Serinda Swan is a Canadian actress. She starred as Erica Reed in the series Breakout Kings for two seasons from 2011 to 2012. She then starred as DEA Special Agent Paige Arkin in the USA Network series Graceland, which premiered in the summer of 2013 and concluded September 2015. Swan also guest starred in one episode of Hawaii Five-0 and in four episodes of the NBC drama Chicago Fire as Brittany Baker.
She portrays Anne Bancroft in the first season of Feud.
Early Life[]
Swan was born in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Her father, Scott Swan, is a Canadian theatre director and actor who runs an acting studio on the north shore.
Career[]
She was featured in the "Theory of a Deadman" video So Happy released in April 2008. She appeared twice on the television series Smallville (in the episodes "Hex" and "Warrior") as Zatanna Zatara. She had the role of the pagan god Veritas in a season 6 episode of the TV series Supernatural. Swan began her big-screen acting career in 2009 in the rom-com The Break-Up Artist.
From 2011 to 2012, Swan starred as Erica Reed in the A&E television series, Breakout Kings. She shared that many of the prison scenes of Breakout Kings were shot in actual prisons, while real convicts are also there behind bars. Breakout Kings was canceled on May 17, 2012.
Swan portrays Zera in upcoming Brent Ryan Green film The Veil. In March 2017, it was announced that Swan would portray Medusa in the ABC and Marvel Television series Inhumans.
Swan works with different charities including the Somaly Mam Foundation, United Nations Foundation's Nothing But Nets, and Heifer International.
Filmography[]
Film[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Neal 'n' Nikki | Amanda | |
| 2009 | The Break-Up Artist | Ashley | |
| 2010 | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | Aphrodite | |
| 2010 | Tron: Legacy | Siren #2 | |
| 2011 | Recoil | Darcy | |
| 2011 | Creature | Emily | |
| 2012 | Wake | Alex | Short film |
| 2012 | Baytown Outlaws | Jez | |
| 2014 | Jinn | Jasmine Walker | |
| 2014 | Sister | Melissa | |
| 2015 | The Veil | Zera | Post-production |
| 2015 | Sentient | Heather | Short film, post-production |
Television[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Exes and Ohs | Lucianne | "What Goes Around" |
| 2008 | Loch Ness Terror | Caroleena | TV film |
| 2008 | Psych | Eileen Mazwell | "Murder?... Anyone?... Anyone?... Bueller?" |
| 2009 | Desperate Escape | Melissa | TV film |
| 2009 | Hostile Makeover | Amanda Manville | TV film |
| 2009 | Trust | Tiffany | TV film |
| 2009–2010 | Smalleville | Zatanna Zatara | "Hex", "Warrior", "Icarus" |
| 2010 | Supernatural | Veritas / Ashley Frank | "You Can't Handle the Truth" |
| 2011 | Hawaii Five-0 | Alana | "Ho'ohuli Na'au" |
| 2011–2012 | Breakout Kings | Erica Reed | Main role |
| 2013 | Republic of Doyle | Patti Middlebrooks | "Missing" |
| 2013–2015 | Graceland | Paige Arkin | Main role |
| 2014 | The Tomorrow People | Cassandra Smythe | "Things Fall Apart", "Endgame" |
| 2014 | Chicago Fire | Brittany Baker | Recurring role |
| 2017 | Inhumans | Medusa | Lead role |
| 2017 | Feud: Bette and Joan | Anne Bancroft | "And The Winner Is... (The Oscars of 1963)" |
Gallery[]
External Links[]
Serinda Swan on Wikipedia- Serinda Swan at the Internet Movie Database
- Serinda Swan on Twitter
- Serinda Swan on Instagram
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| Bette and Joan | ||
Catherine Zeta-Jones • Kathy Bates • Kiernan Shipka • Reed Diamond • Dominic Burgess • Sarah Paulson • Molly Price • Billy Meade • Sonya Leigh English • Mark Valley • Ken Lerner • Joel Kelley Dauten • Brooke Star • Chelsea Summer • Toby Huss • Serinda Swan • John Rubinstein • Raymond J. Barry
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| Cast | ||
Catherine Zeta-Jones • Kathy Bates • Kiernan Shipka • Reed Diamond • Dominic Burgess • Sarah Paulson • Molly Price • Billy Meade • Sonya Leigh English • Mark Valley • Ken Lerner • Joel Kelley Dauten • Brooke Star • Chelsea Summer • Toby Huss • Serinda Swan • John Rubinstein • Raymond J. Barry
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