Laura Regan
{{short description|Canadian actress (born 1977)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2013}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Laura Regan
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|10|17}}
| birth_place = Halifax, Nova Scotia
| occupation = Actress
| years active = 2000–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Farhad Safinia|2007}}"With show, city reverses irksome trend" by Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune (20 Oct, 2011) Retrieved from {{ProQuest|899110154}}
| parents = {{Plainlist|
- Gerald Regan (father)
- Carole Harrison (mother)
}}
| relatives = {{Plainlist|
- Geoff Regan (brother)
- Nancy Regan (sister)
- Kelly Regan (sister-in-law)
- John Harrison (grandfather)
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| website =
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Laura Regan (born October 17, 1977) is a Canadian actress. She has had leading and supporting roles in the films Saving Jessica Lynch (2003),"Making Lynch film an eye-opener for Laura Regan" The Sault Star (8 Nov, 2003) Retrieved from {{ProQuest|348612215}}[https://variety.com/2003/tv/reviews/saving-jessica-lynch-1200538122/ Saving Jessica Lynch review] by Brian Lowry at variety.com My Little Eye (2002),[https://variety.com/2002/film/reviews/my-little-eye-1200546984/ My Little Eye review] by Derek Elley at variety.com They (2002),[https://variety.com/2002/film/reviews/they-1200544599/ They review] by Scott Foundas at variety.com[https://variety.com/2001/film/news/radar-pinpoints-cast-for-they-1117797288/ "Radar pinpoints cast for ‘They’"] by Dana Harris at variety.com Dead Silence (2007), and Atlas Shrugged: Part III (2014).[https://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-atlas-shrugged-who-is-john-galt-1201306488/ "Film Review: ‘Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt?’"] by Dennis Harvey at variety.com She had a recurring role as Jennifer Crane in the TV series Mad Men.
Early life
Regan was born in Halifax,"Rescue Run" by Andrew Ryan, The Globe and Mail (8 Nov, 2003) Retrieved from {{ProQuest|383964898}} Nova Scotia, the youngest in a family of seven. Regan is the daughter of Anita Carole Regan (née Harrison) and former Nova Scotia premier Gerald Regan; and sister of Geoff Regan, former Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons and former federal Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, and Live at Five's Nancy Regan. Her maternal grandfather was Saskatchewan MP John Harrison.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19561030&id=-PgxAAAAIBAJ&pg=7245,3637161|title=Ottawa Citizen – Google News Archive Search|work=google.com|accessdate=February 15, 2015}}
Career
Regan's first role was in M. Night Shyamalan's Unbreakable. She landed her first starring role in Robert Harmon's They.
For her role of Emma in the film My Little Eye, Regan won in the category Outstanding Performance by an Actor – Female at the 2002 Atlantic Film Festival.[https://playbackonline.ca/2002/09/30/aff-20020930/ "Collaboration and coproduction buzz at AFF"] by Laura Bracken at playbackonline.ca
She starred as Agatha on the television series Minority Report (2015)."Silver screen to small screen: The film-to-TV-series train is still at full speed, from "Minority Report" to "Scream" to "Westworld."" by Tirdad Derakhshani, The Philadelphia Inquirer (28 June, 2015) Retrieved from {{ProQuest|1691871530}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Film |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2000
|Audrey Inverso (age 20) | |
| 2001
|Evelyn | |
| 2002
|Emma | |
| 2002
|They |Julia Lund | |
| 2006
|Maggie Dalton |Direct-to-video |
| 2007
|Emma |[https://variety.com/2007/film/markets-festivals/poor-boy-s-game-1200510392/ Poor Boy’s Game review] by Leslie Felperin at variety.com |
| 2007
|Lisa Ashen | |
| 2008
|Abigail | |
| 2014
|Dagny Taggart{{cite news |first=Emily |last=VanDerWerff |work=The A.V. Club |title=Conclusion of Atlas Shrugged trilogy pulls out the big guns, casts Ron Paul |url=http://www.avclub.com/article/conclusion-atlas-shrugged-trilogy-pulls-out-big-gu-206019 |date=June 19, 2014 |accessdate=July 27, 2019}} | |
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Television |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2000
|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit |Denise Sandler |Episode: "Wrong Is Right" |
| 2003
|Tish Van Der Wahl |Episode: "Zoonotic" |
| 2003
|Ellen Brady |3 episodes |
| 2003
|Rosie Miles |Episode: "Fly Away" |
| 2003
|Shelley |TV movie |
| 2003
|TV movie |
| 2004
|Mrs. Riley |Episode: "Crime Wave" |
| 2005
|Joanna |Episode: "Death Becomes Them" |
| 2005
|Serena Hilliard |Episode: "Ghost Bride" |
| 2006
|Ruth |Episode: "An Ounce of Prevention" |
| 2008
|Lauren |Episode: "Corporate Cowgirls" |
| 2008–10
|Recurring role, 6 episodes |
| 2009
|Cate Connelly |Episode: "Friends and Neighbors" |
| 2009
|Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles |Dr. Felicia Burnett |Episode: "The Good Wound" |
| 2010
|Sarah Aikins |Episode: "Where There's Smoke" |
| 2010
|Lisa Han |Episode: "Rough Trade" |
| 2011
|Carol Samuel |Episode: "The Sin in the Sisterhood" |
| 2011
|{{sortname|The|Closer}} |Malin Turner |Episode: "Home Improvement" |
| 2011
|Rebecca Siegal |Episode: "Heartbreak Hotel" |
| 2012
|Olivia McKee |Episode: "Teenage Wasteland" |
| 2012
|Carol Walker / Sharon Walker |Episode: "Touch of Death" |
| 2014
|Claire |Episode: "Rage of Caliban" |
| 2015
|Mary Rentman |3 episodes |
| 2015
|Agatha |Main role |
| 2016
|Tizz Kaufman |Episode: "From This Day Forward" |
| 2016
|Janie |Episode: "Corporeal Form" |
| 2017
|NCIS |Amber Davis |Episode: "Voices" |
| 2018
|Carol |Episode: "I Will Survive" |
| 2018
|Jane Hawthorne |Episode: "Witch Hunt" |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0716438|Laura Regan}}
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Category:Actresses from Halifax, Nova Scotia
Category:Canadian film actresses
Category:Canadian people of Irish descent