page_title: Lauren Lee Smith
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caption_attribution_description: Audiences first discovered Lauren Lee Smith when she was cast as a series regular on the hit Showtime drama series The L Word, which was filmed in her hometown of Vancouver. Her work received much praise and attention when she played an outgoing and very sexual woman in the independent award-winning film directed by Clement Virgo, Lie With Me, in which she had the leading role. Things have yet to slow down as Lauren Lee Smith is quickly establishing herself as one of Hollywood’s newest rising stars. In 2009, Smith worked aside Laurence Fishburne as ‘CSI Riley Adams’ on Season 9 of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 2009 also saw Smith at Sundance appearing in Sandra Nettlebeck’s Helen starring Ashley Judd – for which Smith won a Leo Award. To stir things up a little, the end of 2009 had Smith spending three months in Germany filming Philip Kadelbeck’s epic period piece, Hindenburg. In 2010, Smith started the year filming Terry Miles’ independent feature, A Night for Dying Tigers, reuniting her with L Word co-star Jennifer Beals and co-starring with fellow Canadians Gil Bellows and Kathleen Robertson as well as Tygh Runyan. The film premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. Smith also starred in the first season of Ken Finkleman’s comedy series Good Dog, which premiered on HBO Canada in spring 2011. She spent the following year living in Toronto while working on season three of The Listener for CTV and Fox International Channels. &lt;a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0809049" rel="nofollow"&gt;www.imdb.com/name/nm0809049&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/L_L_S" rel="nofollow"&gt;twitter.com/L_L_S&lt;/a&gt; + Born in Italy and educated all over Europe and South America, Ines Di Santo has been designing gowns since the age of fifteen and is recognized as a leading designer of evening and bridal couture. She is best known for her work with bridal design but her love of glamour and high fashion prompted her to extend her reach into the evening wear market. Her collection is sold at luxury retailers such as Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus, as well as at high-end boutiques around the world. Despite leading an ever-expanding, international business, Ines personally overseas the production of every gown, ensuring the highest standard of quality. Gowns are manufactured in Canada, at her atelier in Toronto. The Second Generation: VERONICA DI SANTO Veronica Di Santo has been working with her mother, Ines Di Santo, since the age of five. Growing up in the atelier and coming to oversee all aspects of creating a gown – from inception to construction – Veronica has naturally developed her own stream of silhouettes, adding a contemporary freshness to her mother’s luxe classics. Much of Veronica’s passion is traveling the globe to trunk shows and special events, experiencing the latest in the world of bridal couture. With an intrinsic eye for relaxed, youthful elegance, Veronica Di Santo has established her own atelier just north of the city, in Woodbridge, featuring among select lines, a wide array of Ines Di Santo bridal and evening gowns. &lt;a href="http://inesdisanto.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;inesdisanto.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/inesdisanto" rel="nofollow"&gt;twitter.com/inesdisanto&lt;/a&gt; + In 2012, The Heart Truth® marks a decade of commitment to women's heart health. Starting with February's American Heart Month and throughout the year, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) reaffirms its commitment to increasing awareness about heart disease among women and helping women take steps to reduce their own personal risk of developing heart disease. &lt;a href="http://thehearttruth.ca" rel="nofollow"&gt;thehearttruth.ca&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/thehearttruth.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;twitter.com/thehearttruth.com&lt;/a&gt; thehearttruth + Photography by Jason Hargrove &lt;a href="http://jasonhargrove.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;jasonhargrove.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/jasonhargrove" rel="nofollow"&gt;twitter.com/jasonhargrove&lt;/a&gt; This set is available with a Creative Commons Attribution license for non-commercial use for media and bloggers alike. High resolution commercial use licenses can be purchased on request&#160;:)
context_page_description: Lauren Lee Smith is a Canadian actress. She is known for her television roles, including Emma DeLauro in the syndicated fantasy drama Mutant X, Riley Adams in the CBS forensics drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, police Sergeant Michelle McCluskey in the CTV fantasy drama The Listener, and Frankie Drake in the CBC detective series Frankie Drake Mysteries.
context_section_description: At the age of 19, Smith was cast in the remake of Get Carter. Later that year, Smith was cast in the starring role of Christy Huddleston in the television film Christy: The Movie, and its follow-up two-part miniseries Christy, Choices of the Heart. She starred in the show Mutant X, where she played the character of Emma deLauro from 2001 to 2003.
  Throughout the 2000s, she guest-starred in episodes of The Dead Zone, The Twilight Zone, and Blade: The Series, among others. Smith was also a recurring character in the Showtime drama series The L Word, playing sous chef Lara Perkins. In 2005, Smith filmed the sexually explicit movie Lie with Me, where she played the character of Leila. The same year, she was cast in the 2006 romance film The Last Kiss.
  In 2006, she had a recurring part on the Canadian drama Intelligence. In early 2007, she played Kath in the CBC miniseries Dragon Boys. The same year, Smith was cast in starring roles in the 2008 thriller film Pathology and in the 2009 drama film Helen with Ashley Judd.
  In 2008, Smith became a series regular in the ninth season on the long-running CBS forensics drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation playing Riley Adams (originally named Bryce Adams), "a smart, flirtatious, and witty non-conformist who entered law enforcement to rebel against her judgmental psychiatrist father", who joins Grissom's team, to fill the void left by the departure of Jorja Fox's Sara Sidle. She and her character did not return for the tenth season.
  In 2009 Smith was cast in one of the lead roles in the German television film Hindenburg: The Last Flight by RTL, which aired in February 2011 in Germany and was broadcast by American premium channel Encore in March 2013. In 2010, Smith returned to Canada and joined the cast of the CTV drama series The Listener for its second season. In 2012, she was cast in the starring role of Grace in the 2013 Canadian comedy film Cinemanovels alongside Jennifer Beals with whom Smith had previous appeared in the Showtime dramedy The L Word and the 2010 film A Night for Dying Tigers.
  In 2014, Smith played government investigator Samantha Krueger on the CBC/Syfy science-fiction miniseries Ascension. In 2015, Smith joined the cast of the CBC drama series This Life, playing Maggie, the sister of the lead character (Torri Higginson) who is suffering from stage four cancer; Smith's portrayal of the character was well received by The Globe and Mail's John Doyle.
  In 2017, she was cast in the lead role in the CBC drama series Frankie Drake Mysteries.
caption: Smith at a fashion show in 2012
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