Belinda Metz was a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 solo recording artist

Musician

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 from the early to mid 1980s who has since turned to acting

Actor

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. She also has credits as a choreographer and songwriter

Songwriter

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.

Biography

In 1982 Metz released an independent album, The Minx, on Quantum Records. Signed to a recording contract in 1985 with Attic Records

Attic Records (Canada)

Attic Records was a Canadian independent record label, founded in 1974 by Alexander Mair and Tom Williams. The label was known for developing Canadian talent, including Anvil, Lee Aaron, Maestro Fresh Wes, The Nylons, Teenage Head, and Triumph...

, she released a full length album, Electric Splash, which contained her only hit single, "What About Me", and won her a "Most Promising Female Vocalist" award from the U-Knows, CFNY

CFNY-FM

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's listener's choice awards.

In 1985 Metz was severely injured in a car accident

Car accident

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. Later she returned to the public eye, acting as a regular in such shows as Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues is a spin-off of the 1972-1975 television series Kung Fu. David Carradine and Chris Potter starred as a father and son trained in kung fu - Carradine playing a Shaolin monk, Potter a police detective. This series aired in syndication for four seasons, from January 27,...

and TekWar

TekWar

Tekwar is a series of science fiction novels officially authored by William Shatner and co-written by uncredited science-fiction author Ron Goulart, published by Putnam...

. Recently, she had a role as Irene the manager on Disney's So Weird

So Weird

So Weird is a television series shot in Vancouver, British Columbia that aired on the Disney Channel as a midseason replacement from January 18, 1999 to September 28, 2001. In season one and season two, the series centered around teenage girl Fiona Phillips who toured with her rock star mom ,...

. She continues to act in televisions and movies, most recently Eight Below

Eight Below

Eight Below is a 2006 American adventure film directed by Frank Marshall and written by David DiGilio. It stars Paul Walker, Jason Biggs, Bruce Greenwood and Moon Bloodgood...

as well as doing voice over work for corporations like Telus. She continues to pursue an independent music career.

