Carly Pope

Carly Pope (born August 28, 1980^[1]) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles on The WB's drama series Popular (1999–2001), supernatural drama series The Collector (2004–2005), USA Network's legal drama series Suits (2016–2017) and The CW's Arrow (2016–2017).^[2][3]

Early life

Pope was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, with an older brother, Kris, also an actor, and a younger brother, Alexander. She was trained as a dancer until she became active in theater during high school.^[4] She appeared in plays such as The Odd Couple, playing Mickey, and A Midsummer Night's Dream, playing Titania.^[5] She attended Lord Byng Secondary high school.^[6]

Career

Pope started her career with several small roles, such as Disturbing Behavior,^[7] Snow Day, Aliens in the Wild, Wild West, and Night Man, before being cast as Sam McPherson on The WB's comedy-drama television series Popular (1999–2001).^[8] The series followed two teenage girls, Pope and Leslie Bibb, who reside on opposite ends of the popularity spectrum at their high school, but are forced to get along when their single parents meet on a cruise ship and get married.^[9] Pope was named one of Teen People's 25 Hottest Stars Under 25 in 2000.^[4] She has appeared on the cover of several magazines, including Seventeen, Teen, Curve and Medusa, and in pictorials for FHM and Razor.^[10] Her breakthrough role was playing Abbey in Disturbing Behavior (1998), who was in a flashback sequence, but it was cut when the film was released.^[11]

Pope had several roles in film and television, including The Glass House, Jeff Probst's Finder's Fee, and Orange County. In 2004 she had starred as Maya Kandinski in The Collector.^[12] In 2005, she was a guest-star in an episode of FOX's Tru Calling and played an aspiring social worker in the film Eighteen.

In 2007, Pope starred in the Power Up project Itty Bitty Titty Committee,^[13] and in Martin Gero's "intelligent sex comedy" and Toronto International Film Festival hit, Young People Fucking. In 2009, she appeared in FOX's hit thriller, 24, as Samantha Roth, the president's son's girlfriend.

Pope joined the main cast of the NBC legal drama television series Outlaw in 2010, portraying Lucinda Pearl.^[14] In 2015, Pope co-produced the Canadian documentary film Highway of Tears.^[15] She portrayed architect Tara Messer on USA Network's legal drama series Suits (2016–2017).^[16][17][18] On July 26, 2019, The Hollywood Reporter announced that Pope will appear in Hallmark Channel's Christmas-themed television film, Double Holiday (2019) opposite Kristoffer Polaha.^[19]

Personal life

On December 29, 2009, Pope and her brother, Kris, were driving a black BMW down West Georgia Street in Downtown Vancouver when David Fomradas, 31, of Alberta jumped on top of the car and yelled at them to run him over. When Kris got out of the car, Fomradas jumped in the front seat and drove the vehicle into the new CBC studios. Carly suffered a broken rib and two cracked vertebrae, Kris suffered severe injuries to his ankle, and a passerby was also injured.^[20] Fromradas was also treated in hospital and remained in police custody.^[21]

Pope started dating Australian actor David Lyons around 2014 according to her Instagram^{[22][non-primary source needed]} and they have been married for several years.^{[23][non-primary source needed]} In November 2024, Pope gave birth to their child.^[24]

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

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2. ^ Holbrook, Damian (June 29, 2016). "Carly Pope Shoots Over to Arrow". TV Insider. TV Guide. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
3. ^ "Interview With Carly Pope: Louis Is 'Delightful In His Oddness' | Blog | Suits". USA Network. NBC Universal. August 4, 2016. Archived August 29, 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
4. ^ "Carly Pope | TV Guide". TVGuide.com. TV Guide. Archived from the original on July 31, 2019. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
5. ^ "Carly Pope: Biography". TV.com. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on October 22, 2009. Retrieved November 1, 2009.
6. ^ Knutzen, Eirik (February 7, 2001). "Carly Pope". South Jersey Magazine. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
7. ^ Allemang, John (July 8, 1999). "Carly's the Popular choice". The Globe and Mail. The Woodbridge Company. p. C1.
8. ^ Cashin, Declan (June 23, 2015). "See How The Cast Of Popular Have Changed Since 1999". BuzzFeed. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
9. ^ Angelo, Megan (January 2, 2013). "Where Are They Now: The Cast of the WB's Popular". Glamour. Condé Nast. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
10. ^ "Carly Pope". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
11. ^ Kit, Zorianna (August 17, 2021). "Acting Vet Carly Pope Talks New Film Demonic". Casting Networks. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
12. ^ Doyle, John (June 2, 2004). "Frowning, muttering: It's an actor's feast". The Globe and Mail. The Woodbridge Company.
13. ^ "Carly Pope on the clock for 24". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. October 9, 2007. Retrieved November 1, 2009.
14. ^ NBC (May 16, 2010). "NBC Unveils 2010–2011 Primetime Schedule Accented by Five New Comedies, Seven New Dramas, and New Alternative Program". Retrieved May 28, 2010. – via The Futon Critic.
15. ^ Culbert, Lori (February 24, 2015). "Film shines light on 'forgotten' Highway of Tears women". Vancouver Sun. Postmedia Network. Archived from the original on April 22, 2016. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
16. ^ "Carly Pope Joins the Cast of Suits for Season 6 | Blog". USA Network. NBCUniversal. June 1, 2016. Archived October 11, 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
17. ^ Ng, Philiana (August 3, 2016). "Carly Pope Dishes on 'Refreshing' Suits Debut and Diving Into the Mysterious World of Arrow". Entertainment Tonight. CBS Media Ventures. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
18. ^ Kass-Gerji, Robyn (August 3, 2016). "Carly Pope Teases Her New Character on Suits". TV Insider. TV Guide. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
19. ^ Bentley, Jean (July 26, 2019). "Kristin Chenoweth to Headline Hallmark Channel's 2019 Countdown to Christmas (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Eldridge Industries. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
20. ^ CBC News (December 30, 2009). "Actors Kris, Carly Pope hurt in Vancouver carjacking". CBC News. CBC. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
21. ^ "Actors Kris, Carly Pope hurt in Vancouver carjacking". cbc.ca. CBC News. 30 December 2009. Archived 9 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
22. ^ Pope, Carly (February 8, 2024). "A cool TEN, I'd do it again". Retrieved May 26, 2024.
23. ^ Pope, Carly (May 17, 2024). "J'adore being your missus. #DL🖤 #yearsdeep #wifelife #justbc #latergram". Retrieved January 3, 2025.
24. ^ Pope, Carly (November 3, 2024). "Started from the belly now you're here. The past few weeks have been W I L D and November will forever be our favourite month. Welcome to this wide open world, kid. Part scorpion, part dragon, part rainbow, all SUN.📸 : Mr Lyons #DL🖤✨ #ʟᴀᴛᴇʀɢʀᴀᴍ #🦂🐉🌈☀️". Retrieved January 3, 2025.
25. ^ "2004 Nominees & Winner". Leo Awards
26. ^ Gill at, Alexandra (October 17, 2005). "L'Enfant closes Vancouver film festival". The Globe and Mail. The Woodbridge Company.
27. ^ Beiks, Ilona (October 24, 2005). "VIFF hit by high costs, lack of coverage". Playback
28. ^ "2006 Nominees & Winner". Leo Awards
29. ^ "Canadian Comedy Award nominations announced". Toronto Star. Torstar. July 6, 2009.