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
Dark Matter
2024
Warehouse 13
2013
Snowpiercer
2020
Dark Matter
2015
Nikita
2013
Orphan Black
2015
Flashpoint
2012
Saving Hope
2012
Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent
2024
Covert Affairs
2013
Doc
2004

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
77
Writing
1
Producing
2
2026
Ballistic
as Galindo
2026
Sweetness
as Marnie
2026
Nika & Madison
as Detective Timmins
2026
The Legacy Lounge
as Self
2026
The Testaments
as Rita Blue
2026
Dark Matter
as Butterscotch / Blair Caplan
2025
Murderbot
as Rita
2024
The Ashgrove Experiment
as Self
2024
The Death of James
as Dr. Amanda (voice)
2024
Parish
as Sister Anne
2024
Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent
as Lee Cole
2024
Dark Matter
as Blair Caplan
2023
Infinity Pool
as Jennifer
2023
Year of the Fox
as Aya
2022
Ashgrove
as Jennifer
2022
Sort Of
as Gaia
2021
Canada’s Drag Race Anniversary Extravaganza
as Self
2021
Flashback
as Evelyn
2021
Like a House on Fire
as Audrey
2021
Sugar Daddy
as Nancy
2021
Pretty Hard Cases
as Karina Duff
2021
Canada's Drag Race
as Self - Judge
2020
Becky
as Kayla
2020
Canada's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Host
2020
Canada Reads
as Self
2020
Snowpiercer
as Eugenia
2019
Dare Me
as Faith Hanlon
2018
Emmy
as Emmy
2018
Workin' Moms
as Sonia
2017
Kodachrome
as Doctor
2017
Sometimes the Good Kill
as Faith
2017
The Handmaid's Tale
as Rita Blue
2016
Sadie's Last Days on Earth
as Detention Teacher
2016
Suicide Squad
as National Security Council
2016
Love's Complicated
as Kate
2016
Kim's Convenience
as Pastor Nina Gomez
2015
Charming Christmas
as Nadine
2015
Room
as Officer Parker
2015
Orphan Black
as Marci Coates
2015
Dark Matter
as Keeley
2014
Maps to the Stars
as Star! Channel Interviewer
2014
The Calling
as Dale Varney
2013
Treading Water
as Nurse
2013
Sex After Kids
as Vanessa
2013
Nikita
as Janet Malcolm
2013
Seed
as Michelle Krasnoff
2013
Covert Affairs
as Olivia
2013
Warehouse 13
as Amy
2012
The Firm
as Sonia Swain
2012
Saving Hope
as Lisa Rundel
2012
Flashpoint
as Trish
2011
InSecurity
as Amanda
2010
Splice
as Melinda Finch
2009
The Death of Alice Blue
as Amanda
2009
Da Kink in My Hair
as Elize
2008
Paradise Falls
as Lynnie Jordan
2008
MVP
as Megan Chandler
2007
What If God Were the Sun?
as Lupe
2007
Kaw
as Emma
2006
This Is Wonderland
as Lucy Jamieson
2006
Naked Josh
as Toula
2006
G-Spot
as Maureen
2005
Kojak
as Theresa
2005
Kevin Hill
as Leanne Wheeden
2005
The Newsroom
as Nurse
2004
Category 6: Day of Destruction
as Leslie Singer
2004
Wild Card
as Evelyn
2004
Doc
as Sheree
2003
This Time Around
as Abby
2002
Jack & Ella
as Elizabeth
2002
10,000 Black Men Named George
as Waitress
2001
Jason X
as Geko
2001
Soul Food
as Trixie
2001
Tracker
as Uniformed Officer
2001
Leap Years
as Tamara
2000
A Diva's Christmas Carol
as Olivia
1999
Vendetta
as Red Lantern Lady