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Stephanie Morgenstern is a Canadian actress, filmmaker, and screenwriter for television and film. She has worked extensively on stage, film, and television in both English and French. Her most widely seen feature film credits have been '' The Sweet Hereafter, Maelström, Julie and Me (Revoir Julie)'' and ''Forbidden Love''. Morgenstern is also widely recognized by anime fans as the voice of
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'' in the first few seasons as well as the movies. Additionally, she provided the voice of Regina in the ''
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Life and career

Along with her writing partner and husband Mark Ellis, Morgenstern created '' Flashpoint'', a Canadian TV police drama which premiered July 2008 on CTV and CBS, and ran for five years before the show ended by creative choice in 2012. The show was awarded the Academy Board of Directors Tribute for Outstanding and Enduring Contribution to Canadian Television, in addition to both a Gemini and Canadian Screen Award for Best Dramatic Series. Flashpoint has been sold to over 50 countries outside of Canada and the U.S. She and Mark Ellis were also co-creators and showrunners on X Company, a
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espionage thriller set in France, Germany and Canada. Shot over three years in Budapest, it was also sold to many territories internationally, including France (TF1), U.K. (History), the United States (Ovation), Latin America (History), and Japan (Mystery). It was also a Canadian Screen Awards nominee for Best Dramatic Series. Morgenstern has been twice nominated for
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(Canadian Academy) Awards for directing the short film '' Remembrance'', which she also co-wrote and co-starred in with her husband Mark Ellis, and co-directing (with her brother Mark Morgenstern) the short film''
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'', which she also wrote, an in which she played the lead role. Morgenstern stated in a 2003 interview that she has
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. She is also a practitioner of Krav Maga martial arts training.


Filmography


Director and screenwriter credits


Acting


Television


References


External links

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Official Website
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