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Kristin Laura Kreuk (born December 30,
1982 in Vancouver, BC) is a Canadian actress. She is
known for her roles on the Canadian television series
teen soap Edgemont and on the American television series
Smallville in which she stars as Clark Kent's
star-crossed love Lana Lang.
Kreuk but more commonly pronounced "krook")
was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her father,
Peter Kreuk, is of Dutch descent; her mother, Deanna
Che, is Chinese descent, but born in Indonesia; her
maternal grandmother is Chinese-Jamaican.
Both parents are landscape architects.
Kristin has a sister who is about five years younger.
Kristin trained in gymnastics at the national level
until high school but quit in grade 11 due to scoliosis.
She attended Eric Hamber Secondary School in Vancouver.
She had plans to study either psychology, environmental
science, or forensic science at Simon Fraser University
when a casting director for the CBC TV series Edgemont
contacted her secondary school, looking for an
exotic-looking girl to play the part of a Chinese
Canadian, Laurel Yeung on the Vancouver-shot show.
Kreuk's drama teacher convinced Kreuk, who had no
previous acting experience other than in musicals at her
high school, to audition for the role. To her surprise,
she won the part.
Television: After shooting the first season of
Edgemont (a teen soap opera set at a Vancouver-area high
school) and getting herself an agent, Kreuk landed the
lead role of Snow White in a TV movie entitled Snow
White: The Fairest of Them All. The film, shot in
Vancouver, also starred Miranda Richardson and was
directed by Caroline Thompson. It aired on ABC on March
17, 2002.
After Snow White, Kreuk's agent sent an audition tape to
screenwriters Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, who at the
time were putting together the cast of a show they had
created for the WB Network entitled Smallville. The
series (which was slated to be shot in Vancouver)
revolves around the life of teenager Clark Kent before
he becomes Superman.
Gough and Millar called Kreuk to WB's
studios in Burbank, California to audition for the role
of Clark Kent's love, Lana Lang. Originally, Kreuk was
unsure about auditioning for Lana's role, as the
character was to be a popular, gorgeous cheerleader, so
she assumed that the part would be that of a shallow
idiot. However, upon reading the graveyard scene from
the pilot, she was so impressed that when she was
offered the role, she immediately accepted. In 2003,
Kreuk wrapped up her role on Edgemont.
In the summer of 2004, Kreuk took the role of Tenar for
the Sci Fi Channel two-part miniseries Legend of
Earthsea. The miniseries was filmed in Vancouver,
directed by Rob Lieberman and broadcast on December 13,
2004.
Modeling: The executives at Neutrogena made her
the spokesmodel for their new worldwide ad campaign; in
this regard Kreuk followed in the footsteps of fellow
teen stars such as Jennifer Love Hewitt, Mandy Moore,
and Mischa Barton. In 2005, she renewed her contract
with Neutrogena for another two years, making her the
company's longest-serving model spokesperson.
Films: In 2003, she made her first feature film,
a cameo appearance in the film Eurotrip, starring Scott
Mechlowicz and Michelle Trachtenberg. The film, shot in
Prague, Czech Republic, also featured cameos by Matt
Damon and Lucy Lawless. It debuted in theatres on
February 20, 2004.
In early 2005, Kreuk signed on to the independent
feature film Partition. She plays Naseem, a vulnerable
seventeen-year-old whose world is shattered by the
trauma of the Partition of India in 1947, but falls in
love with ex-British Indian Army officer Gian Singh
(played by Jimi Mistry).
Neve Campbell also stars. The film is
directed by Vic Sarin and is a co-production between
Canada, South Africa and the United Kingdom. The film
was released to Canadian theaters on February 2, 2007,
with a subsequent Region 1 (US and Canada) DVD release
on June 26, 2007.
In the summer of 2006, a short film called the Dream
Princess by comic book writer and artist Kaare Andrews
was made, where Kristin plays The Princess. The film is
a modern sci-punk retelling of the tale of Sleeping
Beauty, with a twist. It is due to be released in 2007
in Canada. |
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