Liisa Repo-Martell
Canadian actor and artist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Liisa Repo-Martell is a Canadian actress and artist.[1]
Liisa Repo-Martell | |
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Born | February 1971 (age 53) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1988-present |
Known for | Gemini award winner |
Her parents Satu Repo and George Martell were founding editors of This Magazine Is About Schools, an influential independent Canadian magazine now known as "This".[2]
Liisa grew up in Toronto and attended Jarvis Collegiate Institute in the mid-1980s.
Her 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 played Mrs. Genest, estranged wife of Joe Genest (Stephen Baldwin) in the 2006 Jesse Stone: Night Passage made-for-TV-movie.[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]
She currently portrays Reginald Hargreeves wife Abigail in seasons 1, 3 & 4 of The Umbrella Academy