Laura Vandervoort Biography
Laura Vandervoort, born September 22, 1984, is a Canadian film and television actress. Since the Toronto native began her career through commercials and ads at the age of 13, she has grown exponentially, recording many roles in both small and big-screen projects.
Wiki Profile
| Full Name: | Laura Vandervoort |
| Date of Birth: | September 22, 1984 |
| Place of Birth: | Toronto, Canadian |
| State of Origin: | Toronto |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Net Worth: | $4 million |
| Husband/Spouse: | Oliver Trevena |
Early Life and Education
Vandervoort was born and raised in the Canadian city of Toronto. She was born in Canada to 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 that she would not survive.
Vandervoort participated in a variety of sports as a child, including football, karate (where she holds a second-degree black belt), basketball, tennis, gymnastics, and baseball.
She is related to Canadian actor Gordon Pinsent and has a sister named Sarah.
Career
She made her acting debut at the age of 13 in 1997. She got her first speaking role in the Canadian children’s horror anthology series Goosebumps and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, both of which aired on YTV, after taking several classes and doing background work on Canadian shows such as Road to Avonlea and Harriet the Spy.
Vandervoort made her feature film debut in 2006, starring alongside Jeff Daniels, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Matthew Goode, and Isla Fisher in The Lookout. Several other television appearances, including CSI:
The CW’s crime scene investigation led Vandervoort to play Clark Kent’s Kryptonian cousin “Kara Kent” (the woman who would become Supergirl) in the series “Smallville.”
She was a season seven regular and appeared in the season eight episode “Bloodline.” She then returned for two more episodes in Smallville’s tenth and final season.
Following The CW and Smallville, Vandervoort shot Into the Blue 2: The Reef, the sequel to the feature film Into the Blue.
She then starred in an independent film called The Jazzman, alongside Canadian actors Michael Ironside (who appeared in both the second V miniseries and the 1984 V regular series) and Corey Sevier.
Vandervoort portrayed “Lisa,” an extraterrestrial Visitor, in the 2009 ABC science fiction series V, a reboot of the same-named 1980s science fiction franchise.
Vandervoort appeared in the two-part Riverworld miniseries in 2010, playing 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.
She co-starred in the suspense film The Entitled with Ray Liotta and Kevin Zegers in 2011.
She posed naked for PETA as part of the “Exotic Skins” campaign in October 2011, and again in 2014 for an ad protesting the captivity of marine mammals. She played Mark Wahlberg’s coworker Tanya in Seth MacFarlane’s comedy film Ted in 2012.
She starred in the television adaptation of Kelley Armstrong’s novel Bitten, which premiered on January 13, 2014.
Vandervoort appeared in three episodes of season one of the CBS action-adventure series Supergirl as the supervillain Indigo/Brainiac 8.
Vandervoort appeared alongside Ian Somerhalder, Adrian Holmes, and Peter Outerbridge in the Netflix adaptation of Jonathan Maberry’s book series V Wars, which premiered on December 5, 2019.
Personal Life
Her first documented relationship was with fellow Canadian actor Corey Sevier. In 2004, Corey was a member of the cast of Instant Star, where he met Laura.
Laura played the main character of Sadie Harrison in the drama series, while Corey played Hunter as a guest star.
After their initial meeting, the actors began dating, and things were looking up for them.
The couple’s relationship blossomed to the point of engagement, which made their fans happy, but the couple split in 2011 while everyone was waiting for the wedding.
In 2012, Laura met Michael Rosenbaum. Following the end of her engagement with Corey, she briefly dated Chris Pines in 2011.
Her marriage to Rosenbaum was probably the shortest we are aware of, as it ended in February 2013.
Rosenbaum is also a director, producer, singer, podcaster, and comedian in addition to being an actor.
The American actor is best known for his role as Lex Luthor in Smallville, a Superman television series.
The 37-year-old actress began dating Oliver Trevena, a British actor and TV host, in mid-2013, and the brown-eyed actor wasted no time in proposing.
The relationship was not widely known until she was photographed wearing a beautiful ring on her finger. Oliver proposed to Vandervoort when she was 29 years old, and she accepted.
Laura Vandervoort Net Worth
Laura as an Actress who is involved in so many high rated movies has amassed a net worth estimated to be $4 million.
Social Media
Instagram: @lauravandervoort
Twitter: @Vandiekins22
