Janet Kidder (born 1972) is a

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actress known for her role of Osyraa in '' Star Trek: Discovery''.

Biography

Janet Kidder is the daughter of John Kidder and the niece of actress

Margot Kidder Margaret Ruth Kidder (October 17, 1948 – May 13, 2018) was a Canadian and American actress and activist. She amassed List of Margot Kidder performances, several film and television credits in her career spanning five decades, including her bes ...

. She was born in Cranbrook, B.C., the family moving to England when she was two, where she stayed until graduating before returning to Canada."This Kidder is wise to Hollywood's ways" by Bob Blakey, ''

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Career

Janet and Margot Kidder both appeared in "Walk on By", an episode of '' La Femme Nikita'', as the younger and older Roberta, Nikita's mother. Janet's participation was in brief flashback sequences. She plays the character Lila Jacobs in the series ''Man in the High Castle'' and Osyraa in '' Star Trek: Discovery''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

In 2002 Kidder was nominated for a

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, in the category of Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role, for her performance in the television series '' Tom Stone''. She has twice been nominated for

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; first in 2013 in the category of Best Supporting Performance by a Female: Television Movie for ''Ring of Fire'' and again in 2021 in the category of Best Supporting Performance by a Female: Dramatic Series for '' Two Sentence Horror Stories'' episode "Elliot"."2021 Nominees & Winners by Name"
at www.leoawards.com

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* 1972 births 20th-century Canadian actresses 21st-century Canadian actresses Actresses from British Columbia Canadian film actresses Canadian stage actresses Canadian television actresses Living people People from Cranbrook, British Columbia {{Canada-screen-actor-1970s-stub