Janet Kidder

Janet Kidder (born 1972) is a Canadian actress known for her role of Osyraa in Star Trek: Discovery.

Janet Kidder is the daughter of John Kidder and the niece of actress Margot Kidder.

She was born in Cranbrook, B.C., the family moving to England when she was two, where she stayed until graduating before returning to Canada.

Janet and Margot Kidder both appeared in "Walk on By", an episode of La Femme Nikita, as the younger and older Roberta, Nikita's mother.

Janet's participation was in brief flashback sequences.

She plays the character Lila Jacobs in the series Man in the High Castle and Osyraa in Star Trek: Discovery.

In 2002 Kidder was nominated for a Gemini Award, in the category of Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role, for her performance in the television series Tom Stone.

She has twice been nominated for Leo Awards; first in 2013 in the category of Best Supporting Performance by a Female: Television Movie for Ring of Fire and again in 2021 in the category of Best Supporting Performance by a Female: Dramatic Series for Two Sentence Horror Stories episode "Elliot".