Carly Pope (born August 28, 1980) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles on

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's drama series ''

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'' (1999–2001), supernatural drama series ''

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'' (2004–2005),

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's legal drama series '' Suits'' (2016–2017) and

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's ''

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'' (2016–2017).

Early life

Pope was born and raised in

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, with an older brother,

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, also an actor, and a younger brother, Alexander. She was trained as a dancer until she became active in theater during high school. She appeared in plays such as ''

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'', playing Mickey, and ''

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'', playing Titania. She attended Lord Byng Secondary high school.

Career

Pope started her career with several small roles, such as ''

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'', '' Snow Day'', ''

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'', and ''

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'', before being cast as

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's comedy-drama television series ''

'' (1999–2001). The series followed two teenage girls, Pope and

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, who reside on opposite ends of the popularity spectrum at their high school, but are forced to get along when their single parents meet on a cruise ship and get married. Pope was named one of ''

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'''s 25 Hottest Stars Under 25 in 2000. She has appeared on the cover of several magazines, including ''Seventeen'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''Medusa'', and in pictorials for ''

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'' and ''Razor''. Her breakthrough role was playing Abbey in Disturbing Behavior (1998), who was in a flashback sequence, but it was cut when the film was released. Pope had several roles in film and television, including '' The Glass House'',

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'', and ''

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''. In 2004 she had starred as Maya Kandinski in ''

''. In 2005 she was a guest-star in an episode of

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's ''

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'' and played an aspiring social worker in the film '' Eighteen''. In 2007, Pope starred in the Power Up project ''

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'', and in

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's ' intelligent sex comedy ' and

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hit, ''

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''. In 2009, she appeared in FOX's hit thriller, '' 24'', as Samantha Roth, the president's son's girlfriend. Carly Pope

Pope joined the main cast of the

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television series ''

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'' in 2010, portraying Lucinda Pearl. In 2015, Pope co-produced the Canadian

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''. She portrayed architect Tara Messer on

's legal drama series '' Suits'' (2016–2017). On July 26, 2019, ''

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'' announced that Pope will appear in

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's Christmas-themed television film, ''Double Holiday'' (2019) opposite

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Personal life

On December 29, 2009, Pope and her brother,

, were driving a black BMW down West Georgia Street in

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when David Fomradas, 31, of

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jumped on top of the car and yelled at them to run him over. When Kris got out of the car, Fomradas jumped in the front seat and drove the vehicle into the new CBC studios. Carly suffered a broken rib and two cracked vertebrae, Kris suffered severe injuries to his ankle, and a passerby was also injured.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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