Samantha Ferris is a Canadian actress and in the mid-1990s was a television reporter for the Bellingham, Washington

Bellingham, Washington

Bellingham is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is the twelfth-largest city in the state. Situated on Bellingham Bay, Bellingham is protected by Lummi Island, Portage Island, and the Lummi Peninsula, and opens onto the Strait of Georgia...

 station KVOS TV-12

KVOS-TV

KVOS-TV is television station licensed in Bellingham, Washington and is an affiliate of Me-TV. The station's over-the-air transmissions are on digital channel 35, though through PSIP the station remaps to its former analog channel 12...

 and Vancouver's BCTV

CHAN-TV

CHAN-DT is a television station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, broadcasting over-the-air on digital channel 22, and available via cable providers in the area on channel 11. Owned by Shaw Communications as a part of its Shaw Media division, it is the West Coast flagship station of the...

, where she went by the name Janie Ferris. She is best known for her roles as Nina Jarvis

Nina Jarvis

Nina Jarvis is a fictional character on the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400.Nina became the director of NTAC in season two after succeeding Dennis Ryland; Ryland took his role back temporarily while Nina recovered from a gunshot wound...

 on The 4400

The 4400

The 4400 is a science fiction TV series produced by CBS Paramount Network Television in association with Sky Television, Renegade 83, and American Zoetrope for USA Network. The show was created and written by Scott Peters and René Echevarria, and it stars Joel Gretsch and Jacqueline McKenzie...

 and as Ellen Harvelle

Ellen Harvelle

Ellen Harvelle is a fictional character on The CW Television Network's Supernatural portrayed by Samantha Ferris. Introduced in the second season in order to explore a mother-daughter relationship in the hunting world, the "gun-toting, beer-slinging" Ellen brought a "maternal energy" to the...

 on 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...

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Biography

In 2006, she had a recurring role on The Evidence

The Evidence (TV series)

The Evidence is an American police procedural drama that debuted on March 22, 2006 on ABC. The series starred Rob Estes, Orlando Jones, and Martin Landau.-Summary:...

as Lt. Alexa Brenner, appearing in seven episodes.

Other recent television roles include that of deckhand Pollux in the episode "Dirty Hands

Dirty Hands (Battlestar Galactica)

"Dirty Hands" is the sixteenth episode of the third season from the science fiction television series, Battlestar Galactica.-Plot:A Raptor piloted by Racetrack experiences engine failure soon after launch and collides with Colonial One, nearly killing President Roslin and her aide Tory Foster...

" of Battlestar Galactica

Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)

Battlestar Galactica is an American military science fiction television series, and part of the Battlestar Galactica franchise. The show was developed by Ronald D. Moore as a re-imagining of the 1978 Battlestar Galactica television series created by Glen A. Larson...

, as well as roles in Smallville

Smallville (TV series)

Smallville is an American television series developed by writers/producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar based on the DC Comics character Superman, originally created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The television series was initially broadcast by The WB Television Network , premiering on October...

, Stargate SG-1

Stargate SG-1

Stargate SG-1 is a Canadian-American adventure and military science fiction television series and part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Stargate franchise. The show, created by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner, is based on the 1994 feature film Stargate by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich...

, The L Word

The L Word

The L Word is an American co-production television drama series originally shown on Showtime portraying the lives of a group of lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people and their friends, family and lovers in the trendy Greater Los Angeles, California city of West Hollywood...

and V.

She was also the voice of Sally Po in the anime, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing

Mobile Suit Gundam Wing

Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, known in Japan as , is an anime series in the mecha genre, and is one of the alternate universe Gundam series, taking place in the After Colony timeline. It is the second alternate universe in the Gundam media franchise, following Mobile Fighter G Gundam...

