Serinda Swan
Serinda Swan (born July 11, 1984 in West Vancouver , British Columbia ) is a Canadian actress and model .
Career
Swan was born in West Vancouver , British Columbia in 1984 to an actress and theater director. In a short interview, she explained that her parents were hippies and that she was named after an ancient Tibetan musical instrument. Swan started modeling after winning a modeling contest when she was 14.
Swan made her acting debut in the Bollywood film Neal 'n' Nikki, which was partly shot in British Columbia . This was followed by minor appearances in predominantly Canadian productions, including supporting roles in the television series Blood Ties - Biss auf Blut (2007), Psych (2008) and Reaper - A devilish job (2009). In 2008, Swan appeared in the music video for the single So Happy by the Canadian rock band Theory of a Deadman . Supporting roles in several television films followed in 2009, as well as a leading role in the romantic comedy The Break-Up Artist . In the television series Smallville she was seen in two episodes as Zatanna Zatara .
In 2010 Swan played the role of Aphrodite in the fantasy film Percy Jackson - Thieves in Olympus , in Tron: Legacy she was seen as a siren .
In 2011 Swan got a leading role in the American action series Breakout Kings , where she plays the former bounty hunter Erica Reed . The series was discontinued the following year after two seasons with a total of 23 episodes.
Since 2013 Swan has played the role of Paige Arkin in the US crime series Graceland .
Apart from film and television, Swan also works as a photo model, for example for the US fashion brand GUESS , the Canadian brand Dorinha Jeans Wear and the poker site Absolute Poker .
Private
Swan works for various charities, including Friends to Mankind, the Somaly Mam Foundation and Nothing But Nets, a United Nations Foundation project .
Filmography (selection)
- 2005: Neal 'n' Nikki
- 2006, 2010: Supernatural (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2007: Exes and Ohs (TV series, episode 1x06 What Goes Around ... )
- 2007: Blood Ties ( Blood Ties , TV series, episode 1x07 Heart of Ice )
- 2008: Loch Ness - The Beast from the Deep ( Beyond Loch Ness , TV movie)
- 2008: Psych (TV series, episode 3x02 A Shawn just in case )
- 2009: Desperate Escape
- 2009: Reaper ( Reaper , TV series, episode 2x12 Big Business )
- 2009: Hostile Makeover (TV movie)
- 2009: Trust (TV movie)
- 2009: The Break-Up Artist
- 2009–2010: Smallville (TV series, two episodes)
- 2010: Percy Jackson - Thieves in Olympus ( Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief )
- 2010: Tron: Legacy
- 2011: Hawaii Five-0 (TV series, episode 1x22 The End of Lies )
- 2011: Recoil
- 2011: Creature
- 2011–2012: Breakout Kings (TV series, 22 episodes)
- 2012: The Baytown Outlaws
- 2013–2015: Graceland (TV series, 37 episodes)
- 2014: Chicago Fire (4 episodes)
- 2014: The Tomorrow People (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2014: Jinn
- 2014: Sister
- 2017: Feud (TV series, episode 1x05 And the Winner Is ... (The Oscars of 1963) )
- 2017: The Veil
- 2017: Marvel's Inhumans (TV series, 8 episodes)
- 2017: Ballers (TV series, 6 episodes)
- 2017: Blood Ride
- since 2019: Coroner - Murder ( Coroner , TV series)
- 2020: Revenge Ride
- 2020: The Twilight Zone (TV series, episode 2x02 Downtime )
Web links
- Serinda Swan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Serinda Swan in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Profile on the website of the organization Friends to Mankind (English)
- ↑ a b c short interview on dorinhagirls.com (English)
- ↑ a b Nathalie Atkinson: Serinda Swan: The new face of Guess Watches , ELLE Canada .
- ↑ Bernd Michael Krannich: Breakout Kings ended after 2 seasons on May 18, 2012, at serienjunkies.com
- ↑ Jesse Knight: Serinda Swan - The Absolute Poker Face (English)
- ↑ Profile on the website of the Somaly Mam Foundation organization (English)
- ↑ Actress and Humanitarian Serinda Swan Joins the Fight Against Malaria ( Memento of October 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), press release of the organization Nothing But Nets of June 21, 2012, accessed on May 14, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Swan, Serinda |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 11, 1984 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | West Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada |