Laura Vandervoort

Laura Dianne Vandervoort (born September 22, 1984) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles as Sadie Harrison in the CTV teen drama series ''Instant Star'', Arla "The Bolt-Gun Killer" Cogan in the Syfy supernatural drama series '' Haven'', Kara Zor-El (Supergirl) in The CW serial drama series ''Smallville'', and as Lisa in the ABC science fiction series '' V'' (2009). In 2014, she starred in the Space channel drama series '' Bitten'', a television adaptation of Kelley Armstrong'' as Elena Michaels.

Early life and career

Vandervoort was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. She is the daughter of a Canadian mother and a Dutch father. In the first weeks of her life, she contracted meningitis, resulting in a severe sickness that lasted a few months. Her parents were initially told she was not going to survive. Growing up, Vandervoort was involved in several sports such as football, karate (where she is a second-degree black belt), basketball, tennis, gymnastics and baseball. She has a sister named Sarah and she is related to Canadian actor Gordon Pinsent.

In 1997, she made her acting debut at age 13. After taking several classes and doing background work on Canadian shows such as ''Road to Avonlea'' and ''Harriet the Spy'', she got her first speaking role in the Canadian children's horror anthology series ''Goosebumps'' and ''Are You Afraid of the Dark?'', both series were aired on YTV.

After commercials and guest starring roles in '' Mutant X'', '' Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story'', ''Goosebumps'', '' Twice in a Lifetime'', ''Doc'', '' Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye'', '' Troubled Waters'', ''The Dresden Files'', and a few Disney Channel original films (''Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire'' and ''Alley Cats Strike''), at age 19, while attending York University where she studied Psychology and English, Vandervoort landed a lead role as Sadie Harrison in the CTV teen drama series ''Instant Star'', which ran for four seasons.

In 2006, Vandervoort starred in her first feature film titled '' The Lookout'' alongside Jeff Daniels, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Matthew Goode, and Isla Fisher. Several other television appearances such as ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' led Vandervoort to the role of Clark Kent's Kryptonian cousin " Kara Kent" (the woman destined to become Supergirl) in The CW serial drama series ''Smallville''. She was a regular in season seven, and appeared in the "Bloodline" episode for season eight. She then returned for another two episodes in the tenth and final season of ''Smallville''.

Following The CW and ''Smallville'', Vandervoort then shot the sequel to the feature film '' Into the Blue'' titled '' Into the Blue 2: The Reef''. She next filmed an independent production titled ''The Jazzman'', which also starred Canadian stars Michael Ironside (who appeared in the second ''V'' miniseries as well as the 1984 ''V'' regular series) and Corey Sevier.

Vandervoort portrayed "Lisa", an extraterrestrial Visitor, in the 2009 ABC science fiction series '' V'', a reboot of the 1980s science fiction franchise of the same name.

In 2010, Vandervoort appeared in the two-part miniseries ''Riverworld'' in which she plays Jessie Machalan, the fiancée of war correspondent Matt Ellman who wakes up after death on a planet populated by everyone who has ever lived on Earth. In 2011, she starred in the suspense film ''The Entitled'', alongside Ray Liotta and Kevin Zegers.

In October 2011, she posed for PETA as part of the "Exotic Skins" campaign and in 2014, she appeared nude again for an ad that protested against the keeping of marine mammals in captivity. In 2012, she had a small role in Seth MacFarlane's comedy film ''Ted'', playing Mark Wahlberg's coworker Tanya.

In 2014, she appeared in the TV adaptation of the Kelley Armstrong

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