Kristin Kreuk was born December 30, 1982, in Vancouver, British Columbia.Her father is Dutch, and her mother is Chinese.Although she participated in several school theater productions, she focused primarily on her schoolwork and planned on studying psychology or environmental studies in college.During her senior year of high school, a casting director seeking an 'exotic' looking girl for a new TV series cast Kreuk in Edgemont, a Canadian family drama.Shortly after, the actress landed a role on Smallville, which, like Edgemont, is filmed in Vancouver.The busy actress worked on both series at the same time.In addition to her two popular teenage dramas, Kreuk starred in the made-for-television version of Snow White and the TV miniseries Legend of Earthsea.She also appeared in the film EuroTrip.Following in the footsteps of Jennifer Love Hewitt and Mandy Moore, Kreuk was a spokesperson for Neutrogena. Best known for her portrayal of Lana Lang, high-school sweetheart of Clark Kent, on the popular WB series Smallville, Vancouver-born Kristin Kreuk first pursued a formal acting career at the behest of her high-school drama teacher. The daughter of two landscape architects -- a Dutch father and an Indonesian mother -- Kreuk's mixed ethnicity made her attractive in a highly distinct way. In 1999, Kreuk (then 17) auditioned for a teen-oriented Canadian drama series, Edgemont; she segued from this into twin roles -- the lead in Snow White: The Fairest of Them All and the Lana Lang portrayal -- the following year. She also played Tenar in the cable miniseries adaptation of Ursula K. Le Guin's -Earthsea and Fiona in the frat-boy comedy Eurotrip.Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide