Game," Stargate SG-1 (also known as La porte des etoiles and Stargaate SG-1), Showtime and syndicated, 1999.

Jean Hollander, "The Changing," Wolf Lake, CBS, 2001.

Joyce Zisner, "The Sparkle Tour," Da Vinci's Inquest (also known as Coroner Da Vinci), CBC, 2001.

Melissa, "Used Car," Night Visions, Fox, 2001.

Nedra Wing, "Freud's Dilemma," The Chris Isaak Show, Showtime, 2001.

Nirrti, "Rite of Passage," Stargate SG-1 (also known as La porte des etoiles and Stargaate SG-1), Showtime and syndicated, 2001.

Nirrti, "Metamorphosis," Stargate SG-1 (also known as La porte des etoiles and Stargaate SG-1), Sci-Fi Channel and syndicated, 2003.

First nurse, "Triage," Saved, TNT, 2006.

Doctor, "Bizarro," Smallville (also known as Smallville Beginnings and Smallville: Superman the Early Years), The CW, 2007.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Detective Varga, Police File, ABC, 1994.

Movie type, The L Word (also known as Earthlings), Showtime, 2004.

Appeared as the second medical flight technician in the unaired pilot for Bionic Woman (also known as The Bionic Woman), NBC.

Stage Appearances:

Nancy, Female Transport, Tarragon Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1985.

(As Jackie Samuda) Justine, Jacques and His Master, Necessary Angel Theatre Company, Toronto Free Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1986.

Politician, Love Lies Bleeding (workshop), Playwrights Theatre Centre, Granville Island, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2003.

Appeared as Joanna, The Company of Heaven, Vancouver International Fringe Festival, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; as Roberta, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, Company of Angels Theatre, Los Angeles; as Dionne, Hair (musical), YITP, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; as Jackie, Hot L Baltimore, Victory Theatre, Los Angeles; as Inez, No Exit, Tarragon Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; as Jennifer, Sally Sees the Light, Theatre Geo, Los Angeles; as Rhonda, The Secret Rapture, The Theatre Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; as Emilia, Two Noble Kinsmen, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; as Consuela, West Side Story (musical), Grand Theatre, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; and as Rose, The Woolgatherer, Pyramid Productions Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Stage Director and Producer:

Heaven and Earth, Annex Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1990.

Zastrozzi, Company of Angels Theatre, Los Angeles, c. 1994.

Director and producer of productions at the Pyramid Productions Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and at the Company of Angels Theatre, Los Angeles.

Radio Appearances:

Appeared in radio productions.

RECORDINGS

Video Games:

Provided voice work for video games.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

(With others) The Cobbler's Children (short film), 2000.

(And story with others) The Right, c. 2000.

Cry Wolf (short film), 2001.

The Sky's the Limit (short film), 2001.

London Calling (short film), c. 2001.

Bad Call (short film), 2002.

LOOK (short film), 2002.

The Delicate Art of Parking, Cinema Libre/Horizon Entertainment, 2003.

Three Times Fast (short film), c. 2003.

Teleplays:

(Story with James Tichenor) "Metamorphosis," Stargate SG-1 (episodic; also known as La porte des etoiles and Stargaate SG-1), Sci-Fi Channel and syndicated, 2003.

Also the author of Bread, other teleplays, and spec scripts.

Writings for the Stage:

Heaven and Earth, Annex Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1990.

Wrote other works, including productions at the Pyramid Productions Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and at the Company of Angels Theatre, Los Angeles.