Laura Regan

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Laura Regan
Born (1977-10-17) October 17, 1977 (age 46)
OccupationActress
Years active2000–present
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(m. 2007)
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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), [2] [3] My Little Eye (2002), [2] [4] They (2002), [5] [6] Dead Silence (2007), and Atlas Shrugged: Part III (2014). [7] She had a recurring role as Jennifer Crane in the TV series Mad Men and starred as Agatha on Minority Report (2015). [8]

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Early life

Regan was born in Halifax, [9] 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; [2] 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. [10]

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. [2] [11]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 Unbreakable Audrey Inverso (age 20)
2001 Someone Like You Evelyn
2002 My Little Eye Emma
2002 They Julia Lund
2006 Hollow Man 2 Maggie DaltonDirect-to-video
2007 Poor Boy's Game Emma [12]
2007 Dead Silence Lisa Ashen
2008 How to Be a Serial Killer Abigail
2014 Atlas Shrugged: Part III Dagny Taggart [13]
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Denise SandlerEpisode: "Wrong Is Right"
2003 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Tish Van Der WahlEpisode: "Zoonotic"
2003 Judging Amy Ellen Brady3 episodes
2003 Cold Case Rosie MilesEpisode: "Fly Away"
2003 Blessings ShelleyTV movie
2003 Saving Jessica Lynch Jessica Lynch TV movie
2004 CSI: Miami Mrs. RileyEpisode: "Crime Wave"
2005 Charmed JoannaEpisode: "Death Becomes Them"
2005 Ghost Whisperer Serena HilliardEpisode: "Ghost Bride"
2006 Everwood RuthEpisode: "An Ounce of Prevention"
2008 Heartland LaurenEpisode: "Corporate Cowgirls"
2008–10 Mad Men Jennifer Crane Recurring role, 6 episodes
2009 Without a Trace Cate ConnellyEpisode: "Friends and Neighbors"
2009 Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Dr. Felicia BurnettEpisode: "The Good Wound"
2010 Burn Notice Sarah AikinsEpisode: "Where There's Smoke"
2010 Nikita Lisa HanEpisode: "Rough Trade"
2011 Bones Carol SamuelEpisode: "The Sin in the Sisterhood"
2011 The Closer Malin TurnerEpisode: "Home Improvement"
2011 Castle Rebecca SiegalEpisode: "Heartbreak Hotel"
2012 Fairly Legal Olivia McKeeEpisode: "Teenage Wasteland"
2012 NCIS: Los Angeles Carol Walker / Sharon WalkerEpisode: "Touch of Death"
2014 Constantine ClaireEpisode: "Rage of Caliban"
2015 Murder in the First Mary Rentman3 episodes
2015 Minority Report AgathaMain role
2016 Longmire Tizz KaufmanEpisode: "From This Day Forward"
2016 Code Black JanieEpisode: "Corporeal Form"
2017 NCIS Amber DavisEpisode: "Voices"
2018 American Woman CarolEpisode: "I Will Survive"
2018 Legends of Tomorrow Jane HawthorneEpisode: "Witch Hunt"

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