Laura Regan
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| Laura Regan | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 17, 1977 (Age 37) Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Spouse(s) | Farhad Safinia (2007–present) |
| Parent(s) | Gerald Regan (father) Carole Harrison (mother) |
| Relatives | Geoff Regan (brother) Nancy Regan (sister) Kelly Regan (sister-in-law) John Harrison (Grandfather) |
Laura Regan (born October 17, 1977) is a Canadian actress. She has had leading and supporting roles in the films Saving Jessica Lynch (2003), My Little Eye (2002), They (2002), Dead Silence (2007), and Atlas Shrugged: Part III (2014). She is well known for the recurring role of Jennifer Crane in the TV series Mad Men and currently stars as Agatha on Minority Report.
Personal life
Regan was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the youngest in a family of seven. Regan is the daughter of Anita Carole Thomas (née Harrison) and former Nova Scotian premier Gerald Regan, and sister of former federal Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Geoff Regan and Live at Five's Nancy Regan. Her maternal grandfather was Saskatchewan MP John Harrison.[1] She was first attracted to the art of ballet and studied professionally until she sustained an injury at 15 that forced her to quit. She went on to study at McGill University in Montreal where she found herself attracted to theatre. She decided to move to New York City in her final year and completed her degree at the New School University.
Regan's hobbies include skiing, swimming, tennis, yoga, and formerly ballet. Regan is also fluent in French and Italian.
In the summer of 2007, she married Iranian writer and producer Farhad Safinia.
Career
A combination of acting and modelling skills sent Regan on a path to film with her first role in M. Night Shyamalan's Unbreakable. She landed her first starring role in Robert Harmon's They.
Regan won an award for her role in My Little Eye at the twenty-second Annual Atlantic Film Festival which her father accepted.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Unbreakable | Audrey Inverso Age 20 | |
| 2001 | Someone Like You | Evelyn | |
| 2002 | My Little Eye | Emma | |
| 2002 | They | Julia Lund | |
| 2006 | Hollow Man 2 | Maggie Dalton | Direct to-DVD |
| 2007 | Poor Boy's Game | Emma | |
| 2007 | Dead Silence | Lisa Ashen | |
| 2008 | How to Be a Serial Killer | Abigail | |
| 2014 | Atlas Shrugged: Part III | Dagny Taggart[2] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Denise Sandler | Episode: "Wrong Is Right" |
| 2003 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Tish Van Der Wahl | Episode: "Zoonotic" |
| 2003 | Judging Amy | Ellen Brady | 3 episodes |
| 2003 | Cold Case | Rosie Miles | Episode: "Fly Away" |
| 2003 | Blessings | Shelley | TV movie |
| 2003 | Saving Jessica Lynch | Pfc Jessica Lynch | TV movie |
| 2004 | CSI: Miami | Mrs. Riley | Episode: "Crime Wave" |
| 2005 | Charmed | Joanna | Episode: "Death Becomes Them" |
| 2005 | Ghost Whisperer | Serena Hilliard | Episode: "Ghost Bride" |
| 2006 | Everwood | Ruth | Episode: "An Ounce of Prevention" |
| 2008 | Heartland | Lauren | Episode: "Corporate Cowgirls" |
| 2008–10 | Mad Men | Jennifer Crane | Recurring role, 6 episodes |
| 2009 | Without a Trace | Cate Connelly | Episode: "Friends and Neighbors" |
| 2009 | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | Dr. Felicia Burnett | Episode: "The Good Wound" |
| 2010 | Burn Notice | Sarah Aikins | Episode: "Where There's Smoke" |
| 2010 | Nikita | Lisa Han | Episode: "Rough Trade" |
| 2011 | Bones | Carol Samuel | Episode: "The Sin in the Sisterhood" |
| 2011 | The Closer | Malin Turner | Episode: "Home Improvement" |
| 2011 | Castle | Rebecca Siegal | Episode: "Heartbreak Hotel" |
| 2012 | Fairly Legal | Olivia McKee | Episode: "Teenage Wasteland" |
| 2012 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Carol Walker / Sharon Walker | Episode: "Touch of Death" |
| 2014 | Constantine | Claire | Episode: "Rage of Caliban" |
| 2015 | Murder in the First | Mary Rentman | 3 episodes |
| 2015 | Minority Report | Agatha | Main role |
