Kristin Kreuk

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Kristin Laura Kreuk ( born December 30, 1982) is a Canadian actress,


Smallville
Edgemont

Kristin Kreuk known for her roles as Lana Lang in the Superman-inspired television series Smallville and as Laurel Yeung in the Canadian teen drama Edgemont. She has also starred in movies such as Snow White: The Fairest of Them All (2001), Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009), and Irvine Welsh’s Ecstasy (2011).


Beauty & the Beast
EuroTrip

From 2012 to 2016, Kreuk played the role of Catherine Chandler in The CW TV series Beauty & the Beast.
Kreuk appeared in the comedy film EuroTrip (2004), playing the girlfriend who cheats on the protagonist with a musician (played by Matt Damon)


The Legend of Chun-Li
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol

In early 2005, Kreuk signed on to the Canadian independent film Partition (2007), playing Naseem, a vulnerable 17-year-old whose world is shattered by the trauma of the Partition of India in 1947; the character also falls in love with an ex-British Indian Army officer. In the summer of 2006, Kreuk starred in the short film, Dream Princess by comic book writer/artist Kaare Andrews. The film is a modern sci-punk retelling of the tale of Sleeping Beauty, with a twist. Unfortunately it never aired. Kreuk starred in the film Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009), in which she played the title character, Chun-Li. She tested for the sequel Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011), with the role going to Paula Patton.


Vampire
Space Milkshake

In early 2010, Kreuk signed onto the Japanese horror film Vampire (2011). In 2010, Kreuk also starred in the music video “I Heard” by musician Hill Zaini.Kreuk stars as Heather in the film Irvine Welsh’s Ecstasy (2011), based on Irvine Welsh’s novel. She also stars as Tilda in the science fiction comedy film Space Milkshake (2012).
Kreuk, with Rosena Bhura, whom Kreuk met on the set of Partition, started a production company called Parvati Creative Inc, which focuses on “human-centric films as seen through a female lens”. Parvati’s first production was a short film directed by Rick Rosenthal called Blink, of which Kreuk is listed as an executive producer. The second project was a comedy web series entitled “Queenie” which featured Kreuk’s friend Olivia Cheng.

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