Ingrid Kavelaars

Ingrid Kavelaars (born March 20, 1971) is a Canadian actress known for her role on the science-fiction series Code Name: Eternity.

Early life Kavelaars was born in London, Ontario, Canada. Her parents are Dutch. Her mother, Anne, was a homemaker and her father, John, was a farmer. Kavelaars and her twin Monique are the youngest of five children. Kavelaars at 15 was named Miss Teen London (Ontario) in 1987, and that year was first runner-up for Miss Teen Canada.

She moved to New York City at 18 to study at The American Musical and Dramatic Academy. Following theater work in New York, she relocated first to Toronto, where she appeared in commercials, and then Vancouver, British Columbia, where she began work in series television. ran in the U.S. on Syfy. In 2006, she was a main character in the two-season Canadian television series Whistler. In 2010, Kavelaars began playing Lori Unger in the HBO Canada series Living in Your Car.

She also played presidential candidate Harriet Traymore in season two of XIII: The Series.

Personal life Kavelaars married professional hockey player and coach Dallas Eakins.

Selected filmography

Awards and nominations Kavelaars was nominated for a Leo Award in 2003, in the category of Best Performance by a Female: Short Drama, for her role in The Bed.

In 2007 Kavelaars won a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role Dramatic Series for her role of Dr. Joanna Sabean in TV series ReGenesis, episode "Phantoms". At the 26th Gemini Awards Kavelaars was nominated in the category Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role or Guest Role in a Comedic Series for her role in Living in Your Car, episode "Chapter 13".