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Women on the Verge
Erica Durance Erica Durance claims her sci-fi fame is all down to geography. “Vancouver is where a lot of science fiction gets shot,” she says, “and as a result, I have ended up with some very good roles in the genre.” Durance is now into her third season playing a young Lois Lane in the ongoing Superman-as-a-young-man series Smallville. “At first I was intimidated by the role,” the Calgary-born actress concedes. “She’s such a loved character. But because we were going back in time, to the Lois before she became a journalist, it meant I could re-invent the wheel.” In another twist of geography, she met Margot Kidder herself – the other Canadian who portrayed Lane, in the original Superman movies – at a convention in Toronto. “She said I knocked it out of the park. That was very sweet.” Breakthrough role Lois Lane on Smallville Coming soon The Butterfly Effect 2
Sarah Carter After making her big-screen debut in the action flick DOA: Dead or Alive in which, she insists, “I kicked some serious ass,” Winnipeg native Sarah Carter joined a sorority with Paris Hilton. Or so the story goes in the upcoming National Lampoon’s Pledge This! Working with Paris, though, was a party. “She took us out every night!” Sarah says. While her upcoming roles as a werewolf in Skinwalkers and, as Sarah describes, “a man-eater” in Barstool Words are satisfying her appetite for film, she also plays a power-hungry prosecutor in the new CBS courtroom drama Shark opposite James Woods. Breakthrough role Helena Douglas in DOA: Dead or Alive Coming soon Shark
Sandrine Holt Born to a French mother and Chinese father, Sandrine Holt has played everyone from a Native Canadian in Black Robe to a Polynesian princess in Rapa Nui. “When you’re of mixed origin, it can make you versatile,” insists Holt, who grew up in Toronto. “But on the other hand, it’s difficult because you can’t play everyone’s mother or sister.” On the subject of wearing the same outfit for an entire season for her latest role on the high-intensity TV show 24: “You spend less time doing wardrobe fittings,” says Holt, “But then you think, Maybe I should have worn a different shirt this season?” Breakthrough role Annuka on Black Robe Coming soon The L Word and Runaway |
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