Laura Maureen Bertram is a Canadian actress.

Life and career

Bertram was born in Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, and lives in Vancouver

Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

, British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

. She earned her degree in history from the University of Guelph

University of Guelph

The University of Guelph, also known as U of G, is a comprehensive public research university in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1964 after the amalgamation of Ontario Agricultural College, the Macdonald Institute, and the Ontario Veterinary College...

. She has two younger sisters named Heather (born 1981) and Jennifer (born 1984), who are also actresses. In 1997, Bertram was a ceramics instructor at Kilcoo Camp

Kilcoo Camp

For the village in County Down, Northern Ireland, see Kilcoo, County DownKilcoo Camp is a residential boys' camp located on Gull Lake near Minden, Ontario, Canada and has been in operation since 1932...

. She also used to sing in the Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 Children's Opera Chorus.

Her credits include the TV series Ready or Not, Are You Afraid of the Dark, Seasons of Love, and Andromeda

Andromeda (TV series)

Andromeda is a Canadian-American science fiction television series, based on unused material by the late Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, developed by Robert Hewitt Wolfe, and produced by Roddenberry's widow, Majel Barrett Roddenberry. It starred Kevin Sorbo as High Guard Captain Dylan Hunt...

as Trance Gemini, and the movies Night of the Twisters

Night of the Twisters

Night of the Twisters is a film directed by Timothy Bond, released by MTM Enterprises, and distributed by PorchLight Entertainment about a family's struggle to survive a night with a bizarre and terrible storm passing over their town. The TV movie is based on the novel by Ivy Ruckman, which centers...

, and Dear America: So Far From Home. She was a series regular on Season 2 of Robson Arms

Robson Arms

Robson Arms is a Canadian television series that began airing on CTV on June 17, 2005 and ended on June 30, 2008. Robson Arms is a co-production between Vancouver-based Omni Film Productions Limited and Halifax's Creative Atlantic Communications....

.

Bertram is a licensed high school teacher; in addition, she also teaches young actors at Biz Studio in Vancouver.

Awards

Bertram has won two Gemini Awards for "Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series" for Ready or Not in 1995 and for "Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series" for Ready or Not in 1998.

She has also been nominated for two Gemini Awards for "Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series" for Ready or Not in 1996 and for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series for Platinum in 1998.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Elimination Dance		Short film
2004	1974	Girl	Short film
2005			Short film
2008	Control Alt Delete Control Alt Delete (film) Control Alt Delete is a 2008 comedy film set in an information technology firm just before the year 2000. Lead programmer Lewis Henderson is in charge of solving various Y2K bugs, but finds himself increasingly distracted by his computer-mediated sexual yearnings...	Sarah
2008	Toxic Skies	Anna
2010	Punkin	Laura Lippy	Short film
2010	Gunless Gunless Gunless is a 2010 Canadian western comedy film directed by William Phillips and released by Alliance Films.- Plot :A hardened American gunfighter arrives in a small town in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, a place that doesn't understand or appreciate the brutal code of the American Wild...	Miss Alice
2011	Traveling at the Speed of Life	Josee
2011	50/50	Claire

