Henriette Ivanans (, born October 29, 1968) is a Canadian actress and writer.

Early life and education

Ivanans is of Latvian and Danish heritage; her father is from Riga, and her mother is from Copenhagen. She is a graduate of Ryerson Theatre School in Toronto.

Career

Ivanans appeared for two seasons on the hit CBC series Liberty Street as well as making many notable theatre performances in Toronto including the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. After many years in Canadian and American television work, she moved to Los Angeles and continues to work in television and film, most recently in JAG, Strong Medicine, Star Trek: Voyager and the film Smother, which stars Diane Keaton, Liv Tyler, and Dax Shepard. She is the author of In Pillness and in Health, a memoir about her recovery from drugs and alcohol during her kidney transplant where her husband was the donor.

Filmography

Film

Television