Allegra Fulton is a Canadian actress,[1] best known for Frida K, a one-woman stage show in which she portrayed artist Frida Kahlo.[2]
The daughter of filmmaker David Fulton and writer Gloria Montero, she began her acting career in childhood with an appearance on the children's television series Butternut Square.[1] In the early 1980s she regularly performed in stage roles in Toronto, including productions of Slow Dance on the Killing Ground,[3]Michi's Blood,[4] and South of Heaven.[5]
In the 1990s she began appearing in film and television roles, most notably the Genie Award-winning short film The Hangman's Bride opposite Shawn Doyle, whom she subsequently married.[7]
Frida K, written by Montero, was first staged at the 1994 Toronto Fringe Festival,[8] before being remounted by Tarragon Theatre in 1995.[9] In 1996 she won the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Play, Small Theatre,[10] before taking the play on an extended national and international tour.[11] She returned to Toronto in 1998 in the English-language premiere of Michel Tremblay's Marcel Pursued by the Hounds for Tarragon.[12]
She has continued to act in stage, film, television and animated voice roles. She received a Gemini Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role Dramatic Series at the 16th Gemini Awards in 2001 for a guest appearance on Blue Murder,[13] and received her third Dora nomination in 2020 for Between Riverside and Crazy.[14]
^Judith Fitzgerald, "Slow Dance on the Killing Ground A compelling tale powerfully told". The Globe and Mail, June 30, 1983.
^Robert Crew, "Daring Crow Theatre has powerful moments". Toronto Star, October 16, 1985.
^Ray Conlogue, "What you see is all you get: Family drama lacks depth". The Globe and Mail, November 23, 1987.
^Geoff Chapman, "Music and sex dominate Doras". Toronto Star, May 15, 1991.
^Susan Walker, "Where losers can be big winners". Toronto Star, September 6, 2000.
^Vit Wagner, "Our critic will be keeping eye on this 12-pack of Fringe productions". Toronto Star, June 30, 1994.
^Kate Taylor, "Theatre review: Frida K". The Globe and Mail, November 16, 1995.
^"Dora Mavor Moore Awards announced". Montreal Gazette, June 25, 1996.
^Martin Morrow, "Frida Mania: Renowned play opens season at One Yellow Rabbit". Calgary Herald, September 27, 1997.
^Kate Taylor, "Tremblay's two worlds fail to mesh The Quebec playwright's new play combines a ghostly chorus with a naturalistic drama and elicits an emotionally muffled production". The Globe and Mail, January 16, 1998.
^"Fascinating historical yarn turns on a clever twist; Sharp eye for detail in true story of prison friendship" by Marc Horton, Edmonton Journal (14 March 1997) [Final Edition] Retrieved from ProQuest252391836
