  sarah victoria "torri" higginson' (born december 6, 1969) is a canadian actress. she is best known for her roles in the tekwar movies and series, the english patient, bliss, and stargate atlantis. she is also a theater actress and has appeared in three tall women, weldon rising and picasso at the lapin agile. ==career== in 1995, two years prior to stargate sg-1s premiere, higginson starred in the movie jungleground with three other actors from the stargate franchise: peter williams (apophis), jr bourne (martouf), and lexa doig (dr. lam). higginson took over the role of dr. elizabeth weir from jessica steen in a guest spot on the season eight opener of stargate sg-1. she was then carried over as the leader of the atlantis expedition on stargate atlantis and continued playing that role until the end of the show's third season, afterwards being reduced from a main cast member to a recurring role in the fourth season. she did not reprise the role for the show's fifth season. ==awards== thumb|higginson at comic con 2006 ===won=== *2000: gemini award for best performance by an actress in a continuing leading dramatic role for: the city.academy of canadian cinema and television official site, retrieved february 14, 2008. ===nominated=== *2004: saturn award for best supporting actress on television: stargate atlantis. ==filmography== {| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;" |- bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" ! colspan="
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