Alaina Huffman

Alaina Kalanj (also known as Alaina Huffman) (born April 17, 1980) is a Canadian film and television actress, best known for the television series Painkiller Jane, where she played the character Maureen Bowers. She played Dinah Lance / Black Canary in the TV series Smallville, and 1st Lt. Tamara Johansen in Stargate Universe, where she was a regular cast member.^[1] She played the part of the demon Abaddon in the American dark-fantasy television series Supernatural.

Alaina Huffman
Huffman in 2015
Born	Alaina Kalanj (1980-04-17) April 17, 1980 (age 44) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation(s)	Actress, model
Spouse	John Henry Huffman IV ​ ​ (m. 2003; div. 2016)​
Children	4

Biography

Huffman was born Alaina Kalanj in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is of Croatian descent. At the age of 13, she went to her first audition for a Fox Family Channel pilot, where she was offered the main role. A scout for a modeling agency instead recruited Huffman, and she was set to model in high fashion runways in Europe and Japan for the following years.

When her parents moved to Dallas, Texas, she saw the opportunity to live in the United States and enroll in college, leaving modeling behind. While in school, she took on acting roles in a series of independent films. Eventually she moved to Los Angeles, where she added more television credits to her resume.

Alaina has four children with ex-husband John Huffman: sons Elijah and Lincoln, and daughters Hanna and Charley-Jane. While pregnant with Charley-Jane, she was acting in the first season of Stargate Universe, so the pregnancy was written into the plot.^[2]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Indefinitely	Cherry
2001	Pendulum	Terry Weiss
2002	Dawson's Creek	Rina, the hot girl	Episode: "Guerilla Filmmaking"
2002	Serving Sara	Spa Receptionist
2003	Screen Door Jesus	Sharon Beaudry
2003	Still	Mary
2003	Quiet Desperation	Helen Calloway
2003	Tru Calling	Paige Saunders	Episode: "Haunted"
2003	The O.C.	Yvette	Episode: "The Countdown"
2004	Night Dawn Day	Woman
2004	With It	Mafia Girlfriend
2004	The Gunman	Lori Simms
2004	Medical Investigation	Estella	Episode: "Escape"
2005	Standing Still	Maria
2006	Dog Lover's Symphony	Susan
2007	Painkiller Jane	Maureen Bowers
2007	NCIS	Dana Arnett	Episode: "Leap of Faith"
2007–2011	Smallville	Dinah Lance / Black Canary	6 episodes
2008	Jack Hunter and the Lost Treasure of Ugarit	Lena Halstrom	TV mini-series
2008	CSI: NY	Lori Winston	Episode: "The Box"
2008	CSI: Miami	Cassandra Gray	Episode: "Raging Cannibal"
2008	An American Carol	Celebrity #1
2009	Broken August	August King
2009	Lushes	Faux Charlize Theron
2009–2011	Stargate Universe	1st Lt. Tamara Johansen	Series regular
2011	Alphas	Sarah Nelson	Episode: "Bill and Gary's Excellent Adventure"
2012	NCIS: Los Angeles	Serena Miller	Episode: "Neighborhood Watch"
2013–2014	Supernatural	Abaddon/Josie Sands	8 episodes
2016	Amber Alert	Amber
2018	The Perfection	Paloma
2020	The 100	Nikki	Recurring role[3] (8 episodes)
2022–2023	Riverdale	Twyla Twyst	Recurring S6 (4 episodes) Guest S7 (1 episode)
2025	Waltzing with Brando	TBA	Post-production

References

1. 165: Alaina Huffman, "Tamara Johansen" in Stargate Universe (Interview), retrieved September 9, 2023
2. Huffman, Alaina (December 20, 2011). "@karenford1 Dec 15. A boy named Lincoln". @AlainaHuffman. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
3. Boucher, Geoff (September 19, 2019). "'The 100': Alaina Huffman Joins Cast For Finale Season On The CW". Deadline Hollywood.

External links

• Alaina Huffman at IMDb
• Comics Continuum: Smallville
• Alaina Huffman interview by Nalini Haynes, Dark Matter Zine, October 2014