# Carly Pope

Carly Pope (born August 28, 1980) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles on The WB's drama series Popular (1999–2001), supernatural drama series The Collector (2004–2005), USA Network's legal drama series Suits (2016–2017) and The CW's Arrow (2016–2017).

## Early life

Pope was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, with an older brother, Kris, also an actor, and a younger brother, Alexander. She was trained as a dancer until she became active in theater during high school. She appeared in plays such as The Odd Couple, playing Mickey, and A Midsummer Night's Dream, playing Titania. She attended Lord Byng Secondary high school.

## Career

Pope started her career with several small roles, such as Disturbing Behavior, Snow Day, Aliens in the Wild, Wild West, and Night Man, before being cast as Sam McPherson on The WB's comedy-drama television series Popular (1999–2001). The series followed two teenage girls, Pope and Leslie Bibb, who reside on opposite ends of the popularity spectrum at their high school, but are forced to get along when their single parents meet on a cruise ship and get married. Pope was named one of Teen People's 25 Hottest Stars Under 25 in 2000. She has appeared on the cover of several magazines, including Seventeen, Teen, Curve and Medusa, and in pictorials for FHM and Razor. Her breakthrough role was playing Abbey in Disturbing Behavior (1998), who was in a flashback sequence, but it was cut when the film was released.
Pope had several roles in film and television, including The Glass House, Jeff Probst's Finder's Fee, and Orange County. In 2004 she had starred as Maya Kandinski in The Collector. In 2005 she was a guest-star in an episode of FOX's Tru Calling and played an aspiring social worker in the film Eighteen.
In 2007, Pope starred in the Power Up project Itty Bitty Titty Committee, and in Martin Gero's "intelligent sex comedy" and Toronto International Film Festival hit, Young People Fucking. In 2009, she appeared in FOX's hit thriller, 24, as Samantha Roth, the president's son's girlfriend.
Pope joined the main cast of the NBC legal drama television series Outlaw in 2010, portraying Lucinda Pearl. In 2015, Pope co-produced the Canadian documentary film Highway of Tears. She portrayed architect Tara Messer on USA Network's legal drama series Suits (2016–2017). On July 26, 2019, The Hollywood Reporter announced that Pope will appear in Hallmark Channel's Christmas-themed television film, Double Holiday (2019) opposite Kristoffer Polaha.

