Margot Kidder was born on October 17, 1948 in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. She is a Canadian-American film and television actress.

In the late 1960s, Kidder was based in Toronto, and appeared in a number of TV drama series for the CBC, including guest appearances on Wojeck, Adventures in Rainbow Country, and a semi-regular role as a young reporter on McQueen. Later, she made an appearance as a barmaid in Nichols, a short-lived James Garner vehicle made for American television.

Kidder is best known for her role as Lois Lane in the 1978 film Superman and its sequels. In 1983, Kidder produced and starred as Eliza Doolittle in a TV version of Pygmalion with Peter O'Toole.

In 2007, Kidder started appearing on the television series Brothers and Sisters.

In the past, Kidder dated former Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau. She has been married and divorced three times: to American playwright Thomas McGuane; to actor John Heard; and to French film director Philippe de Broca.

Filmography

• The Box Collector (2008)
• A Single Woman (2007)
• Universal Signs (2007)
• "Brothers & Sisters" (2 episodes, 2007)
• Superman II (2006)
• Solace (2006)
• "The L Word" (1 episode, 2006)
• "Robson Arms" (3 episodes, 2005)
• Cool Money (2005)
• The Last Sign (2005)
• "Smallville" (2 episodes, 2004)
• I'll Be Seeing You (2004)
• Death 4 Told (2004)
• Chicks with Sticks (2004)
• Crime and Punishment (2002)
• Angel Blade (2002)
• Society's Child (2002)
• "Earth: Final Conflict" (1 episode, 2001)
• "Mentors" I (1 episode, 2001)
• "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1 episode, 2001)
• "The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne" (1 episode, 2000)
• "The Outer Limits" (1 episode, 2000)
• "Amazon" (2 episodes, 2000)
• Common Ground (2000)
• Tribulation (2000)
• Someone Is Watching (2000)
• "Made in Canada" (1 episode, 1999)
• The Annihilation of Fish (1999)
• "La Femme Nikita" (1 episode, 1999)
• "PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal" (1 episode, 1999)
• Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly (1999)
• The Hi-Line (1999)
• Nightmare Man (1999)
• "Touched by an Angel" (1 episode, 1998)
• The Clown at Midnight (1998)
• "Aaahh!!! Real Monsters" (1 episode, 1997)
• "The Hunger" (1 episode, 1997)
• The Planet of Junior Brown (1997)
• "Boston Common" (6 episodes, 1996-1997)
• Silent Cradle (1997)
• Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework (1997)
• Never Met Picasso (1996)
• "Phantom 2040" (1 episode, 1996)
• "Burke's Law" (1 episode, 1995)
• Bloodknot (1995)
• Windrunner (1995)
• Young Ivanhoe (1995)
• Beanstalk (1994)
• Maverick (1994)
• One Woman's Courage (1994)
• Henry & Verlin (1994)
• Under a Killing Moon (1994)
• The Pornographer (1994)
• "Captain Planet and the Planeteers" (1990)
• "Murder, She Wrote" (1 episode, 1993)
• "Street Legal" (2 episodes, 1992-1993)
• Florida, La (1993)
• "Tales from the Crypt" (1 episode, 1992)
• To Catch a Killer (1992)
• Aaron Sent Me (1992)
• Delirious (1991)
• White Room (1990)
• Mob Story (1990)
• Body of Evidence (1988)
• Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
• "Shell Game" (6 episodes, 1987)
• The Marvelous Land of Oz (1987)
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1987)
• The Emerald City of Oz (1987)
• Ozma of Oz (1987)
• Vanishing Act (1986)
• GoBots: War of the Rock Lords (1986)
• Picking Up the Pieces (1985)
• "The Hitchhiker" (1 episode, 1985)
• Little Treasure (1985)
• Keeping Track (1985)
• The Glitter Dome (1984)
• Louisiana (1984)
• Superman III (1983)
• Trenchcoat (1983)
• Pygmalion (1983)
• Bus Stop (1982)
• Some Kind of Hero (1982)
• Donna giusta, La (1982)
• Heartaches (1981)
• Superman II (1980)
• Willie and Phil (1980)
• The Amityville Horror (1979)
• "Saturday Night Live" (1 episode, 1979)
• Superman (1978)
• Shoot the Sun Down (1978)
• "Switch" (2 episodes, 1976)
• 92 in the Shade (1975)
• "Wide World Mystery" (1 episode, 1975)
• The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975)
• "Baretta" (1 episode, 1975)
• The Great Waldo Pepper (1975)
• Black Christmas (1974)
• The Gravy Train (1974)
• A Quiet Day in Belfast (1974)
• Honky Tonk (1974)
• The Suicide Club (1974)
• "Barnaby Jones" (1 episode, 1973)
• Sisters (1973)
• "Harry O" (1 episode, 1973)
• "Banacek" (1 episode, 1972)
• The Bounty Man (1972)
• "Nichols" (3 episodes, 1971-1972)
• Suddenly Single (1971)
• Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970)
• "The Mod Squad" (1 episode, 1970)
• "Corwin" (1969)
• "McQueen" (1969)
• Gaily, Gaily (1969)
• "Adventures in Rainbow Country" (2 episodes, 1969)
• "Wojeck" (1 episode, 1968)
• The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar (1968)

Awards

• Genie Best Actress "Heartaches" 1982
• Canadian Film Award Lead Actress (Feature) "A Quiet Day in Belfast" and "Black Christmas" 1975
• Special Canadian Film Award "Does Anybody Here Know Denny?" 1969