Serinda Swan
Swan in 2012
Born (1984-07-11) July 11, 1984 (age 39)
West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
OccupationActress
Years active2005–present

Serinda Swan (born July 11, 1984)[1] is a Canadian actress best known for her work in film and television. She currently stars as Karla Dixon in the second season of the Amazon Prime Video series Reacher. From 2019 to 2022, she starred as Jenny Cooper in the CBC/CW crime drama series Coroner. In 2017, she starred in Marvel's Inhumans and HBO's Ballers, and also portrayed Anne Bancroft in the first season of Feud (2017). Previously, she guest starred on the WB/CW Superman prequel series Smallville as Zatanna Zatara, a DC Comics-inspired recurring character who is an actual magician. She also starred as Paige Arkin in the USA Network action drama series Graceland (2013–2015) and as Erica Reed in the A&E drama series Breakout Kings (2011–2012). She is the CEO and cofounder of an online education technology company called Blueprint.

Early life

Swan was born in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[2] Her father, Scott Swan, is a Canadian theatre director and actor who runs an acting studio.[2]

Career

Her first acting job was in 1989, a small role in the Ted Danson and Isabella Rossellini film Cousins, when she was just five years old.[2] One of her early on screen appearances as an adult was in Theory of a Deadman's music video for their single "So Happy", which was released in April 2008. Her first film credit was in 2009 in the romantic comedy The Break-Up Artist.

From 2009 to 2010, she appeared three times on The CW television series Smallville (in the season 8 episode "Hex", the season 9 episode "Warrior", and the season 10 episode "Icarus") as Zatanna Zatara.[3] She also had the role of the Roman goddess, Veritas, in the season six episode "You Can't Handle the Truth" of Supernatural, another CW series, in 2010.

From 2011 to 2012, Swan starred as Erica Reed in the A&E television series, Breakout Kings. She shared that many of the prison scenes were shot in actual prisons, while real convicts are also there behind bars.[4] The series was canceled on May 17, 2012.[5]

Swan portrays Zera in the 2017 Brent Ryan Green film, The Veil.[6] In March 2017, it was announced that Swan would portray Medusa in the ABC and Marvel Television series Inhumans.[7] She starred on the series for one season, until 2018, when the series was canceled.[8]

In late 2018, it was announced that Swan would star as the lead of CBC's forthcoming television series Coroner,[9] based on the Jenny Cooper series of novels by M. R. Hall.[10] The series premiered in January 2019[10] and attracted one million viewers per episode throughout the first season. In June 2020, it was announced that American network The CW had picked up the show during the COVID-19 pandemic due to the lockdowns of production sets on its other shows to fill primetime programming timeslots. The show premiered on August 5, 2020, and attracted over 600,000 viewers during each episode in the first season, and increased as the seasons continued for the network. After four seasons, in June 2022, it was announced that Swan would be leaving the show, and would be potentially replaced by a new actress or actor with a new main character as the lead role. In September 2022, it was announced that she would be joining the cast for season 2 of the Amazon Prime Video series Reacher.[11]

Activism

Swan works with several charities including the Somaly Mam Foundation, United Nations Foundation's Nothing But Nets, and Heifer International. She is a Founding Ambassador for Friends to Mankind, which describes itself as a non-profit organization that works "with individuals, corporations, and humanitarian organizations for the betterment of humanity".[12]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Neal 'n' Nikki Amanda
2009 The Break-Up Artist Ashley
2010 Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief Aphrodite
Tron: Legacy Siren #2
Random Walk Short film
2011 Recoil Darcy
Creature Emily
2012 Wake Alex Short film
The Baytown Outlaws Jez
2014 Jinn Jasmine Walker
My Sister Melissa
2015 Sentient Heather Short film
2016 Hit TV: The Prologue Julia Short film
2017 Crowbar Smile Julia Short film
The Veil Zera
Blood Ride Maggie Short film
2019 Shangri-La Vera Thompson Short film
2020 Revenge Ride Maggie
2021 Redemption Day Kate Paxton [13][14]
Honey Billie Short film
2022 Devotion Elizabeth Taylor

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Supernatural Hospital Receptionist Episode: "Salvation"
2007 Exes and Ohs Lucianne Episode: "What Goes Around"
2007 Blood Ties Young Woman Episode: "Heart Of Ice"
2008 Loch Ness Terror Caroleena Television film
Psych Eileen Mazwell Episode: "Murder?... Anyone?... Anyone?... Bueller?"
2009 Desperate Escape Melissa Television film
Hostile Makeover Amanda Manville Television film
Trust Tiffany Television film
2009–2010 Smallville Zatanna Zatara Recurring role; 3 episodes
2010 Supernatural Veritas / Ashley Frank Episode: "You Can't Handle the Truth"
2011 Hawaii Five-0 Alana Episode: "Ho'ohuli Na'au"
2011–2012 Breakout Kings Erica Reed Main role; 22 episodes
2013 Republic of Doyle Patti Middlebrooks Episode: "Missing"
2013–2015 Graceland Paige Arkin Main role; 37 episodes
2014 Graceland Insider 2 episodes
The Tomorrow People Cassandra Smythe Episodes: "Things Fall Apart" & "Endgame"
Chicago Fire Brittany Baker Recurring role; 4 episodes
2017 Feud: Bette and Joan Anne Bancroft Episode: "And the Winner Is... (The Oscars of 1963)"
Ballers Chloe Recurring role; 6 episodes
Inhumans Medusa Main role; 8 episodes
2018 Robot Chicken Leslie / Katara Voice role; episode: "He's Not Even Aiming at the Toilet"
2020 The Twilight Zone Ellen Lowell Episode: "Downtime"
2019–2022 Coroner Jenny Cooper Main role; 38 episodes
2023–2024 Reacher Karla Dixon Main role; 8 episodes

References

  1. ^ Rose, Mike. "Today's top celebrity birthdays list (July 11, 2018)". Cleveland.com. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Gee, Dana (January 7, 2019). "Vancouver's Serinda Swan gets real in new CBC drama Coroner". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  3. ^ Mitovich, Matt (2009). "Exclusive: Who Will Make Magic as Smallville's Zatanna?". TV Guide. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  4. ^ Serinda Swan Urban Rush Interview. Archived from the original on December 20, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2012 – via YouTube.
  5. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (May 17, 2012). "A&E's 'Breakout Kings' Cancelled After Two Seasons". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
  6. ^ "First Look At Actors William Moseley And Serinda Swan In 'The Veil'". Knowshi Magazine. March 6, 2014. Archived from the original on February 5, 2018. Retrieved August 8, 2014.
  7. ^ Abrams, Natalie (March 1, 2017). "Marvel's Inhumans casts Serinda Swan as Medusa". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on March 1, 2017. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
  8. ^ Petski, Denise (May 11, 2018). "'Marvel's Inhumans' Canceled By ABC After One Season". Deadline. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  9. ^ Petski, Denise (June 20, 2018). "Serinda Swan To Star In CBC Drama Series 'Coroner'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  10. ^ a b Serinda Swan becomes Jenny Cooper June 20, 2018, northernstars.ca. Retrieved June 21, 2018
  11. ^ "'Reacher' Season 2 Casts Serinda Swan, Ferdinand Kingsley, Rory Cochrane as Series Regulars". Variety. September 21, 2022.
  12. ^ "Serinda Swan". Friends to Mankind. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
  13. ^ Scheck, Frank. "Redemption Day: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
  14. ^ Lemire, Christy. "Redemption Day". RogerEbert.com.

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