Alisen Down

Biography

Alisen Down was born and raised in British Columbia, Canada. After graduating high school, she attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles, California and from there went to England to study with the British American Academy in Oxford.

Since then has had lead, recurring and guest star roles on several Television series and movies, such as “Cold Squad” for which she won both a Leo and a Gemini award, “DaVinci’s Inquest”, “The Dead Zone”, “Stargate SG-1” and “Stargate Universe”, “Smallville”, “Flashpoint”, “Shattered”, “The ‘L’ Word”,”The Life” for which she was nominated for another Gemini, “The Killing”, “Murdoch Mysteries”, CBC’s “Cracked”, R.L. Stein’s “The Haunting Hour”, “Lost Girl” as Trick’s Wife, ‘Isabeau’, and “Supernatural” among many others. She also had a two year run on “Mysterious Ways” as ‘Miranda’ for NBC and PAX which earned her a Leo nomination and recurred for 2 seasons on “Battlestar Galactica” as ‘Jean Barolay’.

Alisen starred for three years in “Robson Arms” as ‘Sault Ste. Marie’, a character that was nominated for another two Leos. Alisen was a series lead in Fox’s highly anticipated “Gracepoint” and starred for 4 seasons on SyFy’s “12 Monkeys.”

Alisen lives in Toronto with husband David Richmond-Peck and their son, Lucas.