Leah Diane Gibson is a Canadian actress.

Leah Gibson was born in Victoria, British Columbia.^[1] She has a twin sister named Erin.^[2][3] She began dancing at the age of four, which led to training and performance in vocational interests, such as ballet and many forms of jazz.^[4][5] In early years of dancing and singing, she discovered musical theatre. She transferred to a high school that specialized in fine arts, maintaining honor-roll grades and graduating at the top of her class.^[6]

Gibson studied psychology at the University of Victoria, among the select few who were asked to study under the UVic honours program.^[7] She was simultaneously cast in her first professional theatre production, and withdrew from university. The touring company lost its funding within 2 months, and the show was cancelled. Gibson consequently moved to Vancouver in pursuit of a career in film acting.^[7]

In 2007, Gibson began her acting career in television, appearing on Psych,^[8] in the television film Second Sight, and on the miniseries Tin Man.^[9] She also played Penelope in Odysseus: Voyage to the Underworld (2008).^[10] Gibson's very first lead role in a feature film, namely Amy Singer in The Devil's Ground (2009),^[11][12] was booked within six months of signing an agent.^[1] That same year, she portrayed the supporting role of Silhouette's Girlfriend in Zack Snyder's Watchmen,^[13] as well as a role in Happy to Be Here (2009).^[14] She continued her television career in Stranger with My Face (2009),^[15] and appeared as the character Hannah in two episodes of Riese (2009).^[16][17][18]

In 2010, Gibson played Nettie in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,^[19][20] and was also attached to the cast of A Night for Dying Tigers.^[21] From 2010 to 2011, she starred in the two short films The Metal Box (2010) and The Fence (2011).^[22][23] In 2010, she also played a minor character in the TV movie called Betwixt.^[24] Gibson portrayed the avatar Emmanuelle on Caprica (2010), which accredited three episodes.^[25] She then made a guest appearance as Palomino on Supernatural in the episode "Two Minutes to Midnight".^[26] In 2011, she was credited in Rise of the Planet of the Apes as playing Alyssa Williams.^[27][28] Subsequent television credits included He Loves Me (2011) and Soldiers of the Apocalypse (2011).^[29] She played supporting characters in Kill for Me (2013) as Natalie Ross,^[30] Indie Jonesing (2012) as Gina,^[31] and lead role in the short film Leave Us Alone (2012).^[32] In the course of five episodes, she has played Candi Lussier in a recurring role on Arctic Air (2012–2013).^[33] Gibson's work for the rest of 2012 consisted of episodes on The True Heroines,^[34] and the unsold pilot for American Housewife.^[35] In 2013 she joined the cast for the first season of Rogue.

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