Life and career

Ferland was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, the daughter of Valerie and Marc Ferland. Her siblings are actress Marisha Ferland and musician Jeremy Ferland.

Ferland started her career in commercials at the age of two. She made her movie debut at age 4 in the TV-movie Mermaid, for which she received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination, making her the youngest nominee in Emmy history. She has since made guest appearances in several televisions series, including Stargate Atlantis, Dark Angel, Stargate SG-1, Smallville and Supernatural, and has appeared in films including They and Trapped. In 2005, she starred in the Terry Gilliam drama Tideland, for which she received a Genie Award nomination in the Best Actress category. Later, she appeared in the 2006 film Silent Hill, an adaptation of the well-known video game, and had a supporting role in Good Luck Chuck for Lions Gate Entertainment. In 2007, she filmed the movie Case 39 opposite Renée Zellweger; however, because of a lengthy post-production, it was not released until 2010.

She played Bree Tanner in the third film of the Twilight series, titled Eclipse. She stated: "Usually I read the script before I take a role, but I haven't read this one," she explained. "It's Twilight, of course I'm going to take it."

From 2010 to 2011, she provided voice work for the videogame BioShock 2 and its DLC, appeared in the SyFy movie Ice Quake, and starred in the Lifetime movie Girl Fight.

In 2012, she appeared in the drama Mighty Fine, the horror film The Tall Man, Joss Whedon's The Cabin in the Woods, the stop-motion animated film ParaNorman and had her first starring role in a comedy, in Home Alone: The Holiday Heist.

In 2013, she starred in the family film Midnight Stallion, and the short film Monster.

Most recently, she starred in the crime drama A Warden's Ransom, the short film The Goodbye Girl, and the horror film The Haunting of Briar House (originally titled The Unspoken) which premiered at the Film4 Frightfest Film Festival on October 24.

