Kreuk, Kristin 1982–

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Kreuk, Kristin 1982–

PERSONAL

Full name, Kristin Laura Kreuk; born December 30, 1982, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; daughter of Peter Kreuk and Deanna Che (both landscape architects). Avocational Interests: Reading, spending time with friends.

Addresses:

Agent—United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Pacific Artists Management, 510 West Hastings St., Suite 1404, Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 1L8, Canada.

Career:

Actress. Appeared in advertisements and infomercials. Affiliated with Greenpeace, the Red Cross, and UNICEF.

Awards, Honors:

Cinescape Genre Face of the Future Award, female, Academy of Science Fiction, Horror, and Fantasy Films, 2002, Saturn Award nominations, best actress in a television series, Academy of Science Fiction, Horror, and Fantasy Films, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2006, Teen Choice Award nominations, television—choice television actress—drama/action adventure, 2003, 2004, and 2006, Teen Choice Award nomination (with Tom Welling), television—choice chemistry, 2006, and Asian Excellence Award nomination, outstanding female television performance, 2006, all for Smallville; Gemini Award nomination, best performance in a children's or youth program or series, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, 2003, and Leo Award nomination, youth or children's program or series: best performance, Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Foundation of British Columbia, 2005, both for Edgemont; Leo Award nomination, feature length drama: best lead performance by a female, 2005, for Earthsea.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Voice of Gina, The Weekenders (animated; also known as Disney's "The Weekenders"), The Disney Channel, 2000–2001.

Laurel Yeung, Edgemont, CBC and Fox Family Channel, 2000–2005.

Lana Lang, Smallville (also known as Smallville Beginnings and Smallville: Superman the Early Years), The WB, 2001–2006, The CW, 2006—.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Tenar, Earthsea (also known as Legend of Earthsea), Sci–Fi Channel, 2004.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Title role, "Snow White" (also known as "Snow White: The Fairest of Them All" and "Blanche–Neige"), The Wonderful World of Disney, ABC, 2001.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Herself, "Smallville" Backstage Special, ABC Family Channel, 2004.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

Presenter, The Teen Choice Awards 2002, Fox, 2002.

Presenter, The Teen Choice Awards 2004, Fox, 2004.

2006 Asian Excellence Awards, AZN Television, 2006.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Herself, The Vicki Gabereau Show, CTV, 2002.

Herself, Live with Regis and Kelly, syndicated, 2003.

Herself, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC, 2004.

Herself, T4, Channel 4 (England), 2004.

Herself, Total Request Live (also known as TRL), MTV, 2004.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Lana Lang, Smallville (also known as Smallville Beginnings and Smallville: Superman the Early Years), The WB, 2001.

Appeared as Lana Lang in the unaired pilot of Smallville (also known as Smallville Beginnings and Smallville: Superman the Early Years), The WB.

Film Appearances:

Fiona, EuroTrip (also known as Fistful of Euros, The Ugly Americans, Untitled Berg, Schaffer, Mandel Project, and Untitled Montecito Project), Dream-Works, 2004.

Naseem Khan, Partition, Myriad Pictures/Seville Pictures, 2006.

Internet Appearances; Episodic:

(In archive footage) Lana Lang, Smallville: Vengeance Chronicles, America Online, 2006.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Herself, Eurotrip: The Making of "Eurotrip," Dream-Works Home Entertainment, 2004.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Parade, June 9, 2002, p. 16.

People Weekly, March 25, 2002, p. 87.

Vancouver, September, 2002, pp. 36–37, 40.

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