Kristin Laura Kreuk is a Canadian actress from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Her father is of Dutch descent; her mother is of Chinese descent, but was born in Indonesia; and her maternal grandmother was a Chinese Jamaican.
Kristin is known for her roles as Lana Lang in the Superman-inspired television series Smallville and as Laurel Yeung in the Canadian teen drama Edgemont. She has also starred in movies such as Snow White: The Fairest of Them All, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, and Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy. Since 2012, Kreuk has played the role of Catherine Chandler in The CW series Beauty & the Beast.
