# Larissa Laskin

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. In 2002-2003, she co-starred as Dr. Rachel Griffen in the medical drama Body and Soul on the PAX network. 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.

## Personal life

She was married to fellow Canadian actor Currie Graham.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 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

| 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 | Television film |
| 1995 | Sugartime | Dorothy McGuire | Television film |
| 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 | Television film |
| 1997 | When Secrets Kill | Linda Emery | Television film |
| 1997 | Weapons of Mass Distraction | Lindsey Zarem | Television film |
| 1997 | Color of Justice | New York Assistant D.A | Television film |
| 1997 | The Visitor | Katherine | Episode: "Remember" |
| 1997 | The Pretender | Joellen Gillespie | Episode: "Over the Edge" |
| 1997 | Bella Mafia | Francesca | Television film |
| 1997 | Peacekeepers | Lillyanna Marinkovitch | Television film |
| 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 | 2 episodes |
| 1999 | Foolish Heart | Katherine Stewart | 2 episodes |
| 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 | Television film |
| 2002 | Miss Miami | Helena | Television film |
| 2002 | Escape from the Newsroom | Larissa | Television film |
| 2002 | Scar Tissue | Shannon Nevsky | Television film |
| 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" |