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Marie Avgeropoulos
Avgeropoulos at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con International
Born (1986-06-17) 17 June 1986 (age 38)
Occupation(s)Actress, model, musician
Years active2009–present

Marie Avgeropoulos (born 17 June 1986) is a Greek-Canadian actress and model best known for her roles as Kirstie in the television series Cult and Kim Rhodes in Hunt to Kill. In 2014, she currently stars in the television series The 100 as Octavia Blake.[1][2]

Early life

Avgeropoulos was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario. When Marie was she spent more of her free time outdoors: fishing, hunting and camping alongside the fire. Her dream was to became an action heroine.

Career

After studying Broadcast Journalism for 2 years in her hometown, Marie decided to move to Europe. After several months she came back to Canada and moves in Vancouver. Marie was playing drums since she was 16 and on of her friends invited her in the casting call in Vancouver which happened to be looking for drummers. An agent recognized her and she was invited to appear in various national commercials. Director Chris Columbus recognized Marie too and hired her first feature role for I Love You, Beth Cooper. After that Marie was invited to feature in several movies and TV shows.

In 2010 actress got a role of Kim Rhodes in Hunt to Kill. It was her break-out role. After that Marie featured Golden Globe nominated movie 50/50 in 2011.

In 2013 Marie made her break-out in television when she got a recurring role in CW's Cult.However the series failed and CW stopped airing it after episode 7 (in the summer series was finished to show). After that CW casted her as one of the main characters in their new show The 100. The character of Octavia Blake in this show became her most successful role. Recently Marie is on the set of season two.

In the same year Marie was also casted as Nikki in the upcoming film Tracers where she is taking a lead with her boyfriend Taylor Lautner.

Personal life

Marie was dating her costar Shawn Roberts. Actors met in 2009 while filming I Love You, Beth Cooper. In 2013 she met Taylor Lautner in the set of the upcoming movie Tracers. After a month they became a couple and are dating until now.

Filmography

Films
Year Title Role Notes
2009 I Love You, Beth Cooper Valli Wooley
Sorority Wars Missy TV Film
2010 Random Walk Short Film
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief Aphrodite Girl
Hunt to Kill Kim Rhodes
Smoke Screen Suzi TV Film
2011 50/50 Allison
2012 Walking the Halls Amber
Fugitive at 17 Holly Hamilton TV film
2015 Tracers Nikki Post-production
A Remarkable Life Chelsea Post-production
Series
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Supernatural Taylor Episode: "After School Special"
Harper's Island Stacy DeKnight Episode: "Bang"
The Guard Jeanette Episode: "Body Parts"
2010 The Troop Sarah Episode: "Speed"
Fringe Leah 2 episodes
Human Target Jamie Hartloff Episode: The Other Side of the Mall
2011 Eureka Bonnie Episode: Reprise
Hiccups Terry Episode: Sexual Healing
2012 The Inbetweeners Samantha 4 episodes
2013 Cult Kirstie Nelson/Reynolds Recurring cast;10 Episodes
90210 Cassie McCoy Episode: The Empire State Strikes Back
2014- The 100 Octavia Blake Series regular

References

  1. ^ Day, Carla. "'The 100' Interview: Marie Avgeropoulos on Octavia and Lincoln's Sacrifices for Each Other". BuddyTV (Oct 29, 2014). Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  2. ^ Jancelewicz, Chris (3 April 2014). "Marie Avgeropoulos Talks 'The 100,' Octavia, And Her 'Neil Armstrong Moment'". Huff Post. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

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