Alaina Huffman | |
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Born | Alaina Kalanj April 17, 1980 |
Occupation(s) | Actress, model |
Spouse | John Henry Huffman IV (m. 2003;div. 2016) |
Children | 4 |
Alaina Kalanj (also known as Alaina Huffman) (born April 17, 1980) is a Canadian film and television actress, best known for the television series Painkiller Jane , where she played the character Maureen Bowers. She played Dinah Lance / Black Canary in the TV series Smallville , and 1st Lt. Tamara Johansen in Stargate Universe , where she was a regular cast member. [1] She played the part of the demon Abaddon in the American dark-fantasy television series Supernatural .
Huffman was born Alaina Kalanj in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is of Croatian descent. At the age of 13, she went to her first audition for a Fox Family Channel pilot, where she was offered the main role. A scout for a modeling agency instead recruited Huffman, and she was set to model in high fashion runways in Europe and Japan for the following years.
When her parents moved to Dallas, Texas, she saw the opportunity to live in the United States and enroll in college, leaving modeling behind. While in school, she took on acting roles in a series of independent films. Eventually she moved to Los Angeles, where she added more television credits to her resume.
Alaina has four children with ex-husband John Huffman: sons Elijah and Lincoln, and daughters Hanna and Charley-Jane. While pregnant with Charley-Jane, she was acting in the first season of Stargate Universe , so the pregnancy was written into the plot. [2]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2001 | Indefinitely | Cherry | |
2001 | Pendulum | Terry Weiss | |
2002 | Dawson's Creek | Rina, the hot girl | Episode: "Guerilla Filmmaking" |
2002 | Serving Sara | Spa Receptionist | |
2003 | Screen Door Jesus | Sharon Beaudry | |
2003 | Still | Mary | |
2003 | Quiet Desperation | Helen Calloway | |
2003 | Tru Calling | Paige Saunders | Episode: "Haunted" |
2003 | The O.C. | Yvette | Episode: "The Countdown" |
2004 | Night Dawn Day | Woman | |
2004 | With It | Mafia Girlfriend | |
2004 | The Gunman | Lori Simms | |
2004 | Medical Investigation | Estella | Episode: "Escape" |
2005 | Standing Still | Maria | |
2006 | Dog Lover's Symphony | Susan | |
2007 | Painkiller Jane | Maureen Bowers | |
2007 | NCIS | Dana Arnett | Episode: "Leap of Faith" |
2007–2011 | Smallville | Dinah Lance / Black Canary | 6 episodes |
2008 | Jack Hunter and the Lost Treasure of Ugarit | Lena Halstrom | TV mini-series |
2008 | CSI: NY | Lori Winston | Episode: "The Box" |
2008 | CSI: Miami | Cassandra Gray | Episode: "Raging Cannibal" |
2008 | An American Carol | Celebrity #1 | |
2009 | Broken August | August King | |
2009 | Lushes | Faux Charlize Theron | |
2009–2011 | Stargate Universe | 1st Lt. Tamara Johansen | Series regular |
2011 | Alphas | Sarah Nelson | Episode: "Bill and Gary's Excellent Adventure" |
2012 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Serena Miller | Episode: "Neighborhood Watch" |
2013–2014 | Supernatural | Abaddon/Josie Sands | 8 episodes |
2016 | Amber Alert | Amber | |
2018 | The Perfection | Paloma | |
2020 | The 100 | Nikki | Recurring role [3] (8 episodes) |
2022–2023 | Riverdale | Twyla Twyst | Recurring S6 (4 episodes) Guest S7 (1 episode) |
2025 | Waltzing with Brando | TBA | Post-production |
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