Ingrid Kavelaars

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Ingrid Kavelaars (born March 20, 1971 in London, Ontario) is a Canadian film actress.

Early life

She graduated high school from Regina Mundi College in London, Ontario.

Career

Ingrid moved to New York City from London, Ontario at the age of 19 to pursue a career as an actress. She has mostly done work on television shows and most notably three episodes in Stargate SG-1 between 2003-2004. In 2006, she was a main character in a Canadian television series called Whistler. She is returned for the second season, but the television series was cancelled before the story could continue into its third season.

Since 2010 Ingrid has played the Character Lori Unger in the HBO Canada Television show "Living in Your Car".

She also played presidential candidate Harriet Traymore in XIII the series Season 2.

Personal life

Ingrid was Miss Teen London in 1987, and she was first runner up for Miss Teen Canada 1987.

She has three sisters and one brother. Her twin sister Monique Kavelaars competed in the same competition in 1989, and was Miss Teen London 1989, as well as Miss Teen Canada 1989. Monique is also a world class athlete in fencing, a Silver Medalist at the Commonwealth Games. Ingrid and Monique also have an older sister, Annette Kavelaars Burrows, who was also Miss London 1984, and competed in the 1985 Miss Canada Pageant. Their final sister, Marycatherine Kusch (formerly Kavelaars) is a Chartered Accountant and partner at Wilkinson and Rogers accounting firm in London, ON. Her brother, JJ Kavelaars, is a professional astronomer at the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics as well as a professor at the University of Victoria.

On June 29, 2001, she married Dallas Eakins, the current head coach of the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League. She currently resides in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and Scottsdale, Arizona. Kavelaars and Eakins have two daughters, Emerson (born in 2008) and Cameron (born in 2011).

Selected filmography

Year Title Role Other notes
2012XIII: The SeriesHarriet TraymoreTV series
2007ReGenesis (TV series)Dr. Joanna SabeanTV Series
2006Whistler (TV series)Jen McKayeTV Series
2004Intern AcademyMira Towers
2003Jinnah - On Crime: White Knight, Black WidowRachel Bach
2003DreamcatcherTrish
2002Jeremiah (TV series)ErinTV Series
2002The BedMichelle
2001Romantic Comedy 101Beth
1999Final RunApril McDonaldTV movie
1999Code Name: EternityDr. Laura Keating
1998Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County (TV)Linda McPherson
1997A Call to Remember (TV)Amy Miller
1996SpecimenJessica Randall
1995Senior TripCandy
1993Ghost Mom (TV)Nurse #2

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