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Larissa Laskin

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Larissa Laskin is a Canadian actress whose credits include the A&E original film, The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2000).

Early life

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Born Larissa Lapchinski, Laskin appeared under that name in a number of stage productions in the 1980s at the Stratford Festival in Ontario.

Career

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Laskin debuted in My Secret Identity in the early 1990s.[1] In 2002-2003, she co-starred as Dr. Rachel Griffen in the medical drama Body and Soul on the PAX network.[2] She also appeared as a doctor held hostage by a father (Denzel Washington) in an attempt to save his son in John Q. She was nominated for a Gemini Award in 1995, 1998, and 2003.[3][4]

Personal life

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She is married to fellow Canadian actor Currie Graham.[5]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1995 The Scarlet Letter Goody Mortimer
1996 Extreme Measures Myrick's Daughter
2002 John Q. Dr. Ellen Klein
2007 Fugitive Pieces Irena
2008 The Onion Movie Dana Dobbs

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1988 The Taming of the Shrew Townsperson Television film
1990 The Hitchhiker Gina Episode: "Trust Me"
1990, 1994 Street Legal Bianca Roberts / Angela Kos 2 episodes
1990 My Secret Identity Star Episode: "Bump in Time"
1991 Shining Time Station Passenger Episode: "Washout"
1992 Beyond Reality Emma Episode: "Siren Song"
1993 Matrix Stephanie Episode: "Lapses in Memory"
1993 Dieppe Leith Television film
1993, 1996 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues Colleen 2 episodes
1994 Forever Knight Emily Weiss Episode: "Stranger Than Fiction"
1995 A Vow to Kill L.J. Berman Television film
1995 Heritage Minutes Nurse Chorney Episode: "Myrnam Hospital"
1995 Degree of Guilt Ms Warner Television film
1995 Sugartime Dorothy McGuire
1996 F/X: The Series Monica Dorsett Episode: "The Ring"
1996 The Newsroom Agent #2 Episode: "Dinner at Eight"
1996 Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance Irina Lebit Television film
1997 When Secrets Kill Linda Emery
1997 Weapons of Mass Distraction Lindsey Zarem
1997 Color of Justice New York Assistant D.A
1997 The Visitor Katherine Episode: "Remember"
1997 The Pretender Joellen Gillespie Episode: "Over the Edge"
1997 Bella Mafia Francesca Television film
1997 Peacekeepers Lillyanna Marinkovitch
1998 JAG Corporal Sharon Dupree Episode: "Imposter"
1998 The Last Don II American Woman In Sicily Episode #1.1
1999 Da Vinci's Inquest Special Agent Charlotte Turner 2 episodes
1999 Foolish Heart Katherine Stewart
1999 Total Recall 2070 Jill Evans Episode: "Astral Projections"
1999 Ricky Nelson: Original Teen Idol Helen Blair Television film
1999–2000 The City Talia Onassis 12 episodes
2000 The Wonderful World of Disney Miss Reeves Episode: "The Loretta Claiborne Story"
2000 Psi Factor Natalie Harnett Episode: "'Til Death Do Us Part"
2000 The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery Jean Estey Television film
2000 The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne Saratoga Browne Episode: "Southern Comfort"
2000, 2001 Earth: Final Conflict Heather North 2 episodes
2001 Relic Hunter Darcy Lowe Episode: "Sydney at Ten"
2001 Our Hero Nurse Episode: "The Psycho Issue"
2002 Blue Murder Bonnie Gage Episode: "Spankdaddy"
2002 Mutant X Pamela Fries Episode: "Lazarus Syndrome"
2002 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Debbie Stein Episode: "Cats in the Cradle"
2002 Recipe for Murder Corinne Riggs Television film
2002 Miss Miami Helena
2002 Escape from the Newsroom Larissa
2002 Scar Tissue Shannon Nevsky
2002 Body & Soul Dr. Rachel Griffen 9 episodes
2003 Star Trek: Enterprise Calla, Vissian Engineer's Wife Episode: "Cogenitor"
2004 Doc Shannon Renfrew Episode: "Arsenic and Old Spice"
2004 ReGenesis Lynn Raskin Episode: "The Oldest Virus"
2005 More Sex & the Single Mom Megan Television film
2005 Medical Investigation Donna Lawrence Episode: "Black Book"
2005 Vinegar Hill Barb Television film
2006 Without a Trace Linda Ryder Episode: "Expectations"
2006 The Unit Julianna Nicholl Episode: "Exposure"
2010 Smoke Screen Candy Television film
2012 Weeds Elizabeth Kash Episode: "Unfreeze"
2015 Those Damn Canadians Gretchen 5 episodes
2017 When We Rise Roma's Sister Episode: "Night IV: Part VI and VII"

References

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  1. ^ "Hollywood.com bio of Laskin". Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
  2. ^ Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 121. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
  3. ^ Rahman, Abid (2020-12-31). "Phyllis McGuire, Last of Singing McGuire Sisters, Dies at 89". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  4. ^ Wertheimer, Ron (1999-07-17). "TELEVISION REVIEW; It's All Virtual Unreality In a Show on TV News". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  5. ^ "Larissa Laskin". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
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