Kandyse McClure
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Candice McClure<ref name="Grant Gould">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> (born 22 March 1980<ref name=NYTBio />), known professionally as Kandyse McClure, is a Canadian actress.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name=SliceofSciFi /> She gained prominence through her roles in the Fox Family series Higher Ground (2000), the NBC and Syfy adaptations of Stephen King's Carrie (2002) and Children of the Corn (2009), and as Anastasia Dualla in Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009), also on Syfy. She led the film Sew the Winter to My Skin (2018).
McClure was in the main casts of Persons Unknown (2010) and Ghost Wars (2018), also on NBC and Syfy. She had a recurring role as Dr. Clementine Chasseur in the Netflix series Hemlock Grove (2013).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Early lifeEdit
Candice McClure<ref name="Grant Gould"/> was born in the Greenwood Park area of North Durban, South Africa.<ref name="website_mcclure">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Her mother is an educator and her father is a musician.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> From the age of four, McClure moved back and forth between South Africa and Canada. She completed her secondary education at West Vancouver Secondary School in 1998.Template:Citation needed McClure was cast in a production of Athol Fugard's Valley Song at the age of 17.<ref name="iol sci fi">Template:Cite journal</ref>
CareerEdit
McClure's first television appearance was a lead role with Lou Diamond Phillips in the 1999 television film In a Class of His Own that was followed by the Fox Family teen drama Higher Ground and the NBC Saturday-morning series Just Deal, both of which premiered in 2000. The year 2000 was also the time period when McClure played a recurring role in the Canadian drama television series Da Vinci’s Inquest.<ref name="Buddy">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 2002, McClure portrayed the recurring role of Elizabeth Munroe on Showtime's Jeremiah.<ref name="Buddy" /> Also in that year, the actress played the role of Sue Snell in the television film remake of Stephen King's novel Carrie.<ref>Carrie (2002) HorrorTalk. Retrieved 17 June 2016.</ref> Also in 2002, McClure guest starred as Annie Fisher in two episodes of James Cameron's science fiction drama television series Dark Angel on Fox.
From 2003 to 2009 , McClure played the role as Anastasia "Dee" Dualla on the Sci Fi Channel series Battlestar Galactica. McClure's character, a Petty Officer Second Class in the Colonial Fleet, has never appeared in the original 1978 series, but was initially an analogue of Sarah Rush's original series character Flight Corporal Rigel. McClure was a regular cast member of the series until January 2009.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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McClure then appeared in a 2009 television adaptation of King's Children of the Corn<ref name="Sandy">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and the Carl Bessai feature film from the same year Cole. In 2010 the television series Persons Unknown, in which McClure co-starred, premiered,<ref>MediaBlvd Magazine Interview (30 January 2009) Template:Webarchive</ref> but the series was not renewed for a second season after it was initially picked up by NBC.<ref name=nbc>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 2011 McClure played the girlfriend of Stuart Davis in the independent short film Just Be Yourself, a comedy about a desperate man who is offered a job to "just be himself."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> McClure then joined Davis again in 2011 to co-host the second season of the late-night HDNet program Sex, God, Rock 'n' Roll.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2012 McClure joined the cast of Netflix original series Hemlock Grove (premiered in January 2013<ref name="Sandy" />)<ref name=dl120702>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and completed the feature film Broken Kingdom (alongside Rachael Leigh Cook).<ref name="Sandy" /> McClure has also appeared in other television programs, such as Whistler, Andromeda, Jake 2.0, Smallville, and Reaper.<ref name="Buddy" />
On 2 February 2016, Historica Canada featured Viola Desmond in the 82nd Heritage Minute,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> to mark the beginning of Black History Month. The video was filmed on location in High River, Alberta in June 2015. It features Kandyse McClure as Viola Desmond,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> a civil rights activist and entrepreneur who challenged segregation in Nova Scotia in the 1940s.
