Klea Scott

Scott's professional roots go back to Canadian children's television — You Can't Do That on Television (1982–1984) — which is, frankly, not where you'd expect to find the origin story of a serious dramatic actress. But it happened. By the mid-1990s, she was working in American network television, landing the recurring role of Officer Nona Valentine on Brooklyn South, the CBS police drama that ran from 1997 to 1998. The show was cancelled after one season, but it put Scott on the radar of casting directors who were looking for performers who could hold their own in ensemble procedurals. The role that probably means the most to a certain generation of genre fans came next: Emma Hollis, the FBI agent who becomes Frank Black's partner in Millennium's third season (1998–99). Joining a show in its final season — especially one as tonally specific as Millennium, which by that point was operating somewhere between conspiracy thriller and outright apocalyptic horror — isn't easy. Scott made it work. Her film work during this period included Minority Report (2002) and Collateral (2004), both high-profile productions that, even in supporting capacity, reflect the caliber of projects she was being considered for. From 2005 to 2007, Scott starred as Mary Spalding in CBC's Intelligence, a Canadian crime drama that gave her one of her meatiest roles — a CSIS officer operating in morally grey territory, the kind of character where you're never quite sure whose side she's really on. Hard to say if the show would have run longer in a different era of streaming, but it remains a highlight of her résumé. More recently, she's appeared in Grey's Anatomy (2017) and Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists (2019), keeping her presence felt across both drama and genre television.