Liisa Repo-Martell is a Canadian actress and artist.
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.
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. She has had two other Gemini nominations for appearances on This is Wonderland and Flashpoint.
She portrayed Mrs. Genest, the estranged wife of Joe Genest (Stephen Baldwin), in the 2006 made-for-TV-movie Jesse Stone: Night Passage.credits from Jesse Stone: Night Passage movie In February 2012, the National Post called Repo-Martell, and her husband; actor and theatre-director Chris Abraham, a "Toronto theatre power couple". Repo-Mertell portrayed Sir Reginald Hargreeves' wife Abigail in the Netflix series The Umbrella Academy (2019–2024).
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes1988CocktailYoung girl in deli1989American BoyfriendsJulie La Belle1992UnforgivenFaith1996Can I Get a Witness?SamShort film The English PatientJan2000Washed UpBrainsInfidelityMaidShort filmHold-UpWoman2003BastardsFinnie2004Touch of PinkDelia2007Diamonds in a BucketVivianShort filmLars and the Real GirlLaurel2015King LearRegan 2016 Lavender Jennifer2020 Flashback Mrs. Fitzell Happy Place Nina 2025 Blueberry Grunt Vivian
Television Year Title Role Notes1989Street LegalKate Quinlan"Soul Custody"1992SandraTV film1993E.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 filmLives of Girls and WomenNaomi1995Kung Fu: The Legend ContinuesTrish"May I Walk with You"1996Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw YearsBilly Jean"Partners"Hidden in AmericaAngelaTV filmCritical ChoicesAmy1997Once a ThiefNikki"Rave On"1998Thanks of a Grateful NationKristie SchuermannTV filmNights Below Station StreetAdele Walsh1998–1999Emily 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 film2003MissingStacy Drake"Thin Air"2005–2006This Is WonderlandSandy FisherRecurring role2006Jesse Stone: Night PassageCarole GenestTV filmJesse Stone: Death in ParadisePuppets 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 film2012KingDot Fuller"Freddy Boise"2013CrackedAngie Coturno"Spirited Away"2014RemedyCynthia"Homecoming"2016Saving HopeTracy"Not Fade Away"2019, 2022–2024 The Umbrella AcademyAbigail Hargreeves7 episodes 2019Anne with an EMrs. Rose"The Summit of My Desires" and "Great and Sudden Change"
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