Personal lifeEdit
As of 2013, McClure continues to work with the non-profit organization CARE Canada to address poverty in the world's developing regions.<ref name="Sandy" /> Template:As of, McClure resides in Vancouver, British Columbia.<ref name="Sandy" />
McClure is married to musician Ian Cylenz Lee.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore Template:Dead link</ref> He proposed to her when they were visiting her family in South Africa in December 2012.<ref name="iol sci fi"/>
FilmographyEdit
FilmEdit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Romeo Must Die | Store Clerk | |
| 2001 | See Spot Run | Attractive Woman | |
| 2008 | Barbie in A Christmas Carol | Catherine | Voice role; direct-to-video film |
| 2009 | Cole | Serafina | |
| 2010 | Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale | Grace | Voice role; direct-to-video film |
| Mother's Day | Gina Jackson | ||
| 2012 | Broken Kingdom | Jessica | |
| 2015 | Seventh Son | Sarikin | |
| Careful What You Wish For | Angie Alvarez | ||
| 2018 | Sew the Winter to My Skin | Golden Eyes | |
| 2020 | Love, Guaranteed | Arianna Silver |
TelevisionEdit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | In a Class of His Own | Brandy | Television film | |
| 2000 | 2gether | Danielle | Television film | |
| Template:Sortname | Monica | Television film | ||
| Higher Ground | Katherine Ann 'Kat' Cabot | Main role | ||
| Level 9 | Megan | Episode: "Ten Little Hackers" | ||
| Da Vinci's Inquest | Lily | Episode: "It's a Bad Corner" | ||
| 2001 | Passion and Prejudice | Tamara | Television film | |
| Return to Cabin by the Lake | Jade | Television film | ||
| Template:Sortname | Brianna Lake | Episode: "Abduction" | ||
| Just Deal | Kim | 3 episodes | ||
| 2002 | Framed | As herself | Television film | |
| Carrie | Sue Snell | Television film | ||
| Mysterious Ways | Julie | Episode: "A Man of God" | ||
| Dark Angel | Annie Fisher | 2 episodes | ||
| L.A. Law: The Movie | Yvonne | Television film | ||
| Jeremiah | Elizabeth | Recurring role, 7 episodes | ||
| 2003 | Template:Sortname | Gwen | Episode: "Fair Warning" | |
| Black Sash | Template:TableTBA | Episode: "Jump Start" | ||
| Hollywood Wives: The New Generation | Saffron | Television film | ||
| Battlestar Galactica | Anastasia "Dee" Dualla | TV miniseries | ||
| Jake 2.0 | Anna | Episode: "The Prince and the Revolution" | ||
| 2003–2005 | Da Vinci's Inquest | Marla | Recurring role, 16 episodes | |
| 2004 | Andromeda | Zara | Episode: "The Others" | |
| 2004–2009 | Battlestar Galactica | Anastasia "Dee" Dualla | Main role | |
| 2005 | Smallville | Harmony | Episode: "Spirit" | |
| 2006 | Whistler | Lisa | Recurring role, 6 episodes | |
| Santa Baby | Donna Louise Campbell | Television film | ||
| 2007 | Battlestar Galactica: Razor | Anastasia "Dee" Dualla | Television film | |
| 2008 | Sanctuary | Meg | Episodes: "Sanctuary for All: Part 1", "Fata Morgana" | |
| Reaper | Cassidy | 3 episodes | ||
| 2009 | Children of the Corn | Vicky Stanton | Television film | |
| 2010 | Template:Sortname | Laura | Television film | |
| Persons Unknown | Erika Taylor | Main role | ||
| 2012 | Just Be Yourself | Glenda | Television film | |
| Republic of Doyle | Sabrina McCarthy | Episode: "One Angry Jake" | ||
| Aladdin and the Death Lamp | Shifa | Television film | ||
| Alphas | Agnes Walker | Episode: "The Devil Will Drag You Under" | ||
| 2012–2013 | Arctic Air | Shontal | 4 episodes | |
| 2013 | Hemlock Grove | Dr. Clementine Chasseur | Recurring role (season 1), 10 episodes | |
| Haven | Carrie Benson | Episode: "Lay Me Down" | ||
| 2016 | Supernatural | Sheriff A. Tyson | Episode: "The Chitters" | |
| 2017–2018 | Ghost Wars | Dr. Landis Barker | Main role | |
| 2017–2018 | The Good Doctor | Celez | Episodes: "Not Fake", "Smile" | |
| 2019 | Limetown | Lia's girlfriend | 2 episodes | |
| V Wars | Claire O'Hagan | 3 episodes | ||
| 2020 | Charmed | The Guardian | Recurring role, 5 episodes | |
| 2021 | The Flash | Xotar | Episode: "Armageddon, Part 2" | |
| 2022 | Snowpiercer | Tail Boss | Episode: "Ouroboros" | |
| 2022 | Motherland: Fort Salem | Nicte Batan | 3 episodes | |
| 2022 | The Imperfects | Dr Monday | Episode: "The Devil You Know" | |
| 2023–present | Virgin River | Kaia Bryant | citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2023 | Family Law | Jessie | Episode: "Wicked Games" |
Awards and nominationsEdit
- Leo Awards; Nominated in 2003 (Best Supporting Performance by a Female: Feature Length Drama) for her role in Carrie,<ref>Past Nominees & Winners 2003 at www.leoawards.com</ref> and nominated again in 2010 (Best Lead Performance by a Female: Feature Length Drama) for her role in Cole.<ref>Past Nominees & Winners 2010 at www.leoawards.com</ref>
- Peabody Awards, Peabody Award for Excellence in Television, 2005, Battlestar Galactica R&D TV in Association with NBC Universal Television Studio, Sci Fi Channel
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