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Laura Vandervoort
Born	Laura Dianne Vandervoort September 22, 1984 (1984-09-22) (age 25) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1997–present
Official website

Laura Dianne Vandervoort¹ (born September 22, 1984)¹ is a Canadian actress best known for her roles as Supergirl in the television series Smallville and Sadie Harrison in the television series Instant Star. She is currently starring as Lisa on the ABC series V.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Acting career 2 Filmography 3 Television 4 References 5 External links

Biography

Early life

Born in Toronto, Ontario, Vandervoort was involved in several sports such as football, karate, basketball, tennis, gymnastics, and baseball). Entering karate at age seven, she earned a second degree Black Belt from Northern Karate Schools by the age of 16.

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 Canadian children's series Goosebumps (three episodes) and Are You Afraid of the Dark?.

Acting career

After commercials and guest-starring roles on Mutant X, Prom Queen, Twice in a Lifetime, Doc, Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye, Troubled Waters, The Dresden Files, and a few Disney TV movies (Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire, and Alley Cats Strike), at age 19 Vandervoort landed a lead role as Sadie Harrison on the CTV television series Instant Star, which ran for four seasons.

In 2006, Vandervoort shot her first feature titled The Lookout with Jeff Daniels, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Matthew Goode, and Isla Fisher. Several other TV 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) on the CW series Smallville. She was a regular in season seven, and appeared in the "Bloodline" episode for season eight.²

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 Canadians stars Michael Ironside (who appeared in the second V mini-series as well as the 1984 V regular series) and Corey Sevier.

Vandervoort currently portrays "Lisa," an extraterrestrial Visitor, in the 2009 ABC series V, a reboot of the 1980s science fiction franchise of the same name. Vandervoort was also cast in Riverworld in which she will play the fiancée of a war correspondent who, after dying, wakes up in a land populated by everyone who has ever lived on Earth.³

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2006	Troubled Waters	Carolyn
2007	The Lookout	Kelly
2009	Into the Blue 2: The Reef	Dani White	Direct-to-video
	The Jazzman	Sara	Post-production
	Damage	Frankie	Direct-to-video

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997–1998	Goosebumps	Sheena Deep	3 episodes
1999	Penny's Odyssey	Tanya	Television movie
2000	Are You Afraid of the Dark?	Ashley Fox	1 episode, The Tale of the Laser Maze
	Twice in a Lifetime	Misty Reynolds	1 episode, Even Steven
	Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire	Chelsea Hansen	Television movie
	Alley Cats Strike	Lauren	Television movie
2001	Mutant X	Tina	1 episode, Russian Roulette
2002	The Gavin Crawford Show	The Girl	1 episode
2004	Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story	Young Girl	Television movie, Uncredited
	Doc	Annis Bennington	1 episode, The Family Tree
2004–2008	Instant Star	Sadie Harrison	49 episodes
2005	Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye	Gabbie	1 episode, Bad Girls
	Falcon Beach	Ashley	Pilot episode, Falcon Beach
2007	The Dresden Files	Natalie	1 episode, Bad Blood
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Miss Tangiers	1 episode, Big Shots
2007–2008	Smallville	Kara Zor-El	13 episodes
2009	Out of Control	Marcie Cutler	Television movie
2009–present	V	Lisa
2010	Riverworld	Jessie	Television movie, Filming

References

External links

• Official website
• Laura Vandervoort at the Internet Movie Database