Amanda Brugel

Biography

Amanda Brugel is a highly acclaimed Canadian actress and producer best known for her iconic television roles, most notably as Rita Blue in Hulu's dystopian drama series The Handmaid's Tale and Nina Gomez in the CBC comedy Kim's Convenience. She has built a prolific career spanning both comedy and drama.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

female

Known Credits

63

Birth Date

1978-03-24 00:00:00

Birth Place

Pointe Claire, Québec, Canada

Known For

• 

  The Handmaid's Tale
• 

  Dark Matter
• 

  Seed
• 

  Sweetness
• 

  Ashgrove
• 

  Sometimes the Good Kill

Credits

• actors (60 credits)

  • Ballistic

    Galindo

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Nika & Madison

    Detective Timmins

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Sweetness

    Marnie

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • The Testaments

    - Commitment (2026) ... Rita Blue actor actors
    2026
  • Murderbot

    - All Systems Red (2025) ... Rita actor actors

    - Foreign Object (2025) ... Rita actor actors
    2025
  • The Death of James

    Dr. Amanda (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • The Ashgrove Experiment

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • Dark Matter

    Butterscotch / Blair Caplan

    actor

    actors

    - Entanglement (2024) ... Blair Caplan actor actors

    - Superposition (2024) ... Blair Caplan actor actors

    - Worldless (2024) ... Blair Caplan actor actors

    - The Box (2024) ... Blair Caplan actor actors

    - Are You Happy in Your Life? (2024) ... Blair Caplan actor actors
    2024
  • Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent

    - The Real Eve (2024) ... Lee Cole actor actors
    2024
  • Year of the Fox

    Aya

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • Infinity Pool

    Jennifer

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • Ashgrove

    Jennifer

    actor

    actors
    2022
  • Sort Of

    Gaia

    actor

    actors

    - Sort of Janazah (2022) ... Gaia actor actors

    - Sort of Opening (2022) ... Gaia actor actors

    - Sort of I Love You (2022) ... Gaia actor actors

    - Sort of Amsterdam (2022) ... Gaia actor actors

    - Sort of Who She Is (2022) ... Gaia actor actors
    2021
  • Canada’s Drag Race Anniversary Extravaganza

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • Flashback

    Evelyn

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • Sugar Daddy

    Nancy

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • Like a House on Fire

    Audrey

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • Becky

    Kayla

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • Canada's Drag Race

    - Queen of the North (2021) ... Self - Rotating judge actor actors

    - The Reunion (2021) ... Self - Rotating judge actor actors

    - Prom (2021) ... Self - Rotating judge actor actors

    - The Roast of Brooke Lynn Hytes (2021) ... Self - Rotating judge actor actors

    - The Sinner's Ball (2021) ... Self - Rotating judge actor actors
    2020
  • Snowpiercer

