Torri Higginson

Torri Higginson
Torri Higginson
	Higginson in 2007
Born	Sarah Victoria Higginson; December 6, 1969 (age 54); Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1991–present

Sarah Victoria Higginson (born December 6, 1969) is a Canadian actress known professionally as Torri Higginson. She is best known for her roles in the TekWar movies and series, and for portraying Elizabeth Weir in Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis (2004–2008), Jordan Hampton in NCIS (2007–2009), and Commander Delaney Truffault in Dark Matter (2015–2017). She is also a theatre actress and has appeared in Three Tall Women, Weldon Rising, and Picasso at the Lapin Agile.

Early life[edit]

Higginson was born in Burlington, Ontario and studied to become an actor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, United Kingdom.^[1]

Career[edit]

In 1995, two years prior to Stargate SG-1's 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 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,^[2] 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.

In 2015, Higginson was cast in the CBC Television drama series This Life as Natalie Lawson, a lifestyle columnist and single mother who is diagnosed with terminal cancer. The series ran for two seasons,^[3] and was ultimately cancelled on January 24, 2017.^[4] In 2016, she portrayed Dr. Kessler on the KindaTV web series Inhuman Condition.^[5]

In February 2021 it was announced that Higginson, who had a recurring role on the CTV medical series Transplant, was upgraded to a regular cast member for season 2 after the rights for the show were acquired by NBC.^[6]

Accolades[edit]

Higginson won a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role for The City in 2000.^[7] In 2004, she was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television for her performance in Stargate Atlantis.^[8]

Filmography[edit]

Films[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	The Photographer's Wife	Suzanna
1992	The Women of Windsor	Gwen	TV film
1993	Family Pictures	Liddie	TV film
1994	TekWar	Beth Kittridge	TV film
	TekWar: TekLords		TV film
	TekWar: TekJustice		TV film
1995	Jungleground	Samantha Woods
	When the Bullet Hits the Bone	Allison Doherty
	Memory Run	Kristen
1996	The English Patient	Mary
1997	The Absolute Truth		TV film
1997	Balls Up	Jenny	TV film
1998	Double Take	Peggy
1998	Airborne	Sara Gemmel
1999	Family of Cops 3	Caroline Chandler	TV film
1999	The City	Katharine Strachan	TV film
2000	Rats	Nancy
2001	Turning Paige	Sheila Newlands
2001	'Twas the Night	Abby Wrigley	TV film
2003	Autopsy Room Four	Katie Arlen
	Crust	Alice
	Intent	Detective Jessica Cavallo
2005	Irish Eyes	Lorraine Healey
2006	Save My Soul	Terra
2007	You, Me, Love (Yumi in Love)	Leslie
2008	Desperate Hours: An Amber Alert	Chief Geiger	TV film
2009	Smile of April	Angie
2010	Stonehenge Apocalypse	Kaycee Leeds	TV film
2010	The Cult	Evelyn	TV film
2016	The History of Love	Charlotte Singer
2016	Blood Hunters	Marion
2017	Ordinary Days	Marie Cook

Television[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Forever Knight	Erica	Episode: "Last Act"
1993	E.N.G.	Madeline Shannon	Episode: "The Good Samaritan"
1994	Counterstrike	Susan Kimberly	Episode: "Clearcut"
1994	TekWar	Beth Kittridge	4 episodes
1997	Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal	Blythe Hall	1 episode
1998	Highlander: The Raven	Claudia Hoffman	Episode: "Reborn"
1999	The Outer Limits	Alyssa Selwyn	Episode: "The Haven"
1999	Storm of the Century	Angela Carver	TV Mini-Series
2000	Twice in a Lifetime	Becca Curtis	Episode: "Sins of our Father"
2001	Canada: A People's History	Susan Agnes Bernard	2 episodes
2002	Bliss	Kate	Episode: "Valentine's Day in Jail"
2002	Stone Undercover	Aurora 'Isabelle' MacDonald	Episode: "Dead Dog Rain" parts 1 & 2
2004	Stargate SG-1	Elizabeth Weir	3 episodes
	Preview to Atlantis		TV special
	From Stargate to Atlantis: Sci Fi Lowdown		TV special
2004–2008	Stargate Atlantis		63 episodes
2007–2009	NCIS	Jordan Hampton	2 episodes
2008	Eleventh Hour	Alex	Episode: "Titans"
2011	Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior	Nurse Karen	Episode: "See No Evil"
2011	Chase	Sandra	Episode: "Father Figure"
2015	This Life	Natalie Lawson	20 episodes
2015–2017	Dark Matter	Delaney Truffault	10 episodes
2016	Inhuman Condition	Michelle Kessler	33 episodes; web series
2020–2024	Transplant	Claire Malone	48 episodes

