Meredith Henderson (born November 24, 1983) is a Canadian actress known for playing the title role in The Adventures of Shirley Holmes.
She also had a leading role as wheelchair-using Cleo Bellows in the 2001 children's television series MythQuest opposite Christopher Jacot.
In 2005, she appeared in Shania: A Life in Eight Albums, a biopic of country star Shania Twain, in which she played the lead role. She did all the singing, dancing and guitar playing herself.
Henderson also had a recurring role as the girlfriend of Harris Allan's character Hunter on the critically acclaimed, groundbreaking gay TV series Queer as Folk.
Her sister is actress Beki Lantos.
Filmography
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|+Film
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
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|1997
|Kayla
|Jaynie Nightingale
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|-
|2005
|Shania: A Life in Eight Albums
|Adult Shania Twain
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|-
|2006
|Heartstopper
|Sara Wexler
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|-
|2008
|Jumper
|Fiona
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|-
|2010
|data-sort-value="Flesh Offering, A" | A Flesh Offering
|Emily
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|-
|2018
|data-sort-value="Downside of Bliss, The" | The Downside of Bliss
|Mrs. Denmark
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Television
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1995
|'
|Aurora
|TV movie
|-
|1996
|Goosebumps
|Cara Renfield
|Episode: "Vampire Breath"
|-
|1997-2000
|'
|Shirley Holmes
|52 episodes "Main Cast"
|-
|1999
|Strange World
|Student
|Episode: "Eliza"
|-
|2000
|'
|Catherine
|Episode: "Good Harvest"
|-
|2000-2001
|Big Sound
|Phoebe Sutton
|6 episodes
|-
|2001
|MythQuest
|Cleo Bellows
|13 episodes
|-
|2001
|'
|Anna Schiller
|TV movie
|-
|2003
|Just Cause
|Geena Harrington
|Episode: "Blackboard Jungle"
|-
|2003
|Missing
|Sara Denton
|Episode: "White Whale"
|-
|2004
|Puppets Who Kill
|Button's Girlfriend
|Episode: "Pizza Boys Are Missing"
|-
|2004
|'
|2 of 4 Wives
|Episode: "Strange Bedfellows"
|-
|2004
|Stranger at the Door
|Tara Norris
|TV movie
|-
|2004-2005
|Queer as Folk
|Callie Leeson
|5 episodes
|-
|2005
|Beach Girls
|Young Maddie
|TV miniseries
|-
|2005
|Shania: A Life in Eight Albums
|Eilleen Shania Twain
|TV movie
|-
|2007
|'
|Caryn Harris / Nikki Slovak
|Episode: "Rules of Engagement"
|-
|2007
|'
|Hillary Dunbar
|Episode: "Notorious"<br>Episode: "All That Heaven Allows"
|-
|2007
|Everest '82
|Marlene
|TV miniseries
|-
|2008
|Flashpoint
|Sadie O'Brien
|Episode: "Asking for Flowers"
|}
Producer
- Shut up and deal (2007)
Awards and nominations
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|+
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! Year
! Award
! Category
! Title of work
! Result
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| 1998
| Gemini Award
| Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series
| The Adventures of Shirley Holmes (for episode #1.13: "The Case of the Second Sight")
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|-
| 1999
| Gemini Award
| Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series
| The Adventures of Shirley Holmes (for episode #3.3: "The Case of the Crooked Comic")
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