Biography

Quick Facts

Full name	Kristin Laura Kreuk
Date of Birth	December 30, 1982
Residence	Vancouver, BC, Canada
Ethnicity	half-Chinese and half-Dutch
Height	5'4"
School	Eric Hamber High school in Vancouver
TV shows watched	Friends, Third Watch and ER
Siblings	younger sister
Fav colours	purple and yellow
Fav actress	Jodie Foster
Hobbies	watching movies with friends, dancing, reading, writing, gymnastics

Extended Biography

Kristin Kreuk plays Laurel (age 16), the urbanite from Toronto on the TV series Edgemont. Smart, savvy, hip and artistic, Laurel is fundamentally shy, and feeling like a fish out of water in her new suburban environment. Laurel is also drop-dead gorgeous. Laurel knows Mark is off-limits - but she is falling for him. She knows she should turn back before it's too late - but she can't.

Edgemont is Kreuk's professional debut, having previously participated in threatre productions at Eric Hamber high school where she was a student. Kreuk also plays the role of Lana Lang in the highly popular TV series Smallville. In addition, she has starred in the title role for ABC's television movie Snow White amongst other movie roles. View Kristin's full list of credits.

Source: CBC.ca and IMDB

Did You Know? Kristin...

Landed the role of Laurel (Edgemont) at an open casting call
Was originally planning to go to university for psychology or environmental studies (and still might someday)
Hates cameras
Landed the role of Laurel (Edgemont) at an open casting call
Has a small, close-knit group of friends she depends on and really values
Had never worked professionally as an actor until Edgemont (but had done stage work)
Really loves living in Vancouver (but would move to the U.S. for her career)
Is a "terrible" shopper ("if I like it I'll buy it, pure impulse shopping")
Loves Granville Island, especially the food
Was certain that she'd "suck" the first day of rehearsal (she didn't)
Thinks her fellow cast-mates are really good people

Source: Edgemont Online