# Jody Thompson

Jody Rae Thompson is a Canadian actress, screenwriter and filmmaker working in film and television.

## Personal life

Thompson was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, to mother Grace Diane, and father, Ray Thompson, the lead singer of Canadian garage rock band The Wiggy Symphony The couple regularly work as a Producing/Directing team with several projects having aired on CBC and Telus Optik.

## Acting career
### Television

She is widely known for her regularly recurring character Devon Moore on the USA network's television series The 4400, but is also recognized as the warrior queen Azura in the television series Flash Gordon and in other recurring television roles including Blade: The Series, Terminal City, and Cold Squad and television appearances, including roles on Freedom, Fringe, Andromeda, Stargate, Smallville and Supernatural.

### Film

She has acted in leading and starring roles in feature films and MOW's like Perfect Little Angels, Fear of Flying, also Mission to Mars, Shanghai Noon, 2012 among others. She has co-starred with Eric McCormack in X-Files producer Bob Goodwin's independent film Alien Trespass and played David Arquette's wife in the made-for-television movie, Happy Face Killer.

## Producing career

Great Bear (doc 22 min) A Coastal First Nations led collaboration with researchers from leading academic universities provides insights into the importance of bears and other keystone species to the ecosystems of the Great Bear Rainforest. With support of the Kitasoo/Xai'xais Nation.
Spirit Bear (doc 20 min) Discover how the Spirit Bear Lodge - operated by the Kitasoo/Xai'Xai Nation - is revitalizing their community and demonstrating how sustainable practices can succeed economically, environmentally and culturally.
Haida Gwaii: Restoring the Balance (doc 20 min) Building a model for a sustainable, conservation-based economy. In partnership with Haida Nation.
Montaña de Luz, (doc 45 min), Noonday Films. It is an uplifting story about a Honduran orphanage that cares for children living with HIV. The film premiered at the Rhode Island International Film Festival and was Winner of the Heartland Film Festival's Crystal Heart Award (an award which "honors filmmakers whose work explores the human journey by artistically expressing hope and respect for the positive values of life").[8] My Dear Children (doc 3 min) A dying woman's final letter to her children. Platinum Winner AVA International Digital Communication Awards.
Will of the Wisp, (experimental 8 min) underscoring a young woman's struggle with her history of sexual abuse in a society that places high value on sexual attractiveness. Received a special screening at the US Women in Psychology Conference, a Leo Award, Special Jury Prize at the Portland International Short-Short Film Festival and the Legacy Award, Women in Film Festival Vancouver. Funded by The Canada Council for the Arts. Thompson describes it as, "a silent film that speaks through a series of post-structuralist and surrealist signifiers in conversation."
Alyssa (doc series 3 x 5 min) In partnership with Dalhousie University. A young woman coming to terms with her diagnosis and undergoing chemo, thereby forfeiting her ability to have children. Acknowledged as an outstanding initiative by the Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology. It stars Rhonda Dent and Gabrielle Rose of The Sweet Hereafter.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1999 | Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying | Stacey | |
| 1999 | Coffee | Lucy | Short film |
| 2000 | Shanghai Noon | Margie | |
| 2002 | Hellraiser: Hellseeker | Tawny | Video |
| 2002 | Deadly Little Secrets | Stacy | |
| 2007 | Will of the Wisp | Nora | Short film; director, producer, writer |
| 2009 | Alien Trespass | Lana | |
| 2010 | 30 Days of Night: Dark Days | Lena | Video |
| 2010 | Alyssa | | Short film; director, producer, writer |
| 2012 | Barricade | Leah Shade | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1997 | Breaker High | Jenny | "That Lip-Synching Feeling" |
| 1997 | Death Game | Tori | TV film |
| 1998 | Perfect Little Angels | Justine Freedman | TV film |
| 1999 | Cold Feet | Valerie | "Girls' Night Out, Boys' Night In" |
| 1999 | Night Man | Morgan | "Spellbound" |
| 1999 | Viper | Rita Brooks | "Of Course, It's a Miracle" |
| 1999 | Don't Look Behind You | Mary | TV film |
| 2000 | Secret Agent Man | Ellen | "Supernaked" |
| 2001 | Big Sound | Sherry | "New Dog, Old Tricks" |
| 2001 | Freedom | Alice Kramer | "Return" |
| 2001 | UC: Undercover | Mona | "City on Fire" |
| 2001 | Special Unit 2 | Heather | "The Beast" |
| 2002 | Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction | Stacey Gilmore | 1 episode |
| 2003 | Just Cause | Kim Dayton | "Dying to Be Thin" |
| 2003 | Andromeda | Azazel | "Point of the Spear" |
| 2003 | John Doe | Cara | "Shock to the System" |
| 2003 | A Date with Darkness: The Trial and Capture of Andrew Luster | Amy | TV film |
| 2004 | Cold Squad | Carmen Janega | "Girlfriend in a Closet" |
| 2005 | Cold Squad | Carmen Janega | "Mr. Bad Example" |
| 2005 | Terminal City | Tamara | TV miniseries |
| 2005–2007 | The 4400 | Devon Moore | Recurring role |
| 2006 | Killer Instinct | Karin | "She's the Bomb" |
| 2006 | Godiva's | Donna | "Dead Flowers" |
| 2006 | Supernatural | Ann Telesca | "Provenance" |
| 2006 | Blade: The Series | Glynnis | "The Evil Within", "Sacrifice", "Turn of the Screw" |
| 2006 | In Her Mother's Footsteps | Gina Byrnes | TV film |
| 2006 | The Secrets of Comfort House | Missy | TV film |
| 2006 | Smallville | Gia | "Fade" |
| 2007 | Painkiller Jane | Vivian Nash | "The League" |
| 2007 | Perfect Child | Monica | TV film |
| 2007 | Blood Ties | Lexia | "Bugged" |
| 2007 | Flash Gordon | Azura | "Secrets and Lies" |
| 2007 | Stargate SG-1 | Female assassin | "Bounty" |
| 2008 | Flash Gordon | Azura | "Revolution: Part 2" |
| 2009 | Stargate Atlantis | Nurse | "Vegas" |
| 2010 | A Trace of Danger | Jenna | TV film |
| 2011 | Fringe | Sara Downey | "Concentrate and Ask Again" |
| 2011 | Sanctuary | Fallon | "Pax Romana", "Into the Black", "Uprising" |
| 2011 | R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series | Marla Margaret | "Scary Mary: Parts 1 & 2" "Scarecrow" |
| 2012 | How to Fall in Love | Claire Russell | TV film |
| 2014 | Happy Face Killer | Cora Jesperson | TV film |
| 2014 | Signed, Sealed, Delivered | Karyn | "Dark of Night" |
| 2014 | Heavenly Match | Marjorie Cline | TV film |
| 2014 | The Christmas Shepherd | Beth | TV film |
| 2015 | Watch Your Back | Louise Hampshire | TV film |
| 2015 | Motive | Bridget Vinton | "Pilot Error" |
| 2017 | Project Mc$^2$ | Jenny Wallis | Recurring Role |