Anna Hopkins

Anna Hopkins (born February 12, 1987) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Lilith in Freeform's original series Shadowhunters and documentary filmmaker Monica Stuart in The Expanse.

Early life and education Hopkins was born in Montreal to Rita Hopkins, a graphic designer, and visual artist Tom Hopkins. She is of Jewish Romanian and Hungarian descent from her mother's side, and Scottish, Welsh descent on her father's side. She is fluent in French and English.

In 2012 Hopkins earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies from Concordia University and a Bachelor of Arts and Science from the Paris Institute of Political Studies in Paris.

Career Hopkins first appeared in the miniseries Human Trafficking in 2005, and then after in Canadian television series and television films, among them the character of Samantha Clayton in a crossover of The Flash and Arrow in 2014, and was credited as writer for Girl Couch. She also played in Barney's Version (2010) alongside Paul Giamatti and Dustin Hoffman, and The Grand Seduction starring Brendan Gleeson in 2013. One of her better-known roles was the recurring character Jessica 'Berlin' Rainer in the second and third seasons of the sci-fi series Defiance. Hopkins was promoted to series regular for the third, and last season; Defiance was cancelled by SyFy on 16 October 2015.

She was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Lead Performance in a Web Program or Series at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022 for the web series For the Record.

Hopkins has directed a number of short films, with her third film Dish Pit premiering in the Short Cuts program at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival. She is also a co-owner of Danny's Pizza Tavern in Toronto's Little Italy neighbourhood, where Dish Pit was filmed.

Filmography

Awards and nominations 2011 ACTRA Montreal Awards, nominated as Outstanding Performance - Female for Barney's Version. 2018 TV Scoop Awards, nominated as Best Drama Actress and Best Villain for Lilith on Shadowhunters 2018 Teen Choice Awards, nominated as Choice TV: Villain for Lilith on Shadowhunters