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NEW YORK-JAN 11: Canning attends the world premiere of NETFLIX’s Lemony Snicket’s “A Series of Unfortunate Events” at AMC Loews Lincoln 13 on January 11, 2017 in New York City. Debbie Wong/Bigstock.com
Place of Birth: Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Date of Birth: July 14, 1987
Ethnicity: Irish, possibly other
Sara Canning is a Canadian actress. She is known for starring on the series Smallville , The Vampire Diaries , Primeval: New World , Republic of Doyle , Remedy , Hell on Wheels , Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events , Nancy Drew , Hospital Show , Big Sky , and Creepshow ; in the films Black Field (2009), The Right Kind of Wrong , I Put a Hit on You , Eadweard , Hello Destroyer , War for the Planet of the Apes , Prodigals , The Fish and the Sea , Level 16 , The Banana Splits Movie , An Awkward Balance , Superhost , Influencer , Sweetland , The Burning Season (2023), and Dark Match ; and in the made-for-tv movies Hannah’s Law , Garage Sale Mystery , and Unclaimed (2016).
She is the daughter of Daphne and Wayne Canning. She lived in Brown’s Arm, Newfoundland until age eleven, and was then raised in Sherwood Park, near Edmonton, Alberta.