Laura Mennell

{{Infobox person

| name = Laura Mennell

| image = Laura Mennell.jpg

| caption = Laura Mennell, photographed in 2009

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1980|4|18}}TVGuide.com, "[http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/laura-mennell/251809 Laura Mennell – Biography]". Accessed 25 July 2011.

| birth_place = Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

| relatives = Alan Young (cousin)

| occupation = Actress

| yearsactive = 1996–present

| website = {{Official URL}}

}}

Laura Mennell ({{IPAc-en|m|ɛ|ˈ|n|ɛ|l}}; born 18 April 1980) is a Canadian actress known for her roles in Thirteen Ghosts, Alphas, Haven, Loudermilk, The Man in the High Castle, Watchmen and Batwoman. In 2011/2012 Mennell co-starred on the Sci-fi television series Alphas. Laura appeared as Charlotte Cross in the fifth season of the Syfy series Haven, and she starred in the comedy series Loudermilk from 2017 to 2018. Despite being best known for her numerous science fiction roles, Mennell says she is not concerned about being typecast.

Early life

Mennell is of Irish, British, French and Scottish ancestry.{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/L_Mennell/status/676900846907629570|title=Laura Mennell on Twitter|access-date=24 July 2016}} She says she was a "major theatre geek in high school."starpulse.com, 11 July 2011, "[http://www.starpulse.com/news/Brittany_Frederick/2011/07/11/qa_laura_mennell_takes_the_lead_in_alp Q&A: Laura Mennell Takes The Lead In 'Alphas']". Accessed 25 July 2011.

Mennell is a cousin of Alan Young, who was the voice of Scrooge McDuck and star of the classic TV series Mister Ed (1961).{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/l_mennell/status/733888927778504704 |title=Tweet |website=twitter.com |access-date=2020-08-02}}

Personal life

She is fluent in French.Velocity Public Relations, "[http://www.velocitypr.ca/index.php?option=com_igallery&view=igcategory&id=10&Itemid=91 Laura Mennell] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101020080429/http://www.velocitypr.ca/index.php?option=com_igallery&view=igcategory&id=10&Itemid=91 |date=2010-10-20 }}". Accessed 25 July 2011.

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable" \|+Laura Mennell film work
scope="col"\|Year ! scope="col"\|Title !scope="col"\| Role !scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Notes
2001 \| Thirteen Ghosts \| Susan LeGrow, the Bound Woman \|
2003 \| Alarium \| Vivienne \| Short film
rowspan ="2"\| 2004 \| White Grease Paint \| \| Short film
11:11 \| Sara Tobias \|
rowspan ="2"\| 2007 \| {{sortname\|The\|Visitor\|nolink=1}} \| Teacher \| Short film
Trick 'r Treat \| Allie \|
2008 \| Elegy \| Cute Girl \|
2008 \| Christmas Cottage \| Nicole – Portrait \|
rowspan ="2"\|2009 \| Watchmen \| Janey Slater \|
Driven to Kill \| Lanie Drachev \|
rowspan ="2"\| 2010 \| Hard Ride to Hell \| Tessa \| Direct-to-video
data-sort-value="Homestead, The" \| The Homestead \| Jane \| Short film
2017 \| Limina \| Lois \| Short film
2025 \|The Monkey \|Petey's mother \|

class="wikitable sortable"

