Jennifer Spence
Spence at the 2013 Florida SuperCon
Born (1977-01-22) January 22, 1977
OccupationActress
Years active1993–present
Spouse
(m. 2011)

Jennifer Spence (born January 22, 1977) is a Canadian[1] actress. Her acting credits include playing Dr. Lisa Park on the Stargate Universe television series and Betty Robertson on the series Continuum.

Career

Spence has had principal roles on a number of television series, including Exes and Ohs, The 4400, Reunion and Write & Wrong. She appeared in recurring roles on Killer Instinct, DaVinci's Inquest, You Me Her, and Travelers.[2][3]

Immediately following the cancellation of Stargate Universe, Spence joined some other of the show's cast (including Michael Dopud)[4] in a pilot of the new show Echoes, produced by Stargate's Mark Savela and Ken Kabatoff.[5] In 2012, Spence had roles in episodes of three network television shows, The Killing, Alcatraz and Supernatural.[6] Spence had a recurring role in the science fiction television series Continuum, as Detective Betty Robertson, which aired from May 2012 to October 2015.[7] In 2013, she had a featured role in the award-winning film Down River, which was written and directed by her husband Ben Ratner.[8][9]

Personal life

Spence was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, by a British father and third-generation Japanese Canadian mother. She married actor Benjamin Ratner in 2011, and starred in his 2013 feature film Down River. [10] They reside in Vancouver, British Columbia.[11]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1997 Blind Spot Girl in the Park Short
2003 The Core Zimsky's Assistant
2004 The Truth About Miranda Woman #2
2006 Catch and Release Comforting Friend
2013 Down River Aki
2014 Mina.Minerva Robyn Short
2015 The Adept Maddy Short
2016 Trying Claire Short
2017 Wonder Science Fair Judge

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Da Vinci's Inquest Witness "It's Backwards Day"
2001 The Heart Department Nurse #3 TV film
2002 Mr. St. Nick Gate Attendant TV film
2003 Da Vinci's Inquest Tricia "Thanks for the Toaster Oven"
2003–04 Da Vinci's Inquest Kimmy "Twenty Five Dollar Conversation", "Out of the Bag and All Over the Street", "Wash the Blood Out of the Ring"
2004 Tru Calling Stephanie Brandis "The Longest Day"
2004 Touching Evil Nurse's Aide "Mercy"
2004 Huff Monique "Pilot"
2005 Reunion Evelyn "1993"
2005–06 Killer Instinct Det. Burch "Game Over", "Love Hurts"
2006 Northern Town Suko TV series
2007 A Decent Proposal Gwen Stathis TV film
2007 Write & Wrong Cathy TV film
2007 The 4400 Joanna Recurring role (season 4)
2009 Eureka Dr. Monroe "Shower the People"
2009–2011 Stargate Universe Lisa Park Recurring role
2009–2011 Stargate Universe: Kino Lisa Park Recurring role
2011 Exes and Ohs Devin Main role
2012 Virtual Lies Dr. Gloria Reese TV film
2012 Supernatural Jean Holiday "Plucky Pennywhistle's Magical Menagerie"
2012 Alcatraz Susan Lee "Webb Porter"
2012 The Killing Eve "Ghosts of the Past"
2012 Echoes Sonya Unsold TV pilot
2012–2014 Continuum Betty Robertson Main role (seasons 1–3)
2014 Christmas Icetastrophe Alex Novak TV film
2015 Motive Melissa Dixon "The Glass House"
2015 The Whispers Tech Specialist "Traveller in the Dark"
2015 Tiess That Bind Ms. Lowens "It Doesn't Show"
2015 Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce Editor "Avoid the Douchemobile"
2016 Unreal Connie "War"
2016 Van Helsing Karen "Help Me"
2016 Frequency Susie Cairone "Pilot"
2016 Beyond Dr. Tolan "I Scream, You Scream", "Stir"
2016–2018 Travelers Grace Day Recurring role
2016–2019 You Me Her Carmen Recurring role S1-S4
2018 Life Sentence Agent J Stern "Re-Inventing the Abbotts"
2018 The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco Olivia Mori Recurring role
2019 Supernatural Melly Krakowski "Golden Time"
2019-Present Traces Prof. Kathy Torrance Main role (seasons 1 and 2)
2021 Trigger Me Nikki Recurring role
2021 Family Law Winnie Sugimoto
2023 Lucky Hank Ashley

References

  1. Jennifer Spence's biography at www.northernstars.ca
  2. "Jennifer Spence Biography". The Promotion People. Archived from the original on March 11, 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2011.
  3. Jennifer Spence at IMDb
  4. Eramo, Steve (April 28, 2011). "Echoes' Mark Savela". SciFiAndTvTalk.
  5. Kaye, Don (March 24, 2011). "SGU may be ending, but wait'll you see the SGU cast's NEW show". Blastr. Retrieved April 24, 2011.
  6. "Jennifer Spence". IMdb.com. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
  7. Jasmyn Pozzo (March 18, 2012). "Jennifer Spence in "Continuum". BC, Canada: The Vancouver Observer. Retrieved April 26, 2012.
  8. "Jennifer Spence - Supernatural". entertaim.net. June 29, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  9. "Down River (2013) - Awards". imdb.com. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  10. Furminger, Sabrina (May 28, 2014). "Reel People: When Ben Ratner met Jennifer Spence". Vancouver Courier. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  11. Kelsey Klassen (March 8, 2012). "Continuum actress dreams of summer at the beach". Canada: wevancouver.com. Archived from the original on February 9, 2013. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
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