Alberta Watson

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, for which she received a Genie nomination. A year later she received the Best Actress award at the Yorkton Film Festival for Exposure. Amongst her best known roles are the bed-ridden mother Susan in the independent film Spanking the Monkey, Lauren in the cult film Hackers, Risa in the 1997 Academy Award nominated Canadian film The Sweet Hereafter, and as Hansel's mom in Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Watson played the major role of Madeline in the TV series La Femme Nikita for four seasons (with guest appearances in the short fifth season). In 2005, Watson joined the cast of 24, playing CTU Director Erin Driscoll for twelve episodes of the show's fourth season.