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Frida Betrani

Frida Betrani (born July 5, 1965) is a Canadian actress. She is most noted for her performance as Zipporah in the 2001 film Last Wedding, for which she won the Vancouver Film Critics Circle award for Best Actress in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2001.

Born in Beirut, Lebanon, she moved to Canada with her family in childhood and grew up in Montreal, Quebec, later moving to Vancouver, British Columbia. She is an alumna of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

She also appeared in the films Dirty, No More Monkeys Jumpin' on the Bed, Prozac Nation, Lola, Lucky Stars, The Deal, Crime and Sisters & Brothers, and has had supporting and guest roles in television including recurring roles in Northwood and Stargate SG-1.

She married actor Tom Scholte in 2004.

Frida's career began with roles in "Millennium" (Fox, 1996-99) and "Stargate SG-1" (1997-2006). She also was featured in the miniseries "Aftershock: Earthquake in New York" (1999-2000). In the early stages of her Hollywood career, Betrani held acting roles in films like the dramatic comedy "Dirty" (1998) with Babz Chula. Several more television roles followed in the nineties and the early 2000s, including stints on "Secret Agent Man" (UPN, 1999-2000) and "Just Cause" (ION Television Network, 2002-03). In the nineties and the early 2000s, she worked on the silver screen, taking roles in "No More Monkeys Jumpin' on the Bed" (1999) and "Last Wedding" (2001). In the early 2000s, Betrani lent her talents to projects like "Deadly Visions" (Lifetime, 2004-05), "Prozac Nation" (Starz, 2004-05) and "School of Life" (Freeform, 2004-05). Her credits also expanded to "The Deal" with Christian Slater (2005). Most recently, Betrani worked on "Little Girl Lost: The Delimar Vera Story" (Lifetime Movie Network, 2008-09).

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