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Are You Afraid of the Dark? Are You Afraid of the Dark? Are You Afraid of the Dark? may refer to:* Are You Afraid of the Dark?, a 1992 television series* Are You Afraid of the Dark? , a 2004 novel by Sidney Sheldon...	Amanda Cameron	Episode: "The Tale of the Lonely Ghost"
1993	Family Pictures	Nina (12-15)	TV movie
1993	Kung Fu: The Legend Continues Kung Fu: The Legend Continues Kung Fu: The Legend Continues is a spin-off of the 1972-1975 television series Kung Fu. David Carradine and Chris Potter starred as a father and son trained in kung fu - Carradine playing a Shaolin monk, Potter a police detective. This series aired in syndication for four seasons, from January 27,...	Young Valerie	Episode: "Reunion"
1993	Street Legal Street Legal (TV series) Street Legal is a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1987 to 1994.-Synopsis:A spinoff from the 1985 television movie Shellgame, Street Legal focused on the professional and private lives of the partners in a small Toronto, Ontario law firm, Barr, Robinovitch and Tchobanian...	Karen Brandis	Episode: "What's Love Got to Do with It?"
1993-1997	Ready or Not Ready or Not Ready or Not is a Canadian teen drama series which aired on the Showtime Movie Channel and later on the Disney Channel and Global Television Network for 5 seasons and 65 episodes between 1993 and 1997.-Synopsis:...	Amanda Zimm	65 episodes
1994	Road to Avonlea Road to Avonlea Road to Avonlea was a television series which was first broadcast in Canada and the United States between 1990 and 1996. It was created by Kevin Sullivan and produced by Sullivan Films in association with CBC and the Disney Channel, with additional funding from Telefilm Canada.It was adapted from...	Adeline Hodgson	Episode: "Someone to Believe In"
1995	Are You Afraid of the Dark? Are You Afraid of the Dark? Are You Afraid of the Dark? may refer to:* Are You Afraid of the Dark?, a 1992 television series* Are You Afraid of the Dark? , a 2004 novel by Sidney Sheldon...	Laurel	Episode: "The Tale of the Mystical Mirror"
1996		Cashier	TV movie
1996	Night of the Twisters Night of the Twisters Night of the Twisters is a film directed by Timothy Bond, released by MTM Enterprises, and distributed by PorchLight Entertainment about a family's struggle to survive a night with a bizarre and terrible storm passing over their town. The TV movie is based on the novel by Ivy Ruckman, which centers...	Stacey Jones	TV movie
1996	Sins of Silence Sins of Silence Sins of Silence, is an American 1997 drama - horror TV film directed by Sam Pillsbury, and starring Holly Marie Combs and Lindsay Wagner. The film is set in San Diego, California and was released on February 20, 1996 in the USA.-Plot:...	Carrie	TV movie
1997	Wind at My Back Wind at My Back Wind at My Back is a television series which aired in Canada on CBC Television between 1996 and 2001. It was created and produced by Kevin Sullivan, best known for his adaptation of Anne of Green Gables and Road to Avonlea...	Suzanne Nelson	Episode: "Back in My Arms Again"
1997	Fast Track	Laurie	Episode: "The Race Fan"
1997	Platinum	Jessica Webb	TV movie
1997	Deepwater Black Deepwater Black Deepwater Black is a 1995 novel, first in the Deepwater trilogy, by the New Zealand science fiction writer Ken Catran, where a cast of young characters are supposedly stranded in space while a virus ravages Earth. The book series itself is quite different from the television series later developed...	Aurora	Episode: "Aurora"
1999	Seasons of Love	Judith Brewster	TV movie
1999	Dear America: So Far from Home	Mary Driscoll	TV short
2000-2005	Andromeda Andromeda (TV series) Andromeda is a Canadian-American science fiction television series, based on unused material by the late Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, developed by Robert Hewitt Wolfe, and produced by Roddenberry's widow, Majel Barrett Roddenberry. It starred Kevin Sorbo as High Guard Captain Dylan Hunt...	Trance Gemini	103 episodes
2001	Soul Food	Melissa Greene	Episode: "Life Lessons"
2006	Murder on Pleasant Drive	Janice II	TV movie
2006	Veiled Truth	Kimberly	TV movie
2006	Fracture	Wife #1	Video short
2007	Robson Arms Robson Arms Robson Arms is a Canadian television series that began airing on CTV on June 17, 2005 and ended on June 30, 2008. Robson Arms is a co-production between Vancouver-based Omni Film Productions Limited and Halifax's Creative Atlantic Communications....	Chris Colton	4 episodes
2008	Bridal Fever	Tina	TV movie
2010		Dina	TV movie
2010	Supernatural Supernatural (TV series) Supernatural is an American supernatural and horror television series created by Eric Kripke, which debuted on September 13, 2005 on The WB, and is now part of The CW's lineup. Starring Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester and Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester, the series follows the brothers as they...	Corey's Roommate	Episode: "You Can't Handle the Truth"
2010		Betty	TV movie
2011	Once Upon a Time Once Upon a Time (TV series) Once Upon a Time is an American fairy tale drama television series that premiered on Sunday October 23, 2011, on ABC. New episodes air Sunday nights at 8:00 pm ET/7:00 pm CT....	Donna	Episode: "That Still Small Voice"

External links

• Laura Bertram archive