## Personal life

On December 29, 2009, Pope and her brother, Kris, were driving a black BMW down West Georgia Street in Downtown Vancouver when David Fomradas, 31, of Alberta jumped on top of the car and yelled at them to run him over. When Kris got out of the car, Fomradas jumped in the front seat and drove the vehicle into the new CBC studios. Carly suffered a broken rib and two cracked vertebrae, Kris suffered severe injuries to his ankle, and a passerby was also injured.
Pope started dating Australian actor David Lyons around 2014 according to her Instagram and they have been married for several years. In November 2024, Pope gave birth to a child.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1996 | A Girl's Guide to Kissing and Other Nightmares in Teenland | | Short film |
| 1998 | Disturbing Behavior | Abbey | |
| 1999 | Aliens in the Wild, Wild West | Sara Johnson | Direct-to-video |
| 2000 | Snow Day | Fawn | |
| 2001 | Finder's Fee | Carla | |
| 2001 | The Glass House | Tasha | |
| 2002 | Orange County | Tanya | |
| 2002 | Various Positions | Cheryth Bleyn | |
| 2003 | Nemesis Game | Sara Novak | |
| 2003 | This Time Around | Melissa Rochester | |
| 2004 | Whitecoats | Sarah Calder | |
| 2004 | Everyone | Rena | |
| 2005 | Window Theory | Angela | |
| 2005 | Sandra Gets Dumped | Sandra | Short film |
| 2005 | The Hamster Cage | Candy | |
| 2005 | The French Guy | Anna | |
| 2005 | Eighteen | Jenny | |
| 2005 | Two for the Money | Tammy | |
| 2005 | Break a Leg, Rosie | Rosie | Short film |
| 2005 | Sandra Goes to Whistler | Sandra | Short film |
| 2007 | Itty Bitty Titty Committee | Shulamith | |
| 2007 | Beneath | Vanessa | |
| 2007 | Young People Fucking | Kris | |
| 2008 | Say Goodnight | Crystal | |
| 2008 | Edison and Leo | Zella (voice) | |
| 2008 | Toronto Stories | Roshanna | |
| 2009 | Life Is Hot in Cracktown | Stacy | |
| 2009 | Stuntmen | Karla Bravo | |
| 2011 | S.W.A.T.: Firefight | Kim Byers | Direct-to-video |
| 2011 | Textuality | Simone | |
| 2012 | Man and Woman | Amy | Short film |
| 2012 | Concrete Blondes | Kris Connifer | |
| 2013 | Elysium | CCB Agent | |
| 2013 | This Last Lonely Place | Faye Gardner | |
| 2013 | Ambushed | Beverly | |
| 2017 | Rakka | Sarah | Short film |
| 2021 | Demonic | Carly | |
| 2022 | Easter Sunday | Catherine | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1998 | Principal Takes a Holiday | Student | TV film |
| 1998 | I've Been Waiting for You | Cheerleader | TV film |
| 1998 | Night Man | Teresa Chase | Episode: "Manimal" |
| 1999 | Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge | Mari Ferraez | TV film |
| 1999 | A Cooler Climate | Beth | TV film |
| 1999–2001 | Popular | Sam McPherson | Main cast |
| 2000 | Trapped in a Purple Haze | Molly White | TV film |
| 2002–2003 | Kim Possible | Amelia (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | First to Die | Cindy Thomas | TV film |
| 2003 | Hemingway: That Summer in Paris | Young Loreto Callaghan | TV film |
| 2003 | This Time Around | Melissa 'Mel' Rochester | TV film |
| 2003 | Jake 2.0 | Rachel / Yori | Episode: "The God, the Bad, and the Geeky" |
| 2003 | A Tale of Two Wives | Bianca | TV film |
| 2004 | The Ranch | Beth Ann | TV film |
| 2004 | The Mountain | Ronnie | Episode: "The Letter" |
| 2004–2005 | The Collector | Maya Kandinski | Main cast (season 1) |
| 2005 | Young Blades | The Enchantress | Episode: "Enchanted" |
| 2005 | Tru Calling | Off. Kate Wilson | Episode: "The Perfect Storm" |
| 2005 | Recipe for a Perfect Christmas | J.J. Jenner | TV film |
| 2006 | 10.5: Apocalypse | Laura Malloy | TV film |
| 2006 | The Evidence | | Episode: "Stringers" |
| 2007 | Dirt | Garbo | Recurring role |
| 2007 | The 4400 | Kara | Episode: "Till We Have Built Jerusalem" |
| 2007 | Whistler | Bailey | 2 episodes |
| 2008 | Robson Arms | Anke Vermeulen-Papathanasiou | Episode: "Cherchez la Femme" |
| 2008 | Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon | Sarah | TV film |
| 2008 | 24: Redemption | Samantha Roth | TV film |
| 2008 | Californication | Annika | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | 24 | Samantha Roth | Recurring role |
| 2010 | Day One | Bonnie | TV pilot |
| 2010 | Outlaw | Lucinda Pearl | Main cast |
| 2013 | Motive | Sonia | Episode: "Ruthless" |
| 2013 | The Tomorrow People | Morgan Burke | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Republic of Doyle | Alisha Maracle | 5 episodes |
| 2014 | Rush | Beverly | Episode: "You Spin Me Around" |
| 2016–2017 | Suits | Tara Messer | Recurring role (season 6) |
| 2016–2017 | Arrow | Susan Williams | Recurring role |
| 2018 | Blindspot | Quinn Bonita | Episode: "Deductions" |
| 2018 | I Killed My BFF: The Preacher's Daughter | Rae | TV film |
| 2019 | Double Holiday | Rebecca Hoffman | TV movie |
| 2020 | The Good Doctor | Lily Cross | 2 episodes |
| 2022–2024 | Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin | Davie Adams | Recurring role |
| 2022 | Quantum Leap | Samantha Stratton | Episode: "Atlantis" |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Production | Result |
| 2000 | Teen Choice Awards | TV - Choice Actress | Popular | Nominated |
| 2004 | Leo Awards | Dramatic Series: Best Supporting Performance by a Female | The Collector | Won |
| 2005 | Vancouver International Film Festival | Women in Film Award | The Hamster Cage | Won |
| 2006 | Leo Awards | Best Performance by a Female in a Short Drama | Sandra Gets Dumped | Won |
| 2009 | Canadian Comedy Awards | Best Performance by a Female - Film | Young People Fucking | Nominated |