Alisen Elizabeth Jean Down (born January 3, 1976) is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 film

Film

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 and television

Television

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 actress. She was born in Langley, British Columbia

Langley, British Columbia (district municipality)

The Township of Langley is a district municipality immediately east of the City of Surrey in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It extends south from the Fraser River to the U.S. border, and west of the City of Abbotsford...

.

Early life

Down showed an interest for acting early, and during her younger years she used to write and produce her own plays. After she graduated from H. D. Stafford Secondary School

H. D. Stafford Secondary School

H.D. Stafford Middle School is a public middle school in Langley, British Columbia, part of School District 35 Langley. It was formerly the only secondary school in Langley City , but in September, 2008, HD Stafford Secondary became a Middle School.-History:H.D...

, Down studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts

American Academy of Dramatic Arts

The American Academy of Dramatic Arts is a fully accredited two-year conservatory with facilities located in Manhattan, New York City – at 120 Madison Avenue, in a landmark building designed by noted architect Stanford White as the original Colony Club – and in Hollywood, California...

 in California, and then the British American Dramatic Academy in Oxford.

Career

Down's most famous appearance is most likely in the TV series Mysterious Ways, where she played the role of Miranda, a physics graduate student who, together with Professor Declan Dunn (often the enthusiast behind the investigations) and psychiatrist Dr. Peggy Fowler (the other skeptic besides Miranda), tries to solve a range of mysterious or paranormal events. One of her high profile roles was that of Jean Barolay in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica

Battlestar Galactica

Battlestar Galactica is an American science fiction franchise created by Glen A. Larson. The franchise began with the Battlestar Galactica TV series in 1978, and was followed by a brief sequel TV series in 1980, a line of book adaptations, original novels, comic books, a board game, and video games...