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Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Screwed	Local Anchorwoman
2001	Along Came a Spider Along Came a Spider (film) Along Came a Spider is a 2001 American mystery film directed by Lee Tamahori. The screenplay by Marc Moss was adapted from the 1993 novel of the same title by James Patterson, but many of the key plot elements of the book were eliminated...	Mrs. Hume
2002	Blackwoods	Waitress / Beth
2006	Gray Matters Gray Matters Gray Matters is a 2006 romantic comedy film directed by Sue Kramer, starring Heather Graham, Tom Cavanagh and Bridget Moynahan. It premiered on October 21, 2006 at the Hamptons International Film Festival and had a United States limited theatrical release on February 23, 2007.- Plot :Gray Baldwin ,...	Elaine
2007	Shattered	Diane
2009	Grace Grace (film) Grace is a 2009 film written and directed by Paul Solet. It is based on the 2006 short film with the same title that featured Liza Weil and Brian Austin Green. The short film was used to obtain funding for the feature version....	Patricia Lang
2010	Icarus Icarus (film) Icarus, also titled The Killing Machine in the UK and the U.S., is a 2010 American action-thriller film directed by and starring Dolph Lundgren.- Plot :...	Kerr
2011		Tracy	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Saber Marionette J Saber Marionette J is a Japanese anime produced by Hal Film Maker, aired on TV Tokyo from October 1, 1996 to March 25, 1997. It is the second installation of the Saber Marionette line of series, preceding Saber Marionette J Again and succeeding Saber Marionette R...	Panther (voice)	TV series
1998	Viper Viper (TV series) Viper is an action-adventure TV series about a special task force set up by the federal government to fight crime in the fictional city of Metro City, California that is perpetually under siege from one crime wave after another. The weapon used by this task force is an assault vehicle that...	Reporter	Episode: "Paper Trail"
1998	Loyal Opposition: Terror in the White House	TV Anchor	TV movie
1998	Welcome to Paradox	Woman Executive	Episode: "The Girl Who Was Plugged In"
1998		Lauren Urbina	TV movie
1998		Lacey	Episode: "Wednesday Leaves Home"
1999		Reporter #2	Episode: "The Sentinel by Blair Sandburg"
1999	Stargate SG-1 Stargate SG-1 Stargate SG-1 is a Canadian-American adventure and military science fiction television series and part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Stargate franchise. The show, created by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner, is based on the 1994 feature film Stargate by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich...	Dr. Raully	Episode: "Out of Mind" Episode: "Into the Fire"
1999	Earth Girl Arjuna Earth Girl Arjuna is a Japanese animated television series created by Shoji Kawamori. The series follows Juna Ariyoshi, a high school girl chosen to be the "Avatar of Time" and entrusted with saving the dying Earth....	Teresa Wong (voice)	TV miniseries
2000	Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, known in Japan as , is an anime series in the mecha genre, and is one of the alternate universe Gundam series, taking place in the After Colony timeline. It is the second alternate universe in the Gundam media franchise, following Mobile Fighter G Gundam...	Sally Po (voice)	TV series
2000		Lauren Urbina	TV movie
2000	Deadlocked	Reporter	TV movie
2000	Hollywood Off-Ramp		Episode: "The Ultimate Question"
2000	Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: The Movie - Endless Waltz	Sally Po (voice)	TV movie
2000	First Wave	Alice	Episode: "Mabus"
2000	So Weird So Weird So Weird is a television series shot in Vancouver, British Columbia that aired on the Disney Channel as a midseason replacement from January 18, 1999 to September 28, 2001. In season one and season two, the series centered around teenage girl Fiona Phillips who toured with her rock star mom ,...	Ms. Miranda Scott	Episode: "Still Life"
2001	Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction is an American television anthology series created by Lynn Lehmann, presented by Dick Clark Productions, and produced and aired by the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. Each episode featured five stories, all of which appeared to defy logic, and some of which were...	Suzanne	Episode: "Grass on the Grave"
2001	Beggars and Choosers Beggars and Choosers (TV series) Beggars and Choosers is a comedy-drama series broadcast by Showtime. Developed by Peter Lefcourt and Brandon Tartikoff, the series was a comedic, behind-the-scenes look at network television...	Sandra Cassandra	Episode: "The Long Goodbye"
2001		Dana Farrad	Episode: "Behind the Isaak"
2002	Glory Days Glory Days (TV series) Glory Days is an American horror/mystery-based television series broadcast from January to March 2002 on The WB Television Network...	Helen	Episode: "The Devil Made Me Do It"
2002	Dead in a Heartbeat Dead in a Heartbeat Dead in a Heartbeat is a television film that was originally aired on TNT on March 3, 2002.The film is about Dr. Gillian Hayes, a heart surgeon, and Lt. Tom Royko, an officer of the bomb squad. The two must attempt to prevent Dr...	Female Cop	TV movie
2002	Da Vinci's Inquest Da Vinci's Inquest Da Vinci's Inquest is a Canadian dramatic television series that aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2005. Seven seasons of thirteen episodes each were filmed for a total of ninety-one episodes....	Dolores Williams	Episode: "Simple, Sad"
2003		Det. Katherine Cooke	TV movie
2004		Swinger Gal #1	Episode: "Suspicion"
2004		Taylor	TV movie
2004	Smallville Smallville Smallville is the hometown of Superman in comic books published by DC Comics. While growing up in Smallville, the young Clark Kent attended Smallville High with best friends Lana Lang, Chloe Sullivan and Pete Ross...	Warden Anita Stone	Episode: "Scare"
2005	Da Vinci's Inquest Da Vinci's Inquest Da Vinci's Inquest is a Canadian dramatic television series that aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2005. Seven seasons of thirteen episodes each were filmed for a total of ninety-one episodes....	Constable Samantha Townsend	Episode: "Must Be a Night for Fires"