Filmography

Film and Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Charlie Grant's War	Christina	TV movie
1985	Tucker and the Horse Thief		TV movie
1985	Night Heat Night Heat Night Heat is a Canadian police drama series, which aired on CTV from 1985 to 1991. The show also aired on CBS in the United States from 1987 to 1993 and was the first Canadian-produced drama series to air on an American network...	Carol Bates	Episode: "Songbird"
1986	Seeing Things	Leslie	Episode: "If Looks Could Kill"
1987	Seeing Things	Donna Anderson	Episode: "Bull's-Eye"
1987	Tomorrow's a Killer Tomorrow's a Killer Tomorrow's a Killer is a 1987 Canadian-American thriller film directed by George Kaczender and starring David Birney, Susannah York and Yaphet Kotto. A policeman, haunted by his past, tries to hunt down a serial killer murdering prostitutes. The film is also known as Prettykill...	Escort
1987	Night Heat Night Heat Night Heat is a Canadian police drama series, which aired on CTV from 1985 to 1991. The show also aired on CBS in the United States from 1987 to 1993 and was the first Canadian-produced drama series to air on an American network...	Blonde Prostitute	Episode: "Grace"
1987	Adderly Adderly Adderly is a Canadian television drama series, first aired in 1986.-Cast:* Winston Rekert as V.H. Adderly* Jonathan Welsh as Melville Greenspan* Dixie Seatle as Mona Ellerby* Ken Pogue as Major Jonathan B. Clack-Plot:...	Chambermaid	Episode: "Run to Darkness"
1989	Walter & Carlo i Amerika
1989	War of the Worlds War of the Worlds (TV series) War of the Worlds is a television program that ran for two seasons, from 1988 to 1990. The series is an extension of the original 1953 film The War of the Worlds, using the same War Machine, often incorporating aspects from the film, radio adaptation, and original novel into its mythology.Though...	Scoggs	Episode: "Night Moves"
1989	Friday the 13th Friday the 13th: The Series Friday the 13th: The Series is an American-Canadian horror television series that ran for three seasons, from October 3, 1987 to May 26, 1990 in first-run syndication....	Sylvia Jane Chalfont	Episode: "The Playhouse" Episode: "The Prisoner"
1990	Friday the 13th Friday the 13th: The Series Friday the 13th: The Series is an American-Canadian horror television series that ran for three seasons, from October 3, 1987 to May 26, 1990 in first-run syndication....	Jessica	Episode: "Spirit of Television"
1990	War of the Worlds War of the Worlds (TV series) War of the Worlds is a television program that ran for two seasons, from 1988 to 1990. The series is an extension of the original 1953 film The War of the Worlds, using the same War Machine, often incorporating aspects from the film, radio adaptation, and original novel into its mythology.Though...	Scoggs	3 episodes
1991	E.N.G. E.N.G. E.N.G. is a Canadian television drama, following the staff of a fictional Toronto television news station . The show aired on CTV from 1988 to 1994...	Mimi	Episode: "Smoke and Mirrors"
1991	Counterstrike	Angie	Episode: "Going Home"
1993	Secret Service Secret Service (TV Series) Secret Service was an American action drama television series, created by Gilbert M. Shilton and George Mendeluk, which premiered on NBC on August 16, 1992 and ended on November 17, 1993. The show was a re-enactment of real Secret Service cases. It aired 21 episodes...	Dee Roberts	Episode: "Something for Nothing/The Amateur"
1993-1997	Kung Fu: The Legend Continues Kung Fu: The Legend Continues Kung Fu: The Legend Continues is a spin-off of the 1972-1975 television series Kung Fu. David Carradine and Chris Potter starred as a father and son trained in kung fu - Carradine playing a Shaolin monk, Potter a police detective. This series aired in syndication for four seasons, from January 27,...	Det. Jody Powell	31 episodes
1994	TekWar TekWar (TV series) TekWar is a series of television films and a television series, based on the TekWar novels. Greg Evigan played Cardigan in the television adaptation. The films were produced in 1994 and the TV series produced from 1995 to 1996...	Sharmayne	Episode: "Sellout"
1995	Dark Eyes	Rita	Episode: "Pilot"
1995		Janet
1997	Goosebumps Goosebumps (TV series) Goosebumps is a Canadian children's horror anthology television series based on R. L. Stine's Goosebumps books.-Networks:...	Mrs. O'Dell	Episode: "Night of the Living Dummy III: Part 1" Episode: "Nigt of the Living Dummy: Part 2"
1997		Gail Tompkins	TV movie
1997	Convictions		TV movie
1997	Medusa's Child		TV movie
1998	Viper Viper (TV series) Viper is an action-adventure TV series about a special task force set up by the federal government to fight crime in the fictional city of Metro City, California that is perpetually under siege from one crime wave after another. The weapon used by this task force is an assault vehicle that...	Shauna Diamond	Episode: "What Makes Sammy Chun?"
1999	Dead Man's Gun Dead Man's Gun Dead Man's Gun was a western anthology series which ran on Showtime from 1997 to 1999. The series followed the travels of a gun as it passed to a new character in each episode. The gun would change the life of whomever possessed it....	Gloria Dunn	Episode: "Sleepwalker"
1999	Mentors	Anne Cates	Episode: "The Genius"
1999-2001	So Weird So Weird So Weird is a television series shot in Vancouver, British Columbia that aired on the Disney Channel as a midseason replacement from January 18, 1999 to September 28, 2001. In season one and season two, the series centered around teenage girl Fiona Phillips who toured with her rock star mom ,...	Irene Bell	TV series
2000	Da Vinci's Inquest Da Vinci's Inquest Da Vinci's Inquest is a Canadian dramatic television series that aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2005. Seven seasons of thirteen episodes each were filmed for a total of ninety-one episodes....	Carla	Episode: "Do You Wanna Dance"
2001	Da Vinci's Inquest Da Vinci's Inquest Da Vinci's Inquest is a Canadian dramatic television series that aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2005. Seven seasons of thirteen episodes each were filmed for a total of ninety-one episodes....	Carla	Episode: "Better Broke Than Naked" Episode: "Cheap Aftershave"
2001	Mentors	Anne Cates	Episode: "Seer and Now" Episode: "Future Tense"
2001	Mysterious Ways	Louise Stanislaw	Episode: "Doctor in the House"
2002		Nicki Wooster	Episode: "Home of the Brave"
2004	Traffic	Shannon Isler	TV miniseries
2004		Linda Pesaturo	TV movie
2004	Cold Squad Cold Squad Cold Squad is a Canadian police procedural television series first broadcast in 1998 that followed the investigations of a part of the Vancouver Police Department Homicide Division tasked with solving cold cases, the titular Cold Squad, as led by Sergeant Ali McCormick .The cast of Cold Squad was...	Mrs. Spence	Episode: "Teen Angel"
2004	Going the Distance	Karma
2005		Brenda Conrad / Trixie	Episode: "The Cowboy"
2006	Class of the Titans Class of the Titans Class of the Titans is a Canadian animated television series created by Studio B Productions and Nelvana. It premiered on December 31, 2005 at 5 pm ET/PT on Teletoon with a special 90-minute presentation of the first three episodes. The series aired in the United States on qubo from September...	Euryale (voice)	Episode: "1.9"
2006	Eight Below Eight Below Eight Below is a 2006 American adventure film directed by Frank Marshall and written by David DiGilio. It stars Paul Walker, Jason Biggs, Bruce Greenwood and Moon Bloodgood...	Dr. Rosemary Paris
2006		Det. Rhodes
2008	Boot Camp Boot Camp (film) Boot Camp is a 2007 psychological suspense thriller feature film written by Agatha Dominik and John Cox and directed by Christian Duguay.The film's working title was Straight Edge and was shot in Fiji as the first film to utilize the southwest Pacific Ocean island country's five-year-old incentive...	Ben's Mother
2010	Dear Mr. Gacy Dear Mr. Gacy Dear Mr. Gacy is a 2010 Canadian drama thriller film directed by Svetozar Ristovski, starring William Forsythe and Jesse Moss. The film is based on Jason Moss's memoir, The Last Victim.-Plot:...	Valerie Ross

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