Jody Rae Thompson is a Canadian actress, screenwriter and filmmaker working in film and television.
Acting career Television She is widely known for her regularly recurring character Devon Moore on the USA network's television series The 4400, but is also recognized as the warrior queen Azura in the television series Flash Gordon and in other recurring television roles including Blade: The Series, Terminal City, and Cold Squad and television appearances, including roles on Freedom, Fringe, Andromeda, Stargate SG1, Smallville and Supernatural.
Film She has acted in leading and starring roles in feature films and MOW's like Perfect Little Angels, Fear of Flying, also Mission to Mars, Shanghai Noon, 2012 among others. She has co-starred with Eric McCormack in X-Files producer Bob Goodwin's independent film Alien Trespass and played David Arquette's wife in the made-for-television movie, Happy Face Killer.
Producing career Great Bear (doc 22 min) A Coastal First Nations led collaboration with researchers from leading academic universities provides insights into the importance of bears and other keystone species to the ecosystems of the Great Bear Rainforest. The documentary was coproduced with the Heiltsuk and Kitasoo/Xai'xais Nations.
Spirit Bear (doc 20 min) Discover how the Spirit Bear Lodge - operated by the Kitasoo/Xai'Xai Nation - is revitalizing their community and demonstrating how sustainable practices can succeed economically, environmentally and culturally.
Haida Gwaii: Restoring the Balance (doc 20 min) Building a model for a sustainable, conservation-based economy. In partnership with Haida Nation.
Montaña de Luz, (doc 45 min), Noonday Films. It is an uplifting story about a Honduran orphanage that cares for children living with HIV. The film premiered at the Rhode Island International Film Festival and was Winner of the Heartland Film Festival's Crystal Heart Award (an award which "honors filmmakers whose work explores the human journey by artistically expressing hope and respect for the positive values of life"). My Dear Children (doc 3 min) A dying woman's final letter to her children. Platinum Winner AVA International Digital Communication Awards.
Will of the Wisp, (experimental 8 min) underscoring a young woman's struggle with her history of sexual abuse in a society that places high value on sexual attractiveness. Received a special screening at the US Women in Psychology Conference, a Leo Award, Special Jury Prize at the Portland International Short-Short Film Festival and the Legacy Award, Women in Film Festival Vancouver. Funded by The Canada Council for the Arts. Thompson describes it as, "a silent film that speaks through a series of post-structuralist and surrealist signifiers in conversation."
Alyssa (doc series 3 x 5 min) In partnership with Dalhousie University. A young woman coming to terms with her diagnosis and undergoing chemo, thereby forfeiting her ability to have children. Acknowledged as an outstanding initiative by the Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology. It stars Rhonda Dent and Gabrielle Rose of The Sweet Hereafter.
Screenwriting career Jody has written multiple feature and television scripts. She is an Academy Nicholl Fellowship Semifinalist and a Page Award winner.
Personal life Thompson was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, to mother Grace Diane, and father, Ray Thompson, the lead singer of Canadian garage rock band The Wiggy Symphony. She has been married to Bruce Marchfelder since 2001. The couple regularly works together writing and producing feature films and broadcast documentaries.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes1999Turbulence 2: Fear of FlyingStacey1999CoffeeLucyShort film2000Shanghai NoonMargie2002Hellraiser: HellseekerTawnyVideo2002Deadly Little SecretsStacy2007Will of the WispNoraShort film; director, producer, writer2009Alien TrespassLana201030 Days of Night: Dark DaysLenaVideo2010AlyssaShort film; director, producer, writer2012BarricadeLeah Shade
Television Year Title Role Notes1997Breaker HighJenny"That Lip-Synching Feeling"1997Death GameToriTV film1998Perfect Little AngelsJustine FreedmanTV film1999Cold FeetValerie"Girls' Night Out, Boys' Night In"1999Night ManMorgan"Spellbound"1999ViperRita Brooks"Of Course, It's a Miracle"1999Don't Look Behind YouMaryTV film2000Secret Agent ManEllen"Supernaked"2001Big SoundSherry"New Dog, Old Tricks"2001FreedomAlice Kramer"Return"2001UC: UndercoverMona"City on Fire"2001Special Unit 2Heather"The Beast"2002Beyond Belief: Fact or FictionStacey Gilmore1 episode2003Just CauseKim Dayton"Dying to Be Thin"2003AndromedaAzazel"Point of the Spear"2003John DoeCara"Shock to the System"2003AmyTV film2004Cold SquadCarmen Janega"Girlfriend in a Closet"2005Cold SquadCarmen Janega"Mr. Bad Example"2005Terminal CityTamaraTV miniseries2005–2007Devon MooreRecurring role2006Killer InstinctKarin"She's the Bomb"2006Godiva'sDonna"Dead Flowers"2006SupernaturalAnn Telesca"Provenance"2006Blade: The SeriesGlynnis"The Evil Within", "Sacrifice", "Turn of the Screw"2006In Her Mother's FootstepsGina ByrnesTV film2006MissyTV film2006SmallvilleGia"Fade"2007Painkiller JaneVivian Nash"The League"2007Perfect ChildMonicaTV film2007Blood TiesLexia"Bugged"2007Flash GordonAzura"Secrets and Lies"2007Stargate SG-1Female assassin"Bounty"2008Flash GordonAzura"Revolution: Part 2"2009Stargate AtlantisNurse"Vegas"2010JennaTV film2011FringeSara Downey"Concentrate and Ask Again"2011SanctuaryFallon"Pax Romana", "Into the Black", "Uprising"2011R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The SeriesMarlaMargaret"Scary Mary: Parts 1 & 2""Scarecrow"2012How to Fall in LoveClaire RussellTV film2014Happy Face KillerCora JespersonTV film2014Signed, Sealed, DeliveredKaryn"Dark of Night"2014Heavenly MatchMarjorie ClineTV film2014BethTV film2015Watch Your BackLouise HampshireTV film2015MotiveBridget Vinton"Pilot Error"2017Project Mc2Jenny WallisRecurring Role
References
External links
Official site