Alaina Huffman

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Huffman in 2015
Born
Alaina Kalanj

(1980-04-17) April 17, 1980 (age 44)
Occupation(s)Actress, model
Spouse
John Henry Huffman IV
(m. 2003;div. 2016)
Children4

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 .

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Biography

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]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001IndefinitelyCherry
2001PendulumTerry Weiss
2002 Dawson's Creek Rina, the hot girlEpisode: "Guerilla Filmmaking"
2002 Serving Sara Spa Receptionist
2003Screen Door JesusSharon Beaudry
2003StillMary
2003Quiet DesperationHelen Calloway
2003 Tru Calling Paige SaundersEpisode: "Haunted"
2003 The O.C. YvetteEpisode: "The Countdown"
2004Night Dawn DayWoman
2004With ItMafia Girlfriend
2004The GunmanLori Simms
2004 Medical Investigation EstellaEpisode: "Escape"
2005Standing StillMaria
2006Dog Lover's SymphonySusan
2007 Painkiller Jane Maureen Bowers
2007 NCIS Dana ArnettEpisode: "Leap of Faith"
2007–2011 Smallville Dinah Lance / Black Canary 6 episodes
2008 Jack Hunter and the Lost Treasure of Ugarit Lena HalstromTV mini-series
2008 CSI: NY Lori WinstonEpisode: "The Box"
2008 CSI: Miami Cassandra GrayEpisode: "Raging Cannibal"
2008 An American Carol Celebrity #1
2009Broken AugustAugust King
2009LushesFaux Charlize Theron
2009–2011 Stargate Universe 1st Lt. Tamara Johansen Series regular
2011 Alphas Sarah NelsonEpisode: "Bill and Gary's Excellent Adventure"
2012 NCIS: Los Angeles Serena MillerEpisode: "Neighborhood Watch"
2013–2014 Supernatural Abaddon/Josie Sands8 episodes
2016Amber AlertAmber
2018 The Perfection Paloma
2020 The 100 NikkiRecurring role [3] (8 episodes)
2022–2023 Riverdale Twyla TwystRecurring S6 (4 episodes) Guest S7 (1 episode)
2025 Waltzing with Brando TBAPost-production

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References

  1. 165: Alaina Huffman, "Tamara Johansen" in Stargate Universe (Interview) , retrieved September 9, 2023
  2. Huffman, Alaina (December 20, 2011). "@karenford1 Dec 15. A boy named Lincoln". @AlainaHuffman. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  3. Boucher, Geoff (September 19, 2019). "'The 100': Alaina Huffman Joins Cast For Finale Season On The CW". Deadline Hollywood .