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7	Kristin Kreuk (born December 30, 1982 in UsefulNotes/{{Vancouver}}, British Columbia, UsefulNotes/{{Canada}}) is a Canadian actress.
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9	Her father is of Dutch descent, her mother is of Chinese descent born in Indonesia, and her maternal grandmother was of Chinese descent born in Jamaica. She's most famous for her roles in Superhero show ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' as Comicbook/LanaLang, and as Catherine in Creator/TheCW's ''Series/BeautyAndTheBeast2012''.
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11	She joined NXIVM, an infamous cult led by Keith Raniere, and later brought her ''Smallville'' costar Creator/AllisonMack into the group. While Kreuk left shortly afterwards, Mack stayed and eventually became Raniere’s second-in-command. In this respect, Kristin Kreuk could be compared to Creator/MimiRogers, who brought her ex-husband Creator/TomCruise into Scientology; Rogers has since left while Cruise is now its highest-profile member.
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13	! Selected Filmography
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17	[[folder: Live-Action Films]]
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19	* ''[[Literature/SnowWhite Snow White: The Fairest of Them All]]'' (2001) as Snow White
20	* ''Film/{{Eurotrip}}'' (2004) as Fiona
21	* ''Film/DreamPrincess'' (2006) as Princess
22	* ''Film/{{Partition}}'' (2007) as Naseem Khan
23	* ''Film/StreetFighterTheLegendOfChunLi'' (2009) as [[Franchise/StreetFighter Chun-Li]]
24	* ''Film/{{Vampire}}'' (2011) as Maria Lucas
25	* ''Film/IrvineWelshsEcstasy'' (2011) as Heather Thompson
26	* ''Film/SpaceMilkshake'' (2012) as Tilda
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30	[[folder: Live-Action Series]]
31	* ''Series/{{Edgemont}}'' (2001 -- 2005) as Laurel Yeung
32	* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' (2001 -- 2009) as Comicbook/LanaLang / Louise [=McCallum=] / Margaret Isobel Thoreaux
33	* ''Series/{{Earthsea}}'' (2004) as Tenar
34	* ''Series/{{Chuck}}'' (2009 -- 2010) as Hannah
35	* ''Literature/BenHur'' (2010) as Tirzah
36	* ''Series/{{Beauty and The Beast\|2012}}'' (2012 -- 2016) as Catherine Chandler
37	* ''Series/BurdenOfTruth'' (2018 -- present) as Joanna Hanley
38	* ''Series/{{Reacher}}'' (2022 -- present) as Charlene "Charlie" Hubble
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42	[[folder: Voice Acting]]
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44	* ''WesternAnimation/TheWeekenders'' (2001) as Gina
45	* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' (2015) as Oblina / Catherine Chandler
46	* ''VideoGame/ShuyanSaga'' (2017) as Shuyan
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48	[[/folder]]
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50	!!Her work provides examples of:
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52	* ActionGirl: In a few of her roles. Kristin also trained in both karate and gymnastics in high school.
53	* ActorSharedBackground:
54	** In ''Series/BeautyAndTheBeast2012'' Catherine's mother was shown to be East Asian in the pilot, just like Kristin's.
55	** Her character in ''Series/BurdenOfTruth'' is half-Chinese just like Kreuk is in real life.
56	* AlliterativeName: '''K'''risten '''K'''reuk. Also applies to some of her characters: '''L'''ana '''L'''ang and '''C'''atherine '''C'''handler.
57	* DawsonCasting: In ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' Kristin was 19 while playing high school freshman Lana Lang.
58	* FakeNationality: She's Canadian, but plays some Asian characters due to her Chinese descent. She has also played American characters.
59	* RomanceOnTheSet: In ''Series/{{Earthsea}}'' with Mark Hildreth (Jasper).
60	* StarMakingRole: Playing Lana Lang in Smallville rose her to stardom.
61	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: She was considered to play the role of Helen of Troy in ''Film/{{Troy}}''.

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