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.

Filmography

• 2026Ballistic — Galindo
• 2026Nika & Madison — Detective Timmins
• 2026Sweetness — Marnie
• The Testaments — Rita Blue
• Murderbot — Rita
• Dark Matter — Blair Caplan, Butterscotch / Blair Caplan
• Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent — Lee Cole
• Parish — Sister Anne
• 2024The Ashgrove Experiment — Self, Executive Producer
• 2024The Death of James — Dr. Amanda (voice)
• 2023Infinity Pool — Jennifer
• 2023Year of the Fox — Aya
• 2022Ashgrove — Jennifer, Writer, Executive Producer
• 2021Flashback — Evelyn
• 2021Like a House on Fire — Audrey
• Pretty Hard Cases — Karina Duff
• Sort Of — Gaia
• 2021Sugar Daddy — Nancy
• 2020Becky — Kayla
• Snowpiercer — Eugenia
• Dare Me — Faith Hanlon
• 2018Emmy — Emmy
• 2017Kodachrome — Doctor
• 2017Sometimes the Good Kill — Faith
• The Handmaid's Tale — Rita Blue
• Workin' Moms — Sonia
• Kim's Convenience — Pastor Nina Gomez
• 2016Love's Complicated — Kate
• 2016Sadie's Last Days on Earth — Detention Teacher
• 2016Suicide Squad — National Security Council
• 2015Charming Christmas — Nadine
• Dark Matter — Keeley
• 2015Room — Officer Parker
• 2014Maps to the Stars — Star! Channel Interviewer
• 2014The Calling — Dale Varney
• Orphan Black — Marci Coates
• Seed — Michelle Krasnoff
• 2013Sex After Kids — Vanessa
• 2013Treading Water — Nurse
• Saving Hope — Lisa Rundel
• The Firm — Sonia Swain
• InSecurity — Amanda
• Covert Affairs — Olivia
• Nikita — Janet Malcolm
• 2010Splice — Melinda Finch
• 2009The Death of Alice Blue — Amanda
• Warehouse 13 — Amy
• Flashpoint — Trish
• MVP — Megan Chandler
• Da Kink in My Hair — Elize
• 2007Kaw — Emma
• 2007What If God Were the Sun? — Lupe
• G-Spot — Maureen
• Kojak — Theresa
• 2004Category 6: Day of Destruction — Leslie Singer
• Kevin Hill — Leanne Wheeden
• Naked Josh — Toula
• This Is Wonderland — Lucy Jamieson
• 2003This Time Around — Abby
• Wild Card — Evelyn
• 200210,000 Black Men Named George — Waitress
• 2002Jack & Ella — Elizabeth
• Doc — Sheree
• 2001Jason X — Geko
• Leap Years — Tamara
• Paradise Falls — Lynnie Jordan
• Tracker — Uniformed Officer
• 2000A Diva's Christmas Carol — Olivia
• Soul Food — Trixie
• 1999Vendetta — Red Lantern Lady
• The Newsroom — Nurse

Appearances as themselves (4)

• The Legacy Lounge — Self
• 2021Canada’s Drag Race Anniversary Extravaganza — Self
• Canada's Drag Race — Self - Guest Host, Self - Judge
• Canada Reads — Self