Missy Peregrym
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Missy Peregrym | |
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 Missy Peregrym in June 2008 | |
| Born | Melissa Peregrym June 16, 1982 |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, Model |
| Years active | 2002–present |
Melissa "Missy" Peregrym (born June 16, 1982) is a Canadian actress and former fashion model. She made her feature film debut in the 2006 gymnastics comedy drama Stick It. She played a recurring role as Candice Wilmer on the NBC television series Heroes, and starred in the CW television series Reaper. She stars as Officer Andy McNally on the ABC and Global Television Network series Rookie Blue.
Personal life
Peregrym was born in Montreal, Quebec, to a minister and a housewife.[1] Peregrym lived most of her early life in Surrey, British Columbia where she attended Fleetwood Park Secondary School.{[2]} She describes herself as having been a "tomboy" while growing up.[3]
On the Lopez Tonight talk show it was revealed by Lopez, that at the time Peregrym was residing in Los Angeles, but moved to Toronto to film the police drama Rookie Blue.
Career
Aged 18, Peregrym began her professional career with the Lizbell Agency. She began to move over to on screen appearances, booking commercials for Mercedes-Benz, Sprint Canada, and the Olympics. In 2000 Peregrym made her acting debut in Canadian based television series Dark Angel. Building upon her debut role, she booked guest star roles on, The Chris Isaak Show, Black Sash, Jake 2.0, Smallville, Tru Calling, Life as We Know It, Andromeda, Heroes, and in the made-for-television film Call Me: the Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss.
After an uncredited role in 2004's Catwoman, Peregrym made her film debut in 2006, playing the lead role in Stick It. A film revolving around a rebellious teenager who is forced to return to her former life in gymnastics.
Peregrym then booked a role as an illusion-generating Candice Wilmer on the television series Heroes. Billed by production staff, in promotional materials as "a female temptress"[4]. She was due to appear in the episode titled Parasite, but she made her debut appearance in a non-speaking role the prior week.
It would be on The CW's television series Reaper that Peregrym was handed her first lead role. Nikki Reed initially played the role in the unaired pilot. Reaper was about a young man named Sam who became a bounty hunter for the devil. Missy played the role of Sam's love interest, Andi.[5]
Peregrym in 2010 then booked a lead role in Canadian based television series Rookie Blue in the role of Officer Andy McNally.[6] The series airs simultaneously in North America on Global TV in Canada and on ABC.
In 2012, Peregrym was cast in the leading role of Chloe Jocelyn in Yahoo.com's web-based series "Cybergeddon". Nine chapters were filmed and are available for viewing as of September 27, 2012. The project was supported and funded in part by Norton.[7] [8]
Charity
Peregrym took part in the TOMS shoe drop in Argentina in 2006.[citation needed]
Awards and nominations
In 2008 she was nominated for a Leo at the Leo Awards for Best Lead Performance by a Female in the Dramatic Series Reaper episode "Love, Bullets, and Blacktop".
On 17 February 2013, Peregrym won best actress in a performance drama, for Cybergeddon at the 3rd annual Streamy Awards.[9]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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| Leading Role in Web-based series | ||||
| Series Regular | ||||
| Short Film | ||||
| series regular | ||||
| TV movie role | ||||
| Reprised role | ||||
| Appeared in 6 episodes | ||||
| Debut Feature Film | ||||
| Reprised previous role | ||||
| Appeared in 13 episodes | ||||
| Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss | ||||
| Appeared in one episode only entiled “Delete” | ||||
| Appeared in one episode only | ||||
| Appeared in episode Jerry 2.0 | ||||
| Appeared in 8 episodes | ||||
| Appeared in episode Gimme Shelter | ||||
| first Television role in episode Love in Vein |
References
- ^ Keller, Joel. "Missy Peregrym of 'Rookie Blue' Doesn't Want to Be Famous". Huff Post TV. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
- ^ Missy's High School basketball coach was Sharon Staples, as of 2013 still teaching and coaching at Fleetwood Park - anecdotally describes Missy as 'a wonderful person' and part of the 'best grad class of Fleetwood'
- ^ "MoviesOnline". Interview: Missy Peregrym. Retrieved 18 April 2006.
- ^ Ausiello, Michael. "Exclusive: Heroes Casts New "Temptress"". TV Guide. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (2007-06-25). ""Heroes" co-star morphs into "Reaper" TV role". Reuters. Retrieved 2007-07-28.
- ^ "Rookie Andy McNally". Global.tv. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
- ^ "Cybergeddon". Yahoo.com. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
- ^ Chmielewski, Dawn. "'CSI' creator Anthony Zuiker's 'Cybergeddon' plays out on the Web". The LA Times. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
- ^ "3rd Annual Nominees & Winners". The Streamy Awards. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
External links
- Official website
- Missy Peregrym at IMDb
- Template:MySpace – MySpace profile
- "Profile". AskMen.com.
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- "Interviews". About.com.
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