Leah Cairns

Leah Cairns
Leah Cairns at Wolf Galactica Three, London, 2007
Born	(1974-06-04) June 4, 1974 North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Website	http://www.leahcairns.net

Leah Cairns (born June 2, 1974) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Lieutenant Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson in Battlestar Galactica.

Early life

Cairns was born in North Vancouver, British Columbia, and grew up in Kamloops. Dreams of becoming a professional dancer were dashed when she broke her back in a car accident at 16. When her dance team went to an international competition in her graduating year, rather than sit at home, she decided to visit to Costa Rica and then began a backpacking trek that took her to 36 countries and took eight years. Before returning to Canada, she took an improvisation class at an ashram in India.

Career

Cairns appeared in Robson Arms before winning a recurring role as Jenna in Godiva's, for which she received a Leo Award nomination in 2006 for Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series. Joining the Battlestar cast as Raptor pilot/ECO Racetrack at the end of season one, her performance impressed showrunners and Racetrack became a recurring character for the rest of the show. During BSG's season three Cairns also played Emily Hollander on the ABC Family series Kyle XY and appeared in Sanctuary. On the silver screen, she appeared opposite Al Pacino in 88 Minutes and played Lois in Christopher Nolan's Interstellar. In 2018, she co-starred in the film Diminuendo opposite Richard Hatch, her friend from the BSG reboot.

She currently appears as Kathryn "Kat" MacLaren on the Netflix series Travelers.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	The Mall Man	Sharon	Short
2005	Thralls	Leslie Harper
2007	88 Minutes	Sara Pollard
2007	Kickin' It Old Skool	Woman at Table
2007	Coffee Diva	Celebrity Girl	Short
2009	Helen	Susanna
2014	Interstellar	Lois
2014	Lead and Follow	Amy	Short
2018	Diminuendo	Adrianna Sloane
20??	Beyond the Call	Faith	Short, post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	The Chris Isaak Show	Girlfriend #1	"Mysterious Hearts"
2003	Tru Calling	Julie Spence	"Morning After"
2004	The Reality of Love	Mindy	TV film
2004	Deep Evil	Woman in Airlock	TV film
2005	Saving Milly	Senator's Aide	TV film
2005	Robson Arms	Tessa	"A Certain Vintage", "Sweet City Woman"
2005–06	Godiva's	Jenna	Main role
2005–2009	Battlestar Galactica	Lt. Margaret 'Racetrack' Edmondson	Recurring role (seasons 1–4)
2006	Saved	Natalie	"Living Dead"
2006	Supernatural	Julie Hudson	"Crossroad Blues"
2007	Sanctuary	Tatha	TV miniseries
2007–08	Kyle XY	Emily Hollander	Recurring role (season 2)
2008	Sanctuary	Tatha	"Fata Morgana"
2008–09	Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy	Lt. Margaret 'Racetrack' Edmondson	TV miniseries
2011	Mega Cyclone	Andrea Newmar	TV film
2014	The Tomorrow People	Lucy	"The Citadel"
2014	Fargo	Rachel Ziskind	"The Rooster Prince"
2014	Cedar Cove	Katie	"Old Wounds", "Starting Over"
2014	Along Came a Nanny	Lizzie Bannerman	TV film
2015	Motive	Nina Hillridge	"Fallen"
2015	Coded	Carly	"Not My Kids"
2016	The Wildings	Anna Reddings	TV film
2016–17	Travelers	Kathryn MacLaren	Recurring role
2017	Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery	Bess Burns	TV film
2017	Deadly Sorority	Det. Lopez	TV film
2017	Bates Motel	Woman	"The Cord"

External links

• Official website
• Leah Cairns at IMDb
• Leah Cairns at TV Guide