Amanda Brugel

Amanda Brugel

CountryCanada Canada
GenderFemale
BirthdayMärz 24, 1978
BiographyAmanda Brugel (born March 24, 1978) is a Canadian actress. Born and raised in Pointe-Claire (a suburb of Montreal), Quebec, she made her acting debut in the drama film Vendetta (1999). This was followed by roles in the comedy film A Diva's Christmas Carol (2000), the slasher horror film Jason X (2001), the comedy film Sex After Kids (2013), for which she won an ACTRA Award for Best Female Performance, the satirical drama film Maps to the Stars (2014), the independent drama film Room (2015), the superhero film Suicide Squad (2016), the drama film Kodachrome (2017), and the action thriller film Becky (2020).

Brugel starred as Lynnie Jordan in the Showcase soap opera Paradise Falls (2008), Michelle Krasnoff in the Citytv comedy series Seed (2013–2014), Marci Coates in the Space science fiction series Orphan Black (2015), Nina Gomez in the CBC comedy series Kim's Convenience (2016–2021), and Rita Blue in the Hulu dystopian drama series The Handmaid's Tale (2017–2025). In 2021, Brugel joined the judging panel of the second season of the reality competition series Canada's Drag Race.

Throughout her career, Brugel has received several accolades, including two Canadian Screen Awards for her work in Kim's Convenience and Canada's Drag Race, and an ACTRA Award win and Canadian Comedy Award nomination for her performance in Sex After Kids.

Biography from the Wikipedia article Amanda Brugel. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Canada's Drag Race
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as Judge
Parish
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Parish

as Sister Anne
Pretty Hard Cases
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Pretty Hard Cases

as Karina Duff
Seed
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Seed

as Michelle
Something Undone
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Something Undone

as Christina
Sort Of
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Sort Of

as Gaia
The Handmaid's Tale
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The Handmaid's Tale

as Rita Blue

Part of Crew

Canada's Drag Race
Running

Canada's Drag Race

as Co-Executive Producer

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