
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.
Filmography
53 credits
It Takes a Christmas Village
Movie • 2021
Jo

Chloe
Movie • 2010
Party Guest

Little Bird
Movie • 2022

A Mother's Fight for Justice
Movie • 2001
Female Judge

Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble
Movie • 2000
Harriet

Serving Elizabeth
Movie • 2022
Mercy / Patricia

Plague City: SARS in Toronto
Movie • 2005
Brenda

The Great Holiday Bake War
Movie • 2022
Sophie

Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Movie • 2005
Judge Juvenile Court

Loving Every Minute
Movie • 2023
Carol

Moonlight Becomes You
Movie • 1998
Nurse

An American Christmas Carol
Movie • 1979
Jennie Reeves

Playing House
Movie • 2006
Dr. Nandha

Extreme Measures
Movie • 1996
E.R. Nurse

Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
Movie • 2012
Teacher

Flint
Movie • 2017
Claire McClinton

Eloise at Christmastime
Movie • 2003
Lily the Night Maid

A Dog's Journey
Movie • 2019
Hilda

Easy Land
Movie • 2019
Mrs. Fraser

Nostalgic Christmas
Movie • 2019
Alicia Gregory

I Do, They Don't
Movie • 2005
Cocktail Waitress

The Scream Team
Movie • 2002
Sheriff

Don't Say a Word
Movie • 2001
Aide

F/X2
Movie • 1991
Hooker

My Father's Other Family
Movie • 2021
Detective Laura Maples

A Change In Heart
Movie • 2025
Gladys

Car 54, Where Are You?
Movie • 1994
Officer Kagan

Date at Your Own Risk
Movie • 2025
Nia

Mail to the Chief
Movie • 2000
Operator #2

The Music Man
Movie • 2003
Town Woman #1

Degrassi
TV • 2001

Soul Food
TV • 2000
Vanessa

Little Mosque on the Prairie
TV • 2007
Fatima Dinssa

Puppets Who Kill
TV • 2002

FX: The Series
TV • 1996
Nurse

Remedy
TV • 2014
Lizzy Kray

Missing
TV • 2003
Janine Eberhard

Private Eyes
TV • 2016
Peggy

Teenagers
TV • 2014
Sandra

Suits
TV • 2011
Emma Powell

Second Jen
TV • 2016
Tilda

Titans
TV • 2018
Dean

Earth: Final Conflict
TV • 1997
Nurse

The Spiderwick Chronicles
TV • 2024
Melvina

The Romanoffs
TV • 2018
Prosecutor Dion

Rookie Blue
TV • 2010
Nancy Corden

ReGenesis
TV • 2004
Clinic Nurse

ReGenesis
TV • 2004
Mrs. Nichols

This Is Wonderland
TV • 2004
Ms. Penny

Diggstown
TV • 2019
Velma Diggs

Little Men
TV • 1998
Ruth

Star Falls
TV • 2018
Sales Woman

Mistletoe Murders
TV • 2024
Vera Van Dorne