Amy Ciupak Lalonde (born August 6, 1975) is a

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-born television and film actress from Pelham, Ontario. She holds a degree in drama and history from

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. Lalonde appears on the television channel

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. She has made guest appearances in '' Mutant X'', ''

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'', '' Kevin Hill'', '' Beautiful People'', ''

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'', '' Jeff Ltd.'', ''Love Bites'' and '' Lost Girl''. Lalonde has appeared in numerous commercials including Molson's "It Starts Here" ad campaign as Allison the cowgirl on the airplane. She has been seen in commercials for Kit Kat (playing a snobby

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daughter) as well as in a commercial for

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cereal (as a devastated girl who just broke up with her boyfriend) and also a Leon's commercial. She was previously a

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teacher at

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in Welland, Ontario and in

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. She now works as a full-time teacher at The Bishop Strachan School in¨Toronto, Ontario.

Filmography

Lalonde completed her first two feature films in 2006: '' Heartstopper'' and ''

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''. She then starred in

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's '' Diary of the Dead'', released in February 2008. Her TV Movie of the Week appearances include '' Murder in the Hamptons'', ''

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'', ''Nature of the Beast'' (

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), and CBC's ''Victor: The Victor Davis Story''. In 2008, she reprised her leading role on CBC's series ''

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'' for a second season. The first season aired in 2009 on ABC Family in the United States, as it was purchased by ABC in February 2008. While filming the second season of ''Sophie'' in

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during the summer, Amy also traveled to Calgary to complete season one of the CBC drama, '' Wild Roses''. In 2011, Lalonde guest-starred in '' My Babysitter's a Vampire: The Series''.

External links

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