- Born
- Birth nameSerinda G Swan
- Height5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- Serinda Swan can be seen as the female lead in the second season of Amazon's hit show Reacher.
While her considerable appeal and presence have landed her roles in tent-poles like Disney's Tron and Fox's Percy Jackson franchise, it's Serinda's intelligence, good humor and athleticism that garnered her back-to-back starring roles in the crime dramas Breakout Kings and Graceland as well as a memorable arc on the NBC drama Chicago Fire as Taylor Kinney's star-crossed soulmate, Brittany Baker.
Serinda also plays a young Elizabeth Taylor in Black Label Media's war movie Devotion, directed by J.D. Dillard, that debuted at TIFF last year to great reviews. Serinda has also played the role of Ann Bancroft in Ryan Murphy's series Feud! and recurred in the HBO series' Ballers, playing Dwayne Johnson's love interest. Serinda was the lead in Marvel's Inhumans for ABC where she portrayed Medusa, the queen of the Inhumans opposite Anson Mount and Iwan Rheon.
Serinda headed the cast of CBC's show, Coroner, and received stellar reviews for both her work and the show itself. Serinda wrapped season 4 and the CW acquired the show for the US market. She was nominated for Best Lead Actress in a Drama at the Canadian Screen Award 2020 for her work on the series, and the show has been nominated for Best Dramatic Series as well.
- IMDb mini biography by: 42West
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- She is the younger of two daughters, and was raised in both West Vancouver (where she was born) and the island of Kauai, Hawaii.
- Named after a Tibetan flute.
- Enjoys surfing and did 10 years of gymnastics when younger.
- She is of Spanish, Scottish, Irish and English descent.
- Her father is a director and acting coach, her mother is a retired actress and her sister is a model.
- I didn't want to find out the reality that if I wanted my dream, I had to lose weight. That's a crushing dream for anybody . . . to change yourself to get your dream. Nobody should have to do that.
- [about modeling] One of the hardest things is the weight factor issue. I've never heard of a size 0 or a negative human. That's hard. A lot of girls aren't naturally built that way. Also, the lack of having an opinion is the main difficulty. I was always like, "How about we try this?" or "Let's do that." I sort of got the look, "Shut up, model. We pay you for your face, not your mind."
- [getting her first love letter] I got some really cute fan mail from an 11-year-old boy, who told me I'm "prettier than a rainbow," which is, like, the sweetest thing any boy has ever said to me. Maybe when he grows up, he'll be able to read this story--and if he is reading this now and he is 11, then, hey, you shouldn't be reading Maxim!
- [her first career epiphany] I'm pretty sure I became an actress solely because of craft services. When you're a kid and there's a lady walking around with a tray of chocolate and other free candy, that's the best reason to be in the industry! In modeling, though, there's the shittiest craft services you've ever seen; it looks like they're feeding rabbits.
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