Laura Vandervoort

Laura Vandervoort
Vandervoort at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2010.
Born	Laura Dianne Vandervoort September 22, 1984 (1984-09-22) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1997–present
Website
www.lauravandervoort.net

Laura Dianne Vandervoort (born September 22, 1984) is a Canadian actress known for her roles as Kara Zor-El (Supergirl) in the American television series Smallville, Sadie Harrison in the Canadian television series Instant Star and Lisa in the American television series V.

Early life

Born on September 22, 1984 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 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?.

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. She then returned for another two episodes in the 10th 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 mini-series as well as the 1984 V regular series) and Corey Sevier.

Vandervoort portrayed "Lisa," an extraterrestrial Visitor, in the 2009 ABC 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. It as also been announced on her official website that Vandervoort has been attached in a feature film called Entitled, which also stars Ray Liotta and Kevin Zegers.

During her appearance at San Diego Comic-Con in 2010, it was confirmed that she will be returning to Smallville for the final season. She appeared as a special guest star for two episodes.

In October 2011, she posed for PETA as part of the "Exotic Skins" campaign.

Filmography

List of film performances

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire	Chelsea
2006	Troubled Waters	Carolyn
2007	Lookout, TheThe Lookout	Kelly
2009	Into the Blue 2: The Reef	Dani White	Direct-to-video
2009	Jazzman, TheThe Jazzman	Sara
2009	Damage	Frankie	Direct-to-video
2011	Desperately Seeking Santa	Jen
2011	Bring the Night	Lucy Jones	Post-production
2011	Entitled, TheThe Entitled	Hailey Jones
2012	This Means War	Britta
2012	Ted	Tayna	Filming

List of television performances

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997–1998	Goosebumps	Sheena Deep	Episode: "The Haunted House Game" Episode: "Deep Trouble: Part 1" Episode: "Deep Trouble: Part 2"
1999	Penny's Odyssey	Tanya	TV movie
2000	Are You Afraid of the Dark?	Ashley Fox	Episode: "The Tale of the Laser Maze"
2000	Twice in a Lifetime	Misty Reynolds	Episode: "Even Steven"
2000	Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire	Chelsea Hansen	TV movie
2000	Alley Cats Strike	Lauren	TV movie
2001	Mutant X	Tina	Episode: "Russian Roulette"
2002	Gavin Crawford Show, TheThe Gavin Crawford Show	The Girl	1 Episode
2004	Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story	Young Girl	TV movie, uncredited
2004	Doc	Annis Bennington	Episode: "The Family Tree"
2004–2008	Instant Star	Sadie Harrison	49 episodes
2005	Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye	Gabbie	Episode: "Bad Girls"
2005	72 Hours: True Crime	Leanne	Episode: "Head in a Bucket"
2005	Falcon Beach	Ashley	Episode: "Pilot"
2007	Dresden Files, TheThe Dresden Files	Natalie	Episode: "Bad Blood"
2007	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Miss Tangiers	Episode: "Big Shots"
2007-2008, 2010, 2011	Smallville	Kara Zor-El/Supergirl	Season 7, series regular. Season 8, one episode, special guest star. Season 10, two episodes, special guest star.
2009	Out of Control	Marcie Cutler	TV movie
2009–2011	V	Lisa and Lisa double (sister)	Regular
2010	Riverworld	Jessie Machalan	TV miniseries
2011	Family Guy	Jenny Bridget	Episode: "Friends of Peter G." Episode: "Trading Places"

List of video game performances

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Spider-Man: Edge of Time	Mary Jane Watson	Voice only

External links

• Official website
• Laura Vandervoort at the Internet Movie Database
• 2010 Interview on Toro Magazine