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Jovanna Huguet is a Canadian actress.
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Jovanna Huguet is a Canadian actress.
She trained as a ballet dancer at the prestigious Royal Winnipeg Ballet School and the Walnut Hill School, in Natick, Massachusetts.
She made her acting debut in the 2003 award-winning Canadian independent film Part of the Game. After this, she guest starred on numerous television shows, including Supernatural , Smallville , Blade: The Series and Psych .
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | The Look | Extra modeling contestant | |
| 2004 | Part of the Game | Janice | |
| 2006 | Truth | Christie McDermott | |
| 2006 | Veiled Truth | Angie | |
| 2007 | Numb | Cute Nervous Girl | |
| 2008 | Chaos Theory | Maid of Honor | |
| 2010 | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | Lotus Land Pedicurist | Uncredited |
| 2011 | Foreverland | Head Cheerleader | |
| TBA | Jane | Jane | Short film, also writer and producer |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005, 2019 | Supernatural | Mary Worthington / Bloody Mary | 3 episodes |
| 2006 | Blade: The Series | Receptionist | 2 episodes |
| 2006 | Under the Mistletoe | Production Assistant | Television film |
| 2007 | Psych | Singer #9 | Episode: "American Duos" |
| 2007 | Smallville | Sasha Woodman | Episode: "Cure" |
| 2009 | Fringe | Diana Lamia | Episode: "Dream Logic" |
| 2009 | Alice | Go Go Dancer | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | Mr. Young | Madame Krampinova | Episode: "Mr. Ballerina" |
| 2011 | True Justice | Jodie | Episode: "Lethal Justice: Part 2" |
| 2011–2013 | The True Heroines | Margie Hepburn | 6 episodes |
| 2013 | Package Deal | Brooke | Episode: "A Few Good Muffins" |
| 2014 | For Better or for Worse | Candice | For Better or for Worse |
| 2016 | The New Romantics | Barb | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2017 | From Straight A's to XXX | Mandy | Television film |
| 2017 | iZombie | Eleanor | Episode: "Dirt Nap Time" |
| 2017 | Crypt Fables | Mermaid | Episode: "The Little Mermaid" |
| 2017 | Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce | Pamela Phillips | Episode: "Rule #155: Go with the Magician" |
| 2017 | The Flash | Female Realtor | Episode: "Mixed Signals" |
| 2017 | The Christmas Train | Helen | Television film |
| 2018 | The Simone Biles Story: Courage to Soar | Gloria | |
| 2019 | A Ruby Herring Mystery | Megan Montrose | Episode: "Silent Witness" |
| 2019 | Beaver's Edge | Kate Ross / Belinda Ross | 4 episodes |
| 2019 | Gabby Duran & the Unsittables | Old Woman's Voice | Episode: "The Darkness" |
| 2021 | Two Sentence Horror Stories | Susan | Episode: "Essence" |
| 2021 | The Mysterious Benedict Society | Kind Woman | Episode: "Run Silent, Run Deep" |
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