Samantha Ferris (born November 2, 1968) is a Canadian actress, best known for her starring role as

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'' and her recurring role as

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on ''

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''.

Career

Ferris began her career as a radio announcer and in the mid-1990s was a television reporter for the

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station KVOS-TV 12 and Vancouver's BCTV, where she went by the name Janie Ferris. After the death of her father she decided to change careers and become an actress. She has had many starring and supporting television roles, her most notable being Sandra Cassandra on '' Beggars and Choosers'', Nina Jarvis on ''

'', Lt. Alexa Brenner on '' The Evidence'' and Ellen Harvelle on ''

''. Other television roles include that of deckhand Pollux in the episode "

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" of ''

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'', as well as roles in ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' V'' and a series of TV movies featuring ''The Gourmet Detective''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

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1968 births Actresses from British Columbia Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses Canadian television news anchors Canadian video game actresses Canadian voice actresses Living people People from North Vancouver 20th-century Canadian actresses 21st-century Canadian actresses Canadian women television journalists {{Canada-actor-stub