Catherine Disher Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a Gemini Award for best performance by an actress in a continuing leading dramatic role for "Snakes & Ladders" in 2004
• Studied English literature at McGill University in Montreal before being accepted to the National Theatre School of Canada
• Married her "X-Men" co-star Cedric Smith, with whom she has a son, Darcy Montgomery Smith
• Considered working as a zoologist, and spent time as an amateur working alongside scientists on research projects
• Best known for playing Dr․ Natalie Lambert in "Forever Knight" and for voicing Jean Grey/Phoenix in the animated 1990s series "X-Men․"
• Was the voice of the character Jill Valentine in the popular video game "Resident Evil 3: Nemesis․"
• Recieved hateful letters from outraged viewers after the second season of "War of the Worlds" aired in the late 1980s due to the framework of the series being changed