Emmanuelle Vaugier Biography

Emmanuelle Vaugier (born June 23, 1976) is a Canadian film actress, singer, model, and television actress who has had recurring roles as Detective Jessica Angell on CSI: NY, Mia on Two and a Half Men, Dr. Helen Bryce on Smallville, FBI Special Agent Emma Barnes on Human Target, and as The Morrigan on Lost Girl. In feature films, Vaugier has appeared alongside Michael Caine and Robert Duvall in Secondhand Lions. She appeared as Addison Corday in Saw II and Saw IV, and had a supporting role in the Josh Hartnett film 40 Days and 40 Nights.

Early life

Vaugier was born in Vancouver, British Columbia and grew up in a French-speaking French Roman Catholic household. She is fluent in French. She divides her time between Los Angeles and Vancouver. She attended Crofton House School, an all-girls private school, for 10 years until she transferred to Magee Secondary School, which offers a flexible academic program for professional and pre-professional student athletes, artists and musicians (SPARTS), for the last two years of high school.

Career

Television

Vaugier played the role of young, upstart model Maria Alcobar in a 1996 episode of Highlander: The Series. In 2004, she played Lindsey Kellogg on the short-lived Fox Television series North Shore. She has also had guest-star spots on Veronica Mars, Supernatural, The Outer Limits, Higher Ground, Andromeda, and Charmed. She also appeared in the Emmy Award nominated miniseries The Beach Boys: An American Family where she portrayed Mike Love's wife, Suzanne. Vaugier also completed a starring role in MOW Veiled Truth for the Lifetime Network. She is also known for her role during the first two seasons of One Tree Hill, as Nicki, Jake's (Bryan Greenberg) ex-girlfriend and mother to their child, Jenny.

In 2005–2006, Vaugier guest starred in six episodes of CBS's hit sitcom Two and a Half Men as Mia, a ballet teacher who Charlie Harper fell in love with and almost married. In 2005, she also played the title character in the Painkiller Jane television movie for the Sci Fi Channel. However, she first became noticed by the science fiction community when she portrayed Dr. Helen Bryce, the love interest of Lex Luthor, on the WB's hit drama Smallville in 2002–2003. Vaugier had a recurring role from 2006–2009 on the CBS show CSI: NY as Detective Jessica Angell. She left the show after the fifth season due to budget cuts. Angell was in a serious relationship with Eddie Cahill's character Detective Don Flack.

Vaugier appeared in two episodes of the Fox series Human Target as FBI agent Emma Barnes. Emma is first introduced to the show on January 26, 2010, in the episode "Embassy Row". Vaugier currently has a recurring role on the Syfy series Lost Girl as The Morrigan, the leader of the Dark Fae.

Film

Vaugier starred as Addison in Saw II and Saw IV. In the Canadian film Unearthed, she played Annie, the sheriff of a small rural desert town. She appeared in the film 40 Days and 40 Nights, which starred Josh Hartnett. She had starring roles in Suddenly Naked, in which she plays a Latin pop sensation; the TV-movie Mindstorm, a science-fiction thriller; and Ripper, a psychological thriller about students who mysteriously disappear after enrolling in a class about serial killers. She stars also in the sequel to Mirrors, which is directed by Victor Garcia. Maxim magazine featured her on the cover of the February 2006 issue in the United States. Three months later, she landed spot #31 on their annual Hot 100 list.

