This page will contain images about Lisa Ryder, as they become available.Lisa RyderLisa Ryder (born 26 October 1970) is a Canadian actress best known as Beka Valentine on the science fiction television series Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Ryder attended the University of Toronto, where he began acting. She formed a local theature group in Toronto after graduation and landed her first film and television roles in the mid-1990s. She gained a following as Tracy Vetter on the final season of the science fiction drama Forever Knight in 1995-1996, and was cast on the syndicated science-fiction series Andromeda in 2000; the series is currently in its fifth season. This page about Lisa Ryder includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Lisa Ryder News stories about Lisa Ryder External links for Lisa Ryder Videos for Lisa Ryder Wikis about Lisa Ryder Discussion Groups about Lisa Ryder Blogs about Lisa Ryder Images of Lisa Ryder |
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Lisa Ryder (born 26 October 1970) is a Canadian actress best known as Beka Valentine on the science fiction television series Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda. Married to the film director Herbert J. She received a second Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress for her role in Anna and the King of Siam in 1946. In 1940 she played a role which would become one of her most identifiable, as the exotic and sinister wife in The Letter. Originally cast as the Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz (1939), she was replaced by Margaret Hamilton when MGM decided to change the Wicked Witch from a glamorous character to an ugly one. Walt Disney Studios used her as the main inspiration for the Wicked Queen in the animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). Her career as a supporting actress flourished during the 1930s. She made her first film appearance in Anthony Adverse (1936) and became the first recipient of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for this performance. Born Edith Holm Sondergaard in Litchfield, Minnesota to Danish parents, Sondergaard began her acting career in the theater. Gale Sondergaard (February 15, 1899 - August 13, 1985) was a US film actress. |