Liane Balaban

Liane Balaban is a Canadian actress who was born in North York, Ontario, and grew up in the Willowdale neighborhood of what is now Toronto. She studied journalism at Ryerson University before leaving to focus on acting, and her first feature role came in New Waterford Girl (1999), as a teenager longing to escape a Cape Breton coal town; she auditioned seven times and the part brought a Special Jury Citation at the Toronto International Film Festival and a Canadian Comedy Award nomination. She appeared in Definitely, Maybe (2008) and Last Chance Harvey (2008) as the estranged daughter of Dustin Hoffman's character. She starred in One Week (2008), earning a Genie Award nomination, and later appeared in The Trotsky (2009), Coach (2010) and The Grand Seduction (2013). On television she had a recurring role on Supernatural and guest-starred on Covert Affairs and Alphas, and she made her stage debut in 2011 in Divisadero: A Performance.