Samantha Ferris (born November 2, 1968) is a Canadian actress, best known for her starring role as Nina Jarvis on The 4400 and her recurring role as Ellen Harvelle on Supernatural.
Career Ferris began her career as a radio announcer and in the mid-1990s was a television reporter for the Bellingham, Washington station KVOS-TV 12 and Vancouver's BCTV, where she went by the name Janie Ferris.
After the death of her father she decided to change careers and become an actress. She has had many starring and supporting television roles, her most notable being Sandra Cassandra on Beggars and Choosers, Nina Jarvis on The 4400, Lt. Alexa Brenner on The Evidence and Ellen Harvelle on Supernatural. Other television roles include that of deckhand Pollux in the episode "Dirty Hands" of Battlestar Galactica, as well as roles in Smallville, Stargate SG-1, The L Word, V and a series of TV movies featuring The Gourmet Detective.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes2001Along Came a SpiderMrs. HumeBlackwoodsWaitress / Beth2006Gray MattersElaine2007Butterfly on a WheelDianeAKA, Shattered2009GracePatricia Lang2010IcarusKerrAKA, The Killing Machine2012Tracy2018Valley of the LanternsBookmaker
Television Year Title Role Notes1996Saber Marionette JPanther (voice)TV series1998Lauren UrbinaTV filmLacey"Wednesday Leaves Home"1999Stargate SG-1Dr. Raully"Out of Mind", "Into the Fire"1999–2001Beggars and ChoosersSandra CassandraRecurring role2000Lauren UrbinaTV filmMobile Suit Gundam WingSally Po (voice)"Go Forth, Gundam Team"Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: The Movie - Endless WaltzSally Po (voice)TV filmFirst WaveAlice"Mabus"So WeirdMiranda Scott"Still Life"2001Beyond Belief: Fact or FictionSuzanne"Grass on the Grave"Earth Maiden ArjunaTeresa Wong (voice)TV miniseriesDana Farrard"Behind the Isaak"2002Da Vinci's InquestDolores Williams"Simple, Sad"Glory DaysHelen"The Devil Made Me Do It"2003Det. Katherine CookeTV film2004SmallvilleWarden Anita Stone"Scare"TaylorTV film2005Meryl Rothman"Luminous"Personal EffectsGail FeldmanTV filmDa Vinci's InquestConst. Samantha Townsend"Must Be a Night for Fires"ReunionEmily Fisher"1989"2005–2006Nina JarvisMain role2006Tessa"The Media Baron"Lt. Alexa BrennerRegular roleReunionEmily Fisher"1997"Last Chance CafeMadge BeardsleyTV film2006–2011SupernaturalEllen Harvelle9 episodes2007Battlestar GalacticaPollux"Dirty Hands"Witness to MurderShawnaTV filmEnemy WithinHinesTV film2008NYC: Tornado TerrorLillianTV film2009ImpactRenee FergusonTV miniseries2010Human TargetDeputy Director Lynch"Baptiste"Seven Deadly SinsDiana Morgan"1.2"HiccupsBambi Weeks"You Schmooze, You Lose"VPrivate Investigator"Pound of Flesh", "Fruition"2011VFelicia Castro"Birth Pangs"2012Smart CookiesHazel HillburnTV film2013Emily Owens, M.D.Marian Camphill"The Love of Larping"R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The SeriesCarolyn"Detention"Let It SnowSallyTV film2014 R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The SeriesMother"Grandpa's Glasses"2015ExposedNancy Grace TypeTV film2015BackstromRebecca Forrester"Dragon Slayer" 2015–2017; 2020Gourmet Detective film seriesCapt. ForsythHallmark Movies & Mysteries films 2015MistressesDet. Libby WhiteheadRecurring role2016Newlywed and DeadAnnie WardTV filmPaulaHallmark Channel filmLooks Like ChristmasJill HigginsHallmark Channel film2017Somewhere BetweenCapt. Kendra SarneauRegular roleHit the RoadLinda Shapiro"It's My Party", "Kush"2018SixKate KilcannonRecurring roleGarage Sale Mystery: The Mask MurderMichelleHallmark Movies & Mysteries filmSalvationDirector Evelyn DavisRecurring role (season 2)2022Devil in OhioRhoda MorrisonTV miniseries; 4 episodesBatwomanDirector of the GCPS1 episode2023Picture of HerAunt DodyHallmark Channel movie2024When Calls the Heart Maisie Hickam Recurring role
Video games Year Title Role Notes2003CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationMrs. Wilkinson2004CSI: Dark MotivesLeslie Handleman2005SSX on TourZoe Payne2022New Tales from the BorderlandsSusan Coldwell
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