A Canadian artist, actress, and film producer, born on October 1, 1979, in Moncton, Canada. She is also a women's rights and child welfare activist. She studied music (classical flute) and was pursuing her career in this field before switching to acting. She studied theater at Dalhousie University and graduated from the acting program at Vancouver Film School in 1999. She is known for Arrow (2018) and The Christmas Train (2017).