Acting career

Maslany is one of the stars of the Canadian TV series 2030 CE

2030 CE

2030 CE is a Canadian children's TV series that aired for two seasons on YTV in 2002. It aired in the U.S. on HBO. The series was created by Angela Bruce, Dennis Foon and Yan Moore...

and is best known in her role as the character Ghost in Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed

Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed

Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed is a 2003 Canadian horror sequel to Ginger Snaps, written by Megan Martin and directed by Brett Sullivan...

. Additionally, she is known for her participation in improvisational theatre

Improvisational theatre

Improvisational theatre takes many forms. It is best known as improv or impro, which is often comedic, and sometimes poignant or dramatic. In this popular, often topical art form improvisational actors/improvisers use improvisational acting techniques to perform spontaneously...

, namely the Canadian Improv Games

Canadian Improv Games

The Canadian Improv Games is an education based format of improvisational theatre for Canadian high schools. To participate in the games, high school students form teams of up to 8 players and are required to pay a registration fee. The teams compete in regional tournaments, organized and...

 and has since become a member of the General Fools Improvisational Theatre and the Anoetic Improv group.

In 2007 Maslany appeared in The Messengers as Lindsay Rollins. Recently she appeared in a pilot (Sabbatical

Sabbatical (TV series)

Sabbatical is a 2007 CTV television movie, which was filmed in August 2007, as a pilot, and aired on 23 November 2007.The film, follows Patrick Marlowe , his paleontologist wife Dr...

), and she has been cast in Diary of the Dead

Diary of the Dead

Diary of the Dead is a 2007 American/Canadian horror film by George A. Romero...

, released in 2008. She played Zeppelin, an intern for NBR, on the hit TV show Instant Star

Instant Star

Instant Star was a Canadian television program which aired from September 2004 to June 2008. The series starred Alexz Johnson as adolescent music competition winner Jude Harrison. The show chronicles Harrison's experience in the recording industry whilst focusing upon character development.Linda...

. She is a member of Canadian Actors' Equity Association

Canadian Actors' Equity Association

Canadian Actors' Equity Association is an association of performers in English Canada who are engaged in live performances before paying audiences in theatre, opera and dance...

 and ACTRA

ACTRA

The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists is a Canadian labour union representing performers in English-language media. It has 22,000 members working in film, television, radio, and all other recorded media....

.

During 2008, she had a recurring role in the Instant Star

Instant Star

Instant Star was a Canadian television program which aired from September 2004 to June 2008. The series starred Alexz Johnson as adolescent music competition winner Jude Harrison. The show chronicles Harrison's experience in the recording industry whilst focusing upon character development.Linda...

series. She also had a lead role in the Hallmark Channel

Hallmark Channel

The Hallmark Channel is a cable television network that broadcasts across the United States. Their programming includes a mix of television movies/miniseries, syndicated series, and lifestyle shows that are appropriate for the whole family...

 movie, An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving

An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving

An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving is a television movie based on a short story by Louisa May Alcott. Filmed on location in Canada, the movie premiered on Hallmark Channel on November 22, 2008...

. In September 2008, she played a corrupted, kidnapped girl in the Canadian television series 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...

.

She appeared in Grown Up Movie Star

Grown Up Movie Star

Grown Up Movie Star is a 2010 Canadian drama film written, directed and co-produced by Adriana Maggs. Shawn Doyle, Jill Knox Gosse and Paul Pope are the other co-producers. The film was produced by Pope Productions and distributed in Canada by Mongrel Media...

as Ruby, a role which earned the actor a special jury breakout role award at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival

Sundance Film Festival

The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...

. Also she played Hannah Simmons in one episode of The Listener

The Listener (TV series)

The Listener is a Canadian science fiction drama set in Toronto about a young paramedic named Toby Logan with the ability to listen to people's minds. The series premiered on Fox International Channels beginning with the Arabic-speaking area of northern Africa and south-western Asia on March 1, 2009...

. In 2010 she appeared in the direct-to-video

Direct-to-video

Direct-to-video is a term used to describe a film that has been released to the public on home video formats without being released in film theaters or broadcast on television...

 film Hardwired

Hardwired (film)

Hardwired is a 2009 film released straight to DVD starring Cuba Gooding, Jr., Val Kilmer, Michael Ironside and Lance Henriksen.-Plot:In the not too distant future where corporations control nearly every aspect of human life, a man named Luke is involved in a car accident that claims the life of...

as Punk Red.

She currently plays the role of Kit Bailey on the CBC show Heartland

Heartland (Canadian TV series)

Heartland is a Canadian television drama series which debuted on CBC Television on October 14, 2007. The series is loosely based on the Heartland books by Lauren Brooke....

as well as Sarah, Dr. Tom's daughter, on Being Erica (also a CBC series).

She starred in the BBC adaptation of the birth of Christ entitled The Nativity

The Nativity (2010 TV series)

The Nativity is a 2010 British four-part drama television series. The series is a re-telling of the nativity and was broadcast on BBC One and BBC HD across four days, starting on 20 December 2010....

. She played Mary, the mother of Jesus. This four-part series aired in December 2010.

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