Claire Rankin
Born	January 23, 1971 (1971-01-23) (age 38) Canada
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1994 - Present

Claire Rankin (born January 23, 1971 in Canada) is a Canadian actress. She was raised in Prince Edward Island and is a trained singer and dancer.

She has over 35 films and television credits appearing in such shows as Without a Trace, The District, Chicago Hope, Ally McBeal and The Drew Carey Show. She also has lead roles in a number of independent films and television movies, including In Quiet Night, A Brother's Promise, A Face to Kill For and One of Our Own.

Trained with the Stratford Festival Young Company for two years, she spent four years with the Stratford Shakespearean Festival playing classical roles, such as Miranda in The Tempest. She has also danced the ballet role of Louise in Carousel at the same festival. Other stage appearances include Cossette in Les Miserables and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet.

Best known to science fiction fans for her recurring role as Kate Heightmeyer in Stargate Atlantis and on Forever Knight as Fleur de Brabant, the younger sister of Nicolas de Brabant/Nick Knight in the episode "Be My Valentine" (1995). Other shows she has previously guest-starred on include The Outer Limits, Sleepwalker, Charmed and Star Trek: Voyager.

She was married to Josh Randall on 10 September 2000. Her mother-in law is an author and syndicated columnist Sharon Randall.

Contents 1 Filmography 1.1 Films 1.2 Television 2 External links

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Vipers	Ellie Martin	Made for TV.
2007	One of Our Own	Diane
2005	The Aviary	Kate Sawyer
2002	John Q	Public Defender
2000	The Beach Boys: An American Family	Diane Rovell	Made for TV.
1999	A Face to Kill For	Julia	Made for TV.
1998	In Quiet Night	Joey Amos
1996	Undue Influence	Cindy	Made for TV.
	Escape Clause	Janet	Made for TV.
	Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice	Rita Gillette	Made for TV.
	A Brother's Promise: The Dan Jansen Story	Robin Jansen	Made for TV.
	Two If by Sea	Reporter
	Dinner Along the Amazon	Audrey	Made for TV.
	Waiting for Michelangelo	Beth
1994	Janek: The Silent Betrayal	Beth
	Death Wish V: The Face of Death	Maxine

[edit] Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Picture Windows	Marie
1995	Forever Knight	Fleur	2.15 "Be My Valentine"
	Side Effects	Erica Ouimette	2.10 "Sixth Sense"
1996	Kung Fu: The Legend Continues	Susan	4.14 "Storm Warning"
	Side Effects	Erica Ouimette	2.11 "Goin' Down the Roadie"
1998	Any Day Now	Sister Mary Margaret	1.12 "Salamanders"
	Emily of New Moon	Juliet Starr	13 episodes.
	Sleepwalkers	Rebecca	1.08 "Cassandra"
	Chicago Hope	Holly	5.11 "McNeil and Pray"
	The Outer Limits	Ariel	4.17 "Lithia"
1999	Diagnosis Murder	Kathleen Wolverton	6.12 "Trapped in Paradise"
	Any Day Now	Sister Mary Margaret	1.22 "It's About the Heart"
	Star Trek: Voyager	Alice	6.05 "Alice"
2000	The Drew Carey Show	Wendy Matson	5.17 "I Dishonestly Love You"
	The Outer Limits	Kyra	6.06 "The Beholder"
	Relic Hunter	Ophilia	1.15 "Affaire de Coeur"
	Ally McBeal	Susan Hanks	3.19 "Do You Wanna Dance?"
2001	The District	Wendy Turner	2.10 "Thursday"
2003	Strong Medicine	Claire	4.08 "Temperatures Rising"
	Without a Trace	Doris Lovett	2.05 "Copy Cat"
2004	Charmed	Paula	6.17 "Hyde School Reunion"
2005	Stargate: Atlantis	Dr. Kate Heightmeyer	2005-2007
2009	Monk	Angeline	8.03 "Mr. Monk and the Voodoo Curse"

[edit] External links

• Claire Rankin at the Internet Movie Database

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