Kristin Kreuk

As of 2004, Kreuk is dating her Legend of Earthsea co-star, Canadian actor Mark Hildreth.
. It airs on December 13, 2004. The official reason given for her overdose was that painpills were perscribed to treat her back pain, and subsequently made her ill. The two-part miniseries, filmed in Vancouver, was directed by Rob Lieberman and co-produced by Lawrence Bender of Pulp Fiction fame. Media speculated that she had attempted suicide--she was reportedly depressed over the breakup of her marriage. Her character, Tenar, is the pupil of High Priestess Thar of the Tombs of Atuan (played by Isabella Rossellini) and also the love interest of Ashmore's character. On November 16, 2004, Long overdosed on painkillers and was admitted to UCLA hospital.

Le Guin. Long enjoyed something of a comeback in the late 1990s with her starring role as Carol Brady in the surprise hit The Brady Bunch Movie. In the summer of 2004, Kreuk joined the cast of the Sci Fi Channel miniseries Legend of Earthsea, starring Shawn Ashmore and Danny Glover and based on the novels by Ursula K. As Cheers continued to thrive, Long was derided for leaving in favor of a non-starter film career, and was lumped together with such entertainers as David Lee Roth (who left Van Halen,) and David Caruso, (who left NYPD Blue.) Long continued to appear in films and television, reprising her role as Diane Chambers in Cheers' 1993 series finale, and again several times on its hit spinoff Frasier. It debuted in theatres on February 20, 2004. One of her first major post-Cheers films, Hello Again, garnered hostile reviews and poor box-office receipts. The film, shot in Prague, Czech Republic, also featured cameos by Matt Damon and Lucy Lawless. At the time, many speculated that her decision would harm both her career and Cheers.

She was also tapped for her first feature film role in the summer of 2003; she made a cameo appearance in the movie Eurotrip, starring Scott Mechlowicz and Michelle Trachtenberg. Long was known for being very arrogant and difficult on the set and was disliked by most of her fellow actors. In 2003, Kreuk wrapped up her role on Edgemont. In 1987 she left Cheers at the height of its popularity. The executives at Neutrogena decided to make her the cover girl for their new worldwide ad campaign; in this regard Kreuk followed in the footsteps of fellow teen stars Jennifer Love Hewitt and Mandy Moore. Thereafter she became a sought-after comedic actress, starring in such films as Outrageous Fortune, The Money Pit and Troop Beverly Hills. Originally, Kreuk was not so sure about auditioning for the Lana role, as the character was to be a gorgeous, popular cheerleader and so she assumed that the part would be that of a shallow "idiot". However, upon reading the "graveyard scene" from the pilot, she was so impressed that when she was offered the role, she immediately accepted it. Cheers was innovative, and slow to catch on, but eventually became one of the most popular shows on television.

Gough and Millar called Kreuk to the WB's studios in Burbank, California to audition for the role of Clark Kent's pre-Lois Lane love, Lana Lang. After appearances in such films as Caveman, Losin' It and Irreconcilable Differences, she was cast as a vain barmaid named Diane Chambers on the television sitcom Cheers. The program (which was slated to be shot in Vancouver) was to revolve around the life of teenager Clark Kent, alias Superboy. In Chicago she joined The Second City comedy troupe and acted and wrote for the local television program Sorting It Out. After Snow White, Kreuk's agent sent an audition tape to movie screenwriters Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, who at the time were putting together the cast of a show they had created for the WB Network entitled Smallville. She studied drama at Northwestern University, but left before graduating to pursue a career in acting and modeling. It aired on ABC on March 17, 2002. Shelley Long (born August 23, 1949 in Fort Wayne, Indiana) is an American actress.

The film, shot in Vancouver, also starred actress Miranda Richardson. After shooting the first season of Edgemont (a teen soap opera set at a Vancouver-area high school) and getting herself an agent, Kreuk landed the lead role of Snow White in a TV movie entitled Snow White: The Fairest of Them All. Much to her surprise, she won the part. Kreuk, who had no previous experience in acting other than musicals at her high school, was convinced to audition for the role by her drama teacher.

Kreuk was planning to study either psychology, environmental science, or forensic science at Simon Fraser University when a casting director for the CBC TV series Edgemont called her high school, looking for an "exotic"-looking girl to play the part of Laurel Yeung on the Vancouver-shot show. She also has a younger sister, Justine. Her father, Peter Kreuk, is of Dutch ancestry and her mother, Deanna Che, is of Chinese ancestry; both are landscape architects. Kreuk was born in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Kristin Laura Kreuk (born December 30, 1982) is a Canadian actress and model, known for her roles on the Canadian television series Edgemont and on the American television series Smallville.