Liane Balaban
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Liane Balaban (born June 24, 1980) is a Canadian actress.
She appeared in New Waterford Girl (1999), as Agnes-Marie "Mooney" Pottie, and One Week (2008), as well as the independent drama One Week (2008).
She has appeared on NCIS: Los Angeles, Covert Affairs, and Alphas as a guest actress, and she has appeared on NCIS: Los Angeles, Covert Affairs, and Alphas, as well as the cast of Supernatural for the eighth season.
Early life
Balaban was born in North York, Ontario, the daughter of a Catholic mother who worked as a medical secretary and a Jewish father from the Uzbek SSR, who worked in real estate. She grew up in North York's Willowdale neighborhood, now part of Toronto, and attended Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute, where she studied with singer Henry Lau. Balaban trained in journalism at Ryerson University but was forced to concentrate on acting. Concordia University's Bachelor of Arts degree in political science was obtained.
Personal life
Balaban lived in Mile End, Montreal, as of 2007. According to Hour magazine, she characterized Montreal as "not a city that revolves around acting, so you stay very grounded here." Balaban's leisure interests include reading, writing, going to art galleries, and experiencing music. Balaban told Toronto's Today magazine in January 2009 that she is often mistaken for actress Natalie Portman. In 2010, she moved to Los Angeles. She lives in both Los Angeles and Toronto as of 2013. Balaban was born in November 2013. On March 1, 2016, she gave birth to her first son.
Career
Balaban made her film debut in New Waterford Girl (1999), portraying a 15-year-old misfit who was trying to flee Cape Breton's coal-mining town New Waterford. Allan Moyle produced the film, which was set in the 1970s. Julia Sereny, a producer who knew Balaban through her aunt and uncle, urged her to audition for the film. Balaban had studied drama in high school but never set out to be an actor at that time. Balaban achieved a Special Jury Citation at the 1999 Toronto International Film Festival, as well as a nomination for a Canadian Comedy Award following seven auditions.
Balaban made a good sequel to Saint Jude (2000), directed by John L'Ecuyer. She appeared in After the Harvest (2001), opposite Sam Shepard, and appeared in Happy Here and Now (2002), opposite David Arquette and Ally Sheedy. She co-starred Ron Silver in the horror film Spliced (2002). Balaban was a member of the garage/electro/pop band We are Molecules, where she performed keyboards and drums. She has also written for arts magazines.
Balaban, who was previously unsure of acting as a career, began seriously considering acting around 2007. Maybe in 2008, a romantic comedy starring Ryan Reynolds, she appeared in her first mainstream Hollywood feature film, Definitely, Maybe. She appeared in Last Chance Harvey, a romance starring Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson that was widely distributed in January 2009. Susan, Hoffman's estranged and soon-to-be-married daughter, played the supporting role. According to The Globe and Mail, her time in London filming was like "going to the world's best acting school."
Samantha Pierce, a woman whose fiancé (Joshua Jackson), is diagnosed with terminal cancer and rides a motorcycle ride across Canada, and Balaban appears in One Week (2008). Balaban, directed by Michael McGowan, was nominated for the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Support Role in 2010 for her role. Balaban appeared in the black comedy You Might As Well Live in 2009, portraying a neurotic woman who is obsessed with explosives.
Not Since You, a drama about a group of college friends, and Jacob Tierney's The Trotsky are two of Balaban's other films in 2009. She shot also for Abroad, a CBC television documentary based on Leah McLaren's love story, which was also based on her Toronto columnist for The Globe and Mail. Balaban was nominated for the Gemini Award for best lead actress in a dramatic program or miniseries for the role. She then appeared in The New Tenants, a short film that was also selected for the CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival, and also received the 2010 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.
Balaban appeared in the 2010 comedy/drama Coach, directed by Will Frears as an emergency room doctor who works with an inner city soccer coach (Hugh Dancy). Natasha Petrova, a Russian computer hacker, and the ex-girlfriend of Auggie (Chris Gorham) appeared in the episode "Communication Breakdown" of the television series Covert Affairs, portraying her and the ex-girlfriend of Auggie's ex-girlfriend. Lucrezia Borgia appeared in the Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood video game. In The Future Is Now!, a docudrama directed by Gary Burns, Balaban played a journalist opposite Paul Ahmarani.
Balaban appeared in Divisadero: A Performance in Toronto in February 2011, a debut for the actor. The performance was directed by Daniel Brooks and was based on Michael Ondaatje's Award-winning book with music by Justin Rutledge. In February 2012, the program was revived.
In mid-2011, Balaban shot Finding Joy, an independent comedy set in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In 2012, she reprised her role in The CW drama Supernatural, portraying Amelia, a young doctor with tragedy in her history. Balaban appeared on Newfoundland in August 2012 The Grand Seduction, an English-language version of the 2003 Québécois film Seducing Doctor Lewis, p. 3 (French: La grande séduction). Taylor Kitsch, opposite Don McKellar, plays the love interest. She will also appear in the independent film The People Garden, starring Pamela Anderson, and written and directed by Nadia Litz.