Faith Susan Alberta Watson (March 6, 1955 – March 21, 2015) was a Canadian film and television actress. She was known for her roles as Dr. Rebecca Meyer on Buck James (1987-88), Madeline on La Femme Nikita (1997-2001) and Erin Driscoll on 24 (2004-05).
Watson was a Gemini Award (out of five total nominations) and a two-time Genie Award nominee (Best Supporting Actress, 1978, for In Praise of Older Women; Best Actress, 1997, for Shoemaker). She also shared the National Board of Review Award for Best Cast with the ensemble of Atom Egoyan's The Sweet Hereafter (1997).
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Early life
Watson was born in Toronto, Ontario, in 1955. She grew up in Toronto with her mother Grace, a factory worker, and her brother. She began performing with a local Toronto theatre group, T.H.O.G. (Theatre House of God), of the Bathurst Street United Church, at age 15.
Watson took a workshop for the Hair musical. While at the workshop she acted in Hamlet, which was directed by René Bonnière, who later directed her in La Femme Nikita.
Career
Watson got her first role at age 19 in a CBC movie called Honor Thy Father. Early in her career she portrayed the role of Mitzi in George Kaczender's In Praise of Older Women (1978), for which she received a Genie nomination for Best Supporting Actress. A year later she received the Best Actress award at the Yorkton Film Festival for "Exposure". She moved to Los Angeles, California, and later to New York City.
