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Laura Regan
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| Born | October 17, 1974 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Spouse(s) | Farhad Safinia (2007–present) |
| Parent(s) | Gerald Regan (father) Carole Harrison (mother) |
| Relatives | Geoff Regan (brother) Nancy Regan (sister) Kelly Regan (sister-in-law) John Harrison (Grandfather) |
Laura Regan (born October 17, 1974) is a Canadian actress. She has had leading and supporting roles in the films Saving Jessica Lynch (2003), My Little Eye (2002), They (2002), Dead Silence (2007), and Atlas Shrugged: Part III (2014). She had a recurring role as Jennifer Crane in the TV series Mad Men and starred as Agatha on Minority Report (2015).
Early life
Regan was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the youngest in a family of seven. Regan is the daughter of Anita Carole Regan (née Harrison) and former Nova Scotia premier Gerald Regan; and sister of Geoff Regan, former Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons and former federal Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, and Live at Five's Nancy Regan. Her maternal grandfather was Saskatchewan MP John Harrison.
Career
Regan's first role was in M. Night Shyamalan's Unbreakable. She landed her first starring role in Robert Harmon's They.
For her role of Emma in the film My Little Eye, Regan won in the category Outstanding Performance by an Actor – Female at the 2002 Atlantic Film Festival.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2000 | Unbreakable | Audrey Inverso (age 20) | |
| 2001 | Someone Like You | Evelyn | |
| 2002 | My Little Eye | Emma | |
| 2002 | They | Julia Lund | |
| 2006 | Hollow Man 2 | Maggie Dalton | Direct-to-video |
| 2007 | Poor Boy's Game | Emma | |
| 2007 | Dead Silence | Lisa Ashen | |
| 2008 | How to Be a ... | Abigail | |
| 2014 | Atlas Shrugged: Part III | Dagny Taggart |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Denise Sandler | Episode: "Wrong Is Right" |
| 2003 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Tish Van Der Wahl | Episode: "Zoonotic" |
| 2003 | Judging Amy | Ellen Brady | 3 episodes |
| 2003 | Cold Case | Rosie Miles | Episode: "Fly Away" |
| 2003 | Blessings | Shelley | TV movie |
| 2003 | Saving Jessica Lynch | Jessica Lynch | TV movie |
| 2004 | CSI: Miami | Mrs. Riley | Episode: "Crime Wave" |
| 2005 | Charmed | Joanna | Episode: "Death Becomes Them" |
| 2005 | Ghost Whisperer | Serena Hilliard | Episode: "Ghost Bride" |
| 2006 | Everwood | Ruth | Episode: "An Ounce of Prevention" |
| 2008 | Heartland | Lauren | Episode: "Corporate Cowgirls" |
| 2008–10 | Mad Men | Jennifer Crane | Recurring role, 6 episodes |
| 2009 | Without a Trace | Cate Connelly | Episode: "Friends and Neighbors" |
| 2009 | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | Dr. Felicia Burnett | Episode: "The Good Wound" |
| 2010 | Burn Notice | Sarah Aikins | Episode: "Where There's Smoke" |
| 2010 | Nikita | Lisa Han | Episode: "Rough Trade" |
| 2011 | Bones | Carol Samuel | Episode: "The Sin in the Sisterhood" |
| 2011 | The Closer | Malin Turner | Episode: "Home Improvement" |
| 2011 | Castle | Rebecca Siegal | Episode: "Heartbreak Hotel" |
| 2012 | Fairly Legal | Olivia McKee | Episode: "Teenage Wasteland" |
| 2012 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Carol Walker / Sharon Walker | Episode: "Touch of Death" |
| 2014 | Constantine | Claire | Episode: "Rage of Caliban" |
| 2015 | Murder in the First | Mary Rentman | 3 episodes |
| 2015 | Minority Report | Agatha | Main role |
| 2016 | Longmire | Tizz Kaufman | Episode: "From This Day Forward" |
| 2016 | Code Black | Janie | Episode: "Corporeal Form" |
| 2017 | NCIS | Amber Davis | Episode: "Voices" |
| 2018 | American Woman | Carol | Episode: "I Will Survive" |
| 2018 | Legends of Tomorrow | Jane Hawthorne | Episode: "Witch Hunt" |
