Kristen Hager
{{Short description|Canadian actress (born 1983)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Kristen Hager
| image = Kristen Hager 2013.jpg
| caption = Hager at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2013, promoting Being Human.
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|01|02}}{{cite web |title=37 |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B62DfCuhVYA/ |website=instagram.com}}
| birth_place = Red Lake, Ontario, Canada
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2005–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Matt Jones|2020}}
| children = 1
| website =
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Kristen Hager (born January 2, 1983) is a Canadian actress. She co-starred in films Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007) and Wanted (2008), and played Leslie Van Houten in the independent film Leslie, My Name Is Evil (2009). From 2011 to 2014, Hager starred as Nora Sergeant in the Syfy supernatural comedy-drama series, Being Human.
Life and career
Hager made her first television appearance in the Lifetime mini-series where she gained a role on the Beach Girls in 2005.{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/kristen-hager-193689/bio/|title=Kristen Hager|work=TVGuide.com|access-date=March 12, 2015}} The following year, Hager had the recurring role on the short-lived The CW series, Runaway. In 2007, she had a small part in the biographical drama film I'm Not There, and in the same year played one of the female leads in the science-fiction action horror film Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, the sequel to Alien vs. Predator. In 2008, she played James McAvoy's character's girlfriend in the action thriller, Wanted.
In 2009, Hager played the leading role in the independent film Leslie, My Name Is Evil about Leslie Van Houten.{{Cite web |url=http://www1.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film-reviews/leslie-my-name-is-evil-film-review-1004011397.story |title=Leslie, My Name is Evil -- Film Review |access-date=March 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626205146/http://www1.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film-reviews/leslie-my-name-is-evil-film-review-1004011397.story |archive-date=June 26, 2015 |url-status=dead }} She had a supporting role in the Canadian family drama series, Wild Roses, and starred as the lead character in the MTV miniseries Valemont.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Valemont-The-Movie-Kristen-Hager/dp/B00GG1MFW8|title=Amazon.com: Valemont – The MTV Movie: Kristen Hager, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Eric Balfour, Stefan Scaini: Amazon Video|website=Amazon|access-date=March 12, 2015}} In 2011, she was cast as Nora Sergeant in the Syfy supernatural comedy-drama series, Being Human. The series ended after four seasons in 2014.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/syfy-cancels-being-human-after-four-seasons-1201120746/|title=Syfy Cancels 'Being Human' After Four Seasons|author=Cynthia Littleton|work=Variety|date=February 25, 2014|access-date=March 12, 2015}} Hager also appeared in the films A Little Bit Zombie (2012), The Right Kind of Wrong (2013) and The Barber.{{cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/93816/the-barber-exclusive-nsfw-clip-teaches-lessons/|title=The Barber |author=Steve Barton|work=DC|access-date=March 12, 2015}} In 2015, Hager was cast as a lead character on the ABC drama pilot The Adversaries, about a New York legal dynasty, co-starring alongside Christine Lahti and Terry O'Quinn.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/03/kristen-hager-star-adversaries-abc-pilot-1201391450/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150313100758/http://deadline.com/2015/03/kristen-hager-star-adversaries-abc-pilot-1201391450/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 13, 2015|title=Kristen Hager To Star In ABC Pilot 'Adversaries'|author=Nellie Andreeva|work=Deadline|date=March 12, 2015|access-date=March 12, 2015}}
Personal life
On December 21, 2020, she married actor and comedian Matt Jones.{{cite web |title=1 2 . 2 1 . 2 0 2 0 💛 |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CLImtdMBTP9/ |website=instagram.com}}{{Cite web|title=Matt Jones on Instagram: "2020 isn't so bad after all... I married my best friend today."|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CJFR-frB4pb/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/CJFR-frB4pb |archive-date=2021-12-24 |url-access=limited|url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web |title=2 years. I love you more every day. Happy Anniversary @kristenhager |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmcf_IXOyGJ/ |website=instagram.com}} They have a daughter, born in 2022.{{cite web |title=Welcome to the world Jolene Jones. I love you so much it hurts. REPOST @kristenhager "If the speed and determination with which you came into this world is any indication, then you will move mountains, my girl. My water broke suddenly at 1am on Tuesday night, and less than 5 hours later you were in my arms. Your Dad and I barely made it through the hospital doors. You've exploded our hearts into a million pieces. Thank you for choosing me to be your Mom." |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CgYGF-hLJPS/?hl=en |website=instagram.com}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Film ! Role ! class="unsortable" |Notes |
|---|
| 2007
| Mona / Polly | |
| 2007
| Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem | Jesse Salinger | |
| 2008
| Wanted | Cathy | |
| 2009
| Cookie De Whitt | |
| 2009
| |
| 2011
| Dani | |
| 2011
| Servitude | Jenny | |
| 2012
| data-sort-value="Little Bit Zombie, A" | A Little Bit Zombie | Sarah | |
| 2013
| data-sort-value="Right Kind of Wrong, The" | The Right Kind of Wrong | Julie Deere | |
| 2014
| data-sort-value="Barber, The" | The Barber | Audrey | |
| 2015
| Life | Veronica | |
| 2015
| In Embryo | Lilly | |
| 2018
| Clara | Rebecca | |
| 2019
| data-sort-value="Turkey Bowl, The" | The Turkey Bowl | Jennifer "Jen" Harrison | |
| 2020
| Debbie | |
=Television=
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External links
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Category:Canadian film actresses
Category:Canadian people of Swedish descent
Category:Canadian television actresses
Category:21st-century Canadian actresses