Anna Hopkins
Hopkins at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival
Born (1987-02-12) February 12, 1987
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Alma materConcordia University
Paris Institute of Political Studies
OccupationActress
Years active2005–present

Anna Hopkins (born February 12, 1987) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Lilith in Freeform's original series Shadowhunters and documentary filmmaker Monica Stuart in The Expanse.[1]

Early life and education

Hopkins was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to Rita Hopkins, a graphic designer, and visual artist Tom Hopkins.[2] She is of Jewish Romanian and Hungarian descent from her mother's side, and Scottish, Welsh descent on her father's side.[3] She is fluent in French and English.[3] She trained in hip hop dancing and planned to start a dancing career after high-school when her interests shifted to theatre.[4]

In 2012 Hopkins achieved a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies from the Concordia University and a Bachelor of Arts and Science from the Paris Institute of Political Studies in Paris.[5][6]

Career

Hopkins first appeared in the miniseries Human Trafficking in 2005, and thenafter in Canadian television series and television films, among them the character of Samantha Clayton in a crossover of The Flash and Arrow in 2014, and was credited as writer for Girl Couch. She also played in Barney's Version (2010) alongside Paul Giamatti and Dustin Hoffman, and The Grand Seduction starring Brendan Gleeson in 2013. One of her better-known roles was the recurring character Jessica 'Berlin' Rainer in the second and third seasons of the sci-fi series Defiance.[7] Hopkins was promoted to series regular for the third,[8] and last season; Defiance was cancelled by SyFy on 16 October 2015.[9][10]

She was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Lead Performance in a Web Program or Series at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022 for the web series For the Record.[11]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Stranger Marie Short film
2005 Human Trafficking Katerina Miniseries, 4 episodes
2006 Circle of Friends Lesley Wilson TV film
2007 Killer Wave Mel Miniseries, 2 episodes
2007 Reality Check Shannon Short film
2007 Too Young to Marry Sophie TV film
2007 The Dead Zone Waitress TV series, 1 episode "Denouement"
2009 Out of Control Young Woman TV film
2010 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction Monument Visitor / Civilian / Carnival Attendee (voice) Video game
2010 Barney's Version Kate Panofsky
2013 Nikita Kate Barrett TV series, 1 episode "Survival Instincts"
2013 The Grand Seduction Helen (voice)
2013 It Was You Charlie Madeleine
2014 Watch Dogs Nicky Pearce (voice) Video game
2014 Cazzette: Sleepless Short film
2014 Julia Julep Alex Short film
2014 The Masters of Suspense (Les Maîtres du suspense) Alyssa
2014–2015 Defiance Jessica 'Berlin' Rainer TV series, 21 episodes
2014–2015 The Flash Samantha Clayton TV series, 2 episodes
2014–2017 Arrow Samantha Clayton TV series, 5 episodes
2015 Girl Couch Meredith Short film
2015 Lost Girl Brinkley White TV series, 1 episode "Clear Eyes, Fae Hearts"
2015 After the Ball Simone
2015 Never Happened Sharon Short film
2015 The Boy The Girl Short film
2016 Jean of the Joneses Maxine
2017 Lâcher prise Nina TV series, 2 episodes
2017 Ransom Annie Kapila TV series, 2 episodes (season 1)
2017 Dark Matter Ambrosia TV series, 1 episode "Give It Up, Princess"
2018 Killjoys Fairuza TV series, 2 episode (season 4)
2018 Bad Blood Teresa Langana TV series, 8 episodes (season 2)
2018 Final Offer Olivia Short film[12][13]
2018 The Give and Take Mom Short film
2018 Red Rover Maya
2018–2019 Shadowhunters Lilith TV series, 14 episodes (season 3)
2020 Is There a Killer in My Family? Carly Travers TV film
2020 Transplant Selena Ruis TV series, 1 episode "Far From Home"
2020 Tin Can Fret
2018, 2020–2022 The Expanse Monica Stuart TV series, 20 episodes
2021 V/H/S/94 Holly Marciano Segment Storm Drain
2021 Letterkenny Lisa TV series, 1 episode
2021 For the Record
2021 Hudson & Rex Pam Hasselbock / Margo Novak TV series, 1 episode (Series 3)

Awards and nominations

  • 2011 ACTRA Montreal Awards, nominated as Outstanding Performance - Female for Barney's Version.[14]
  • 2018 TV Scoop Awards, nominated as Best Drama Actress and Best Villain for Lilith on Shadowhunters
  • 2018 Teen Choice Awards, nominated as Choice TV: Villain for Lilith on Shadowhunters

References

  1. ↑ "The Expanse, Full Cast". imdb.com. IMDB. Retrieved February 23, 2021. Anna Hopkins as Monica Stuart
  2. ↑ "Anna Hopkins". itwasyoucharlie.com. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
  3. 1 2 "Anna Hopkins Bio". IMDB. IMDB. Retrieved May 27, 2021. She is of Jewish Romanian and Hungarian descent from her mother's side, and Scottish, Welsh descent on her father's side.
  4. ↑ "'Defiance' Actress Anna Hopkins Interview On Joining The Hit Sci-Fi Show & Her Hollywood Career". realstylenetwork.com. 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
  5. ↑ "IMDb Resume for Anna Hopkins". IMDb. Retrieved 2015-05-24.
  6. ↑ Bibel, Sara (2013-09-03). "William Atherton & Anna Hopkins Join Cast of Syfy's 'Defiance'". zap2it.com. Archived from the original on 2013-09-08. Retrieved 2015-04-19.
  7. ↑ Ilana Rapp (2014-09-09). "Beloved Starlet Anna Hopkins Nails It in SyFy's 'Defiance'". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2015-04-19.
  8. ↑ Bibel, Sarah (2015-02-02). "Syfy's 'Defiance' Season 3 Begins Production in Toronto". TV Guide. Archived from the original on 2015-02-03. Retrieved 2015-06-09.
  9. ↑ Goldberg, Lesley (2015-10-16). "Syfy's 'Defiance' Canceled After Three Seasons". hollywoodreporer.com. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  10. ↑ Keating, Trenna (2015-10-17). "Trenna Keating on facebook". Trenna Keating. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
  11. ↑ Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.
  12. ↑ Jason Sondhi (2018-07-24). "Final Offer". Retrieved 2019-01-20.
  13. ↑ "Final Offer". YouTube. 2018-07-19. Retrieved 2019-01-20.
  14. ↑ "2011 ACTRA Awards in Montreal – Nominees Announced". ACTRA Montreal. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
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