Early life and education

Matchett was born on March 25, 1970 in Spalding, Saskatchewan. She attended high school at Lethbridge Collegiate Institute in Lethbridge, Alberta. She attended the National Theatre School in Montreal and the Moscow Theatre School.

Matchett performed on stage for three years at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario.

Career

In Canada, her first major role was on The Rez, and her first starring role was as Colleen Blessed in Power Play (1998-2000). Matchett was a cast member on the A&E Network TV series A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001-2002), with Timothy Hutton in which she played several characters, including a recurring role as Lily Rowan. On Wonderfalls, she played Beth, the bisexual love interest of the main character's lesbian sister.

In 2002, she played Kate Filmore in the science fiction horror thriller Cube 2: Hypercube.

In 2003, she starred with Timothy Hutton in the Syfy miniseries Five Days to Midnight. Her next role was as Detective Elaine Bender in Blue Murder in 2004. She previously guest starred on Blue Murder in 2001 as a suspect in a murder investigation, for which she won the prestigious Gemini Award.

In 2005, Matchett starred in the ABC series, Invasion, a series about aliens taking the form of humans. She also appeared in Plague City: SARS in Toronto. She also appeared as Mary Tate on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. She appeared in both Shark and Wild Card. She played a single mother stalked by her boyfriend in Intimate Stranger, in 2006. In the same year she starred with Peter Krause in Civic Duty.

In 2007, she joined the cast of 24, as Lisa Miller. In June 2007, Matchett played Kate Armstrong in the TNT series Heartland. In 2007 and 2008, Matchett was cast as ER chief Skye Wexler on ER. In 2008 and 2009, she played Dennis Hopper's character's daughter, Jules, in the critically acclaimed Starz series Crash. She had a recurring role in the TNT series Leverage, reunited with Nero Wolfe co-star, Timothy Hutton, portraying Maggie Collins, the ex-wife of Hutton's character, Nathan "Nate" Ford. Matchett starred as Joan Campbell in the USA Network series Covert Affairs (2010-2014).

Matchett plays a supporting role in Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life, with Sean Penn and Brad Pitt. Shot in 2008, the film premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2011 and received the Palme d'Or.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1998	Papertrail	Alison Enola
2000	Apartment Hunting	Sarah
2001	Angel Eyes	Candace
2002	Men with Brooms	Linda Bucyk
	Cube 2: Hypercube	Kate Filmore
	19 Months	Page
	Cypher	Diane
2006	Civic Duty	Marla Allen
2011	Goose on the Loose	Donna Archer
	The Tree of Life	Jack's Ex

2015 Lead With Your Heart

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	The Rez	Tanya Nanibush Beakhert
	Forever Knight	Alyss de Brabant	"Dead of Knight"
	Undue Influence	Marcie Reed
	Ready or Not	Sheila Ramone (1996 - 1997)
1997	Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal	Mary O'Brien	"The Curse/Angel on a Plane"
	Whatever Happened to Bobby Earl?	Nicki Corlis
	Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops 2	Marina
	Viper	Beatrice	"Triple Cross"
1998	Once a Thief	Claire Holland	"Wedding Bell Blues"
	Poltergeist: The Legacy	Caroline Crane	"The Human Vessel"
	A Marriage of Convenience	Elizabeth
	Earth: Final Conflict	Siobhan Beckett
	Earth: Final Conflict	Rho'ha	"Pandora's Box" "Law & Order"
	Power Play	Colleen Blessed (1998 - 2000)	2000 Gemini Award nominee
1999	Rembrandt: Fathers & Sons	Saskia van Rijn
2000	Task Force: Caviar	Linda
2001	A Colder Kind of Death	Maureen Gault	2001 Gemini Award nominee
	All Souls	Dr. Stefani Volette	"Spineless"
	Blue Murder	Christina Kondeatis/Carol Clark	"Intensive Care"; Gemini Award
	A Nero Wolfe Mystery	Celia Grantham Sarah Jaffee Rita Sorrel Lily Rowan Lily Rowan Carla Lovchen Julie Jaquette/Lily Rowan Jewel Jones Susan McLeod Meg Duncan Jane Geer Janet Stahl	"Champagne for One" "Prisoner's Base" "Eeny, Meeny, Murder, Moe" "Door to Death" "Christmas Party" "Over My Dead Body" "Death of a Doxy" "Die Like a Dog" "Murder Is Corny" "Too Many Clients" "Help Wanted, Male" "Cop Killer"
2002	The Glow	Allison
2003	Betrayed	Judy Bryce
2004	5ive Days to Midnight	Claudia Whitey
	Blue Murder	Det. Elaine Bender
	Wonderfalls	Beth
	A Very Married Christmas	Donna
2005	The Eleventh Hour	Carrina Mallett	"Zugzwang"
	Puppets Who Kill	Laura	"Dan and the New Neighbour"
	Plague City: SARS in Toronto	Amy
	Wild Card	Gigi Germain	"My Boyfriend is an Axe Murderer"
	Invasion	Dr. Mariel Underlay (2005 - 2006)	22 episodes
2006	Intimate Stranger	Karen Reese
	Shark	Monica Tanner	"Dial M for Monica"
2007	24	Lisa Miller	10 episodes
	Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	Mary Tate
	Heartland	Kate Armstrong	9 episodes
	ER	Dr. Skye Wexler	5 episodes
2008	Ugly Betty	Dr. Wallace	"Betty's Baby Bump"
	The Cleaner	Shelly Mullins	"Lie with Me"
	Criminal Minds	Amy Bridges	"The Instincts"
	Crash	Jules
2009	Flashpoint	Delia Semple	"Clean Hands"
	The Philanthropist	Renee Adams	"San Diego"
	The National Tree	Faith
	Leverage	Maggie Collins	4 episodes
2010	Meteor Storm	Michelle
	Miami Medical	Dr. Helena Sable	"An Arm and a Leg," "Man on the Road"
	Covert Affairs	Joan Campbell (2010 - 2014)
2012	Saving Hope	Dr. Kendra Watt	"A New Beginning"
	The Riverbank	Kate Mason
2013	Elementary	Kathryn Drummand	"The Deductionist"
2014	Murdoch Mysteries	Miss Heloise	"The Devil Wears Whalebone"

Awards

• 2000, Nominee, Gemini Award
  Power Play
  Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Role in a Dramatic Series
  Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
• 2001, Nominee, Gemini Award
  A Colder Kind of Death
  Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries
  Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
• 2001, Winner, Gemini Award
  Blue Murder
  Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role in a Dramatic Series
  Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
• 2003, Nominee, ACTRA Toronto Award
  A Nero Wolfe Mystery
  Outstanding Performance - Female
  Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists

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