|+Laura Mennell film work

scope="col"|Year

! scope="col"|Title

!scope="col"| Role

!scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

2001

| Thirteen Ghosts

| Susan LeGrow, the Bound Woman

2003

| Alarium

| Vivienne

| Short film

rowspan ="2"| 2004

| White Grease Paint

| Short film

11:11

| Sara Tobias

rowspan ="2"| 2007

| {{sortname|The|Visitor|nolink=1}}

| Teacher

| Short film

Trick 'r Treat

| Allie

2008

| Elegy

| Cute Girl

2008

| Christmas Cottage

| Nicole – Portrait

rowspan ="2"|2009

| Watchmen

| Janey Slater

Driven to Kill

| Lanie Drachev

rowspan ="2"| 2010

| Hard Ride to Hell

| Tessa

| Direct-to-video

data-sort-value="Homestead, The" | The Homestead

| Jane

| Short film

2017

| Limina

| Lois

| Short film

2025

|The Monkey

|Petey's mother

class="wikitable sortable" \|+Laura Mennell television work
scope="col"\|Year ! scope="col"\|Title !scope="col"\| Role !scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Notes
1998 \| I've Been Waiting for You \| Sarah Lancaster \| TV movie
rowspan ="2"\| 1999 \| Millennium \| Sorority Sister #1 \| Episode: "Collateral Damage"
Stargate SG-1 \| Mary \| Episode: "Demons"
2000 \| Scorn \| Lisa \| TV movie
rowspan ="2"\|2001 \| Special Unit 2 \| Amber / Naughty Girl #3 \| Episode: "The Eve"
Cold Squad \| Larisa Childs \| Episode: "The Needle and the Debutante"
2002 \| UC: Undercover \| Collin's Daughter \| Episode: "Teddy C"
2003 \| Andromeda \| Siara \| Episode: "Conduit to Destiny"
2004 \| Dead Like Me \| Desiree \| Episode: "Rites of Passage"
rowspan ="2"\| 2005 \| Stargate Atlantis \| Sanir \| Episode: "The Brotherhood"
Personal Effects \| Nicole Forester \| TV movie
rowspan ="2"\| 2006 \| {{sortname\|The\|L Word}} \| Sister Toni \| 2 episodes
Flight 93 \| Elizabeth Wainio \| TV movie
rowspan ="7"\| 2007 \| Montana Sky \| Lily Mercy \| TV movie
{{sortname\|The\|Last Trimester}} \| Marlene Brenden \| TV movie
{{sortname\|The\|4400}} \| Young Audrey Parker \| Episode: "Audrey Parker's Come and Gone"
Fallen \| Penemue \| Episode: "The Time of the Redeemer"
Sanctuary \| Caird \| Mini Series; 4 episodes
Flash Gordon \| Lilian \| Episode: "Life Source"
Blood Ties \| Christina \| Episode: "The Devil You Know"
rowspan ="2"\| 2008 \| Sanctuary \| Caird \| Episode: "Fata Morgana"
{{sortname\|The\|Christmas Clause\|nolink=1}} \| Jill \| TV movie
rowspan ="4"\|2009 \| Eureka \| Dr. Rivers \| Episode: "Shower the People"
Sight Unseen \| Cloe \| TV movie
Health Nutz \| Jennifer Noir \| TV movie
Smallville \| Toni \| Episode: "Infamous"
rowspan ="3"\|2010 \| {{sortname\|A\|Trace of Danger\|nolink=1}} \| Beth \| TV movie
Fringe \| Rose Falls \| Episode: "Johari Window"
Supernatural \| Brigitta Djinn \| Episode: "Exile on Main St." Episode: "Caged Heat"
2011 \| Smallville \| Janet Dawson \| Episode: "Finale"
2011–2012 \| Alphas \| Nina Theroux \| Main (Seasons 1–2); 24 episodes
rowspan ="2"\|2013 \| Republic of Doyle \| Rachel Malloy \| Episode: "The Works"
data-sort-value="Christmas Ornament, The" \| The Christmas Ornament \| Rebecca \| TV movie
rowspan ="2"\| 2014 \| Motive \| Samantha Turner \| Recurring (Season 2); 8 episodes
Stolen from the Womb \| Chelsey Miller \| TV movie
2014–2015 \| Haven \| Charlotte Cross \| Recurring (Season 5); 13 episodes
rowspan ="6"\|2015 \| My New Best Friend \| Samantha \| TV movie
When Calls the Heart \| Samantha Madison \| 2 episodes
Gourmet Detective \| Pauline Duquette \| TV movie
data-sort-value="Country Wedding, A" \| A Country Wedding \| Catherine \| TV movie
Cedar Cove \| Kelly \| 2 episodes
Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce \| Marria \| Episode: "Rule #605: You Can Go Home Again"
rowspan="2" \| 2016 \| Legends of Tomorrow \| Gail Knox \| Episode: "Night of the Hawk"
Travelers \| ADA Peckham \| Episode: "Donner"
2016–2017 \| Van Helsing \| Rebecca \| Main (Season 1), Guest (Season 2); 9 episodes
rowspan="3" \|2017 \| Real Detective \| Tammy Armstrong \| Episode: "Every Rose Has a Thorn"
Loudermilk \| Allison \| Main (Seasons 1–2); 14 episodes
Maternal Instinct \| Heather \| TV movie
2018 \| data-sort-value="Man in the High Castle, The" \| The Man in the High Castle \| Thelma Harris \| Recurring (Season 3); 9 episodes
2019-20 \| Project Blue Book \| Mimi Hynek \| Main (Seasons 1–2); 20 episodes
2021 \| Batwoman \| Enigma \| 4 episodes

class="wikitable sortable"

|+Laura Mennell television work

scope="col"|Year

! scope="col"|Title

!scope="col"| Role

!scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

1998

| I've Been Waiting for You

| Sarah Lancaster

| TV movie

rowspan ="2"| 1999

| Millennium

| Sorority Sister #1

| Episode: "Collateral Damage"