series.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Late Night Sessions	Candy
1999	Bad Money	Sylvia Baines
2000		Chet
2005		Claire	Short film
2008	Control Alt Delete Control Alt Delete (film) Control Alt Delete is a 2008 comedy film set in an information technology firm just before the year 2000. Lead programmer Lewis Henderson is in charge of solving various Y2K bugs, but finds himself increasingly distracted by his computer-mediated sexual yearnings...	Angela
2008		Laptop Woman
2009	Case 39 Case 39 Case 39 is a 2009 American horror film directed by Christian Alvart and starring Renée Zellweger, Bradley Cooper, and Ian McShane. The film was shot in Vancouver in late 2006 and was released theatrically in the UK, European and Latin American countries on August 13, 2009...	Emily's Mother
2010	Paradox Paradox (film) Paradox is a science-fiction television film starring Kevin Sorbo, Steph Song and Christopher Judge, directed by Brenton Spencer, and based on a comic book by Christos Gage.-Plot:...	Helen
2010	Father&Sons	Waitress
2010	Move Out Clean	Laura	Short film
2011	Colouring on the Walls	Alice	Short film
2011		Dr. S. White	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998-2005	Da Vinci's Inquest Da Vinci's Inquest Da Vinci's Inquest is a Canadian dramatic television series that aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2005. Seven seasons of thirteen episodes each were filmed for a total of ninety-one episodes....	Adele Corbett	Episode: "The Quality of Mercy"
1999-2000	Cold Squad Cold Squad Cold Squad is a Canadian police procedural television series first broadcast in 1998 that followed the investigations of a part of the Vancouver Police Department Homicide Division tasked with solving cold cases, the titular Cold Squad, as led by Sergeant Ali McCormick .The cast of Cold Squad was...	Anita Dunn	4 episodes
2000	Da Vinci's Inquest Da Vinci's Inquest Da Vinci's Inquest is a Canadian dramatic television series that aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2005. Seven seasons of thirteen episodes each were filmed for a total of ninety-one episodes....	Ruby	Episode: "Bang Like That"
2000-2002	Mysterious Ways	Miranda Feigelsteen	43 episodes
2002		Young Rosie O'Halloran	Episode: "Enigma"
2003-2005	Da Vinci's Inquest Da Vinci's Inquest Da Vinci's Inquest is a Canadian dramatic television series that aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2005. Seven seasons of thirteen episodes each were filmed for a total of ninety-one episodes....	Dr. Maria Donato	17 episodes
2004	Stargate SG-1 Stargate SG-1 Stargate SG-1 is a Canadian-American adventure and military science fiction television series and part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Stargate franchise. The show, created by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner, is based on the 1994 feature film Stargate by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich...	Dr. Brightman	Episode: "Lockdown"
2004		Crystal	TV movie
2004-2008	Smallville Smallville Smallville is the hometown of Superman in comic books published by DC Comics. While growing up in Smallville, the young Clark Kent attended Smallville High with best friends Lana Lang, Chloe Sullivan and Pete Ross...	Lillian Luthor	5 episodes
2005	Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery	Laura Wing	TV movie
2005		Priscillia	Episode: "Labyrinth"
2005	Killer Instincts Killer Instinct (TV series) Killer Instinct is an American crime drama television series filmed in Vancouver that originally aired on the Fox Network. The pilot episode aired on September 23, 2005, and the final episode aired on December 2, 2005....	Cleo / Lesley	Episode: "Die Like an Egyptian"
2005-2008	Robson Arms Robson Arms Robson Arms is a Canadian television series that began airing on CTV on June 17, 2005 and ended on June 30, 2008. Robson Arms is a co-production between Vancouver-based Omni Film Productions Limited and Halifax's Creative Atlantic Communications....	Sault Ste. Marie	21 episodes
2006	This Space for Rent This Space for Rent This Space for Rent is a Canadian dramedy on CBC starring Dov Tiefenbach that premiered on January 4, 2006 as a 'special' CBC pilot as part of its "Comedy Week". Tiefenbach plays Lucky Carroway, a recent university graduate and writer who finds that life after university is not as perfect as it...	Michael-Anne Sutton	TV series
2006		Female Russian Spy / The Devil	Episode: "The Spy"
2006	Whistler Whistler (TV series) Whistler is a Canadian television drama centring on the aftermath of the mysterious death of a local snowboard legend. The series was created by Kelly Senecal and developed by Patrick Banister, John Barbisan, Mindy Heslin, and Susan James.-Premise:...	Wren Jolinski	Episode: "After the Fall"
2006	Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance is the collective title of 10 two- to five-minute "webisodes" released exclusively on the world wide web through the Sci Fi Channel's website...	Jean Barolay	4 episodes
2006-2008	Battlestar Galactica Battlestar Galactica Battlestar Galactica is an American science fiction franchise created by Glen A. Larson. The franchise began with the Battlestar Galactica TV series in 1978, and was followed by a brief sequel TV series in 1980, a line of book adaptations, original novels, comic books, a board game, and video games...	Jean Barolay	8 episodes
2008	Stargate: The Ark of Truth Stargate: The Ark of Truth Stargate: The Ark of Truth is a 2008 Canadian-American military science fiction film written and directed by Robert C. Cooper. The film is the conclusion of Stargate SG-1 Ori arc, and picks up after the SG-1 series finale, but takes place before the fourth season of Stargate Atlantis. The Ark of...	Alteran Woman	Video
2009	Flashpoint Flashpoint (TV series) Flashpoint is a Canadian police drama television series that debuted on July 11, 2008, on CTV in Canada and ran on CBS in the United States for its first three and a half seasons. In 2011, Ion Television began airing new episodes of the series in the United States...	Hannah	Episode: "Backwards Day"
2009	Battlestar Galactica: The Plan Battlestar Galactica: The Plan Battlestar Galactica: The Plan is a made for television movie set in the reimagined version of the fictional Battlestar Galactica universe. It consists of newly filmed material as well as a compilation of footage from the TV series and miniseries....	Jean Barolay	Video
2010	SGU Stargate Universe	Dr. Brightman	4 episodes
2010	R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour is a Canadian/American original anthology horror-fantasy series, with episodes each half an hour long. The new show was produced by Front Street Pictures, The Hatchery, Incendo Films and Endemol, and premiered on The Hub, which overtook Discovery Kids on October 10,...	Jill	Episode: "Really You: Part 1" Episode: "Really You: Part 2"
2010	On Strike for Christmas	Debbie	TV movie
2010	Shattered	Linda Rousso	Episode: "Don't Wanna Die" Episode: "She Had You Fooled"
2011		Cami	Episode: "Beau Soleil"
2011	Past Obsessions	Meg	TV movie
2011	Chaos Chaos (TV series) CHAOS is an American television series for the CBS network. The one-hour comedic drama premiered on April 1, 2011, as a midseason replacement for The Defenders.-Premise:...	Dr. Sheila Levine	Episode: "Mincemeat"

External links

• AlisenDown.com website (Official)
• Alisen Down on Northern Stars - Canadians in the Movies