Meghan Ory Biography

Meghan Ory (born August 20, 1982) is a Canadian television and film actress. She starred as Red Riding Hood/Ruby Lucas on the ABC fantasy series Once Upon a Time and is currently starring in the upcoming CBS drama Intelligence as Riley Neal.

Life and career

Ory was born in Victoria, British Columbia and attended Royal Oak Middle School and then Claremont Secondary School. After receiving the Fine Arts Award for Acting from Royal Oak in 1996, she began pursuing a career in acting. Her first professional acting role came in 1999 in the Fox Family Channel television movie, The Darklings, opposite Suzanne Somers and Timothy Busfield. A guest appearance on the television series The Crow: Stairway to Heaven followed, before she landed her first regular TV role on the Fox Family series Higher Ground in 2000, along with Hayden Christensen. After appearing on the MTV series [[2ge+her]] (2000), Ory joined the cast of the Canadian television series Vampire High in 2001.

She continued working in television with guest appearances on The Outer Limits, Dark Angel, Glory Days, and Maybe It's Me. She appeared in the TV movies, Lucky 7 and National Lampoon's Thanksgiving Family Reunion in 2003, as well as the TV series Smallville, Life As We Know It, and The Collector, and Family Reunion in 2004. Also in 2004, Ory made her feature film debut in Decoys, directed by Matthew Hastings, whom she had previously worked with on Higher Ground and Vampire High.

In 2006, Ory appeared in UPN series South Beach, and the Hallmark mini-series Merlin's Apprentice, alongside Sam Neill and Miranda Richardson. She also appeared in the feature film John Tucker Must Die and the made-for-TV film Her Sister's Keeper. In 2007, Ory appeared in Blonde and Blonder with Pamela Anderson and Denise Richards, and the television film Nightmare. In 2008, Ory appeared in the television series Flash Gordon episode "Thicker Than Water". In 2009, Ory appeared in the television series Knight Rider (2008) episode 17 (Season 1) "I love the Knight Life" as Megan Connelly. She portrayed Claire Thompson in the horror-thriller film Dark House. She also appeared as a guest star of Canadian TV Series Sanctuary as Laura. In 2010, Ory appeared in the Keystone Light beer commercial "Rescue of Beer"..

Beginning fall 2011, Ory starred as Red Riding Hood/Ruby Lucas on the ABC fantasy series Once Upon a Time. She was in most of the episodes of the first season and was promoted to the main cast in the second season of the series. She left the cast at the end of the second season, but stated that she is open for a guest starring part in the future whenever the time is available to her.

In March 2013, Ory was cast as the female lead opposite Josh Holloway in the CBS drama pilot Intelligence, which co-stars Marg Helgenberger.

In 2008, she married John Reardon, with whom she worked on Merlin's Apprentice.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Decoys	Alex
2006	John Tucker Must Die	Jill
2008	Blonde and Blonder	Kit
2009	Dark House	Claire
2010	Winner: Best Short Film		Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	'	Jessie Everett	TV movie
1999	'	Alice Romano	Episode: "The Road Not Taken"
2000	Higher Ground	Juliette Waybourne	22 episodes
2000	2gether: The Series	Heather	Episode: "Crying"
2000	Hayley Wagner, Star	Caitlin Curren	TV movie
2001	'	Danielle Hobson	Episode: "Abduction"
2001	Maybe It's Me	Lauren	Episode: "The Cheerleader Episode" Episode: "The Halloween Episode"
2001-2002	Vampire High	Sherry Woods	26 episodes
2002	Maybe It's Me	Lauren	Episode: "The Lab Partner Episode"
2002	Dark Angel	Rachel Berrisford	Episode: "The Berrisford Agenda"
2002	Glory Days	Jade LaFayette / Ann Palmer	Episode: "The Lost Girls"
2002	Just Cause	Tracey	Episode: "The Last to Know"
2003	Lucky 7	Janey	TV movie
2003	National Lampoon's Thanksgiving Family Reunion	Allison Snider	TV movie
2004	Smallville	Megan Calder	Episode: "Hereafter"
2004	Life as We Know It	Greta	Episode: "Family Hard-ships"
2004	'	Katie	Episode: "The Ice Skater"
2005	'	Shannon Conrad / Cora	Episode: "The Cowboy"
2006	South Beach	Maggie	8 episodes
2006	Merlin's Apprentice	Brianna	TV miniseries
2006	Her Sister's Keeper	Melissa Brennan	TV movie
2007	Viva Laughlin		Episode: "1.5"
2007	Nightmare	Carla	TV movie
2007	Painkiller Jane	Wanda	Episode: "Portraits of Lauren Gray"
2007	'	Amanda	TV movie
2008	Flash Gordon	Sarre	Episode: "Thicker Than Water"
2009	Knight Rider	Dr. Megan Connelly	Episode: "I Love the Knight Life"
2009	Sanctuary	Laura S.	Episode: "Sleepers"
2010	Psych	Josie	Episode: "Viagra Falls"
2010-2011	True Justice	Juliet Sanders	11 episodes
2011-2013	Once Upon a Time	Ruby / Red Riding Hood	Seasons 1-2
2012	Supernatural	Sally	Episode: "Adventures In Babysitting"
2013	Intelligence	Riley Neal	Episode: "Pilot"