 She studied documentary filmmaking at Capilano University and pursued her MFA at Loyola Marymount University's School of TV and Film.Her work onstage, including the Shaw and Stratford Festivals, has been critically acclaimed and she has won one of Canada's Jessie Awards for her performance as Ariel in "The Tempest".She is perhaps best known on television for her role as Sheriff Nancy Adams on "Smallville", for which she was nominated for a Leo Award for Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series.