Sara Canning
Growing up in Canada, actress Sara Canning was a competitive figure skater until age 16 and developing an interest in theater on the side, though she had no time to really pursue the craft. After a fruitless year of study for a general arts degree, she realized her interest in acting was too strong to ignore and transferred to the Vancouver Film School. A year after graduation, she landed her first role as celebrity personality Paris Hilton's sister Nicky in the television movie "Paparazzi Princess." Similarly low-tier parts followed, including starring opposite former teen heartthrob James Van Der Beek in the kidnapping television movie "Taken In Broad Daylight." She also had a two-episode appearance on the moody Superman drama "Smallville" and a guest role on the teen suspense series "Kyle XY." While shooting her first film--the 2009 Canadian 19th-century drama "Black Field"--she learned that a pilot she had shot was picked up, making Canning one of the main stars of popular supernatural drama "The Vampire Diaries." As Jenna Sommers, the aunt and caretaker of the show's main characters, she remained blithely oblivious to the supernatural creatures surrounding her for two seasons before her part came to an end. Having moved to Atlanta for the role, Canning then returned to her native Vancouver and frequent parts in television movies.
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Sara Canning
Filmography
Movies
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86% | No Score Yet | Dark Match | ...Kate the Great (Character) | - | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Defile | Mother (Character) | - | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kill Victoria | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shaman | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Christmas on Call | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
91% |
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Influencer | Jessica (Character) | - | 2023 |
No Score Yet |
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Sweetland | Unknown (Character) | - | 2023 |
No Score Yet |
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Holiday Road | Dana (Character) | - | 2023 |
91% | No Score Yet | The Burning Season | Alena (Character) | - | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Coupled Up for Christmas | Tiffany Williams (Character) | - | 2023 |
No Score Yet |
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Christmas at the Golden Dragon | Veronica (Character) | - | 2022 |
100% | No Score Yet | Lyra | Self | - | 2022 |
85% |
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Superhost | Claire (Character) | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Love Amongst the Stars | Heidi (Character) | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Christmas Star | Madeline (Character) | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Christmas Yule Blog | Caroline Williams (Character) | - | 2020 |
97% |
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Z | Jenna Montgomery (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Christmas Temp | Hazel (Character) | - | 2019 |
58% |
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The Banana Splits Movie | Rebecca (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Amish Abduction | Annie (Character) | - | 2019 |
83% |
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Level 16 | Miss Brixil (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A.R.C.H.I.E. 2 | Lara (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Welcome to Nowhere |
Blake (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Prodigals | Jen (Character) | - | 2017 |
94% |
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War for the Planet of the Apes | Lake (Character) | $146.8M | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Multiverse Dating for Beginners | Ivy (Character) | - | 2017 |
100% |
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Hello Destroyer | Wendy Davis (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | On the Farm | Sinead McLeod (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
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Eadweard | Flora (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Put a Hit on You |
Harper (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Garage Sale Mystery | Hannah (Character) | - | 2013 |
16% |
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The Right Kind of Wrong | Colette (Character) | $2.0K | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Think I Do | Audrey Ryan (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
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Hannah's Law | Hannah Beaumont (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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The Hunt for the I-5 Killer | Beth Williams (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Black Rain | Jenny (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Black Field | Maggie McGregor (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Come Dance at My Wedding | Andrea Merriman (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Taken in Broad Daylight | Anne Sluti (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Paparazzi Princess: The Paris Hilton Story | Unknown (Character) | - | 2008 |
TV
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78% | 78% | Once Upon a Time | Gretel (Guest Star) | 2018 |
73% | 90% | Hell on Wheels | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
86% | 72% | The Vampire Diaries |
Jenna Somers (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2009-2012 2014 |
No Score Yet | 95% | Republic of Doyle | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Garage Sale Mysteries | Hannah (Guest Star) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Halloween Wars | Judge | 2012 |
93% | 73% | Supernatural | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
56% | 77% | Kyle XY | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
78% | 70% | Smallville | Kat (Guest Star) | 2008 |