subject: Kristin Laura Kreuk : One Of The Best Actress In Canada [print this page] Kristin Laura Kreuk is a Canadian actress born December 30, 1982 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Kristin Kreuk is best known for her roles in television series Edgemont and Smallville. Both series were filmed in Vancouver. In 2010, we find her in Season 3 of the television series Chuck.She still lives in Vancouver.
Kristin Kreuk was born December 30, 1982 in Vancouver, Canada, is the daughter of Peter Kreuk (from the Netherlands) and Deanna Che (Chinese origin), both landscape architects. Her acting career began during his studies at the Eric Hamber High School, when one of his professors invited him to attend a hearing on a series for teens: Edgemont. The casting director had indeed sent a fax to all high schools in British Columbia, stating that they sought "an exotic type of girl" to play the role of Laurel. It is little hope that Kristin will present at the hearing: yet it will play the role of Laurel Yeung main female character, for more than four years.
In 2001, the young actress landed the role of Snow White alongside Miranda Richardson. The film, aired on ABC in 2002 under the title "Snow White: The Fairest of Them All", is presented as a Canadian family productions of the year. This is the first role in a TV movie Kristin Kreuk.
Kristin Kreuk is also the new spokesperson for Neutrogena brand, succeeding Jennifer Love Hewitt and Mandy Moore. Her parents refused her makeup when she was younger, it perfectly matches the image that will give Neutrogena: that of a "natural beauty". It is the first spokesperson of the brand to have a contract for so many years.
Spring 2001, his agent he praised the future series flagship American network The WB: Smallville. He proposes to play the role of Lana Lang, but she thinks at first that this role will be boring and that her character will have virtually nothing to do. It seems more fascinated by the character of Chloe Sullivan, but nevertheless went to Los Angeles where she met the producers who have read the script of the first episode. Conquered by the character and the traumatic events that shape the character of Lana Lang, she accepted the role. It also reveals that the latter Kristin Kreuk his European audience.
Well aware that this series is "a launching pad, a good deed for her, Kristin Kreuk, however, makes the wish, the sixth season, leaving the series to pursue a different route in her acting career. It will wait yet the end of Season 7 to announce his departure to producers and journalists. To honor the terms of her contract, she appeared in five episodes of the eighth season.
Now comfortable with cameras and used to work as an actress, Kristin Kreuk research during his breaks from filming Smallville, various roles, wishing away the label that sticks to your skin now: that of a beautiful damsel in distress. Thus in 2004, producer Rob Lieberman camp offered him the role of Tenar in a mini-series a few episodes called Earthsea (The Legend of Earthsea). She accepted without hesitation, his sister being a fan of the books of Ursula K. Le Guin and wanting to try heroic fantasy.
In film, she passes an audition for a small role in the comedy Eurotrip. Kristin Kreuk has a means to demonstrate that it has a wide range of potential: it embodies a popular girl who plays with the feelings of a boy who is interested in anyone ... apart from it.
The year 2008 marks a turning point in the career of the Canadian, at that moment 25 years old. The first expresses the producers of Smallville's desire to leave the show, then shared with journalists: Season 7 will be his last. She finally went to an audition to win the lead role in the upcoming adaptation of a video game from Capcom: Street Fighter: Legend of Chun-Li.
Wanting to compete with the most successful adaptations of comics and video games, the production house is ready to do anything to make this film a commercial success. With this in mind that Kristin Kreuk was cast as the lead and thus makes a snub to Jessica Biel, previously announced as the new Chun-li. Kristin Kreuk and went in March 2008 in Thailand to shoot his new movie and, therefore, is not participating at the end of Season 7 of Smallville. To finally complete his contract with the producers of Smallville, Kristin Kreuk turn a few episodes of season 8 at the end of 2008.
The film takes place February 27, 2009 in the United States but is a dismal failure with 8,742,261 dollars of revenue for an estimated budget of 50 million. The critical acclaim will not go on.
