Tori Anderson
{{short description|Canadian actress}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Tori Anderson
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| birth_name = Victoria Anderson
| birth_place = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
| occupation = Actress
| spouse = {{marriage|Mitch Myers|2018}}{{Cite web |last=Stinson |first=Katherine |date=2022-09-27 |title=Is 'NCIS: Hawai'i' Star Tori Anderson Married? Details on the Canadian Actress |url=https://www.distractify.com/p/is-tori-anderson-married |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=Distractify |language=en-US}}
| years_active= 2003–present
| website =
}}
Victoria Anderson is a Canadian actress. She is known for her television roles, such as Dr. London Blake on the TeenNick/YTV series Open Heart, Queen Titania on the Nickelodeon series The Other Kingdom, and Evie on The CW series No Tomorrow. From 2021 until its cancellation in 2024, she played Kate Whistler on the CBS series NCIS: Hawaiʻi.
Life and career
Anderson is from Edmonton, Alberta, and graduated from Frances Kelsey Secondary School in Mill Bay, British Columbia. She has a fine-arts degree from York University, and graduated magna cum laude in acting in 2011.{{cite news |author=Peter Rusland |url=http://www.bclocalnews.com/entertainment/201530811.html |title=Actress Tori Anderson continually honing skills for Hollywood work |work=Cowichan News Leader Pictorial |location=Duncan, British Columbia |via=BCLocalNews.com |date=May 25, 2013 |accessdate=2016-06-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011133541/http://www.bclocalnews.com/entertainment/201530811.html |archivedate=October 11, 2016 }}
In 2014 Anderson was cast in the 2015 YTV/TeenNick series Open Heart where she played the role of Dr. London Blake, the older sister of the lead character.{{cite press release |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2014/12/09/secrets-lies-and-drama-unfold-in-teennicks-brand-new-live-action-mystery-series-open-heart-premiering-tuesday-jan-20-at-9-pm-et-94105/20141209teennick01/ |title=Secrets, Lies and Drama Unfold in TeenNick's Brand-New Live-Action Mystery Series, "Open Heart," Premiering Tuesday, Jan. 20, at 9 P.M. (ET) |publisher=TeenNICK |via=The Futon Critic |date=December 9, 2014 |accessdate=2015-11-24}}{{cite press release |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/news-sources/?mid=cnw.20141209.C7223 |title=YTV Prescribes a Dose of Mystery with New Teen Drama Series Open Heart |publisher=CNW Group |via=The Globe and Mail |date=December 9, 2014 |accessdate=2015-11-24}} She also played PR expert Drew on the web series MsLabelled.{{cite web |url=https://shaftesbury.ca/mslabelled/ |title=MsLabelled |publisher=Shaftesbury Films |date= |accessdate=2016-06-19}} In 2016 Anderson had a recurring role on the Nickelodeon series The Other Kingdom, playing the Fairy Queen Titania, the lead character's mother.
Anderson starred as Evie{{cite news |author=Nellie Andreeva |url=https://deadline.com/2016/03/no-tomorrow-tori-anderson-cast-lead-the-cw-pilot-1201716369/ |title='No Tomorrow': Tori Anderson Lands the Lead In the CW Pilot |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=March 8, 2016 |accessdate=2016-06-19}}{{cite magazine |author=Melissa Maerz |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2016/05/19/cws-fall-2016-schedule-snap-judgment |title=The CW's fall 2016 schedule: A snap judgment |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=May 19, 2016 |accessdate=2016-06-19 |quote=NO TOMORROW... Evie (Tori Anderson) has just met the perfect guy, Xavier (Joshua Sasse).}} in The CW series No Tomorrow{{cite magazine |author=Elizabeth Wagmeister |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/broadcast-fall-schedules-comedy-2016-2017-1201790721/ |title=CW Picks Up 'Riverdale,' 'Frequency,' 'No Tomorrow' to Series |magazine=Variety |date=June 8, 2016 |accessdate=2016-06-19 |quote=Likewise, The CW aims to build on what’s been working and launch another hourlong female-driven comedy. This fall, the younger-skewing network introduces “No Tomorrow,” starring newcomer Tori Anderson, who the net hopes can follow in the footsteps of back-to-back Golden Globe-winning “It girls” Gina Rodriguez [“Jane the Virgin”] and Rachel Bloom [“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”].}}{{cite news |author=Lacey Rose |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tv-upfronts-10-newcomers-generating-896020 |title=TV Upfronts: The 10 Newcomers Generating the Most Heat |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=May 20, 2016 |accessdate=2016-06-19 |quote=...No Tomorrow landed a cushy slot behind network hit The Flash on The CW's fall schedule, and already there's plenty of internal chatter about the breakout potential for star Tori Anderson.}} which was ordered to series in May 2016{{cite magazine |author=Laura Prudom |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/cw-series-orders-riverdale-frequency-no-tomorrow-2016-17-season-1201773137/ |title=CW Picks Up 'Riverdale,' 'Frequency,' 'No Tomorrow' to Series |magazine=Variety |date=May 12, 2016 |accessdate=2016-06-19}} and premiered in October.