Early life and education

Carter was born in Toronto and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She attended Balmoral Hall School where she was a dancer and took part in school plays including The Wizard of Oz, in which she played Dorothy. She was in the prestigious Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Carter was also on the debate team and named one of the top three public speakers in the world. She competed in various countries including Austria, England and Argentina.

After graduating high school, Carter moved to Switzerland where she studied fine arts at Neuchâtel Junior College for one year. She subsequently attended Ryerson Theatre School in Toronto. At some point Carter took time off from acting, spending time in India and Cuba, where she worked in an orphanage.

Career

Carter's early television career included appearances in Wolf Lake, Dark Angel, and Undeclared, and she was also cast in minor screen roles in Final Destination 2 and Mindstorm, where she appeared alongside Eric Roberts, Michael Ironside, and Antonio Sabato Jr.

Carter first appeared as a major character in a television role in 2003 when she played Allie Bennett in Black Sash and the following year she also appeared in three episodes of Smallville, she played fan favorite Alicia Baker, who has a romantic relationship with Clark Kent.

In 2006, Carter starred in the film DOA: Dead or Alive, playing the character Helena Douglas, a fighter who enters a martial arts contest. The following year she also starred in the film Killing Zelda Sparks as Zelda Sparks.

Carter's later television career has included playing the character Madeline Poe, a rookie prosecutor in Shark between 2006 and 2008, appearing in all 38 episodes of the series. In 2009 she also appeared in three episodes of CSI: NY, as the character Haylen Becall, a forensic school graduate.

Carter became a regular character, Maggie, on the TNT series Falling Skies, which debuted in June 2011. An apocalyptic alien invasion story, season 2 began on June 17, 2012 and concluded on August 19, 2012. Season 3 premiered June 9, 2013. On the heels of Falling Skies airing its series finale, Carter booked a recurring arc on CBS’ Hawaii Five-0 as a potential love interest to Steve McGarrett.

Music career

Carter released a solo album Before Three in December 2009.

She is part of the duo SanguinDrake, founded in 2010. To date (December 2012) the band has released four self-produced music videos on their website. On May 12, 2012 SanguinDrake released their first album Pretty Tricks.

Philanthropy

On June 19, 2011, Carter was one of thirty-five climbers that scaled Mount Shasta to raise money for the Breast Cancer Fund, for which she is a spokesperson. Her mother and aunt have both had breast cancer. She has also hiked the West Coast Trail.

Film & TV

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2001	Mindstorm	Rayanna Armitage
2002	K-9: P.I.	Babe	Video
2003	Final Destination 2	Shaina McKlank
2004	Haven	Chanel
2005	Berkeley	Alice
2006	Skinwalkers	Katherine
2006	DOA: Dead or Alive	Helena Douglas
2006	Pledge This!	Kristen Haas
2007	Killing Zelda Sparks	Zelda Sparks
2009	Red Mist	Kim
2009	Misconceptions	Lucy
2010	The Guru and The Gypsy	Maggie Turner
2011	Marathoners	Willow Hill	Short film
2012	The Vow	Diane
2012	Tripping Tommy	Maggie
2014	Guardian	Paquita
2014	One Starry Christmas	Holly Jensen

Television

Year	Show	Role	Notes
2000	Cold Squad	Libby Logan	Episode: "Root Cause"
2001	The Immortal	Ellie	Episode: "The Good Squire"
2001	Los Luchadores	Maria Valentine	4 episodes
2001	Trapped	Claire Thorensen	TV movie
2001	Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell	Melissa Bell	Video
2001	Wolf Lake	Brianna	Episode: "The Changing"
2001	Dark Angel	Katarina	Episode: "Boo"
2002	Undeclared	Evie	Episode: "The Perfect Date"
2002	The Sausage Factory	Valerie	Episode: "Hang Ups"
2003	Black Sash	Allie Bennett	8 episodes
2003	The Twilight Zone	Amber	Episode: "Sunrise"
2003	A Date with Darkness	Sarah	TV movie
2004-05	Smallville	Alicia Baker	3 episodes: "Obsession" (3.14), "Unsafe" (4.11), "Pariah" (4.12)
2005	Boston Legal	Tracey Green	Episode: "It Girls and Beyond"
2005	Entourage	Cassie	Episode: "The Sundance Kids"
2005	Numb3rs	Nadine Hodges	3 episodes
2006-08	Shark	Madeleine Poe	38 episodes
2008	Confessions of a Go-Go Girl	Angela Lucas	TV movie
2008	Dirty Sexy Money	Wrenn Darcy	2 Episodes
2008	The Cleaner	Liz	Episode: "Standing Eight"
2009	CSI: NY	Haylen Becall	3 episodes
2010	White Collar	Pierce	Episode: "Home Invasion"
2011	Salem Falls	Addie Peabody	TV movie
2011-2015	Falling Skies	Margaret "Maggie" May	Series regular, 39 episodes
2013	The Toyman Killer	Kate Kovic	TV movie
2015	Rogue	DEA Agent Harper Deakins	TV Series
2015	Hawaii Five-0	Lynn	2 episodes

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