Games

Vaugier appeared in Need for Speed: Carbon as Nikki. She is the girlfriend of the main character in the game. She also played Nightingale in The House of the Dead 2, a video game that inspired the horror film House of the Dead 2.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	A Family Divided	Rosalie Frank	TV movie
1995	Highlander: The Series	Maria Alcobar	Episode 4.10 "Chivalry"
1996	Madison	Noella D'Angelo	9 episodes
1996	The Halfback of Notre Dame	Esmerelda	TV movie
1996	Home Song	Cheerleader	TV movie
1996	The Limbic Region	Jennifer Lucca - age 21	TV movie
1997	Breaker High	Monette	Episode 1.11 "Chateau L'Feet J'mae"
1997	Police Academy: The Series	Sally	Episode 1.03 "Put Down That Nose"
1997	Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation		Episode 1.12 "Turtles' Night Out"
1998	Hysteria	Veronica Bloom	Film
1998	First Wave	Esther	Episode 1.07 "Lungfish"
1998	Dead Man's Gun	Rose Harris	Episode 2.10 "The Pinkerton"
1998"1999	The Outer Limits	Shal Lisa Dobkins	Episodes 4.08 "Rite of Passage" and 5.05 "The Other Side"
1999	Viper	Mitzi / Olga	Episode 3.11 "Best Seller"
1999	Assault on Death Mountain	French Woman	TV movie
1999	Shapeshifter	Anika	Film
1999	The Fear: Resurrection	Jennifer	Film
1999	Seven Days	Princess Lisette D'Arcy	Episode 2.09 "Love and Other Disasters"
2000	The Beach Boys: An American Family	Pamela	TV movie
2000	Higher Ground	Elaine Barringer	4 episodes
2000	My 5 Wives	Sarah	Film
2000	The Sculptress	Sylvie	Film
2000	Level 9	Christina Veedy	Episode 1.13 "Mob.com"
2000	So Weird	Donna	Episode 3.13 "Snapshot"
2001	Largo Winch: The Heir	Nikki	TV movie
2001	Mindstorm	Tracy Wellman	Film
2001	Big Sound	Veronica	Episode 1.09 "Jam Session"
2001	Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell	Elinor Smith	Direct to video
2001	Ripper	Andrea 'Andy' Carter	Film
2001	Return to Cabin by the Lake	Vicki	TV movie
2001	Suddenly Naked	Lupe Martinez	Film
2001	MythQuest	Persephone	Episode 1.04 "Orpheus"
2002	40 Days and 40 Nights	Susie	Film
2002	Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction	Susan	Episode 4.02 "The Doll"
2002	Charmed	Dr. Ava Nicolae	Episode 5.06 "The Eyes Have It"
2002	My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star	Sarah Nelson	11 episodes
2002	Just Cause	Louisa Bennett	Episode 1.09 "Making News"
2002"2003	Smallville	Dr. Helen Bryce	9 episodes
2003	Secondhand Lions	Jasmine	Film
2003	Water's Edge	Rae Butler	Film
2003	The Handler	Angie	Episode 1.11 "Off the Edge"
2004	Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss	Lauren	TV movie
2004	North Shore	Melinda Lindsey Kellogg	Episodes 1.12 "Bellport" and 1.13 "Leverage"
2004	Veronica Mars	Monica Hadwin Greenblatt	Episode 1.10 "An Echolls Family Christmas"
2004"2005	One Tree Hill	Nicki	10 episodes
2005	Cerberus	Dr. Samantha Gaines	TV movie
2005	Andromeda	Maura	Episodes 5.21 "The Heart of the Journey (Part 1)" and 5.22 "The Heart of the Journey (Part 2)"
2005	House of the Dead 2	Alexandra 'Nightingale' Morgan	TV movie
2005	Love, Inc.	Girl	Episode 1.06 "Amen"
2005	Saw II	Addison Corday	Film
2005	Painkiller Jane	Capt. Jane Elizabeth Browning	TV movie
2005"2011	Two and a Half Men	Mia	11 episodes
2006	Monk	Pat - Juror No. 12	Episode 4.16 "Mr. Monk Gets Jury Duty"
2006	Veiled Truth ( aka What Comes Around)	Carolyn	TV movie
2006	Masters of Horror	Kim	Episode 2.05 "Pro-Life"
2006"2009	CSI: NY	Det. Jessica Angell	25 episodes
2007	Unearthed	Sheriff Annie Flynn	Film
2007	Supernatural	Madison	Episode 2.17 "Heart"
2007	Big Shots	Wanda Barnes	Episode 1.04 "Three's a Crowd"
2007	Saw IV	Addison Corday	Film
2008	Blonde and Blonder	Cat	Film
2008	Bachelor Party 2: The Last Temptation	Eva	Direct to video
2008	Far Cry	Valerie Cardinal	Film
2009	Reverse Angle	Eve Pretson	TV movie
2009	Dolan's Cadillac	Elizabeth	Film
2010	A Trace of Danger	Kate	TV movie
2010	Human Target	Emma Barnes	Episodes 1.03 "Embassy Row" and 1.08 "Baptiste"
2010"2011	Covert Affairs	Liza Hearn	7 episodes
2010	Mirrors 2	Elizabeth Reigns	Direct to video
2010	Hysteria	Jennifer	Film
2010	Hawaii Five-0	Erica Raines	Episode 1.09 "Po'ipu"
2010	A Nanny for Christmas	Ally Leeds	Film
2010"2013	Lost Girl	The Morrigan	9 episodes
2011	R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour	Abigail	Episode 1.06 "The Red Dress"
2011	Killer Mountain	Kate	TV movie
2011	Where the Road Meets the Sun	Lisa	Film
2011	French Immersion	Jennifer Yates	Film
2012	Stolen Child	Amanda	Direct to video
2012	It's Christmas, Carol	Carol Huffman	TV movie
2013	The Mentalist	Melissa Enfield	Episode 5.16 "There Will Be Blood"
2013	Absolute Deception	Rebecca	Film