Leah Cairns

Leah Cairns ( born June 2, 1974 in North Vancouver, Canada) is a Canadian actress.

Life

Leah Cairns began at the age of three years with dancing and was active up to the age of 16. A car accident in which she injured her back severely, forced to make several months rehabilitation measures after a major surgery was needed. Although she tried then to dance again, but the injuries were so severe that she gave up the professional dancing. Instead, they traveled within the next 10 years more than 36 countries in the world, taking in between studying environmental sciences. In India, they happened to come into contact with acting, so she decided after her return to Canada to study it professionally.

Her first role was broadcast on the side of Jason Priestley and Bradley Cooper in 2004 and directed by Sheldon Larry television comedy I Want to Marry Ryan Banks. Larger international notoriety she gained through her ​​portrayal of the Raptor pilot Lieutenant Margaret " Racetrack " Edmondson, which she starred in the science fiction television series Battlestar Galactica 2005-2009.

Since 2004 she has been married to Kevin Hawryluk.

Filmography (selection)

• 2003: The Mall Man
• 2004: I Want to Marry Ryan Banks
• 2005-2006: Godiva's (TV series, 13 episodes)
• 2005-2009: Battlestar Galactica (TV series, 33 episodes)
• 2007: 88 minutes (88 Minutes)
• 2007-2008: Kyle XY (TV series, 13 episodes)
• 2009: Helen