Larissa Laskin is a Canadian actress whose credits include the A&E original film, The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2000).

Early life

Born Larissa Lapchinski, Laskin appeared under that name in a number of stage productions in the 1980s at the Stratford Festival in Ontario.

Career

Laskin debuted in My Secret Identity in the early 1990s. In 2002-2003, she co-starred as Dr. Rachel Griffen in the medical drama Body and Soul on the PAX network. She also appeared as a doctor held hostage by a father (Denzel Washington) in an attempt to save his son in John Q. She was nominated for a Gemini Award in 1995, 1998, and 2003.

Personal life

She was married to fellow Canadian actor Currie Graham.

Filmography

Film

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|+

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

|-

|1995

|The Scarlet Letter

|Goody Mortimer

|

|-

|1996

|Extreme Measures

|Myrick's Daughter

|

|-

|2002

|John Q.

|Dr. Ellen Klein

|

|-

|2007

|Fugitive Pieces

|Irena

|

|-

|2008

|The Onion Movie

|Dana Dobbs

|

|}

Television

{| class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

|-

|1988

|The Taming of the Shrew

|Townsperson

|Television film

|-

|1990

|The Hitchhiker

|Gina

|Episode: "Trust Me"

|-

|1990, 1994

|Street Legal

|Bianca Roberts / Angela Kos

|2 episodes

|-

|1990

|My Secret Identity

|Star

|Episode: "Bump in Time"

|-

|1991

|Shining Time Station

|Passenger

|Episode: "Washout"

|-

|1992

|Beyond Reality

|Emma

|Episode: "Siren Song"

|-

|1993

|Matrix

|Stephanie

|Episode: "Lapses in Memory"

|-

|1993

|Dieppe

|Leith

|Television film

|-

|1993, 1996

|Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

|Colleen

|2 episodes

|-

|1994

|Forever Knight

|Emily Weiss

|Episode: "Stranger Than Fiction"

|-

|1995

|A Vow to Kill

|L.J. Berman

|Television film

|-

|1995

|Heritage Minutes

|Nurse Chorney

|Episode: "Myrnam Hospital"

|-

|1995

|Degree of Guilt

|Ms Warner

| rowspan="2" |Television film

|-

|1995

|Sugartime

|Dorothy McGuire

|-

|1996

|F/X: The Series

|Monica Dorsett

|Episode: "The Ring"

|-

|1996

|The Newsroom

|Agent #2

|Episode: "Dinner at Eight"

|-

|1996

|Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance

|Irina Lebit

| rowspan="4" |Television film

|-

|1997

|When Secrets Kill

|Linda Emery

|-

|1997

|Weapons of Mass Distraction

|Lindsey Zarem

|-

|1997

|Color of Justice

|New York Assistant D.A

|-

|1997

|The Visitor

|Katherine

|Episode: "Remember"

|-

|1997

|The Pretender

|Joellen Gillespie

|Episode: "Over the Edge"

|-

|1997

|Bella Mafia

|Francesca

| rowspan="2" |Television film

|-

|1997

|Peacekeepers

|Lillyanna Marinkovitch

|-

|1998

|JAG

|Corporal Sharon Dupree

|Episode: "Imposter"

|-

|1998

|The Last Don II

|American Woman In Sicily

|Episode #1.1

|-

|1999

|Da Vinci's Inquest

|Special Agent Charlotte Turner

| rowspan="2" |2 episodes

|-

|1999

|Foolish Heart

|Katherine Stewart

|-

|1999

|Total Recall 2070

|Jill Evans

|Episode: "Astral Projections"

|-

|1999

|Ricky Nelson: Original Teen Idol

|Helen Blair

|Television film

|-

|1999–2000

|The City

|Talia Onassis

|12 episodes

|-

|2000

|The Wonderful World of Disney

|Miss Reeves

|Episode: "The Loretta Claiborne Story"

|-

|2000

|Psi Factor

|Natalie Harnett

|Episode: "'Til Death Do Us Part"

|-

|2000

|The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery

|Jean Estey

|Television film

|-

|2000

|The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne

|Saratoga Browne

|Episode: "Southern Comfort"

|-

|2000, 2001

|Earth: Final Conflict

|Heather North

|2 episodes

|-

|2001

|Relic Hunter

|Darcy Lowe

|Episode: "Sydney at Ten"

|-

|2001

|Our Hero

|Nurse

|Episode: "The Psycho Issue"

|-

|2002

|Blue Murder

|Bonnie Gage

|Episode: "Spankdaddy"

|-

|2002

|Mutant X

|Pamela Fries

|Episode: "Lazarus Syndrome"

|-

|2002

|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

|Debbie Stein

|Episode: "Cats in the Cradle"

|-

|2002

|Recipe for Murder

|Corinne Riggs

| rowspan="4" |Television film

|-

|2002

|Miss Miami

|Helena

|-

|2002

|Escape from the Newsroom

|Larissa

|-

|2002

|Scar Tissue

|Shannon Nevsky

|-

|2002

|Body & Soul

|Dr. Rachel Griffen

|9 episodes

|-

|2003

|Star Trek: Enterprise

|Calla, Vissian Engineer's Wife

|Episode: "Cogenitor"

|-

|2004

|Doc

|Shannon Renfrew

|Episode: "Arsenic and Old Spice"

|-

|2004

|ReGenesis

|Lynn Raskin

|Episode: "The Oldest Virus"

|-

|2005

|More Sex & the Single Mom

|Megan

|Television film

|-

|2005

|Medical Investigation

|Donna Lawrence

|Episode: "Black Book"

|-

|2005

|Vinegar Hill

|Barb

|Television film

|-

|2006

|Without a Trace

|Linda Ryder

|Episode: "Expectations"

|-

|2006

|The Unit

|Julianna Nicholl

|Episode: "Exposure"

|-

|2010

|Smoke Screen

|Candy

|Television film

|-

|2012

|Weeds

|Elizabeth Kash

|Episode: "Unfreeze"

|-

|2015

|Those Damn Canadians

|Gretchen

|5 episodes

|-

|2017

|When We Rise

|Roma's Sister

|Episode: "Night IV: Part VI and VII"

|}

References