Laura Vandervoort, Kara Zor-El

Laura Dianne Vandervoort was born September 22, 1984 in Toronto, Canada. She was involved in several sports (Soccer, Karate, Basketball, Tennis, Gymnastics, Baseball...etc.) Entering karate at age 7, she earned a second degree Black Belt from Northern Karate Schools by the age of 16.

Laura began acting at the age of 13. She had always enjoyed entertaining, putting on shows for family and friends, however what triggered her interest in the arts was a film called My Girl. She received the movie from her aunt at a very young age and after watching realized that acting was what was inside her, and this became her focus.

After taking several classes and doing background work on Canadian shows such as Road to Avonlea and Harriet the Spy she got her first speaking role in Canadian children's series Goosebumps (3 Episodes) and Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Laura Vandervoort at Wizard World Texas 2007.

After commercials and guest stars (Mutant X, Prom Queen, Twice in a Lifetime, Doc, Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye, Troubled Waters, The Dresden Files) and a few Disney movies of the week (Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire & Alley Cats Strike) Laura at age 19 landed a lead role as “Sadie Harrison” on the CTV TV series Instant Star. Instant Star ran for 4 seasons.

In 2006 Laura shot her first feature titled The Lookout with Jeff Daniels, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Mathew Goode and Isla Fisher. It was the directorial debut of screenwriter Scott Frank. Several other TV appearances such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation led Laura into the hands of the CW network, where she landed the coveted role of Clark Kent's Kryptonian cousin "Kara Kent" (the woman destined to become Supergirl) on the hit CW series Smallville. She was a regular in season seven but was written off in the season finale. She appeared in the "Bloodline" episode for Season 8. No word on whether or not she will appear on any other episodes. [2]

Following the CW and Smallville, Laura then shot the sequel to the feature film Into The Blue titled Into the Blue 2: The Reef. In this film Laura is alongside Chris Carmack (The O.C.) and Marsha Thomason (Las Vegas, Lost). Following The Reef, Laura went directly into filming an independent production titled The Jazzman, which also starred Canadians stars Michael Ironside and Corey Sevier.

On March 22, 2009, she has been cast in a new pilot series for the remake of the classic series V to air on ABC in the fall of 2009 playing the character of Lisa.

Laura Dianne Vandervoort (Toronto, 22 settembre 1984) è un'attrice canadese.

In Italia ha raggiunto una discreta notorietà presso il pubblico più giovane grazie alla serie televisiva Instant Star trasmessa nel 2006 da Italia 1, dove interpreta Sadie Harrison, la sorella maggiore della protagonista che intreccia una storia col suo produttore. Nel 2007 è entrata a far parte del cast di Smallville, in cui interpreta Kara, cugina del protagonista Clark Kent e figlia di Zor-El. È una buona karateca, ha studiato psicologia presso la York University ed è parente del noto attore Gordon Pinsent.