Laura Vandervoort

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Laura Vandervoort

Vandervoort as Sadie Harrison
Born Laura Dianne Vandervoort
September 22, 1984 (1984-09-22) (age 24)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation Actress
Years active 1997–present
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Laura Dianne Vandervoort[1] (born September 22, 1984)[1] is a Canadian actress best known for her role as Kara Zor-El in the television series of Smallville.

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[edit] Early life

Laura Dianne Vandervoort was born September 22, 1984 in Toronto, Ontario. She was involved in several sports (soccer, karate, basketball, tennis, gymnastics, and baseball). Entering karate at age 7, she earned a second degree Black Belt from Northern Karate Schools by the age of 16.

Laura began acting at the age of 13. She had always enjoyed entertaining, putting on shows for family and friends. However, what triggered her interest in the arts was a film called My Girl. She received the movie from her aunt at a very young age and after watching realized that acting was what was inside her, and this became her focus.

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?

[edit] Acting career

After commercials and guest stars (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 & Alley Cats Strike) Laura at age 19 landed a lead role as “Sadie Harrison” on the CTV television series Instant Star. Instant Star ran for four seasons.

In 2006, Laura shot her first feature titled The Lookout with Jeff Daniels, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Mathew Goode and Isla Fisher. It was the directorial debut of screenwriter Scott Frank. Several other TV appearances such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation led Laura into the hands of the CW network, where she landed the coveted role of Clark Kent's Kryptonian cousin "Kara Kent" (the woman destined to become Supergirl) on the hit CW series Smallville. She was a regular in season seven but was written off in the season finale. She appeared in the "Bloodline" episode for season eight. No word on whether or not she will appear on any other episodes.[2]

Following the CW and Smallville, Laura then shot the sequel to the feature film Into the Blue titled Into the Blue 2: The Reef. In this film Laura is alongside Chris Carmack (The O.C.) and Marsha Thomason (Las Vegas, Lost). Following Into the Blue 2: The Reef, Laura went directly into filming an independent production titled The Jazzman, which also starred Canadians stars Michael Ironside and Corey Sevier.

On March 22, 2009, she has been cast in a new pilot series for the remake of the classic series V to air on ABC in the fall of 2009, playing the character of Lisa. 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]

[edit] Filmography

Year Project Role Notes Episode
2010 Damage Frankie Post-Production
Riverworld Jessie Filming
2009 V Lisa Filming
Into the Blue 2: The Reef Dani White Film
Out of Control Marcie Cutler Film
The Jazzman Sara Post-Production
2007–2008 Smallville Kara Zor-El Television series 13 episodes
2007 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Miss Tangiers Television series Big Shots
2007 The Lookout Kelly Film
The Dresden Files Natalie Bad Blood
2006 Troubled Waters Carolyn Film
2005 Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye Gabbie Television series Bad Girls
Falcon Beach Ashley Television series
2004–2008 Instant Star Sadie Harrison Television series 49 episodes
2004 Doc Annis Bennington Television series The Family Tree
Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story Young Girl Television series Uncredited
2002 The Gavin Crawford Show The Girl Television series Episode dated December 1, 2002
2001 Mutant X Tina Television series Russian Roulette
2000 Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire Chelsea Hansen Television Movie
Alley Cats Strike Lauren Television Movie
Twice in a Lifetime Misty Reynolds Television series Even Steven
Are You Afraid of the Dark? Ashley Fox Television series The Tale of the Laser Maze
1997–1998 Goosebumps Sheena Deep Television series 3 episodes

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