Claire Rankin

Clare Rankin
Born	January 23, 1971 (1971-01-23) Canada
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1994 - Present

Claire Rankin (born January 23, 1974) is a Canadian actress. She was raised in Prince Edward Island and is a trained singer and dancer.

She has over 40 films and television credits appearing in such shows as "House", "Monk",Without a Trace, The District, Chicago Hope, Ally McBeal and The Drew Carey Show. She also has lead roles in a number of independent films and television movies, including John Q, In Quiet Night, A Brother's Promise, A Face to Kill For and One of Our Own.

Trained with the Stratford Festival Young Company for two years, she spent four years with the Stratford Shakespearean Festival playing classical roles, such as Miranda in The Tempest. She has also danced the ballet role of Louise in Carousel at the same festival. Other stage appearances include Cossette in Les Misérables and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet.

Best known to science fiction fans for her recurring role as Kate Heightmeyer in Stargate Atlantis and on Forever Knight as Fleur de Brabant, the younger sister of Nicolas de Brabant/Nick Knight. Other shows she has previously guest-starred on include The Outer Limits, Sleepwalkers, Charmed and Star Trek: Voyager.

She is also a Certified Sommelier with the Court of the Master Sommelier and graduated from the Professional Culinary Institute's Sommelier Program.

She married Josh Randall on 10 September 2000. Her mother-in law is an author and syndicated columnist Sharon Randall.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Death Wish V: The Face of Death	Maxine
1996	Waiting for Michelangelo	Beth
1996	Two If by Sea	Reporter
1998	In Quiet Night	Joey Amos
2002	John Q	Public Defender
2005	Aviary, TheThe Aviary	Kate Sawyer
2007	One of Our Own	Diane

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Picture Windows	Marie	TV series
1994	Janek: The Silent Betrayal	Beth	TV movie
1995	Forever Knight	Fleur	Episode: "Be My Valentine"
1995	Side Effects	Erica Ouimette	Episode: "Sixth Sense"
1996	Side Effects	Erica Ouimette	Episode: "Goin' Down the Roadie"
1996	Dinner Along the Amazon	Audrey	TV short
1996	Brother's Promise: The Dan Jansen Story, AA Brother's Promise: The Dan Jansen Story	Robin Jansen	TV movie
1996	Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice	Rita Gillette	TV movie
1996	Escape Clause	Janet	TV movie
1996	Undue Influence	Cindy	TV movie
1996	Kung Fu: The Legend Continues	Susan	Episode: "Storm Warning"
1998	Emily of New Moon	Juliet Starr	Episode: "Eye of Heaven" Episode: "Storms of the Heart"
1998	Sleepwalkers	Rebecca	Episode: "Cassandra"
1998	Chicago Hope	Holly	Episode: "McNeil and Pray"
1998	Outer Limits, TheThe Outer Limits	Ariel	Episode: "Lithia"
1998	Any Day Now	Sister Mary Margaret	Episode: "Salamanders"
1999	Any Day Now	Sister Mary Margaret	Episode: "It's About the Heart"
1999	Diagnosis Murder	Kathleen Wolverton	Episode: "Trapped in Paradise"
1999	Face to Kill for, AA Face to Kill for	Julia	TV movie
1999	Star Trek: Voyager	Alice	Episode: "Alice"
2000	Drew Carey Show, TheThe Drew Carey Show	Wendy Matson	Episode: "I Dishonestly Love You"
2000	Outer Limits, TheThe Outer Limits	Kyra	Episode: "The Beholder"
2000	Beach Boys: An American Family, TheThe Beach Boys: An American Family	Diane Rovell	TV movie
2000	Relic Hunter	Ophilia	Episode: "Affaire de Coeur"
2000	Ally McBeal	Susan Hanks	Episode: "Do You Wanna Dance?"
2001	District, TheThe District	Wendy Turner	Episode: "Thursday"
2003	Strong Medicine	Claire	Episode: "Temperatures Rising"
2003	Without a Trace	Doris Lovett	Episode: "Copy Cat"
2004	Charmed	Paula Marks	Episode: "Hyde School Reunion"
2005–2007	Stargate Atlantis	Dr. Kate Heightmeyer	5 episodes
2008	Vipers	Ellie Martin	TV movie
2009	Monk	Angeline Dilworth	Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Voodoo Curse"
2011	House	Elena	Episode: "You Must Remember This"

External links

• Claire Rankin at the Internet Movie Database