Leela Savasta

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Leela Savasta
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Occupation Actress
Years active2006-2015
Website www.leelasavasta.com

Leela Savasta is a Canadian actress. She played Clair Crosby in the 2006 film Black Christmas . She is best known for her supporting roles in the television shows Battlestar Galactica as Tracey Anne, Cra$h & Burn as Lucia Silva, and Intelligence as Lorna Salazar.

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Life and career

Savasta was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where she currently resides. She has appeared in such television shows as Smallville , Intelligence , Supernatural and the Showtime series Masters of Horror . She played the characters Dr. Esposito and then Captain Alicia Vega in two episodes of the fifth season of Stargate: Atlantis , and had a recurring role on Battlestar Galactica as Tracey Anne. She played the girlfriend of Douglas Fargo in season 3.5 of the TV show Eureka.

Savasta starred as Lucia, the girlfriend of lead character Jimmy Burn (Luke Kirby), on the Showcase television drama Cra$h & Burn . [1] She also stars in the Lifetime docudrama The Craigslist Killer, alongside Jake McDorman, William Baldwin, and Agnes Bruckner. Savasta plays Julissa Brisman, a masseuse allegedly murdered by Philip Markoff in Boston in 2009. [2]

She had a role in the 2012 film This Means War , starring Chris Pine, Tom Hardy, and Reese Witherspoon.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006 Black Christmas Clair Crosby
2007Integrity of the AmishHeatherShort film
2012 This Means War Kelly
2014Hastings StreetMelodyDirect to video
2014 Joy Ride 3: Roadkill Alisa RosadoDirect to video
2014 Big Eyes Hippie Chick
2015 Santa's Little Helper TanyaDirect to video

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 Smallville Talon Girl #2Episode: "Spirit"
2006 Masters of Horror Elise WolframEpisode: "Haeckel's Tale"
2006 Smallville Gretchen WintersEpisode: "Tomb"
2006 A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story Chita AraujoTelevision film
2006 Supernatural LindseyEpisode: "Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things"
2007CleavervilleLauraTelevision film
2007 Stargate: Atlantis Dr. Rafaela EspositoEpisode: "Tao of Rodney"
2007 Traveler LizEpisode: "The Reunion"
2007 Psych NannyEpisode: "Rob-a-Bye Baby"
2007 Bionic Woman ShawnaEpisode: "Pilot"
2007 Intelligence Lorna Salazar10 episodes
2008–2009 Battlestar Galactica Tracey Anne6 episodes
2008 Stargate: Atlantis Captain Alicia Vega2 episodes
2009 Knights of Bloodsteel Fileen2 episodes
2009 Eureka Julia Golden2 episodes
2009–2010 Cra$h & Burn Lucia Silva13 episodes
2010 CSI: Miami Nina CastilloEpisode: "Blood Sugar"
2011 The Craigslist Killer Julissa BrismanTelevision film
2012 Transporter: The Series Rebecca PissarroEpisode: "The Switch"
2014Heavenly MatchCaliTelevision film

References

  1. Ryan, Andrew (November 17, 2009). "Just arrived, but Cra$h & Burn looks grimy and dated". The Globe and Mail . Retrieved November 18, 2009.
  2. Woodman, Tenley (December 26, 2010). "Wanted: answers". Boston Herald . Retrieved January 1, 2011.