Laura Vandervoort

About

Laura Dianne Vandervoort (born September 22, 1984) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Lisa in the ABC science fiction series V (2009). She is also known for her role as Sadie Harrison in the CTV teen drama series Instant Star, Arla “The Bolt-Gun Killer” Cogan in the Syfy supernatural drama series Haven, and Kara Zor-El (Supergirl) in The CW serial drama series Smallville. In 2014, she starred in the Space channel drama series Bitten, a television adaptation of Kelley Armstrong’s book series Women of the Otherworld as Elena Michaels.

Vandervoort was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. She is the daughter of a Canadian mother and a Dutch father. In the first weeks of her life, she contracted meningitis, resulting in a severe sickness that lasted a few months. Her parents were initially told she was not going to survive. Growing up, Vandervoort was involved in several sports such as football, karate (where she is a second-degree black belt), basketball, tennis, gymnastics and baseball. She has an older sister, Sarah and she is related to Canadian actor Gordon Pinsent.

In 1997, she made her acting debut at age 13. After taking several…