Emmanuelle Frederique Vaugier (born June 23, 1976) is a Canadian film and television actress, singer, and model, best known for her roles as Detective Jessica Angell on CSI: NY, Mia on Two and a Half Men, Dr. Helen Bryce on Smallville, and FBI Special Agent Emma Barnes on Human Target.
She played Addison Corday in Saw II and Saw IV.
Early Life[]
Emmanuelle Vaugier was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The daughter of French immigrants. She grew up in a Roman Catholic, French-speaking household along with her older brother, Jason, and is fluent in French. Vaugier usually divides her time between Los Angeles and Vancouver. She attended Crofton House School, a private girls' school, for ten years until she transferred to Magee Secondary School. The latter offered a flexible academic program for professional and pre-professional athletes, artists, and musicians, for the last two years of high school.
Career[]
Vaugier played the role of young, upstart model Maria Alcobar in a 1996 episode of Highlander: The Series. In 2004, she played Lindsey Kellogg on the short-lived Fox Television series North Shore. Vaugier also had guest-star spots on Veronica Mars, Supernatural, The Outer Limits, Higher Ground, Andromeda, and Charmed. Furthermore, she appeared in the Emmy Award-nominated miniseries The Beach Boys: An American Family, where she portrayed Mike Love’s wife, Suzanne. Vaugier also completed a starring role in MOW Veiled Truth for the Lifetime Network. Besides that, she is known for her role during the first two seasons of One Tree Hill as Nicki, Jake's ex-girlfriend and mother to their child, Jenny.
From 2005-2015, Vaugier guest-starred in twelve episodes of CBS's hit sitcom Two and a Half Men as Mia, a ballet teacher with whom Charlie Harper fell in love and almost married. In 2005, she also played the title character in the Painkiller Jane television movie for the Sci-Fi Channel. She first became noticed by the science fiction community when she portrayed Dr. Helen Bryce, the love interest of Lex Luthor, on WB's hit drama Smallville in 2002–2003. Vaugier had a recurring role from 2006–2009 on the CBS show CSI: NY as Detective Jessica Angell. She left the show after the fifth season due to budget cuts.
Vaugier appeared in two episodes of the Fox series Human Target as FBI agent Emma Barnes, who was first introduced to the show on January 26, 2010, in the episode Embassy Row. She also had a recurring role on the Syfy series Lost Girl as The Morrigan, the leader of the Dark Fae.
One of her most prominent roles in feature films was Addison Corday in Saw II and Saw IV. In the Canadian film Unearthed, she played Annie, the sheriff of a small rural desert town. She appeared in the movie 40 Days and 40 Nights, which also starred Josh Hartnett. Besides that, she had starring roles in Suddenly Naked, in which she played a Latin pop sensation, the TV movie Mindstorm, a science-fiction thriller, and Ripper, a psychological thriller about students who mysteriously disappear after enrolling in a class about serial killers. She also starred in the sequel to Mirrors, which was directed by Victor Garcia. Maxim Magazine featured her on the cover of the February 2006 issue in the United States. Three months later, she landed spot #31 on their annual Hot 100 list.
Filmography[]
Films[]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Hysteria | Veronica Bloom |
| 1999 | The Fear: Resurrection | Jennifer |
| Shapeshifter | Anika | |
| 2000 | My 5 Wives | Sarah |
| The Sculptress | Sylvie | |
| 2001 | Mindstorm | Tracy Wellman |
| Ripper | Andrea 'Andy' Carter | |
| Suddenly Naked | Lupe Martinez | |
| Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell | Elinor Smith | |
| 2002 | 40 Days and 40 Nights | Susie |
| 2003 | Secondhand Lions | Jasmine |
| Water's Edge | Rae Butler | |
| 2005 | Saw II | Addison Corday |
| 2007 | Unearthed | Annie Flynn |
| Saw IV | Addison Corday | |
| 2008 | Blonde and Blonder | Cat |
| Bachelor Party 2: The Last Temptation | Eva | |
| Far Cry | Valerie Cardinal | |
| 2009 | Dolan's Cadillac | Elizabeth |
