Belinda Metz
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox person Belinda Marie Metz (born January 4, 1960) is a Canadian solo recording artist from the early to mid-1980s who has since gone into acting. She also has credits as a choreographer and songwriter.
Early life
Metz was born in Edmonton, Alberta to Harry and Maria Metz, of whom the latter was Austrian, originally from Schwechat.<ref name="maria-metz-obituary">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="harry-metz-obituary">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Career
In 1982 Metz released an independent album, The Minx, on Quantum Records. Signed to a recording contract in 1985 with Attic Records, she released a full-length album, Electric Splash, which contained her only hit single, "What About Me", and won her a "Most Promising Female Vocalist" award from the U-Knows, CFNY's listener's choice awards.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 1985 Metz was severely injured in a car accident. Later she returned to the public eye, acting as a regular in such shows as Kung Fu: The Legend Continues and TekWar. Recently, she had a role as Irene the band manager in the Disney Channel Original Series So Weird. She continues to act in television and movies, most recently Eight Below as well as doing voice over work for corporations like Telus.<ref name="Telus">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She continues to pursue an independent music career.<ref name="MySpace">Music by Belinda Metz on MySpace</ref>
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Charlie Grant's War | Christina | TV movie |
| 1985 | Tucker and the Horse Thief | Template:Unk | TV movie |
| 1985 | Night Heat | Carol Bates | Episode: "Songbird" |
| 1986 | Seeing Things | Leslie | Episode: "If Looks Could Kill" |
| 1987 | Seeing Things | Donna Anderson | Episode: "Bull's-Eye" |
| 1987 | Tomorrow's a Killer | Escort | Film |
| 1987 | Night Heat | Blonde Prostitute | Episode: "Grace" |
| 1987 | Adderly | Chambermaid | Episode: "Run to Darkness" |
| 1989 | Walter & Carlo i Amerika | Natasha Royka | Film |
| 1989 | War of the Worlds | Scoggs | Episode: "Night Moves" |
| 1989 | Friday the 13th: The Series | Sylvia Jane Chalfont |
Episode: "The Playhouse" Episode: "The Prisoner" |
| 1990 | Friday the 13th: The Series | Jessica | Episode: "Spirit of Television" |
| 1990 | War of the Worlds | Scoggs | 3 episodes |
| 1991 | E.N.G. | Mimi | Episode: "Smoke and Mirrors" |
| 1991 | Counterstrike | Angie | Episode: "Going Home" |
| 1993 | Secret Service | Dee Roberts | Episode: "Something for Nothing/The Amateur" |
| 1993 | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Det. Kira Blakemore | Episode: "Shadow Assassin" |
| 1994–1997 | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Det. Jody Powell | 33 episodes |
| 1994 | TekWar | Sharmayne | Episode: "Sellout" |
| 1995 | Dark Eyes | Rita | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1995 | Template:Sortname | Janet | Film |
| 1997 | Goosebumps | Mrs. O'Dell | Episode: "Night of the Living Dummy III: Part 1" Episode: "Night of the Living Dummy: Part 2" |
| 1997 | The Right Connections | Gail Tompkins | TV movie |
| 1997 | Convictions | Template:Unk | TV movie |
| 1997 | Medusa's Child | Template:Unk | TV movie |
| 1998 | Viper | Shauna Diamond | Episode: "What Makes Sammy Chun?" |
| 1998–2000 | Mentors | Anne Cates | 9 episodes |
| 1999 | Dead Man's Gun | Gloria Dunn | Episode: "Sleepwalker" |
| 1999–2001 | So Weird | Irene Bell | TV series |
| 2000–2001 | Da Vinci's Inquest | Carla | 3 episodes |
| 2001 | Mysterious Ways | Louise Stanislaw | Episode: "Doctor in the House" |
| 2002 | Template:Sortname | Nicki Wooster | Episode: "Home of the Brave" |
| 2004 | Traffic | Shannon Isler | TV miniseries |
| 2004 | The Survivors Club | Linda Pesaturo | TV movie |
| 2004 | Cold Squad | Mrs. Spence | Episode: "Teen Angel" |
| 2004 | Going the Distance | Karma | Film |
| 2005 | Template:Sortname | Brenda Conrad / Trixie | Episode: "The Cowboy" |
| 2006 | Class of the Titans | Euryale (voice) | Episode: "Sibling Rivalry" |
| 2006 | Eight Below | Dr. Rosemary Paris | Film |
| 2006 | Template:Sortname | Det. Rhodes | Film |
| 2008 | Boot Camp | Ben's Mother | Film |
| 2010 | Dear Mr. Gacy | Valerie Ross | Film |
| 2013 | Red Widow | Grace | Episode: "The Consignment" |
References
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- 1960 births
- Living people
- Actresses from Edmonton
- Attic Records (Canada) artists
- Canadian people of Austrian descent
- Canadian television actresses
- Canadian women pop singers
- Canadian voice actresses
- Musicians from Edmonton
- 20th-century Canadian women singers
- 20th-century Canadian actresses
- 21st-century Canadian actresses
- Singers from Alberta