Life and career

Early life

Harnois was born in Detroit, Michigan, and raised in Los Angeles. She is the eldest of five children with four brothers. She attended St. Mel's School in Woodland Hills, Canyon Springs High School in Moreno Valley, California, and graduated from Wesleyan University with a degree in Film Studies in 2001.

Career

Harnois appeared in two films at the age of five that were One Magic Christmas and Where Are the Children?. She did commercials until landing the role of Emily in Timeless Tales from Hallmark and the role of Alice in the 1992 Disney Channel series Adventures in Wonderland. In 2005, she starred in the short-lived Fox teen mystery/supernatural/horror drama Point Pleasant as Christina Nickson, and also in 2005 she landed a role opposite Evan Rachel Wood in the black comedy/satirical film Pretty Persuasion, portraying the best friend of Wood's character.

In May 2011, Harnois guest-starred in the long-running CBS police procedural drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in Season 11, episode 21, called "Cello and Goodbye", as Morgan Brody, a CSI from the L.A.P.D. Scientific Investigation Division. In September that same year, Harnois began starring on the show starting with the Season 12 premiere called "73 Seconds", where her character transfers to the Las Vegas Crime Lab. Harnois remained on the show until it ended in September 2015.

Awards and nominations

Harnois was nominated in 1987 for the Young Artist Award at the Young Artist Awards for Exceptional Performance by a Young Actress Starring in a Feature Film in Comedy or Drama for One Magic Christmas (1985), and again in 1988 for Best Young Actress as Guest Starring in a Television Drama for Highway to Heaven (1984) for episode Man's Best Friend. She won the same award in 1993 for Outstanding Performers in a Children's Program for Adventures in Wonderland (1992).

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	One Magic Christmas	Abbie Grainger
1986	Where Are the Children?	Missy Eldridge
1999	Façade	Kate
2002	Swimming Upstream	Julie Sutton
2005	Strangers with Candy	Monica
2005	Pretty Persuasion	Brittany
2007	Ten Inch Hero	Piper
2008	Solstice	Megan / Sophie
2008	Keith	Natalie Anderson
2008	Chaos Theory	Jesse Allen
2009	Single Man, AA Single Man	Young Woman
2011	Mars Needs Moms	Ki (voice)
2011	Bad Meat	Rose Parker
2011	Dog Hate Cat	Katie Pride	Short film
2013	Riddle	Holly Teller
2014	A Christmas Kiss II	Jenna

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Highway to Heaven	Jenny Raines	"Man's Best Friend: Parts 1 & 2"
1987	Beauty and the Beast	Little Girl	"A Children's Story"
1988-1990	Fantastic Max	Zoe Young (voice)	Main role
1989	Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again	Young Freddy	TV miniseries
1990	Timeless Tales from Hallmark	Emily	Main role
1990	Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone	Rosie (voice)	Main role
1992-1995	Adventures in Wonderland	Alice	Lead role
1993	Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, TheThe Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Steffi	"Will Goes a Courtin'"
1995	Client, TheThe Client	Leigh-Ann	"The Burning of Atlanta"
1995	Boy Meets World	Missy Robinson	"The Last Temptation of Cory"
1995	Unhappily Ever After	Patty McGurk	"A Line in the Sand", "The Whiz Kid"
1996	Unhappily Ever After	Patty McGurk	"In the Stars"
1997	Brotherly Love	Carly	"Skin Deep"
1998	Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy, TheThe Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy	Maggi Sorenson	TV film
1998	My Date with the President's Daughter	Hallie Richmond	TV film
1999	Two Guys and a Girl	Translator	"Au Revoir Pizza Place"
2000	Charmed	Brooke	"Magic Hour"
2000	All My Children	Sarah Livingston	TV series
2005	Criminal Minds	Trish Davenport / Cheryl Davenport	"Broken Mirror"
2005-2006	Point Pleasant	Christina Nickson	Lead role
2006	CSI: Miami	Jill Gerard	"Darkroom"
2006-2007	One Tree Hill	Shelley Simon	Recurring role
2007	Cold Case	Janey Davis (1963)	"Boy Crazy"
2008	Dirt	Milan Carlton	"Dirty, Slutty Whores"
2008	Without a Trace	Erin MacNeil / Erin McMillan	"Closure", "Live to Regret"
2008	90210	The Blonde Blended	"That Which We Destroy"
2009	90210	The Blonde Blended	"Love Me or Leave Me"
2010	Miami Medical	Dr. Serena Warren	Main role
2011-2015	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Morgan Brody	guest cast: season 11 Episode 21 main cast: seasons 12-16 (88 episodes)
2014	Christmas Kiss II, AA Christmas Kiss II	Jenna	TV film

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