Amanda Brugel
Known for acting · Born 24 March 1978 · 48 · Pointe Claire, Québec, Canada
77 credits
Amanda Brugel is a highly acclaimed Canadian actress and producer best known for her iconic television roles, most notably as Rita Blue in Hulu's dystopian drama series The Handmaid's Tale and Nina Gomez in the CBC comedy Kim's Convenience. She has built a prolific career spanning both comedy and drama.
Known for
The Handmaid's Tale
2017
Kim's Convenience
2016
Infinity Pool
2023
Becky
2020
Snowpiercer
2020
Dark Matter
2024
Room
2015
Dare Me
2019
Splice
2010
Sugar Daddy
2021
Seed
2013
Orphan Black
2013
Acting (75)
2026The TestamentsRita BlueSeries
2026BallisticGalindoFilm
2026SweetnessMarnieFilm
2026Nika & MadisonDetective TimminsFilm
2026The Legacy LoungeSelfSeries
2025MurderbotRita · 2 episodesSeries
2024Dark MatterBlair Caplan · 5 episodes, Butterscotch / Blair Caplan · 10 episodesSeries
2024ParishSister Anne · 3 episodesSeries
2024Law & Order Toronto: Criminal IntentLee ColeSeries
2024The Ashgrove ExperimentSelfFilm
2024The Death of JamesDr. Amanda (voice)Film
2023Infinity PoolJenniferFilm
2023Year of the FoxAyaFilm
2022AshgroveJenniferFilm
2021FlashbackEvelynFilm
2021Sugar DaddyNancyFilm
2021Pretty Hard CasesKarina Duff · 8 episodesSeries
2021Sort OfGaia · 3 episodesSeries
2021Like a House on FireAudreyFilm
2021Canada’s Drag Race Anniversary ExtravaganzaSelfFilm
2020SnowpiercerEugenia · 6 episodesSeries
2020BeckyKaylaFilm
2020Canada's Drag RaceSelf - Guest Host, Self - Judge · 6 episodesSeries
2019Dare MeFaith Hanlon · 7 episodesSeries
2018EmmyEmmyFilm
2017The Handmaid's TaleRita Blue · 42 episodesSeries
2017KodachromeDoctorFilm
2017Workin' MomsSonia · 5 episodesSeries
2017Sometimes the Good KillFaithFilm
2016Suicide SquadNational Security CouncilFilm
2016Kim's ConveniencePastor Nina Gomez · 23 episodesSeries
2016Love's ComplicatedKateFilm
2016Sadie's Last Days on EarthDetention TeacherFilm
2015RoomOfficer ParkerFilm
2015Dark MatterKeeley · 2 episodesSeries
2015Charming ChristmasNadineFilm
2014Maps to the StarsStar! Channel InterviewerFilm
2014The CallingDale VarneyFilm
2013Orphan BlackMarci Coates · 5 episodesSeries
2013Sex After KidsVanessaFilm
2013Treading WaterNurseFilm
2013SeedMichelle Krasnoff · 26 episodesSeries
2012Saving HopeLisa RundelSeries
2012The FirmSonia Swain · 3 episodesSeries
2011InSecurityAmandaSeries
2010SpliceMelinda FinchFilm
2010NikitaJanet MalcolmSeries
2010Covert AffairsOlivia · 5 episodesSeries
2009Warehouse 13AmySeries
2009The Death of Alice BlueAmandaFilm
2008FlashpointTrishSeries
2008MVPMegan Chandler · 8 episodesSeries
2007KawEmmaFilm
2007What If God Were the Sun?LupeFilm
2007Da Kink in My HairElizeSeries
2005KojakTheresaSeries
2005G-SpotMaureenSeries
2004Category 6: Day of DestructionLeslie SingerFilm
2004Kevin HillLeanne WheedenSeries
2004Naked JoshToulaSeries
2004This Is WonderlandLucy JamiesonSeries
2003This Time AroundAbbyFilm
2003Wild CardEvelynSeries
200210,000 Black Men Named GeorgeWaitressFilm
2002Jack & EllaElizabethFilm
2001Jason XGekoFilm
2001DocShereeSeries
2001TrackerUniformed OfficerSeries
2001Paradise FallsLynnie Jordan · 4 episodesSeries
2001Leap YearsTamaraSeries
2000A Diva's Christmas CarolOliviaFilm
2000Soul FoodTrixieSeries
1999VendettaRed Lantern LadyFilm
1996The NewsroomNurseSeries
—Canada ReadsSelf · 4 episodesSeries
Production (1)
2024The Ashgrove ExperimentExecutive ProducerFilm
Writing (1)
2022AshgroveWriter, Executive ProducerFilm