References[edit]

^ "Torri Higginson – This Life". CBC.ca. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
^ Heffernan, Virginia (July 16, 2004). "Atlantis Mystery Is Solved; Now, About the Wormhole". The New York Times. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
^ "CBC announces new series and renewed titles for 2016-2017". CBC News. March 31, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
^ David, Greg (January 24, 2017). "This Life cancelled by CBC after two seasons". TV, eh?. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
^ "A bisexual therapist works with supernatural patients on "Inhuman Condition"". AfterEllen. July 15, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
^ Petski, Denise (February 26, 2021). "'Transplant': Torri Higginson Upped To Series Regular For Season 2". Deadline. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
^ "Awards". Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. Archived from the original on February 19, 2008. Retrieved February 14, 2008.
^ "31st Annual Saturn Award Nominations". Archived from the original on March 11, 2008. Retrieved February 24, 2010.

External links[edit]

Torri Higginson at IMDb
Torri Higginson on X

[1] "Torri Higginson – This Life". CBC.ca. Retrieved June 10, 2021.

[2] Heffernan, Virginia (July 16, 2004). "Atlantis Mystery Is Solved; Now, About the Wormhole". The New York Times. Retrieved February 24, 2010.

[3] "CBC announces new series and renewed titles for 2016-2017". CBC News. March 31, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2016.

[4] David, Greg (January 24, 2017). "This Life cancelled by CBC after two seasons". TV, eh?. Retrieved January 24, 2017.

[5] "A bisexual therapist works with supernatural patients on "Inhuman Condition"". AfterEllen. July 15, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2016.

[6] Petski, Denise (February 26, 2021). "'Transplant': Torri Higginson Upped To Series Regular For Season 2". Deadline. Retrieved June 10, 2021.

[7] "Awards". Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. Archived from the original on February 19, 2008. Retrieved February 14, 2008.

[8] "31st Annual Saturn Award Nominations". Archived from the original on March 11, 2008. Retrieved February 24, 2010.

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v t e Canadian Screen Award for Best Leading Performance in a Drama Series
Actor in a Drama Series 1986–2021	Robert Clothier (1986) Eric Peterson and Winston Rekert (1987) Pat Mastroianni (1988) Eric Peterson (1989) Art Hindle (1990) Eric Peterson (1991) Cedric Smith (1992) James Purcell (1993) Paul Gross (1994) Paul Gross (1995) David Cubitt (1996) Bruce Gray (1997) Patrick McKenna (1998) Michael Riley (1999) Michael Riley (2000) Nicholas Campbell (2001) Donnelly Rhodes (2002) Jeff Seymour (2003) Paul Gross (2004) Michael Riley (2005) Mark McKinney (2006) Paul Gross (2007) Louis Ferreira (2008) Enrico Colantoni (2009) Robert Carlyle (2010) Callum Keith Rennie (2011) Enrico Colantoni (2012) Hugh Dillon (2013) Jared Keeso (2014) Ari Millen (2015) Adrian Holmes (2016) Alexander Ludwig (2017) Kim Coates (2018) Billy Campbell (2019) Hamza Haq (2020) Hamza Haq (2021)
Actress in a Drama Series 1986–2021	Marnie McPhail (1986) Dixie Seatle (1987) Sonja Smits (1988) Stacie Mistysyn (1989) Jackie Burroughs (1990) Jackie Burroughs (1991) Sara Botsford (1992) Jackie Burroughs (1993) Lally Cadeau (1994) Joely Collins (1995) Tina Keeper (1996) Patricia Harras (1997) Sheila McCarthy (1998) Arsinée Khanjian (1999) Torri Higginson (2000) Babz Chula (2001) Julie Stewart (2002) Marina Orsini (2003) Catherine Disher (2004) Cara Pifko (2005) Martha Burns (2006) Martha Burns (2007) Hélène Joy (2008) Erin Karpluk (2009) Caroline Cave (2010) Michelle Thrush (2011) Meg Tilly (2012) Tatiana Maslany (2013) Tatiana Maslany (2014) Tatiana Maslany (2015) Tatiana Maslany (2016) Tatiana Maslany (2017) Amybeth McNulty (2018) Karine Vanasse (2019) Crystle Lightning (2020) Laurence Leboeuf (2021)
Leading Performance in a Drama Series 2022–present	Hamza Haq (2022) Darla Contois (2023)
Gemini 1986–2011, Canadian Screen Awards 2012–present. Separate awards were presented by gender prior to 2022; a single unified category for best performance regardless of gender has been presented since.

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