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Vanessa Smythe

Acting · Born 1982-03-25 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Vanessa Smythe is a Canadian actor and writer, best known for playing Michio in The Expanse. You can catch her on shows like Hudson & Rex and Murdoch Mysteries, and her live solo show, In Case We Disappear, has sold out houses internationally. She creates escape rooms in video stores and composes poems for arts and sports campaigns, and her latest solo show was performed when she was 8 months pregnant. You can catch her in the upcoming films Littlemouth and Trap, directed by M Night Shyamalan.

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  Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

  Harper

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  The Expanse

  Michio

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  Hudson & Rex

  Briane Peters

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  Warehouse 13

  Coat Check Girl

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  Designated Survivor

  Reporter

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  Sheriff Country

  Carol Gimble

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  Trap

  Tour Manager

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  Mrs. America

  Shirley MacLaine

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  Signal One

  Mother

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  Pieces of a Woman

  Linda

• 2026Signal OneMother
• 2026Heirlooms
• 2025Sheriff CountryCarol Gimble
• 2025The PlayersRose
• 2025Single Woman Seeking ChildSandy Watters
• 2024TrapTour Manager
• 2023Less Than KosherRachel
• 2023The Amityville CurseDebbie Klein
• 2022Christmas Plus OneAmy
• 2022Star Trek: Strange New WorldsHarper
• 2021The Expanse: One ShipMichio
• 2021Christmas Beneath the StarsGretta
• 2020Pieces of a WomanLinda
• 2020Mrs. AmericaShirley MacLaine
• 2019We Had It Coming
• 2019Hudson & RexBriane Peters
• 2017Cradle to GraveAlice (25-42)
• 2016Designated SurvivorReporter
• 2015The ExpanseMichio
• 2012Bath Salts
• 2009Warehouse 13Coat Check Girl