# Clare Coulter

Clare Coulter (born 1942) is a Canadian actress. Although she has appeared in film, television and stage roles, she is most highly regarded for her stage work.

## Career

Coulter's noted stage roles have included Eleanor in the original production of George F. Walker's Love and Anger, the first English-language production of Michel Tremblay's Albertine in Five Times, and a 2013 Harbourfront Centre production of King Lear in which she became one of relatively few women to have portrayed the title role.
Coulter is a Genie Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress at the 4th Genie Awards in 1983 for By Design, and a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018 for Cross My Heart (Les Rois mongols). She also appeared in the films The Wars, When Night Is Falling, The Five Senses, Saint Monica, Away from Her and We Are Gold (Nous sommes Gold), and in the television series The Newsroom, The Worst Witch, This Is Wonderland and Living in Your Car.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1981 | By Design | Ms. Hirshorn | |
| 1982 | Murder by Phone | Bag Lady | |
| 1983 | The Wars | Eena | |
| 1985 | Terminal Choice | Nurse Barton | |
| 1986 | The Last Season | Marie Jazda | |
| 1995 | When Night Is Falling | Tillie | |
| 1997 | A Simple Wish | Ms. Bramble | |
| 1999 | The Five Senses | Clare | |
| 2002 | Saint Monica | Mary | |
| 2003 | Hollywood North | Lindsay Marshall | |
| 2006 | Away from Her | Phoebe Hart | |
| 2015 | The Saver | Mrs. Cooper | |
| 2015 | My One Demand | — | Documentary |
| 2017 | Cross My Heart | La grand-mère | |
| 2019 | The Hottest August | Narrator | Documentary |
| 2024 | Drive Back Home | Adelaide | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1956 | ITV Television Playhouse | School Child | Episode: "The Grand Tour" |
| 1985 | Evergreen | Mary Malone | 3 episodes |
| 1986 | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Store Owner | Episode: "The Town Where No One Got Off" |
| 1986 | The Marriage Bed | Margaret Neilson | Television film |
| 1990 | Street Legal | Alexandra Mann | Episode: "The Bracelet" |
| 1991 | Deadly Betrayal: The Bruce Curtis Story | Alice Curtis | Television film |
| 1995 | The Shamrock Conspiracy | Mae Dillon | Television film |
| 1997 | The Newsroom | George's Mother | 2 episodes |
| 1998–2001 | The Worst Witch | Amelia Cackle | 38 episodes |
| 1998 | Due South | Barbara Kowalski | Episode: "Easy Money" |
| 1999 | Foolish Heart | Psychiatrist | Episode: "The Correct Decision" |
| 1999 | Emily of New Moon | Queen Victoria | Episode: "Command Performance" |
| 2003 | A Taste of Shakespeare | 1st Witch | Episode: "Macbeth" |
| 2003 | Coast to Coast | Juliette | Television film |
| 2004–2005 | This Is Wonderland | Ellie Germaine | 3 episodes |
| 2005–2007 | The New Worst Witch | Amelia Cackle | 17 episodes |
| 2010–2011 | Living in Your Car | Jess Unger | 5 episodes |
| 2015 | Helix | Sister Agnes | 5 episodes |
| 2016 | American Gothic | Ramona Canby | Episode: "Kindred Spirits" |
| 2022 | Three Pines | Ruth Zardo | 8 episodes |
| 2023 | Fargo | Irma | 3 episodes |
| 2024 | Star Trek: Discovery | Kalzara Bix | Episode: "Jinaal" |
| 2025 | Severance | Rose | Episode: "Sweet Vitriol" |