Emmanuelle Vaugier: You Recognize Her From Everything

Emmanuelle Vaugier has one of those faces that you simply recognize. The problem is, once you recognize that you’ve seen her face before, it becomes difficult to pinpoint from where. Well, rest easy boys and girls cause she’s been in just about everything.

Okay maybe that was a bit hyperbolic, but the Vancouver born and raised bilingual Emmanuelle really has appeared in a lot of mainstream network TV shows in the past while. We’ll start at the beginning though so you can all get a good sense of where she’s coming from.

Emmanuelle got her start in TV acting like a lot of local Vancouver performers – on a sci-fi show that was locally produced. For Emmanuelle, this was Highlander back in 1995. Soon after she landed a nine episode run on a high school drama called Madison and then guest starred on everything from Outer Limits to Police Academy The Series. She then got a small break when she landed the role of Elaine Berringer on a Vancouver-based series called Higher Ground. Higher Ground was actually the first stop for Darth Vader himself Hayden Christensen (deuchebag…). Emmanuelle’s work on Higher Ground must have impressed someone in Canadian television as she then landed a starring role on the very short-lived series My Guide To Becoming A Rockstar. Although the show lasted barely a season, it put her on the map as someone with potential.

Enter the role that really pushed Emmanuelle Vaugier into the spotlight – Smallville. Emmanuelle was cast as Lex Luther’s love interest Dr. Helen Bryce in the second and third seasons of Smallville. Once her time concluded on the WB (now CW) show she started showing up in everything from Veronica Mars to One Tree Hill. She then landed a ten episode arc on CSI New York alongside Gary Senise playing Detective Angell. Since leaving CSI: NY, Emmanuelle has tried the sitcom route playing Mia opposite Charlie Sheen in Two and a Half Men and is currently starring as a recurring character in the new FOX comic book adaptation Human Target.

Emmanuelle’s TV credits seem like they go forever, but her film credits aren’t’ anything to scuff at either. She appeared in the Josh Hartnett rom-com 40 Days and 40 Nights and also plays the part of Addison in Saw II and Saw IV. Oh, and back in 2006 she graced the cover of Maxim and was given spot 31 on the Hot 100 list of that year.