Since June 2015, she has starred as Five in the SyFy series Dark Matter, based on the comic book series of the same name.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	The Linda McCartney Story	Heather (age 5-6)	as Jodelle Micah Ferland
2001	Deadly Little Secrets	Madison
2002	They	Sarah	as Jodelle Micah Ferland
2005	Tideland	Jeliza-Rose	Also: Voices of Sateen Lips, Glitter Gal, Mustique and Baby Blonde
2006	Silent Hill	Sharon Da Silva/Alessa Gillespie/Dark Alessa
2006	Amber's Story	Nichole Taylor Timmons	as Jodelle Micah Ferland
2006	Swimming Lessons	Zoe	Short film
2007	The Messengers	Michael Rollins
2007	Seed	Emily Bishop
2007	Good Luck Chuck	Lila Carpenter	as Jodelle Micah Ferland
2007	BloodRayne II: Deliverance	Sally	Minor role
2008	Wonderful World	Sandra
2009	Everything's Coming Up Rosie	Rosie	Short film
2010	Case 39	Lillith Sullivan	Filmed in 2006
2010	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Bree Tanner
2012	Mighty Fine	Natalie Fine	Limited release
2012	The Tall Man	Jenny
2012	The Cabin in the Woods	Patience Buckner	Filmed in 2009
2012	ParaNorman	Aggie	Voice role
2012	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2	Bree Tanner	Archive footage shown during end credits
2013	Midnight Stallion	Megan Shepard	Formerly titled Midnight Rider
2013	Monster	Hannah	Short film
2014	A Warden's Ransom	Kit Brandt	Formerly titled Steel & Stilettos
2015	The Haunting of Briar House	Angela	Formerly titled The Unspoken
2015	The Goodbye Girl	Molly	Short film; post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Cold Squad	Hailey Hatcher	Episodes: "First Deadly Sin" and "Deadly Games: Part 2"
2000	Higher Ground	Young Juliette	Episode: "Innocence"
2000	Mermaid	Desiree Leanne 'Desi' Gill	Television movie
2000	Special Delivery	Samantha Beck	Television movie
2000	Sole Survivor	Nina Carpenter	Television miniseries
2001	Wolf Lake	Lily Kelly	Episode: Unaired Pilot
2001	Dark Angel	Annabelle Anselmo	Episode: "Red"
2001	The Lone Gunmen	Mary the Little Girl	Episode: "Cap'n Toby"
2001	So Weird	Maria	Episode: "Annie's Song"
2001	The Miracle of the Cards	Annie	Television movie
2001	Trapped	Heather	Television movie
2002	Special Unit 2	Focus Group Girl	Episode: "The Piper"
2002	John Doe	Jenny Nichols	Episode: Pilot
2002	Carrie	Little Carrie	Television movie
2003	Smallville	Emily Eve Dinsmore	Episode: "Accelerate"
2003	Dead Like Me	Kirsti	Episode: Pilot
2003	Mob Princess	Young Patti	Television movie
2004	Kingdom Hospital	Mary Jensen	Main role, 13 episodes
2004	The Collector	The Devil/Little Girl	Episodes: "The Prosecutor" and "The Rapper"
2004	10.5	Little 'Wow!' Girl	Television miniseries
2004	Too Cool for Christmas	Alexa	Television movie
2005	Supernatural	Cameo in a family portrait	Episode: Pilot (uncredited)
2006 2013, 2015	Supernatural	Melanie Merchant	Episodes: "Provenance" also: "Clip Show" & "Thin Lizzie" (archive footage; uncredited)
2006	Stargate SG-1	Adria (age 7)	Episode: "Flesh and Blood"
2006	Masters of Horror	Lisa	Episode: "The V Word"
2006	The Secret of Hidden Lake	Young Maggie Dolan	Television movie
2007	Stargate Atlantis	Harmony	Episode: "Harmony"
2007	Pictures of Hollis Woods	Hollis Woods	Television movie
2008	Céline	Young Céline	Television movie
2010	Ice Quake	Tia Webster	Syfy television movie
2011	Girl Fight	Haley Macklin	Lifetime television movie
2011-12	R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour	Alice / Sara	Episodes: "My Sister the Witch", "The Most Evil Sorcerer" (Parts 1 & 2) (2 parts)
2012	Home Alone: The Holiday Heist	Alexis Baxter	ABC Family television movie
2015	Motive	Sophie Glass	Episode: "The Glass House"
2015-present	Dark Matter	Five/Das	Main role, 13 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	BioShock 2	Little Sisters	Voice role
2010	BioShock 2: The Protector Trials	Little Sisters	Voice role
2010	BioShock 2: Minerva's Den	Little Sisters	Voice role

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Result	Role
2001	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a TV Movie (Comedy or Drama) - Young Actress Age Ten or Younger	Won	Desi Gill in Mermaid
	Emmy Award	Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special	Nominated
2004	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actress	Nominated	Emily Eve Dinsmore in Smallville
	Leo Award	Dramatic Series: Best Guest Performance by a Female	Nominated	The Devil/Little Girl in The Collector
2005	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Young Actress Age Ten or Younger	Nominated	Mary Jensen in Kingdom Hospital
2007	Genie Award	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role	Nominated	Jeliza-Rose in Tideland
	Saturn Award	Best Performance by a Younger Actor	Nominated
2008	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a TV movie, miniseries, or special - Leading Young Actress	Nominated	Hollis Woods in Pictures of Hollis Woods
	CAMIE Award	Lead Performance in a TV Movie, Series, or Special	Won
2009	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special - Supporting Young Actress	Nominated	Young Céline in Céline
2010	Leo Award	Best Performance by a Female in a Short Drama	Nominated	Rosie in Everything's Coming Up Rosie
2011	Fangoria Chainsaw Award	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated	Lillith Sullivan in Case 39
2016	Saturn Award	Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series	Pending	Five in Dark Matter

[ Source: Wikipedia ]