Alison Matthews
Born
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
OccupationActress
Notable credit(s)Gundam SEED
as Ezalia Joule
Inuyasha
as Toran
Websitealisonmatthews.com

Alison Matthews is a Canadian actor, voice artist, and coach. A founding faculty member at the Arts Club Actor's Intensive Training Program, she was also a faculty member for five years with the Citadel Banff Professional Theatre Program at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Alberta. As Head of Coaching for Vancouver's Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival, she has coached over 40 productions since 2007. As a voice and speech trainer, she works with academics at the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of British Columbia, with women at the Vancouver Chapter of The Shoe Project, and with community leaders at Leadership Vancouver Island. For the past twenty years she has adjudicator for competitive speech festivals across Western Canada.

Matthews has numerous film and television credits, including roles on The X-Files and Battlestar Galactica, as well as featured roles in films such as Disney's Snow Dogs, and Final Destination 2. Matthews has voiced several anime roles, most notably Ezalia Joule in Gundam SEED, as well as the narrator in Gundam SEED and Gundam SEED Destiny. She also co-starred in NBC Saturday morning series Just Deal.

Matthews holds a M.F.A. in Theatre from the University of British Columbia, and an Associate Diploma in Drama & Speech from Trinity College London.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995A Child MissingCustomerTelevision film
1999The FallingStellina
2002Snow DogsTV Reporter
2003Final Destination 2Physician
2003Ann Rule Presents: The Stranger Beside MeBeverly NealTelevision film
2006A Little Thing Called MurderRegina LaughnyTelevision film
2007Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing ManMotoko Kusanagi[1]Voice, Direct-to-video
2007Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG – Individual ElevenMotoko Kusanagi[1]Voice, Direct-to-video
2008Stargate: ContinuumInterviewerDirect-to-video
2008SanguineNarratorVoice, Short film
2017All of My Heart: Inn LoveStore OwnerTelevision film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996The Outer LimitsKaren DunnEpisode: "Worlds Apart"
1996Poltergeist: The LegacyMiss McHugh / Kat's TeacherEpisode: "The Reckoning"
1997MillenniumSandy GeigerEpisode: "Walkabout"
1997The X-FilesDoctorEpisode: "Synchrony"
1998Welcome to ParadoxAgentEpisode: "The Extra"
1998Mercy PointSurgeon ReeseEpisode: "Opposing Views"
1999First WaveMayaEpisode: "The Decision"
1999–2000Beggars and ChoosersNancy Ingram4 episodes
2000Seven DaysCZN ReporterEpisode: "Brother, Can You Spare a Bomb?"
2000Stargate SG-1BrennaEpisode: "Beneath the Surface"
2000–2002Just DealEmily Gordon23 episodes
2000The ImmortalAgent Audrey WellesEpisode: "Flight 666"
2001The DivisionTrudy MartinEpisode: "Pilot"
2001Night VisionsDr. Martha TylerEpisode: "After Life"
2001Da Vinci's InquestArianna Wells' DaughterEpisode: "Oppenheimer Park"
2001-2002Project ARMSQueen of Hearts3 episodes
2002, 2004The Chris Isaak ShowLisa Pettigrew, Shana2 episodes
2002Beyond Belief: Fact or FictionSegment: Writer's Agent
2002Dark AngelFemale NewscasterEpisode: "Freak Nation"
2002TakenNews ReporterEpisode: "John"
2004Tru CallingMajorieEpisode: "Closure"
2004Mobile Suit Gundam SEEDEzalia Joule, Narrator (voices)[1]50 episodes
2004Galaxy AngelForte Stollen (voice)[1]130 episodes; 5 seasons
200410.5Donna, Press Secretary2 episodes
2004InuyashaKoran (voice)3 episodes
2004Life as We Known ItMrs. ThropeEpisode: "Natural Disasters"
2005, 2007The L WordAssociate Producer, Betty2 episodes
2006.hack//RootsBordeaux (voice)[1]
2007Dragon BoysCat. Gail Dorosh2 episodes
2007SupernaturalReporterEpisode: "Nightshifter"
2007Battlestar GalacticaKaren Fallbrook3 episodes
2007Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DestinyNarrator (voice)5 episodes
2009Defying GravityReporterEpisode: "Eve Ate the Apple"
2014GracepointDesk Sergeant6 episodes
2016Bates MotelDoctorEpisode: "Norman"
2017The ArrangementProducerEpisode: "The Leak"
2017iZombieVicky ErnstEpisode: "Wag the Tongue Slowly"
2017Girlfriends' Guide to DivorceLindaEpisode: "Rule #930: Plan for New Plans"
2020Lego Jurassic World: Double TroubleOOPSI, Line Jumper (voices)[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Alison Matthews (visual voices guide)". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved March 25, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)


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