Emily Irene VanCamp (born May 12, 1986)[1] is a Canadian actress known
for her roles on The WB television series Everwood, the ABC dramas
Brothers & Sisters and Revenge, and as Sharon Carter / Agent 13 in the
Marvel Cinematic Universe films Captain America: The Winter Soldier
(2014) and Captain America: Civil War (2016) and the upcoming Disney+
series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2020). VanCamp stars as the
female lead in the Fox medical drama series The Resident, which
debuted in January 2018 as a midseason entry in the 2017â€"18 United
States television season.VanCamp was born on May 12, 1986 in Port
Perry, Ontario.[2] Her father, Robert VanCamp, is an animal
nutritionist and her first job was working for him, delivering food to
clients in and around her hometown.[3] VanCamp started to dance at age
three.[2] Wanting to become a professional dancer, at age 11, she
convinced her parents to let her attend a summer training program in
Montreal. When she was 12, she was accepted to the École supérieure
de ballet du Québec, the training program of Les Grands Ballets
Canadiens,[4][5] and moved in with a local French-Canadian
family.[6]In 1998, VanCamp became interested in acting after visiting
her sister Katie on the set of the film Ladies Room.[2][4] She started
taking acting classes on Saturday afternoons,[6][7] found an agent and
after working on a few commercials,[8] was cast in the second part of
the three-part season-seven premiere of the Canadian children's horror
anthology television series Are You Afraid of the Dark?.[9] Her
character was present in one scene and spoke no dialogue, playing
opposite a 17-year-old Elisha Cuthbert.
for her roles on The WB television series Everwood, the ABC dramas
Brothers & Sisters and Revenge, and as Sharon Carter / Agent 13 in the
Marvel Cinematic Universe films Captain America: The Winter Soldier
(2014) and Captain America: Civil War (2016) and the upcoming Disney+
series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2020). VanCamp stars as the
female lead in the Fox medical drama series The Resident, which
debuted in January 2018 as a midseason entry in the 2017â€"18 United
States television season.VanCamp was born on May 12, 1986 in Port
Perry, Ontario.[2] Her father, Robert VanCamp, is an animal
nutritionist and her first job was working for him, delivering food to
clients in and around her hometown.[3] VanCamp started to dance at age
three.[2] Wanting to become a professional dancer, at age 11, she
convinced her parents to let her attend a summer training program in
Montreal. When she was 12, she was accepted to the École supérieure
de ballet du Québec, the training program of Les Grands Ballets
Canadiens,[4][5] and moved in with a local French-Canadian
family.[6]In 1998, VanCamp became interested in acting after visiting
her sister Katie on the set of the film Ladies Room.[2][4] She started
taking acting classes on Saturday afternoons,[6][7] found an agent and
after working on a few commercials,[8] was cast in the second part of
the three-part season-seven premiere of the Canadian children's horror
anthology television series Are You Afraid of the Dark?.[9] Her
character was present in one scene and spoke no dialogue, playing
opposite a 17-year-old Elisha Cuthbert.
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