Early life

Lotz was born in San Diego, California.

Career

Lotz started her career as a dancer, touring with Avril Lavigne and Lady Gaga, starring in music videos including Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi" and "LoveGame", David Guetta and Estelle's "One Love", Selena Gomez's "Tell Me Something I Don't Know", Faith Evans' "Mesmerized", T-Pain's "Freeze", JoJo's "Baby It's You", and Cascada's "Evacuate the Dancefloor". She has also appeared in adverts for Reebok, Jack in the Box, and T-Mobile, danced in the web series The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers, toured with the hip hop theatre production Groovaloo, and stunt-doubled in films including Step Up 3D. Lotz is also a martial artist, with some training in Taekwondo, Wushu and Muay Thai. She is also a practitioner of Parkour and Tricking.

In 2005, Lotz joined the girl group Soccx. In 2006, the group released their debut single "From Dusk Till Dawn (Get the Party Started)", which was followed up in 2007 by the single "Scream Out Loud", both of which reached the top 10 in Germany. Their début album, Hold On, was also released in 2007 and their third single, "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", was released in 2008.

Lotz has modelled for Men's Health and Esquire, the latter in conjunction with the website Me in My Place.

Lotz began her acting career in 2006 with a small role in the cheerleading film Bring It On: All or Nothing. She followed that up in 2010 with a part in the third episode of Law & Order: LA and a recurring role in the fourth season of the AMC drama Mad Men as Stephanie, Anna Draper's niece.

In 2011, Lotz starred as Officer Kirsten Landry, one of the main characters in the MTV horror, black comedy mockumentary series Death Valley. Lotz performs all her own stunts on the show.

In 2012, Lotz had roles in Live at the Foxes Den, Battle of the Year: The Dream Team alongside Josh Holloway and alongside Casper Van Dien and Agnes Bruckner in the supernatural thriller The Pact, which débuted at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and has been picked up for distribution. Lotz also appears starting in season 2 of Arrow as Sara Lance (portrayed by Jacqueline MacInnes Wood in the pilot), a character believed dead who returns as a costumed vigilante known as Canary. She is currently starring as Sara Lance/White Canary in Legends of Tomorrow, an Arrow spin-off. She also had the lead role in the science fiction film The Machine, which had its UK release on March 21, 2014 and had its US release on April 25, 2014. In May 2014, she reprised her role as Stephanie in the seventh season of Mad Men. She reprised her role in the highly anticipated series finale of the show, aired on May 2015.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Bring It On: All or Nothing	Pacific Vista Cheerleader
2012	Pact, TheThe Pact	Annie Barlow
2012	Cold & Ugly	Tanya Pavelovna	Short film
2013	Machine, TheThe Machine	Ava / The Machine	Toronto After Dark Film Festival Award for Best Actress Nominated - British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer
2013	Battle of the Year	Stacy
2013	Out of the Blue	Dominique	Short film
2013	Live at the Foxes Den	Susan Hudson
2014	Pact 2, TheThe Pact 2	Annie Barlow
2014	Missed Call	Kirsten	Short film
2015	400 Days	Dr. Emily McTier

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010-15	Mad Men	Stephanie Horton	5 episodes
2010	Law & Order: LA	Amy Reynolds	Episode: "Harbor City"
2011	Death Valley	Officer Kirsten Landry	11 episodes
2012	NTSF:SD:SUV::	Mary	Episode: "Lights, Camera, Assassination"
2013-2015	Arrow	Sara Lance / The Canary	Recurring (Seasons 2-4; 30 episodes)
2014	Stalker	Melissa Barnes	Episode: "Love Is a Battlefield"
2016-present	Legends of Tomorrow	Sara Lance / White Canary	Main role

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Burning Love	Hathwell's date	Episode: "Burn Baby Burn"

[ Source: Wikipedia ]