2005		Meryl Rothman	Episode: "Luminous"
2005	Personal Effects Personal Effects Personal Effects is a 2009 American drama film directed by David Hollander and starring Kathy Bates, Ashton Kutcher, and Michelle Pfeiffer. It is based on Rick Moody's story Mansion on the Hill . This movie was premiered in Iowa City, Iowa on December 12, 2008 as part of a fundraiser for Iowa Flood...	Gail Feldman	TV movie
2005	Reunion Reunion (TV series) Reunion is an American television series that aired on FOX in late 2005. The series was intended to chronicle 20 years in the lives of a group of six high school friends from Bedford, New York, with each episode following one year in the lives of the six, beginning with their high school graduation...	Captain Emily Fisher	Episode: "1989"
2005-2006		Nina Jarvis Nina Jarvis Nina Jarvis is a fictional character on the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400.Nina became the director of NTAC in season two after succeeding Dennis Ryland; Ryland took his role back temporarily while Nina recovered from a gunshot wound...	23 episodes
2006	Reunion Reunion (TV series) Reunion is an American television series that aired on FOX in late 2005. The series was intended to chronicle 20 years in the lives of a group of six high school friends from Bedford, New York, with each episode following one year in the lives of the six, beginning with their high school graduation...	Captain Emily Fisher	Episode: "1997"
2006	Getting a Head		Video short
2006		Tessa	Episode: "The Media Baron"
2006	Godiva's Godiva's Godiva's is an hour long Canadian television comedy-drama series, which debuted on Bravo! and Citytv in 2005. It completed a successful two-season run in 2006, but though the show received rave reviews, it was cancelled by CHUM broadcasting...	Celebrity's Handler	Episode: "Rubbing Shoulders"
2006		Lt. Alexa Brenner	7 episodes
2006	Last Chance Cafe	Madge Beardsley	TV movie
2006-2011	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...	Ellen Harvelle Ellen Harvelle Ellen Harvelle is a fictional character on The CW Television Network's Supernatural portrayed by Samantha Ferris. Introduced in the second season in order to explore a mother-daughter relationship in the hunting world, the "gun-toting, beer-slinging" Ellen brought a "maternal energy" to the...	9 episodes
2007	Battlestar Galactica Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series) Battlestar Galactica is an American military science fiction television series, and part of the Battlestar Galactica franchise. The show was developed by Ronald D. Moore as a re-imagining of the 1978 Battlestar Galactica television series created by Glen A. Larson...	Pollux	Episode: "Dirty Hands"
2007	Tell Me No Lies	Shawna	TV movie
2007	Lost in the Dark	Hines	TV movie
2008	NYC: Tornado Terror NYC: Tornado Terror NYC: Tornado Terror is a 2008 disaster film, directed by Tibor Takács and written by T.S. Cook. It stars Nicole de Boer, Sebastian Spence, and Jerry Wasserman. The film is about global warming which causes tornadoes to drop on New York City. As Dr. Cassie Lawrence tries to stop the twisters, chaos...	Lillian	TV movie
2008	Impact Impact (TV miniseries) Impact is a mini-series about a meteor shower which eventually sends the moon on a collision course with Earth. The two-part mini-series premiered February 14 and 15, 2009 on the Canadian premium television channel Super Channel and was also shown on ABC on June 21 and 28, 2009 and on Alpha TV on...	Renee Ferguson	Episode: "1.1"
2009	Impact Impact (TV miniseries) Impact is a mini-series about a meteor shower which eventually sends the moon on a collision course with Earth. The two-part mini-series premiered February 14 and 15, 2009 on the Canadian premium television channel Super Channel and was also shown on ABC on June 21 and 28, 2009 and on Alpha TV on...	Renee Ferguson	Episode: "1.2"
2010	Human Target	Deputy Director Lynch	Episode: "Baptiste"
2010	Seven Deadly Sins	Diana Morgan	Episode: "1.2"
2010	Hiccups Hiccups (TV series) Hiccups is a Canadian television series created by Corner Gas star Brent Butt, who is also the writer, show runner and executive producer of the program. The series was produced by Laura Lightbown and David Storey and airs on CTV and The Comedy Network. The pilot was shot in late March 2009 with...	Bambi Weeks	Episode: "You Schmoze, You Lose"
2010	V V (2009 TV series) V is an American science fiction television series that ran for two seasons on ABC, from November 3, 2009 to March 15, 2011. A remake of the 1983 miniseries created by Kenneth Johnson, the new series chronicles the arrival on Earth of a technologically advanced alien species which ostensibly comes...	Private Investigator	Episode: "Pound of Flesh" Episode: "Fruition"
2011	V V (2009 TV series) V is an American science fiction television series that ran for two seasons on ABC, from November 3, 2009 to March 15, 2011. A remake of the 1983 miniseries created by Kenneth Johnson, the new series chronicles the arrival on Earth of a technologically advanced alien species which ostensibly comes...	Felicia Castro (uncredited)	Episode: "Birth Pangs"

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2003	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...	Mrs. Wilkinson
2004	CSI: Dark Motives CSI: Dark Motives CSI: Dark Motives is a computer game based on the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation television series. The game was developed by 369 Interactive, published by Ubisoft, and was released for the PC in 2004...	Leslie Handleman
2005	SSX on Tour SSX on Tour SSX on Tour is a skiing and snowboarding game, the fourth title in the SSX series of video games for the GameCube, PlayStation 2, PSP and Xbox. The game was developed under the working title SSX 4. It was released in North America on October 11, 2005, In the PAL region on October 21, 2005 and in...

External links

• Samantha Ferris Fans – A Fansite
• SamanthaFerris.net – Official Blog