Kristin Kreuk

Kristin Laura Kreuk was born December 30, 1982, in Vancouver, Canada, to a family of landscape designers, Peter Kreuk, a Dutchman, and Deanna Che, an Indonesian Chinese woman. Later she had a sister, Justina. As a child at her mother's will, Kristin was engaged in various sports - gymnastics, karate, swimming. And also performed in the school theater, where "she really liked to stand on stage. However, acting as a profession, she did not consider. After school she intended to study to become a criminologist. But even before she had time to make a choice of profession, fate itself has found her and determined the future career. When Kristin was in her senior year, came to the school casting director for the Canadian TV series "Edgemont" (2000 - 2005), who had already knocked down to look for a girl with exotic looks for the role of high school Laurel Young. Who but the dazzlingly beautiful Kristin - half-Dutch, half-Chinese - was destined to play the role? The 18-year-old Croik auditioned and got her first movie job. This series about the lives of schoolchildren from the suburbs of Vancouver, full of romance, intrigue and problems, including homophobia and racism, was a success in America and France. And the young actress Kristin Kreukwas even nominated for Best Actress at the Leo Awards. The project ran for five years, but already after the first season made its actors famous. For Kristin it was the "golden ticket" to the world of TV. In 2001, the 19-year-old rising star was offered the role of Lana Lang in the American series "Smallville Mystery" (2001 - 2011). The series was filmed in Vancouver, which allowed the actress not to give up her work on the Edgemont project. "Secrets of Smallville" has gained unexpected success with the world's television viewers. The project is about superman Clark Kent, who is forced to hide his supernatural abilities from society. Kristin's character, Lana Lang, is the girl the main character is infinitely in love with, she lost her parents during the meteor shower, but keeps looking for them.