Kari Matchett signed up for a number of acting, dance and music classes after deciding, at age 12, she wanted to be an actor. That early commitment later led her to the National Theatre School where she spent three years before starting her career on stage in Stratford, Ontario. She also studied at the Moscow Theatre School. Kari Matchett is best known for playing Joan Campbell on 75 episodes of the series, Covert Affairs from 2010 to 2014. Her 2016 film Maudie, was selected to open the Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax and screened at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. Kari Matchett plays the role of President Michelle Travers on the Netflix series The Night Agent.
Also see: Maudie Takes Seven
Also see: Fortunate Son on CBC.
Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release
Undue Influence (TV-1996)
Papertrail (1997)
What Happened to Bobby Earl (TV-1997)
Breach of Faith: Family of Cops II (TV-1997)
A Marriage of Convenience (TV-1998)
Apartment Hunting (1999)
Champagne for One: A Nero Wolfe Mystery (TV-2001)
A Colder Kind of Death (TV-2001)
Angel Eyes (2001)
Men With Brooms (2002)
Cube 2: Hypercube (2002)
The Glow (TV-2002)
19 Months (2002)
Cypher (2002)
Betrayed (TV-2003)
Goose! (2004)
5ive Days to Midnight (TV-2004)
A Very Married Christmas (TV-2004)
Plague City: SARS in Toronto (TV-2005)
Goose on the Loose (2006)
Civic Duty (2006)
Intimate Stranger (TV-2006)
The National Tree (TV-2009)
Meteor Storm (TV-2010)
The Riverbank (2013)
The Horses of McBride (TV-2012)
Lead With Your Heart (TV-2015)
Maudie (2016)
Into Invisible Light (2018)
2 Hearts (2018)
Mad Mom (TV-2019)
Code 8 (2019)
TV Series – Cast:
Ready or Not (1993)
The Rez (1996-1998)
Earth: Final Conflict (1998)
Power Play (1998-2000)
Nero Wolfe Mysteries (2001-2002)
5 Days to Midnight (2004, mini-series)
Blue Murder (2004)
Invasion (2005-2006)
24 (2007)
Heartland (2007)
Covert Affairs (2010-2014)
Fortunate Son (2020)
The Night Agent (2023-)
TV Series – Guest appearances:
The Rez (1996)
Forever Knight (1996)
PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1997)
Viper (1997)
Once a Thief (1998)
Poltergeist: The Legacy (1998)
Blue Murder (2001)
All Souls (2001)
Wonderfalls (2004)
The Eleventh Hour (2005)
Puppets Who Kill (2005)
Zoe Busiek: Wild Card (2005)
Shark (2006)
Studio 60 on Sunset Strip (2007)
ER (2007, 2008)
Ugly Betty (2008)
The Cleaner (2008)
Criminal Minds (2008)
Crash (2008, 2009)
Flashpoint (2009)
The Philanthropist (2009)
Leverage (2009, 2010, 2012)
Miami Medical (2010)
Saving Hope (2012)
Elementary (2013)
Murdoch Mysteries (2015)
Heartland (2017)
The Good Doctor (2017)
The Detail (2018)
Ransom (2019)
Hudson & Rex (2021)
Charmed (2021)
Supergirl (2021)
A Million Little Things (2021)
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