Catherine Disher

Catherine Louise Wilder Disher (born 22 June 1960) is a British-Canadian actress and comedian. She has won two Gemini Awards: in 2005 for Best Actress for her role in the Canadian mini-series Snakes and Ladders, and in 2010 for her role in The Border. She was also nominated for her role as Dr. Natalie Lambert in the Forever Knight TV series.

She is known for her role as Jill Valentine in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis video game and in the Good Witch TV series and movies, portraying Martha Tinsdale, the mayor of Middleton.

Career
Disher graduated from the Phillips Exeter Academy in 1978 and later from the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal.

She had a supporting role on T. and T., the legal/action series starring Mr. T, and had another supporting role in the second season of the War of the Worlds series. She starred in Forever Knight from 1992 to 1996, and provided the voice of Jean Grey on the X-Men animated series from 1992 to 1997. She played Maggie Norton on the Canadian television series The Border from 2008 to 2010 and provides additional voices on the PBS Kids/CBC Kids series Super Why!.

Apart from her work as an actor, Disher has done voice work for animated series and video games, such as Resident Evil 3: Nemesis and Sailor Moon. She also wrote one episode of the British-Canadian-Midwestern-French drama series The Campbells.

Disher played Martha Tinsdale in a series of made-for-TV movie about The Good Witch (alongside her X-Men co-star Chris Potter), and has continued the role on the television series Good Witch.

She was formerly married to her X-Men co-star Cedric Smith, 17 years her senior, with whom she had a son, Darcy Montgomery Smith, in 1993.

Animated Series

 * Noddy's Toyland Adventures (1992-1993) - Noddy, Master Tubby Bear, Sly (US Dub)
 * Donkey Kong Country (1996-2000) - Wrinkly Kong
 * Pippi Longstocking (1997-1998) - Additional Voices
 * The Mr. Men Show (1997-1999) - Mr. Muddle, Little Miss Naughty, Little Miss Neat, Little Miss Tiny, Little Miss Giggles, Little Miss Shy, Little Miss Splendid, Little Miss Twins, Little Miss Lucky, Little Miss Scatterbrain, Little Miss Busy, Little Miss Wise, Little Miss Stubborn, Little Miss Curious, Little Miss Contrary, Little Miss Somersault, Additional Voices
 * Miss BG (2005-2008) - Mrs. Martin
 * Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go! (2021-present) - Annie

Animated Films

 * Daisy, A Hen Into the Wild (2011) - Toe, Barnyard Hen

Anime

 * Sailor Moon S (1994-1995) - Elizabeth Foreman, Mimet, Nekonell (CWi Dub)
 * Medabots (1999-2000) - Additional Voices
 * Beyblade (2001-2002) - Additional Voices
 * Bakugan: Battle Brawlers (2007-2012) - Additional Voices

Anime Films

 * Sailor Moon R: The Promise of the Rose (1993) - Xenian Flower (Pioneer Dub)
 * Sailor Moon S: Hearts in Ice (1994) - Princess Snow Kaguya (Pioneer Dub)