Early life

Bruckner was born in Hollywood, California, to a Hungarian father and a Russian mother who have since divorced; her paternal grandfather was German. Her parents met in Hungary and immigrated to the U.S. in 1984 through a refugee camp in Italy. She has two sisters and a brother.

Bruckner speaks some Russian and is fluent in Hungarian, having grown up speaking the language. She has been involved in dance, ballet, and tap since the age of five and initially wanted to pursue a career as a dancer. At the age of eight, Bruckner worked as a child model at the suggestion of her mother and also appeared in a beauty pageant. Bruckner grew up in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles, California, until age five and then lived in Portland, Oregon, until age ten. She returned with her family to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career, moving to Burbank, California.

Career

Bruckner began her career at age 11. She appeared in commercials, in a few television pilots, and on the daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful in 1999. At the age of 15, Bruckner got her first lead role in the independent film Blue Car (2002), in which she played a high school student involved in an affair with her teacher, played by David Strathairn. Film critic Roger Ebert wrote that Bruckner "negotiates this difficult script with complete conviction." Bruckner received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for "Best Female Lead" for the role.

In the 2000s, other minor roles in television and film followed, including roles in the thrillers The Glass House (2001) and the Sandra Bullock-starring Murder by Numbers (2002). Bruckner has appeared in episodes of the television series 24 and Alias. She starred in the horror films Venom (2005) and The Woods (2006). Also in 2006, she appeared in the drama Peaceful Warrior opposite Scott Mechlowicz and received a ShoWest Female Star of Tomorrow Award and played the lead role in Dreamland.

In 2007, Bruckner appeared in the horror/romance film Blood and Chocolate and later Say Hello to Stan Talmadge (2008), Kill Theory (2008), Vacancy 2: The First Cut (2009), and The Craigslist Killer (2011).

On October 3, 2012, Bruckner was cast to play Anna Nicole Smith in a Lifetime original movie The Anna Nicole Story.

Personal life

Bruckner enjoys hip-hop and R&B as well as The Killers and The Fray. Bruckner has stated that she does not participate in "the Hollywood part of Hollywood" and travels or lives at home with her family during her free time.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Girl	Lydia	Short film
1998	Shrunken City, TheThe Shrunken City	Lori	Video
2001	Glass House, TheThe Glass House	Zoe
2002	Blue Car	Megan 'Meg' Denning
2002	Home Room	Cathy
2002	Murder by Numbers	Lisa Mills
2003	Rick	Eve O'Lette
2004	Stateside	Sue Dubois
2004	Haven	Pippa Ridley
2005	Iris Effect, TheThe Iris Effect	Katya
2005	Venom	Eden Sinclair
2006	Dreamland	Audrey
2006	Woods, TheThe Woods	Heather Fasulo
2006	Peaceful Warrior	Susie
2007	Blood & Chocolate	Vivian Gandillon
2008	Vacancy 2: The First Cut	Jessica	Video
2009	Kill Theory	Jennifer
2009	Good Funeral, AA Good Funeral	Junior
2011	Open Gate	Jesselyn
2011	The Craigslist Killer	Megan McAllister
2012	Breaking the Girls	Sara Ryan
2012	Pact, TheThe Pact	Nicole Barlow
2012	Millionaire Tour, TheThe Millionaire Tour	Billie
2012	Baytown Outlaws, TheThe Baytown Outlaws	Mona
2012	Citizen, TheThe Citizen	Diane
2013	Wrong Cops	Julia Kieffer
2014	Bit of Bad Luck, AA Bit of Bad Luck	Heather

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997-1999	Bold and the Beautiful, TheThe Bold and the Beautiful	Bridget Forrester	TV series
2000	American Adventure	Sydney	TV film
2000	Pacific Blue	Connie Lamb	Episode: "Fifty-Nine Minutes"
2001	Fugitive, TheThe Fugitive	Mallory Wickes	Episode: "Safekeeping"
2001	Touched by an Angel	Lisa	Episode: "Visions of Thy Father"
2002	Alias	Kelly McNeil	Episodes: "The Box: Parts 1 & 2"
2003	24	Linda	Recurring role (5 episodes)
2006	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	May	Episode: "Country Crossover"
2009	Dirty Sexy Money	Daphne	Episode: "The Bad Guy"
2009	Private Practice	Heather	Recurring role (5 episodes)
2011	The Craigslist Killer	Megan McAllister	TV film
2011	Hawaii Five-0	Tanya	Episode: "Kai e' e"
2012	Fairly Legal	Lea Ferran	Episode: "Ripple of Hope"
2012	Covert Affairs	Zarya Fischer	Episodes: "Let's Dance", "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide"
2013	The Anna Nicole Story	Anna Nicole Smith	TV film
2015	The Returned	Deputy Nikki Banks	A&E TV series
2015	Once Upon a Time	Lilith "Lily" Page/Starla	Recurring (3 episodes)

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