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Image:kk1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Kristin Kreuk
Kristin Laura Kreuk (born December 30 1982) is a
Canada|Canadian actress and model known for her
roles on the Canadian television series Edgemont
and on the United States|American television
series Smallville (television series)|Smallville.

Kreuk (rhymes with "Luke") was born in Vancouver,
British Columbia. Her father, Peter Kreuk, is of
Netherlands|Dutch ancestry and her mother, Deanna
Che, is of China|Chinese and Indonesian ancestry;
both are landscape architects. She also has a
younger sister, Justine Kreuk. Kristin was
planning to study either psychology, environmental
science, or forensic science at Simon Fraser
University when a casting director for the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC TV series
Edgemont ringed up Eric Hamber Secondary School,
looking for an exotic-looking girl to play the
part of Laurel Yeung on the Vancouver-shot show.
Kreuk, who had no previous experience in acting
other than musicals at her high school, was
convinced to audition for the role by her drama
teacher. Much to her surprise, she won the part.

After shooting the first season of Edgemont (a
teen soap opera set at a Vancouver-area high
school) and getting herself an agent, Kreuk landed
the lead role of Snow White in a TV movie entitled
Snow White: The Fairest of Them All. The film,
shot in Vancouver, also starred actress Miranda
Richardson. It aired on American Broadcasting
Company|ABC on March 17, 2002.

After Snow White, Kreuk's agent sent an audition
tape to movie screenwriters Alfred Gough and Miles
Millar, who at the time were putting together the
cast of a show they had created for the WB Network
entitled Smallville. The program (which was slated
to be shot in Vancouver) was to revolve around the
life of teenager Clark Kent, alias
Superman|Superboy. Gough and Millar called Kreuk
to the WB's studios in Burbank, California to
audition for the role of Clark Kent's pre-Lois
Lane love, Lana Lang. Originally, Kreuk was not so
sure about auditioning for the Lana role, as the
character was to be a gorgeous, popular
cheerleader and so she assumed that the part would
be that of a shallow "idiot". However, upon
reading the "graveyard scene" from the pilot, she
was so impressed that when she was offered the
role, she immediately accepted it.

The  executives at Neutrogena decided to make her
the Neutrogena spokesmodels|cover girl for their
new worldwide ad campaign; in this regard Kreuk
followed in the footsteps of fellow teen stars
Jennifer Love Hewitt and Mandy Moore.

In 2003, Kreuk wrapped up her role on Edgemont.
She was also tapped for her first feature film
role in the summer of 2003; she made a cameo
appearance in the movie Eurotrip, starring Scott
Mechlowicz and Michelle Trachtenberg. The film,
shot in Prague, Czech Republic, also featured
cameos by Matt Damon and Lucy Lawless. It debuted
in theatres on February 20, 2004.

In the summer of 2004, Kreuk joined the cast of
the Sci Fi Channel miniseries Legend of Earthsea
(TV miniseries)|Legend of Earthsea, starring Shawn
Ashmore and Danny Glover and based on the novels
by Ursula K. Le Guin. Her character, Tenar, is the
pupil of High Priestess Thar of the Tombs of Atuan
(played by Isabella Rossellini) and also the love
interest of Ashmore's character. The two-part
miniseries, filmed in Vancouver, was directed by
Rob Lieberman and co-produced by Lawrence Bender
of Pulp Fiction fame. It aired on December 13,
2004.

In early 2005, Kreuk signed on to the cast of the
independent feature film Partition
(film)|Partition, set to begin shooting in
Vancouver and Chandigarh, India in May of that
year. She will be playing the role of Naseem, a
vulnerable 17-year-old girl whose world is
shattered by the trauma of the Partition of India
in 1947, but falls in love with ex-British Indian
Army officer Gian Singh (played by Jimi Mistry).
Neve Campbell also stars in the film, which is
directed by Vic Sarin and is a co-production
between Canada, South Africa, and the United
Kingdom.  

==External links==
* imdb name|id=0471036|name=Kristin Kreuk
* http://kristink.fanwired.com/ Kristin Kreuk fan
site
* http://www.kristinkreuk.net/ Kristin Kreuk fan
site
* http://www.edgemont.tv/ Official Edgemont site
* http://www.kristin-kreuk.info/ Kristin Kreuk fan
site
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http://www.thewb.com/Faces/CastBio/0,7930,75,00.ht
ml Kristin Kreuk cast bio on The WB
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http://www.devotedtosmallville.com/index.php?page=
kristin Devoted to Smallville, Kristen Kreuk
section - News and photos.