Christine Willes
Born: 1955-09-15 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Christine Willes is a Canadian television, theatre and film actress who is best known for her roles as Delores Herbig on the Showtime comedy-drama Dead Like Me and Gladys the DMV demon on the CW supernatural drama television series Reaper. She is also known for her role as Granny Goodness on the CW series Smallville. Willes also played the recurring role of Agent Karen E. Kosseff, a government counselor, on the TV show The X-Files. She also appears in a minor recurring role on the show Reaper on The CW, as Gladys, a demon from Hell who works in the DMV. She was nominated for a Leo Award in 2008 for that role. Like her Dead Like Me co-star Callum Blue, she was cast as the villain Granny Goodness on The CW's Smallville's tenth and final season (Blue appeared in the previous season as Zod). She also had a small role in the award-winning film Trick r Treat starring Anna Paquin, which also featured another Dead Like Me co-star, Britt McKillip. Christine appeared on the big screen in March, 2011 as Madam Lazar in Catherine Hardwicke’s production of Red Riding Hood – the first studio picture to be directed by a woman, shot by a woman and starring a woman (Amanda Seyfreid). She has won three Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards, and both produced and starred in Jasmina Reza’s The Unexpected Man. She directed Metamorphoses at Pacific Theatre in August 2008, and played Clara Epp in Touchstone Theatre's 2010 World Premiere of Sally Stubb's Herr Beckmann's People.
Filmography
2024
- Hunting Matthew Nichols as Pam Hamilton
2023
- Goosebumps as Madame Zelda
- Guiding Emily as Martha
2022
- The Wedding Veil as Hilda
2021
- Superman & Lois as Governor Kerry Wexler
- Firefly Lane as Edna
- Family Law as Carole Creedy
- Turner & Hooch as Senator Helen Pine
- Das Kindermädchen - Mission Kanada as Anne Bishop
2020
- Upload as Janet Boxner
- A Beautiful Place to Die: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery as Judy
2019
- The Last Bridesmaid as Grandma Raye
- Colours as Nurse
2018
- The Professor as Widow #1
- Little Pink House as Sandy Beachy
- Christmas Pen Pals as Martha
2017
- The Good Doctor as Vicki Spain
- Gourmet Detective: Eat, Drink and Be Buried as Doris
2016
- DC's Legends of Tomorrow as Eleanor Roosevelt
- Summer Love as Eleanor
- Death Al Dente: A Gourmet Detective Mystery as Doris
2015
- Fifty Shades of Grey as WSU Grad Speaker / Reader
- The Returned as Loretta Russo
- Gourmet Detective as Doris
- Gourmet Detective: A Healthy Place to Die as Doris
- I Do, I Do, I Do as Margaret Lorenzo
2014
- The 100 as Vera Kane
- If I Stay as Nurse Davis
- The Christmas Secret as Gloria
- Mountain Men as Marion Pollard
- Kid Cannabis as Female Border Guard
- Zapped as Principal Mumford
- Signed, Sealed, Delivered as Vivian Lasseter
- Feed the Gods as Baba
- Til Death Do Us Part as Liz
- Two 4 One as Dr. Sharp
2013
- Horns as Receptionist
- Lawrence & Holloman as Holloman's Mother
2012
- Emily Owens, M.D. as E.R. Nurse
- The 12 Disasters of Christmas as Miriam
2011
- Sucker Punch as Reception Nurse / Designer
- Red Riding Hood as Madame Lazar
- Possessing Piper Rose as Ruth
- To the Mat as Cecile Closum
2009
- The Good Wife as Lanie
- Sorority Wars as Mary Lee Snow
- Dead Like Me: Life After Death as Delores Herbig
2008
- Nightmare at the End of the Hall as Robin
2007
- Write & Wrong as Marty's Assistant
- Reaper as Gladys - DMV Demon
- Trick 'r Treat as Mrs. Henderson
- Flash Gordon as Edie Atkins
- Snowglobe as Joy
2006
- Psych as Ms. Foote
- The Wicker Man as Sister Violet
- To Have and to Hold as McNary
2005
- Supernatural as Jenna's Grandmother
- FBI: Negotiator as Mrs. Branch
- Jiminy Glick in Lalawood as Arlene Sheehy
2004
- The Book of Ruth as DeeDee
2003
- Dead Like Me as Delores Herbig
2001
- Smallville as Granny Goodness
2000
- Dark Angel as Church Lady
- Sole Survivor as Mercy Ealing
1998
- Outrage as Judge
- I'll Be Home for Christmas as Race Official
1997
- Dad's Week Off as Alice
1995
- The Outer Limits as Nurse Yvette
- Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story as Col. Angela Webber
1993
- The X-Files as Agent Karen E. Kosseff
1992
- Child of Rage as Teacher (uncredited)
- Shame as Claire
1987
- 21 Jump Street as Nurse