    - Our Answer for Everything (2021) ... Eugenia actor actors

    - Keep Hope Alive (2021) ... Eugenia actor actors

    - 994 Cars Long (2020) ... Eugenia actor actors

    - Justice Never Boarded (2020) ... Eugenia actor actors

    - Without Their Maker (2020) ... Eugenia actor actors
    2020
  • Dare Me

    Faith Hanlon

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Emmy

    Emmy

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • Kodachrome

    Doctor

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Sometimes the Good Kill

    Faith

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • O Conto da Aia

    Rita Blue

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • The Handmaid's Tale

    Rita Blue

    actor

    actors

    - Safe (2022) ... Rita Blue actor actors

    - Allegiance (2022) ... Rita Blue actor actors

    - Motherland (2022) ... Rita Blue actor actors

    - No Man's Land (2022) ... Rita Blue actor actors

    - Together (2022) ... Rita Blue actor actors
    2017
  • Workin' Moms

    - Look Back (2018) ... Sonia actor actors

    - If Women Had to Give Birth (2018) ... Sonia actor actors

    - Red Handed (2018) ... Sonia actor actors

    - Consent (2018) ... Sonia actor actors

    - The Sign (2018) ... Sonia actor actors
    2017
  • Sadie's Last Days on Earth

    Detention Teacher

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • Suicide Squad

    National Security Council

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • Love's Complicated

    Kate

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • Kim's Convenience

    - Birds of a Feather (2020) ... Pastor Nina Gomez actor actors

    - In the Bedroom (2020) ... Pastor Nina Gomez actor actors

    - Which Witch Is Which (2020) ... Pastor Nina Gomez actor actors

    - Thinkin’ ‘bout Inkin’ (2020) ... Pastor Nina Gomez actor actors

    - The Help (2020) ... Pastor Nina Gomez (voice) actor actors
    2016
  • Charming Christmas

    Nadine

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Room

    Officer Parker

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • The Calling

    Dale Varney

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Maps to the Stars

    Star! Channel Interviewer

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Treading Water

    Nurse

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • Seed

    Michelle Krasnoff

    actor

    actors

    - Thanks for Coming (2014) ... Michelle Krasnoff actor actors

    - Premature Driver's Education (2014) ... Michelle Krasnoff actor actors

    - Baby Doctor Strangelove (2014) ... Michelle Krasnoff actor actors

    - Drool Me Once (2014) ... Michelle Krasnoff actor actors

    - Et Tattoo, Bruté? (2014) ... Michelle Krasnoff actor actors
    2013
  • Sex After Kids

    Vanessa

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • Orphan Black

    - History Yet to Be Written (2015) ... Marci Coates actor actors

    - Community of Dreadful Fear and Hate (2015) ... Marci Coates actor actors

    - Formalized, Complex, and Costly (2015) ... Marci Coates actor actors

    - Transitory Sacrifices of Crisis (2015) ... Marci Coates actor actors

    - The Weight of This Combination (2015) ... Marci Coates actor actors
    2013
  • Saving Hope

    - Contact (2012) ... Lisa Rundel actor actors
    2012
  • Splice

    Melinda Finch

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • Nikita

    - Til Death Do Us Part (2013) ... Janet Malcolm actor actors
    2010
  • The Death of Alice Blue

    Amanda

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Warehouse 13

    - The Big Snag (2013) ... Amy actor actors
    2009
  • MVP

    actor

    actors

    - Mad Scramble (2008) ... Megan Chandler actor actors

    - Sudden Death (2008) ... Megan Chandler actor actors

    - Reality Check (2008) ... Megan Chandler actor actors

    - The Code (2008) ... Megan Chandler actor actors

    - Trades And Rumours (2008) ... Megan Chandler actor actors
    2008
  • What If God Were the Sun?

    Lupe

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Kaw

    Emma

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Da Kink in My Hair

    - Looks Can Be Revealing (2009) ... Elize actor actors
    2007
  • Kojak

    - All That Glitters (2005) ... actor actors
    2005
  • Category 6: Day of Destruction

    Leslie Singer

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Kevin Hill

    - Man's Best Friend (2005) ... actor actors
    2004
  • This Time Around

    Abby

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Jack & Ella

    Elizabeth

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • 10,000 Black Men Named George

    Waitress

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Jason X

    Geko

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • Paradise Falls

    - Dearly Beloved (2008) ... Lynnie Jordan actor actors

    - Unexpected Guests (2008) ... Lynnie Jordan actor actors

    - True Confessions (2008) ... Lynnie Jordan actor actors

    - The Wager (2008) ... Lynnie Jordan actor actors
    2001
  • Tracker

    - The Beast (2001) ... Uniformed Officer actor actors
    2001
  • A Diva's Christmas Carol

    Olivia

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Soul Food

    - Everything Is Unfolding Perfectly (2001) ... Trixie actor actors
    2000
  • Vendetta

    Red Lantern Lady

    actor

    actors
    1999

• production (2 credits)

  • The Ashgrove Experiment

    executive producer

    production
    2024
  • Ashgrove

    executive producer

    production
    2022

• writing (1 credits)

  • Ashgrove

    writer

    writing
    2022