Life and Career
Perkins was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. As a child actress she was in three made for television movies: Small Sacrifices (1989), opposite Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O'Neal, Anything to Survive (1990), and Stephen King's It (1990), with Jonathan Brandis and Seth Green.
In 1998, Perkins took a supporting role in the Canadian TV crime-drama series Da Vinci's Inquest as Carmen (series 1, episode 9). She returned to the series in 2001 to take a recurring, supporting role as the prostitute Sue Lewis for a further 34 episodes, a role which earned her a Leo Award for Best Supporting Performance in 2003.
Perkins is best known for her role as Brigitte in the Ginger Snaps Trilogy of werewolf films: Ginger Snaps (2000), Ginger Snaps II: Unleashed (2004), and Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning (2004). Her role in Ginger Snaps gained her Best Actress award at the Málaga International Week of Fantastic Cinema in 2001. Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed is Perkins' largest role in a film. In 2004 the horror magazine Fangoria awarded Perkins their Chainsaw Award for her work in GS2: Unleashed.
Perkins had supporting roles in She's the Man, Another Cinderella Story, and a small role as a receptionist in Juno. She stars in the thriller Blood: A Butcher's Tale.
In 2008 she starred as Becky Rosen in CW TV series: "Supernatural".
Starting March 1, 2010 Perkins played the regular role of Crystal Braywood in the Canadian TV comedy series Hiccups. After two seasons the show was cancelled.
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