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Arlene Duncan

Acting

Biography

Arlene Duncan is a Canadian actress and singer from Oakville, Ontario. Her father is African Canadian, with ancestors from Nova Scotia. Duncan has appeared in more than 80 film and television roles, in addition to many theatrical productions. She is best known for her television role as Fatima, a diner owner in the CBC situation comedy Little Mosque on the Prairie.

Awards & recognition

  • Dora Mavor Moore Awards · 2012

Filmography38 titles

Little Men

1998as Ruth

Suits

2011as Emma Powell

A Dog's Journey

2019as Hilda

This Is Wonderland

2004as Ms. Penny

Titans

2018as Dean

Rookie Blue

2010as Nancy Corden

Degrassi

2001

Easy Land

2019as Mrs. Fraser

Private Eyes

2016as Peggy

ReGenesis

2004as Mrs. Nichols

Nostalgic Christmas

2019as Alicia Gregory

The Spiderwick Chronicles

2024as Melvina

Missing

as Janine Eberhard

Flint

2017as Claire McClinton

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

2005as Judge Juvenile Court

Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble

2000as Harriet

Earth: Final Conflict

1997as Nurse

Diggstown

as Velma Diggs

Mistletoe Murders

2024as Vera Van Dorne

It Takes a Christmas Village

2021as Jo

Little Mosque on the Prairie

2007as Fatima Dinssa

Puppets Who Kill

The Scream Team

2002as Sheriff

The Romanoffs

2018as Prosecutor Dion

Don't Say a Word

2001as Aide

F/X2

1991as Hooker

A Change In Heart

2025as Gladys

Playing House

2006as Dr. Nandha

An American Christmas Carol

1979as Jennie Reeves

Chloe

2009as Party Guest

Star Falls

as Sales Woman

Extreme Measures

1996as E.R. Nurse

Silent Hill: Revelation

2012as Teacher

Remedy

as Lizzy Kray

Loving Every Minute

2023as Carol

A Mother's Fight for Justice

2001as Female Judge

Car 54, Where Are You?

1994as Officer Kagan

My Father's Other Family

2021as Detective Laura Maples