| 2010 | Mirrors 2 | Elizabeth Reigns |
| Hysteria | Jennifer | |
| 2011 | Where the Road Meets the Sun | Lisa |
| French Immersion | Jennifer Yates | |
| Intervention: Cinderella | Evil Stepmother | |
| 2013 | The Wedding Chapel | Sarah Robertson |
| Susie's Hope | Donna Lawrence | |
| Ivanov Red, White, and Blue | Kara | |
| Absolute Deception | Rebecca Scott | |
| 2014 | Saul: The Journey to Damascus | Mary |
| Teen Lust | Shelly | |
| 2015 | My Stepdaughter | Jill |
| 2017 | Destruction: Los Angeles | Margot Taylor |
| 2019 | My Mother's Stalker | Bethany |
| 2020 | Expectant | Genevieve Parker |
| Eat Wheaties! | Sarah Getz |
Television Series[]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Highlander | Maria Alcobar |
| 1996 | Madison | Noella D'Angelo |
| 1997 | Breaker High | Monette |
| Police Academy: The Series | Sally | |
| Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation | Barbra | |
| 1998 | First Wave | Esther |
| Dead Man's Gun | Rose Harris | |
| 1999 | Viper | Mitzi / Olga |
| Seven Days | Princess Lisette D'Arcy | |
| 1998-1999 | The Outer Limits | Lisa Dobkins / Shal |
| 2000 | The Beach Boys: An American Family | Pamela |
| Higher Ground | Elaine Barringer | |
| So Weird | Donna | |
| 2001 | Big Sound | Veronica |
| MythQuest | Persephone | |
| 2002 | Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction | Susan |
| Charmed | Dr. Ava Nicolae | |
| Just Cause | Louisa Bennett | |
| My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star | Sarah Nelson | |
| 2002-2003 | Smallville | Dr. Helen Bryce |
| 2003 | The Handler | Angie |
| 2004 | North Shore | Melinda Lindsey Kellogg |
| Veronica Mars | Monica Hadwin Greenblatt | |
| 2005 | Andromeda | Maura |
| Love, Inc. | Girl | |
| 2004-2005 | One Tree Hill | Nicki |
| 2006 | Monk | Pat - Juror No. 12 |
| Masters of Horror | Kim | |
| 2007 | Supernatural | Madison |
| Big Shots | Wanda Barnes | |
| 2008 | Level 9 | Christina Veedy |
| 2006-2009 | CSI: NY | Detective Jessica Angell |
| 2010 | Human Target | Emma Barnes |
| Hawaii Five-0 | Beautiful Woman / Erica Raines | |
| 2011 | R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour | Abigail |
| The Protector | Mrs. Gardener | |
| 2010-2011 | Covert Affairs | Liza Hearn |
| 2013 | The Mentalist | Melissa Enfield |
| Republic of Doyle | Gabriela Del Toro | |
| 2005-2015 | Two and a Half Men | Mia |
| 2015 | Mistresses | Niko |
| 2010-2015 | Lost Girl | Evony Fleurette Marquise / The Morrigan / Evony Fleurett Marquise |
| 2017 | Rogue | ADA Regan Faulkner |
| 2019 | Magnum P.I. | Katrina |
| 2020 | MacGyver | Major Anne Frost |
| 2021 | Supergirl | Peggy Bishop |
| 2024 | Potwins | Sarah |
Television Films[]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | A Family Divided | Rosalie Frank |
| 1996 | The Halfback of Notre Dame | Esmerelda |
| Home Song | Cheerleader | |
| The Limbic Region | Jennifer Lucca - Age 21 Years | |
| 1999 | Shadow Warriors II: Hunt for the Death Merchant | French Woman |
| 2001 | Largo Winch: The Heir | Nikki |
| Return to Cabin by the Lake | Vicki | |
| 2004 | Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss | Lauren |
| 2005 | House of the Dead 2 | Alex |
| Painkiller Jane | Capt. Jane Elizabeth Browning ("Painkiller Jane") | |
| Cerberus | Dr. Samantha Gaines | |
| 2006 | Veiled Truth | Carolyn |
| 2009 | Reverse Angle | Eve Pretson |
| 2010 | A Trace of Danger | Kate |
| A Nanny for Christmas | Ally Leeds | |
| 2011 | Killer Mountain | Kate Donovan |
| 2012 | Stolen Child | Amanda |
| It's Christmas, Carol! | Carol | |
| 2013 | Hidden Away | Alexandra / Stephanie |
| Clara's Deadly Secret | Helen | |
| 2016 | Love in Paradise | Heather Twain |
| Love in the Vineyard | Molly | |
| Stranger in the House | Jade | |
| His Double Life | Linda | |
| 2017 | Washed Away | Gabrielle |
| 2018 | Killer Ending | Agatha Sayers |
| 2020 | Psycho Intern | Maya |
| 2022 | Big Sky River | Tara Kendall |
| 2023 | Big Sky River: The Bridal Path | Tara Kendall |
Video Games[]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Need for Speed: Carbon | Nikki |
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