Anna Hopkins


Anna Hopkins is a Canadian actress. She is known for her role as Lilith in Freeform's original series, Shadowhunters.

Early life and education

Hopkins was born in Montreal, Quebec, to Rita Hopkins, a graphic designer, and visual artist Tom Hopkins. She is part Romanian and half Jewish. She trained in hip hop dancing and planned to start a dancing career, but was just getting into theatre in high school, and her interest shifted.
In 2012 Hopkins achieved a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies from the Concordia University and a Bachelor of Arts and Science from the Paris Institute of Political Studies in Paris.

Career

Hopkins first appeared in the miniseries Human Trafficking in 2005, and thenafter in Canadian television series and television films, among them the character of Samantha Clayton in a crossover of The Flash and Arrow in 2014, and was credited as writer for Girl Couch. She also played in Barney's Version alongside Paul Giamatti and Dustin Hoffman, and The Grand Seduction starring Brendan Gleeson in 2013. Her probably best known role is the recurring character Jessica 'Berlin' Rainer in the second and third season of the sci-fi series Defiance. Hopkins was promoted to series regular for the third, and last season; Defiance was cancelled by SyFy on 16 October 2015.

Filmography

Awards and nominations