Claire Rankin


Claire Rankin is a Canadian actress. She was raised in Prince Edward Island.

Career

In the 1990s, Rankin performed in Shakespeare's plays Love's Labour's Lost, Romeo and Juliet and The Tempest.
Rankin has appeared in over 50 films and television shows, including recent recurring roles on Rogue, Halcyon and Damien and guest star roles on Suits, Hemlock Grove, The Mentalist, House, Monk, Without a Trace, The District, Chicago Hope, Ally McBeal and The Drew Carey Show. She has also had lead roles in independent films and television movies such as Molly's Game, Seven in Heaven, The Swap, Root of the Problem, In Quiet Night, A Brother's Promise, A Face to Kill For and One of Our Own.
While training with the Stratford Festival Young Company, she spent four years with the Stratford Shakespearean Festival playing classical roles, such as Miranda in The Tempest. She has also danced the ballet role of Louise in Carousel at the same festival. Other stage appearances include Cosette in Les Misérables and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet.
She is known for her recurring roles as Kate Heightmeyer in the military science fiction series Stargate Atlantis and as Fleur de Brabant, younger sister of Nicolas de Brabant/Nick Knight, in the supernatural fantasy Forever Knight. Other shows she has guest-starred on include The Outer Limits, Sleepwalkers, Charmed, Republic of Doyle, Cracked, Nikita, and .
In 2019, Claire originated the role of Cynthia Murphy in the first International Production of Dear Evan Hansen in Toronto.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994'Maxine
1996Waiting for MichelangeloBeth
1996Two If by SeaReporter
1998In Quiet NightJoey Amos
2002John QPublic Defender
2005'Kate Sawyer
2007One of Our OwnDiane
2017Molly's GameMother
2018Seven in HeavenMrs. Brenner

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994Picture WindowsMarieTV series
1994Janek: The Silent BetrayalBethTV movie
1995Forever KnightFleurEpisode: "Be My Valentine"
1995–1996Side EffectsErica OuimetteEpisodes: "Sixth Sense", "Goin' Down the Roadie"
1996Dinner Along the AmazonAudreyTV short
1996'Robin JansenTV movie
1996Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: IceRita GilletteTV movie
1996Escape ClauseJanetTV movie
1996Undue InfluenceCindyTV movie
1996'SusanEpisode: "Storm Warning"
1998Emily of New MoonJuliet StarrEpisodes: "Eye of Heaven", "Storms of the Heart"
1998SleepwalkersRebeccaEpisode: "Cassandra"
1998Chicago HopeHollyEpisode: "McNeil and Pray"
1998'ArielEpisode: "Lithia"
1998–1999Any Day NowSister Mary MargaretEpisodes: "Salamanders", "It's About the Heart"
1999Diagnosis MurderKathleen WolvertonEpisode: "Trapped in Paradise"
1999'JuliaTV movie
1999'AliceEpisode: "Alice |Alice"
2000'Wendy MatsonEpisode: "I Dishonestly Love You"
2000'KyraEpisode: "The Beholder"
2000'Diane RovellTV movie
2000Relic HunterOphiliaEpisode: "Affaire de Coeur"
2000Ally McBealSusan HanksEpisode: "Do You Wanna Dance?"
2001Wendy TurnerEpisode: "Thursday"
2003Strong MedicineClaireEpisode: "Temperatures Rising"
2003Without a TraceDoris LovettEpisode: "Copy Cat"
2004CharmedPaula MarksEpisode: "Hyde School Reunion"
2005–2007Stargate AtlantisDr. Kate Heightmeyer5 episodes
2008VipersEllie MartinTV movie
2009MonkAngeline DilworthEpisode: "Mr. Monk and the Voodoo Curse"
2011HouseElenaEpisode: "You Must Remember This"
2016Killing MommyEveTV movie
2016The SwapSummerTV movie
2016HalcyonMiranda ReyesTV Series
2017RansomCommander Nina SellarsTV Series