Life

Smith was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. When she was 14, her family moved to Los Angeles, California. There, she began a modelling career. She is the cousin of actor Myles Ferguson.

She married German photographer Erik Steingröver on April 4, 2009.

Career

At the age of 19, Smith was cast in the remake of Get Carter. Smith was cast in the starring role of Christy Huddleston in the series of television films Christy: The Movie, Christy, Choices of the Heart, and Christy: A New Beginning. She starred in the show Mutant X, where she played the character of Emma deLauro from 2001-03. She has also guest-starred in episodes of Dead Zone, The Twilight Zone, and Blade: The Series, among others. Smith was also a recurring character in the Showtime drama series The L Word, playing Sous-chef Lara Perkins. In 2005, Smith filmed the sexually explicit movie Lie with Me, where she played the character of Leila. The same year she was cast in the 2006 romance film The Last Kiss.

In 2006 she had a recurring part on the Canadian drama Intelligence. In early 2007, she starred in the CBC mini-series Dragon Boys. The same year, Smith was cast in the starring roles in the 2008 thriller film Pathology and in the 2009 drama film Helen with Ashley Judd.

In 2008, Smith became a series regular in the ninth season on the CBS long-running forensics drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, joined Grissom's team as Riley Adams (originally named Bryce Adams), "a smart, flirtatious, and witty non-conformist who entered law enforcement to rebel against her judgmental psychiatrist father", to fill the void left by the departure of Jorja Fox's Sara Sidle. However, due to creative differences on the show, the character did not return for the tenth season.

In 2009 Smith was cast in one of the lead roles in the German-produced television film Hindenburg which did not air until 2011. In 2012 she was cast in the starring role of Grace in the 2013 Canadian comedy film Cinemanovels alongside Jennifer Beals who had previous appeared together in the 2010 film A Night for Dying Tigers. In 2014 Smith played government investigator Samantha Krueger on the CBC/Syfy science-fiction miniseries Ascension.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Get Carter	Girl #2
2005	Lie with Me	Leila
2006	Art School Confidential	Beat Girl
2006	Last Kiss, TheThe Last Kiss	Lisa
2006	One Way	Angelina Sable
2007	Normal	Sherri
2007	Late Fragment	Lea
2007	Trick 'r Treat	Danielle
2008	Pathology	Juliette Bath
2008	American Carol, AnAn American Carol	Voice of Reason
2009	Helen	Mathilda
2010	Night for Dying Tigers, AA Night for Dying Tigers	Karen
2011	Business Ethics	Veronica	Short film
2011	Girl Walks into a Bar	Karen
2012	Three Days in Havana	Grace
2013	Hunting Season	Samantha
2013	Cinemanovels	Grace
2014	If I Stay	Willow

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction	Michelle Lambert	Episode: "Murder of Roy Hennessey"
2000	Homewood P.I.		Unsold television pilot
2000	Dark Angel	Natalie	Episode: Pilot
2000	2gether	Erin	Television film (MTV)
2000	2gether: The Series	Erin Evans	Recurring role
2000	Christy: The Movie	Christy Huddleston	Television film (Pax); aka. Christy: Return to Cutter Gap
2001	Christy, Choices of the Heart	Christy Huddleston	Television miniseries (Pax); aka. Christy: A Change of Seasons (Part I) and Christy: A New Beginning (Part II)
2001	Wedding Dress, TheThe Wedding Dress	Hannah Pinkham	Television film
2001-03	Mutant X	Emma DeLauro	Main role (seasons 1-2)
2003	Twilight Zone, TheThe Twilight Zone	Eve	Episode: "Sunrise"
2004	I Want to Marry Ryan Banks	Lauren	Television film
2004	Survivors Club, TheThe Survivors Club	Meg Pesaturo	Television film
2004	Dead Zone, TheThe Dead Zone	Bonnie Gibson	Episode: "Total Awareness"
2004-06	L Word, TheThe L Word	Lara Perkins	Recurring role
2006	Blade: The Series	Bethany	Episode: "Hunters"
2006-07	Intelligence	Tina	Recurring role
2007	Dragon Boys	Kath	TV miniseries
2008-09	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Riley Adams	Main role (season 9); 23 episodes
2009	Anatomy of Hope	Cynthia Morgan	Unsold television pilot
2009	Can Openers	Susan	Unsold television pilot
2009	CSI: Deadly Intent	Riley Adams (voice)	Video game
2010	Psych	Lillian	Episode: "Feet Don't Kill Me Now"
2011	Hindenburg (de)	Jennifer van Zandt	Television film
2011	Good Dog	Claire	Main role
2011-14	Listener, TheThe Listener	Michelle McCluskey	Main role (seasons 2-5)
2012	Good God	Claire	Episode: "One Station Under God"
2012	Ring of Fire	Emily Booth	Unsold television pilot
2014	Murdoch Mysteries	Elva Gordon	Episode: "Journey to the Centre of Toronto"
2014	Saving Hope	Astrid Ray	Episode: "The Other Side of Midnight"
2014	Ascension	Samantha Krueger	Television miniseries (SyFy)
2015	This Life	Maggie Lawson	Main role

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