Alaina Kalanj (also known as Alaina Huffman) (born April 17, 1980) is a Canadian film and television actress, best known for the television series Painkiller Jane, where she played the character Maureen Bowers. She played Dinah Lance / Black Canary in the TV series Smallville, and 1st Lt. Tamara Johansen in Stargate Universe, where she was a regular cast member. She played the part of a surviving Knight of Hell Abaddon in the American dark-fantasy television series Supernatural.
Biography Huffman was born Alaina Kalanj in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is of Croatian descent. At the age of 13, she went to her first audition for a Fox Family Channel pilot, where she was offered the main role. A scout for a modeling agency instead recruited Huffman, and she was set to model in high fashion runways in Europe and Japan for the following years.
When her parents moved to Dallas, Texas, she saw the opportunity to live in the United States and enroll in college, leaving modeling behind. While in school, she took on acting roles in a series of independent films. Eventually she moved to Los Angeles, where she added more television credits to her resume.
Alaina has four children with ex-husband John Huffman: sons Elijah and Lincoln, and daughters Hanna and Charley-Jane. While pregnant with Charley-Jane, she was acting in the first season of Stargate Universe, so the pregnancy was written into the plot.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes2001IndefinitelyCherry2001PendulumTerry Weiss2002Dawson's CreekRina, the hot girlEpisode: "Guerilla Filmmaking"2002Serving SaraSpa Receptionist2003Screen Door JesusSharon Beaudry2003StillMary2003Quiet DesperationHelen Calloway2003Tru CallingPaige SaundersEpisode: "Haunted"2003 The O.C.YvetteEpisode: "The Countdown"2004Night Dawn DayWoman2004With ItMafia Girlfriend2004 The GunmanLori Simms2004Medical InvestigationEstellaEpisode: "Escape"2005Standing StillMaria2006Dog Lover's SymphonySusan2007Painkiller JaneMaureen Bowers2007NCISDana ArnettEpisode: "Leap of Faith"2007–2011SmallvilleDinah Lance / Black Canary6 episodes2008Jack Hunter and the Lost Treasure of UgaritLena HalstromTV mini-series2008CSI: NYLori WinstonEpisode: "The Box"2008CSI: MiamiCassandra GrayEpisode: "Raging Cannibal"2008An American CarolCelebrity #12009Broken AugustAugust King2009LushesFaux Charlize Theron2009–2011Stargate Universe1st Lt. Tamara JohansenSeries regular2011AlphasSarah NelsonEpisode: "Bill and Gary's Excellent Adventure"2012NCIS: Los AngelesSerena MillerEpisode: "Neighborhood Watch"2013–2014SupernaturalAbaddon/Josie Sands8 episodes2016Amber AlertAmber 2018 The Perfection Paloma 2020 The 100 Nikki Recurring role (8 episodes)2021Missing TwinJenny Markham 2022–2023 Riverdale Twyla Twyst Recurring S6 (4 episodes), S7 (3 episodes) 2024 Waltzing with BrandoDana
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Comics Continuum: Smallville Alaina Huffman interview by Nalini Haynes, Dark Matter Zine, October 2014