Missy Peregrym Biography

Melissa "Missy" Peregrym (born June 16, 1982) is a Canadian actress and former fashion model. She made her feature film debut in the 2006 gymnastics comedy drama Stick It. She played a recurring role as Candice Wilmer on the NBC television series Heroes, and starred in the CW television series Reaper. She stars as Officer Andy McNally on the ABC and Global Television Network series Rookie Blue.

Personal life

Peregrym was born in Montreal, Quebec, to Rev. Darrell Peregrym, a minister, and Vanessa Peregrym, a housewife. Peregrym lived most of her early life in Surrey, British Columbia where she attended Fleetwood Park Secondary School. She describes herself as having been a tomboy while growing up. As of late 2012, Peregrym resided in Los Angeles, but has moved to Toronto, in order to film police drama Rookie Blue.

Career

Aged 18, Peregrym began her professional career with the Lizbell Agency. It was during her early modelling career that she was encouraged by her agency to move over to commercials. Due to this shift from print to screen, she booked commercials for Mercedes-Benz, Sprint Canada, and the Olympics. In 2000 Peregrym made her acting debut in Canadian based television series Dark Angel. Building upon her debut role, she booked guest star roles on, The Chris Isaak Show, Black Sash, Jake 2.0, Smallville, Tru Calling, Life as We Know It, Andromeda, Heroes, and in the made-for-television film Call Me: the Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss.

After an uncredited role in 2004's Catwoman, Peregrym made her film debut in 2006, playing the lead role in Stick It, a film revolving around a rebellious teenager who is forced to return to her former life in gymnastics.

Peregrym then booked a role as an illusion-generating Candice Wilmer on the television series Heroes. Billed by production staff, in promotional materials as "a female temptress". She was due to appear in the episode titled Parasite, but she made her debut appearance in a non-speaking role in episode Company Man the week before.

It would be on The CW's television series Reaper that Peregrym was handed her first lead role on a television show in 2007 to 2009. Nikki Reed initially played the role in the unaired pilot. Reaper was about a young man named Sam who became a bounty hunter for the devil. Missy played the role of Sam's love interest, Andi.

Peregrym in 2010 then booked a lead role in Canadian based television series Rookie Blue in the role of Officer Andy McNally. The series airs simultaneously in North America on Global TV in Canada and on ABC.

In 2012, Peregrym was cast in the leading role of Chloe Jocelyn in Yahoo.com's web-based series "Cybergeddon". Nine chapters were filmed and are available for viewing as of September 27, 2012. The project was supported and funded in part by Norton.

Charity work

In 2006, Peregrym joined forces with TOMS, a non-political movement dedicated to provide safe footwear for communities in South America. Peregrym has spoken about her experiences in Argentina and of its impact on the communities she visited.

Awards and nominations

In 2008 she was nominated for a Leo at the Leo Awards for Best Lead Performance by a Female in the Dramatic Series Reaper episode "Love, Bullets, and Blacktop".

On February 17, 2013, Peregrym won best actress in a performance drama, for Cybergeddon at the 3rd annual Streamy Awards.

Filmography

Film and television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Dark Angel	Hottie Blood	Episode: "Love in Vein"
2002	'	Julia	Episode: "Gimme Shelter"
2003	Black Sash	Tory Stratton	Regular role (8 episodes)
2003	Jake 2.0	Girl in Bar	Episode: "Jerry 2.0"
2003	Tru Calling	Gina	Episode: "Putting Out Fires"
2004	Smallville	Molly Griggs	Episode: "Delete"
2004	Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss	Tina	TV film
2004	Andromeda	Lissett	Episode: "Time Out of Mind"
2004"2005	Life as We Know It	Jackie Bradford	Main role (13 episodes)
2006	Smallville: Vengeance Chronicles	Molly Griggs	TV miniseries
2006	Stick It	Haley Graham
2007	Heroes	Candice Wilmer	Recurring role (6 episodes)
2007	Wide Awake	Cassie Wade	TV film
2007"2009	Reaper	Andi Prendergast	Main role (31 episodes)
2010"present	Rookie Blue	Andy McNally	Lead role (52 episodes)
2011	Something Red	Amy	Short film
2012	Cybergeddon	Chloe Jocelyn	Recurring role (9 episodes)
2012	Cybergeddon Zips	Chloe Jocelyn	Episode: "Chloe"