{{cite press release |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2016/06/17/the-cw-network-announces-fall-2016-premiere-dates-711215/20160617cw01/ |title=The CW Network Announces Fall 2016 Premiere Dates |publisher=The CW |via=The Futon Critic |date=June 17, 2016 |accessdate=2016-06-19}} In 2017 she began playing the recurring role of Blake Crawford on the NBC television series Blindspot.{{cite magazine |author=Natalie Abrams |url=https://ew.com/tv/2017/09/04/blindspot-tori-anderson-roman-love-interest/ |title=Blindspot adds No Tomorrow star as potential Roman love interest |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=September 4, 2017 |accessdate=2017-11-17}} In June 2021, Anderson was cast in the regular role of Kate Whistler in the CBS drama series NCIS: Hawai'i.{{cite news |author=Denise Petski |url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/ncis-hawaii-tori-anderson-kian-talan-to-co-star-in-cbs-spinoff-1234768640/ |title='NCIS: Hawai'i': Tori Anderson & Kian Talan To Co-Star In CBS Spinoff |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=June 3, 2021 |accessdate=2021-06-05}}
Filmography
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Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
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2003
| data-sort-value="Twilight Zone, The" | The Twilight Zone | Teen | Episode: "Developing"; uncredited{{citation needed|date=June 2016}} |
2003
| Meredith Davies – Age 15 | Episode: Pilot; as Victoria Anderson |
2004
| Cable Beach | Ben's Young Mom | Television film; as Victoria Anderson |
2004
| Rebecca | Episode: "Truth"; as Victoria Anderson |
2006
| data-sort-value="Mermaid Chair, The" | The Mermaid Chair | Dee Sullivan | Television film; as Victoria Anderson |
2006
| To Have and to Hold | Erica | Television film; as Victoria Anderson |
2007
| data-sort-value="4400, The" | The 4400 | Amber | Episode: "The Wrath of Graham"; as Victoria Anderson |
2010
| data-sort-value="Troop, The" | The Troop | Jenny | Episode: "Unpleasantville"; as Victoria Anderson |
2012
| Mayday | Lee Brumiester | Episode: "Nowhere to Land"; as Victoria Anderson |
2012
| Lucille Messing | Episodes: "Stroll on the Wild Side, parts 1 and 2" |
2012
| Liz Adams | Episode: "The Girlfriend Experience" |
2012
| data-sort-value="L.A. Complex, The" | The L.A. Complex | Charlotte | Recurring role, 6 episodes |
2012
| Della / Day Care Worker #1 | Episode: "Keep the Peace: Part 1"; as Victoria Anderson |
2013
| Blink | Rachel | Unsold television pilot{{cite news |author=Lesley Goldberg |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tv-pilots-2013-complete-guide-413377 |title=TV Pilots 2013: The Complete Guide to What Lives, Dies and Still Has a Pulse |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 18, 2013 |accessdate=2016-06-19}} |
2014
| Princess | Episode: "A Faire to Remember" |
2014
| Killing Daddy | Laura Ross | Television film{{cite news |author=Ed Stockly |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-saturdays-tv-highlights-and-weekend-talk-killing-daddy-and-more-20140704-story.html |title=Saturday's TV highlights and weekend talk: 'Killing Daddy' and more |work=Los Angeles Times |date=July 4, 2014 |accessdate=2016-06-19}} |
2015
| Reign | Lady Atley | Episode: "Getaway" |
2015
| Alyson Cox | Episode: "Dragon Slayer" |
2015
| Dr. London Blake | Main role |
2015
| Drew | Web series; 19 episodes |
2016
| data-sort-value="Other Kingdom, The" | The Other Kingdom | Queen Titania | Recurring role, 10 episodes |
2016
| Killjoys | Sabine | Episodes: "Schooled", "Meet the Parents", "I Love Lucy", "Heart-Shaped Box" |
2016–2017
| Evie |
2017–2020
| Blake Crawford |
2018
| Caught | Ada | Main role{{cite web |author=Ryan B. Patrick |url=http://www.cbc.ca/books/here-s-your-first-look-at-the-cbc-adaptation-of-lisa-moore-s-caught-1.4489188 |title=Here's your first look at the CBC adaptation of Lisa Moore's Caught |work=CBC Books |date=January 16, 2018 |access-date=2018-01-29}} |
2018
| Return to Christmas Creek | Amelia Hughes | Television film |
2019
| Ransom | Sasha Levant |
2019
| Nicole Cabella | Television film |
2020
| Spotlight on Christmas | Olivia O'Hara | Television film |
2021
| You May Kiss the Bridesmaid | Scarlett Bailey | Television film |
2021
| data-sort-value="Chance For Christmas, A" | A Chance For Christmas | Christina A. Chance | Television film |
2021–2024
| Kate Whistler |
2021
| data-sort-value="Secret Sauce, The" | The Secret Sauce | Laura Glickman | Television film |
2022
| data-sort-value="Bridesmaid in Love, A" | A Bridesmaid in Love | Cate James | Television film |
2022
| Campfire Christmas | Peyton | Television film |
References
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External links
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Category:21st-century Canadian actresses
Category:Actresses from Edmonton
Category:Canadian child actresses
Category:Canadian film actresses