{{short description|Canadian actress}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=October 2011}} {{Notability|biographies|date=July 2012}}}}
'''Larissa Laskin''' is a Canadian actress whose credits include the A&E original film, ''The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery'' (2000).
== Early life == Born Larissa Lapchinski, Laskin appeared under that name in a number of stage productions in the 1980s at the Stratford Festival in Ontario.
== Career == Laskin debuted in ''My Secret Identity'' in the early 1990s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/1382251/Larissa_Laskin |title=Hollywood.com bio of Laskin |publisher= |date= |access-date=2021-09-19 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126073822/http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/1382251/Larissa_Laskin |archive-date=26 January 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2002-2003, she co-starred as Dr. Rachel Griffen in the medical drama ''Body and Soul'' on the PAX network.<ref name="etvs">{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7|page=121|edition=2nd}}</ref> She also appeared as a doctor held hostage by a father (Denzel Washington) in an attempt to save his son in ''John Q''. She was nominated for a Gemini Award in 1995, 1998, and 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rahman|first=Abid|date=2020-12-31|title=Phyllis McGuire, Last of Singing McGuire Sisters, Dies at 89|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/phyllis-mcguire-last-of-singing-mcguire-sisters-dies-at-89-4110662/|access-date=2022-01-08|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Wertheimer|first=Ron|date=1999-07-17|title=TELEVISION REVIEW; It's All Virtual Unreality In a Show on TV News|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/17/arts/television-review-it-s-all-virtual-unreality-in-a-show-on-tv-news.html|access-date=2022-01-08|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
== Personal life == She was married to fellow Canadian actor Currie Graham.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Larissa Laskin|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0487433/bio|access-date=2022-01-08|website=IMDb}}</ref>
==Filmography==
=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1995 |''The Scarlet Letter'' |Goody Mortimer | |- |1996 |''Extreme Measures'' |Myrick's Daughter | |- |2002 |''John Q.'' |Dr. Ellen Klein | |- |2007 |''Fugitive Pieces'' |Irena | |- |2008 |''The Onion Movie'' |Dana Dobbs | |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1988 |''The Taming of the Shrew'' |Townsperson |Television film |- |1990 |''The Hitchhiker'' |Gina |Episode: "Trust Me" |- |1990, 1994 |''Street Legal'' |Bianca Roberts / Angela Kos |2 episodes |- |1990 |''My Secret Identity'' |Star |Episode: "Bump in Time" |- |1991 |''Shining Time Station'' |Passenger |Episode: "Washout" |- |1992 |''Beyond Reality'' |Emma |Episode: "Siren Song" |- |1993 |''Matrix'' |Stephanie |Episode: "Lapses in Memory" |- |1993 |''Dieppe'' |Leith |Television film |- |1993, 1996 |''Kung Fu: The Legend Continues'' |Colleen |2 episodes |- |1994 |''Forever Knight'' |Emily Weiss |Episode: "Stranger Than Fiction" |- |1995 |''A Vow to Kill'' |L.J. Berman |Television film |- |1995 |''Heritage Minutes'' |Nurse Chorney |Episode: "Myrnam Hospital" |- |1995 |''Degree of Guilt'' |Ms Warner | rowspan="2" |Television film |- |1995 |''Sugartime'' |Dorothy McGuire |- |1996 |''F/X: The Series'' |Monica Dorsett |Episode: "The Ring" |- |1996 |''The Newsroom'' |Agent #2 |Episode: "Dinner at Eight" |- |1996 |''Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance'' |Irina Lebit | rowspan="4" |Television film |- |1997 |''When Secrets Kill'' |Linda Emery |- |1997 |''Weapons of Mass Distraction'' |Lindsey Zarem |- |1997 |''Color of Justice'' |New York Assistant D.A |- |1997 |''The Visitor'' |Katherine |Episode: "Remember" |- |1997 |''The Pretender'' |Joellen Gillespie |Episode: "Over the Edge" |- |1997 |''Bella Mafia'' |Francesca | rowspan="2" |Television film |- |1997 |''Peacekeepers'' |Lillyanna Marinkovitch |- |1998 |''JAG'' |Corporal Sharon Dupree |Episode: "Imposter" |- |1998 |''The Last Don II'' |American Woman In Sicily |Episode #1.1 |- |1999 |''Da Vinci's Inquest'' |Special Agent Charlotte Turner | rowspan="2" |2 episodes |- |1999 |''Foolish Heart'' |Katherine Stewart |- |1999 |''Total Recall 2070'' |Jill Evans |Episode: "Astral Projections" |- |1999 |''Ricky Nelson: Original Teen Idol'' |Helen Blair |Television film |- |1999–2000 |''The City'' |Talia Onassis |12 episodes |- |2000 |''The Wonderful World of Disney'' |Miss Reeves |Episode: "The Loretta Claiborne Story" |- |2000 |''Psi Factor'' |Natalie Harnett |Episode: "'Til Death Do Us Part" |- |2000 |''The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery'' |Jean Estey |Television film |- |2000 |''The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne'' |Saratoga Browne |Episode: "Southern Comfort" |- |2000, 2001 |''Earth: Final Conflict'' |Heather North |2 episodes |- |2001 |''Relic Hunter'' |Darcy Lowe |Episode: "Sydney at Ten" |- |2001 |''Our Hero'' |Nurse |Episode: "The Psycho Issue" |- |2002 |''Blue Murder'' |Bonnie Gage |Episode: "Spankdaddy" |- |2002 |''Mutant X'' |Pamela Fries |Episode: "Lazarus Syndrome" |- |2002 |''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' |Debbie Stein |Episode: "Cats in the Cradle" |- |2002 |''Recipe for Murder'' |Corinne Riggs | rowspan="4" |Television film |- |2002 |''Miss Miami'' |Helena |- |2002 |''Escape from the Newsroom'' |Larissa |- |2002 |''Scar Tissue'' |Shannon Nevsky |- |2002 |''Body & Soul'' |Dr. Rachel Griffen |9 episodes |- |2003 |''Star Trek: Enterprise'' |Calla, Vissian Engineer's Wife |Episode: "Cogenitor" |- |2004 |''Doc'' |Shannon Renfrew |Episode: "Arsenic and Old Spice" |- |2004 |''ReGenesis'' |Lynn Raskin |Episode: "The Oldest Virus" |- |2005 |''More Sex & the Single Mom'' |Megan |Television film |- |2005 |''Medical Investigation'' |Donna Lawrence |Episode: "Black Book" |- |2005 |''Vinegar Hill'' |Barb |Television film |- |2006 |''Without a Trace'' |Linda Ryder |Episode: "Expectations" |- |2006 |''The Unit'' |Julianna Nicholl |Episode: "Exposure" |- |2010 |''Smoke Screen'' |Candy |Television film |- |2012 |''Weeds'' |Elizabeth Kash |Episode: "Unfreeze" |- |2015 |''Those Damn Canadians'' |Gretchen |5 episodes |- |2017 |''When We Rise'' |Roma's Sister |Episode: "Night IV: Part VI and VII" |}
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