Laura Vandervoort

Vandervoort in 2015, photo cvanwagoner/Bigstock.com

Birth Name: Laura Dianne Vandervoort

Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Date of Birth: September 22, 1984

Ethnicity:
*Dutch (father)
*English (mother)

Laura Vandervoort is a Canadian actress. Her roles include the series Smallville, Instant Star, Haven, V, and Bitten, and the films Rabid and Trigger Point.

Her father is Dutch and her mother is Canadian.

Laura’s maternal grandfather is named Fred Sanger.

Laura’s maternal grandmother was Jean Marion Pinsent (the daughter of Albert Frederick Pinsent and Mary Florence Pollett). Jean was born in Buchans, Newfoundland. Albert was the son of William Pinsent and Amelia Sarah Smith. Mary was the daughter of James Pollett and Honorah Reid.

Laura was a first cousin, three times removed, of actor Gordon Pinsent. Laura’s maternal great-great-great-grandparents, William Thomas Pinsent and Leah Newhook, were also Gordon’s paternal grandparents.

Source: Obituary of Laura’s maternal grandmother, Jean Marion (Pinsent) Sanger – https://www.legacy.com