Stargate SG-1

| Mary

| Episode: "Demons"

2000

| Scorn

| Lisa

| TV movie

rowspan ="2"|2001

| Special Unit 2

| Amber / Naughty Girl #3

| Episode: "The Eve"

Cold Squad

| Larisa Childs

| Episode: "The Needle and the Debutante"

2002

| UC: Undercover

| Collin's Daughter

| Episode: "Teddy C"

2003

| Andromeda

| Siara

| Episode: "Conduit to Destiny"

2004

| Dead Like Me

| Desiree

| Episode: "Rites of Passage"

rowspan ="2"| 2005

| Stargate Atlantis

| Sanir

| Episode: "The Brotherhood"

Personal Effects

| Nicole Forester

| TV movie

rowspan ="2"| 2006

| {{sortname|The|L Word}}

| Sister Toni

| 2 episodes

Flight 93

| Elizabeth Wainio

| TV movie

rowspan ="7"| 2007

| Montana Sky

| Lily Mercy

| TV movie

{{sortname|The|Last Trimester}}

| Marlene Brenden

| TV movie

{{sortname|The|4400}}

| Young Audrey Parker

| Episode: "Audrey Parker's Come and Gone"

Fallen

| Penemue

| Episode: "The Time of the Redeemer"

Sanctuary

| Caird

| Mini Series; 4 episodes

Flash Gordon

| Lilian

| Episode: "Life Source"

Blood Ties

| Christina

| Episode: "The Devil You Know"

rowspan ="2"| 2008

| Sanctuary

| Caird

| Episode: "Fata Morgana"

{{sortname|The|Christmas Clause|nolink=1}}

| Jill

| TV movie

rowspan ="4"|2009

| Eureka

| Dr. Rivers

| Episode: "Shower the People"

Sight Unseen

| Cloe

| TV movie

Health Nutz

| Jennifer Noir

| TV movie

Smallville

| Toni

| Episode: "Infamous"

rowspan ="3"|2010

| {{sortname|A|Trace of Danger|nolink=1}}

| Beth

| TV movie

Fringe

| Rose Falls

| Episode: "Johari Window"

Supernatural

| Brigitta
Djinn

| Episode: "Exile on Main St."
Episode: "Caged Heat"

2011

| Smallville

| Janet Dawson

| Episode: "Finale"

2011–2012

| Alphas

| Nina Theroux

| Main (Seasons 1–2); 24 episodes

rowspan ="2"|2013

| Republic of Doyle

| Rachel Malloy

| Episode: "The Works"

data-sort-value="Christmas Ornament, The" | The Christmas Ornament

| Rebecca

| TV movie

rowspan ="2"| 2014

| Motive

| Samantha Turner

| Recurring (Season 2); 8 episodes

Stolen from the Womb

| Chelsey Miller

| TV movie

2014–2015

| Haven

| Charlotte Cross

| Recurring (Season 5); 13 episodes

rowspan ="6"|2015

| My New Best Friend

| Samantha

| TV movie

When Calls the Heart

| Samantha Madison

| 2 episodes

Gourmet Detective

| Pauline Duquette

| TV movie

data-sort-value="Country Wedding, A" | A Country Wedding

| Catherine

| TV movie

Cedar Cove

| Kelly

| 2 episodes

Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce

| Marria

| Episode: "Rule #605: You Can Go Home Again"

rowspan="2" | 2016

| Legends of Tomorrow

| Gail Knox

| Episode: "Night of the Hawk"

Travelers

| ADA Peckham

| Episode: "Donner"

2016–2017

| Van Helsing

| Rebecca

| Main (Season 1), Guest (Season 2); 9 episodes

rowspan="3" |2017

| Real Detective

| Tammy Armstrong

| Episode: "Every Rose Has a Thorn"

Loudermilk

| Allison

| Main (Seasons 1–2); 14 episodes

Maternal Instinct

| Heather

| TV movie

2018

| data-sort-value="Man in the High Castle, The" | The Man in the High Castle

| Thelma Harris

| Recurring (Season 3); 9 episodes

2019-20

| Project Blue Book

| Mimi Hynek

| Main (Seasons 1–2); 20 episodes

2021

| Batwoman

| Enigma

| 4 episodes

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Category:1980 births

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Category:Actresses from British Columbia

Category:Canadian film actresses

Category:Canadian television actresses

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Category:Canadian people of Scottish descent