Lindy Booth

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Lindy Booth
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Booth at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International in California
Born (1979-04-02) April 2, 1979 (age 44)
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian
OccupationActress
Years active1998–present

Lindy Booth (born April 2, 1979 [1] ) is a Canadian actress. She played Riley Grant on the Disney Channel series The Famous Jett Jackson (and Agent Hawk in the show-within-a-show Silverstone), Claudia on Relic Hunter , and A.J. Butterfield on the NBC series The Philanthropist . She then played Cassandra Cillian on the TNT series The Librarians (2014–2018).

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Early life

Booth was born in Oakville, Ontario, on April 2, 1979. [1] [2]

Career

Film

In 2001, Booth starred in the Canadian ensemble drama Century Hotel , [3] [4] and in 2002 she co-starred in the Canadian comedy film Rub & Tug. [5] [6] Booth starred as Dodger Allen in the 2005 movie Cry Wolf , [7] appeared in the 2004 remake Dawn of the Dead as Nicole, and had a role in Wrong Turn with Eliza Dushku. [8] In 2008, Booth starred in the thriller film Behind the Wall (originally titled The Wall). [9]

Booth had a supporting role in the film Kick-Ass 2 (2013), playing Night Bitch. [10] [11]

Television

Booth starred in a number of television series earlier in her career. She contemporaneously played Riley Grant on the Disney Channel series The Famous Jett Jackson (and Agent Hawk in the show-within-a-show Silverstone) [12] and its follow-up television movie Jett Jackson: The Movie , [13] and Claudia on the syndicated television series Relic Hunter , from 1999–2001. She portrayed Lana Turner in the television film Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001).

Her other television credits include guest starring as different characters in two 2002 episodes of the A&E Network series A Nero Wolfe Mystery ("Before I Die" and "Poison à la Carte"), and a recurring role in season two of the USA Network series The 4400 . She guest starred on such television shows as CSI: NY and Ghost Whisperer . She played Stephanie Goodison in the second episode of the Syfy television series Warehouse 13 .

Originally cast in a recurring role, Booth was later promoted to a main role on the 2007–08 ABC drama, October Road , for the show's second season. [14] In 2009, she played A.J. Butterfield on the short-lived NBC series The Philanthropist . [15]

In 2013, Booth had a short recurring stint on the BBC America drama Copper . [16] In 2014, Booth was cast in a starring role on the television series The Librarians , which aired on TNT. [17] [18]

In June 2023, it was revealed that Metropolis, a miniseries adaptation of Fritz Lang’s classic silent era sci-fi film to be directed and written by Sam Esmail with Booth in a major role, [19] was announced as not moving forward. [20]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999Teenage Space VampiresKatie
1999 Detroit Rock City Girl #1
2001 Century Hotel Sylvia / Supergirl
2002Winter SunZoeShort film [21]
2002 The Skulls II KellyDirect-to-video film
2002 American Psycho 2 Cassandra BlaireDirect-to-video film
2002Fairytales and PornographyLaura
2002Rub & TugLea
2002 Bollywood/Hollywood UnknownUncredited[ citation needed ]
2003 Wrong Turn Francine Childes
2003 Hollywood North Molly
2003Public DomainMonica
2004 Dawn of the Dead Nicole
2004 choke. Andrea
2005 Lucid Sophie
2005 Cry Wolf Dodger Allen
2007 Nobel Son Beth Chapman
2008 What Just Happened Hostess
2008 Dark Honeymoon KathrynDirect-to-video film
2008 Behind the Wall Katelyn Parks
2013 Kick-Ass 2 Miranda Swedlow / Night Bitch
2019 The Creatress Eryn Bellow

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998Mr. MusicAmy WhiteTelevision film
1998 Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension Carrie TaylorMain role
1999 Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal GloriaEpisode: "School of Thought"
1999 Strange Justice MargaretTelevision film (Showtime)
1999–2001 Relic Hunter ClaudiaMain role (seasons 1–2), 44 episodes
1999–2001 The Famous Jett Jackson Riley Grant / Agent HawkRecurring role, 12 episodes
2000 Traders Elizabeth WatsonEpisode: "Money Shot"
2000 Twice in a Lifetime 17-Year-Old Caitlin TaylorEpisode: "Pride and Prejudice"
2000 Earth: Final Conflict Gina RichardsonEpisode: "The Fields"
2000 Big Wolf on Campus CharlotteEpisode: "Pleased to Eat You"
2001 Jett Jackson: The Movie Riley Grant / Agent HawkTelevision film Disney Channel Original Movie
2001 Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows Lana Turner Television mini-series (ABC)
2002Her Best Friend's HusbandKelly RobertsTelevision film (Lifetime)
2002 A Nero Wolfe Mystery Peggy Choate / Beulah PageEpisodes: "Poison à la Carte", "Before I Die"
2002 Mutant X Diana MollerEpisode: "Time Squared"
2002 Strange Days at Blake Holsey High Amanda DurstEpisode: "Fate"
2002 A Christmas Visitor LizTelevision film (Hallmark)
2002–2003 Odyssey 5 Holly CulversonRecurring role, 7 episodes
2003 Veritas: The Quest Fiona KeiranEpisode: "Avalon"
2003 The Twilight Zone ShannonEpisode: "The Pharaoh's Curse"
2003 Platinum PennyEpisode: "Peace"
2003 Starhunter Serena DeLunaEpisode: "Torment"
2004Cooking LessonsChloeUnsold television pilot [22]
2005 The 4400 Liv3 episodes
2005 Category 7: The End of the World BrigidTelevision film (CBS)
2005Christmas in BostonEllenTelevision film (ABC Family)
2006 CSI: NY Tess LarsonEpisode: "Open and Shut"
2006 Ghost Whisperer LanieEpisode: "A Vicious Cycle"
2007–2008 October Road Emily, The Pizza GirlMain role
2008 Cold Case Gloria FlagstoneEpisode: "Wings"
2009 Warehouse 13 Stephanie GoodisonEpisode: "Resonance"
2009 The Philanthropist A.J. ButterfieldMain role
2009 NCIS Amanda BarrowEpisode: "Endgame"
2011Brain TrustProfessor Monica AshtonUnsold television pilot [23]
2011 Republic of Doyle Rebecca JonesEpisode: "Live and Let Doyle"
2011Christmas MagicCarrie BlackfordTelevision film (Hallmark)
2012 Fairly Legal RachelEpisode: "Finale"
2013The Twelve Trees of ChristmasCheri JamisonTelevision film (Lifetime)
2013 Supernatural Bonnie Fuschau / VestaEpisode: "Rock and a Hard Place"
2013 Copper Teresa Trembley3 episodes
2014–2018 The Librarians Cassandra CillianMain role
Nominated – Golden Maple Award for Best actress in a TV series broadcast in the U.S. (2016) [24]
2016The Sound of ChristmasLizzyTelevision film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries)
2017Rocky Mountain ChristmasSarahTelevision film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries)
2017Trapped by My Father's Killer also called EyewitnessDianaTelevision Film (Lifetime)
2018Under the Autumn MoonAlexTelevision film (Hallmark)
2019SnowComingSamanthaTelevision film (Hallmark)
2019 Stumptown Penny Landsdale HarrisEpisode: "Dex Education"
2020Swept Up By ChristmasGwenTelevision Film (Hallmark)
2020 Grey's Anatomy Hadley3 episodes
2021 The Flash VanyaEpisodes: "Armageddon, Part 1", "Keep It Dark"
2022 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds AloraEpisode: "Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach"
2023 Gotham Knights Jane Doe Episode: "Daddy Issues"

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