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Kristin Kreuk

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Kristin Kreuk

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Overview

Kristin Laura Kreuk (; born December 30, 1982) is a Canadian actress. Debuting on teen drama Edgemont, she became most known for her roles as Lana Lang in the superhero television series Smallville (2001–2011), also as Catherine Chandler in The CW sci-fi series Beauty & the Beast (2012–2016) and as Joanna Hanley in the CBC legal drama series Burden of Truth (2018–2021). She has also starred in movies such as the TV movie Snow White: The Fairest of Them All (2001) and both theatrical movies EuroTrip (2004) and Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy (2011). Early life Kreuk was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, to Deanna Che and Peter Kreuk, two landscape architects. Her father is of Dutch descent. Her mother is of Chinese descent, born in Indonesia; her maternal grandmother was Chinese Jamaican. Her mother and grandmother lived in Singapore and the Solomon Islands before settling in Vancouver. She has a younger sister, Justine Kreuk. Kreuk trained in karate and gymnastics at the national level until high school, but quit in grade 11 due to scoliosis. Kreuk was planning to study forensic science or psychology at Simon Fraser University and was surprised when a casting director for the CBC television series Edgemont contacted her at her high school.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“Just because I don't do bad things doesn't mean I don't have bad thoughts.”
— Biography at IMDB
“Sometimes I love [acting] but then sometimes I think it's too much for me. And I don't know if it is something that I could do for the rest of my life.”
— Biography at IMDB
“I never dreamed of being an actor, but I'm beginning to love it more and more because I like challenging myself. When I feel like I'm not learning or having fun anymore, then I'll stop.”
— Teen People's "25 Hottest Stars Under 25" in 2002
“I'd fly. I sit and watch the birds go by and say, I wish I could do that.”
— Teen People's "25 Hottest Stars Under 25" in 2002
“Since I was a kid, I've been telling everyone about the rain forest and how it's being destroyed.”
— Teen People's "25 Hottest Stars Under 25" in 2002
“I spill water on myself all the time at nice restaurants. I've run into poles and knocked myself out.”
— Teen People's "25 Hottest Stars Under 25" in 2002

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

On IJR

No public IJR answers mention Kristin Kreuk yet. As people ask about it and share their answers, they'll appear here.

Overview

Kristin Laura Kreuk (; born December 30, 1982) is a Canadian actress. Debuting on teen drama Edgemont, she became most known for her roles as Lana Lang in the superhero television series Smallville (2001–2011), also as Catherine Chandler in The CW sci-fi series Beauty & the Beast (2012–2016) and as Joanna Hanley in the CBC legal drama series Burden of Truth (2018–2021). She has also starred in movies such as the TV movie Snow White: The Fairest of Them All (2001) and both theatrical movies EuroTrip (2004) and Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy (2011). Early life Kreuk was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, to Deanna Che and Peter Kreuk, two landscape architects. Her father is of Dutch descent. Her mother is of Chinese descent, born in Indonesia; her maternal grandmother was Chinese Jamaican. Her mother and grandmother lived in Singapore and the Solomon Islands before settling in Vancouver. She has a younger sister, Justine Kreuk. Kreuk trained in karate and gymnastics at the national level until high school, but quit in grade 11 due to scoliosis. Kreuk was planning to study forensic science or psychology at Simon Fraser University and was surprised when a casting director for the CBC television series Edgemont contacted her at her high school.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“Just because I don't do bad things doesn't mean I don't have bad thoughts.”
— Biography at IMDB
“Sometimes I love [acting] but then sometimes I think it's too much for me. And I don't know if it is something that I could do for the rest of my life.”
— Biography at IMDB
“I never dreamed of being an actor, but I'm beginning to love it more and more because I like challenging myself. When I feel like I'm not learning or having fun anymore, then I'll stop.”
— Teen People's "25 Hottest Stars Under 25" in 2002
“I'd fly. I sit and watch the birds go by and say, I wish I could do that.”
— Teen People's "25 Hottest Stars Under 25" in 2002
“Since I was a kid, I've been telling everyone about the rain forest and how it's being destroyed.”
— Teen People's "25 Hottest Stars Under 25" in 2002
“I spill water on myself all the time at nice restaurants. I've run into poles and knocked myself out.”
— Teen People's "25 Hottest Stars Under 25" in 2002

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.