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'', Officer Kirsten Landry in the MTV

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series ''

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'' (2011), Annie in '' The Pact'' (2013), and Sara Lance/The Canary/White Canary in

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television series, where she has appeared in ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Flash'', '' Supergirl'', and '' Batwoman''. She is also a co-founder of SheThority, a women's empowerment organization.

Career

Dancing and singing

Lotz started her career as a dancer, touring with

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and

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, and starring in music videos including Lady Gaga's "

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and Estelle's " One Love",

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's " Tell Me Something I Don't Know", T-Pain's " Freeze",

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's " Baby It's You", Cascada's " Evacuate the Dancefloor", Kaci Brown's " Instigator", and Wang Leehom's "Gai Shi Ying Xiong". Lotz appeared on ''Dancing With the Stars'' season 8, as Lady Gaga's backup dancer for the song " LoveGame". Her Avril Lavigne tour performance was released on the video '' The Best Damn Tour: Live in Toronto''. Lotz appeared in TV ads for Jack in the Box,

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, and

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, danced in the web series '' The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers'', toured with the hip hop theatre production ''Groovaloo'', and stunt-doubled in films including '' Step Up 3D''. In 2005, Lotz joined the

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Soccx. In 2006, the group released their debut single "From Dusk Till Dawn (Get the Party Started)", which they followed up in 2007 with the single "Scream Out Loud", both of which reached the

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in Germany. Their début album, ''Hold On'', was also released in 2007, and their third single, "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", was released in 2008.

Modeling

Lotz has modelled for '' Men's Health'' and ''

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'', the latter in conjunction with the website ''Me in My Place''.

Acting

Lotz did her acting training at Sanford Meisner for two years. Lotz began her acting career in 2006 with a small role in the cheerleading film '' Bring It On: All or Nothing''. She followed that up in 2010 with a part in the third episode of '' Law & Order: LA'' and a recurring role in the fourth season of the AMC drama ''

'' as Stephanie,

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's niece. In 2011, Lotz starred as Officer Kirsten Landry, one of the main characters in the MTV

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series ''

''. Lotz performed all her own stunts on the show. In 2012, Lotz had roles in ''

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'', '' Battle of the Year'' alongside

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and alongside Casper Van Dien and Agnes Bruckner in the supernatural thriller ''The Pact'', which débuted at the 2012

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and has been picked up for distribution. Starting with the second season of

's superhero TV series ''

'', Lotz appeared as Sara Lance, a character believed dead who returns as a costumed vigilante known as The Canary. Lotz reprised her role as Lance in the spin-off series ''

.'' She would go on to make her directorial debut in the latter series’s fifth season episode “Mortal Khanbat”. She had the lead role in the science fiction film '' The Machine'', which had its UK release on March 21, 2014 and had its US release on April 25, 2014. In May 2014, she reprised her role as Stephanie in the seventh season of ''Mad Men''. She also played Dr. Emily McTier in the film '' 400 Days'', along with her ''Legends of Tomorrow'' co-star

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, in 2016.

Martial arts

Lotz is a

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, training in

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, Arnis and

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. She is also a practitioner of

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and tricking.

Personal life

Lotz announced at Starfury Events: Ultimates Crisis, a fan convention in the U.K. that she and Canadian actor Kyle Schmid are engaged.

Filmography

Film

Television

Web

Accolades

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lotz, Caity 1986 births 21st-century American actresses Actresses from San Diego American female dancers Dancers from California American film actresses American Muay Thai practitioners American stunt performers American female taekwondo practitioners American television actresses American wushu practitioners Living people Female models from California 21st-century American singers 21st-century American women singers American models American female models Rancho Bernardo High School alumni