Janaya Lynn Stephens was born in London, Ontario and grew up in Mount Brydges. She went to Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario where she studied English and Drama, then moved to Toronto to study acting at George Brown College. She was winner of the 2002 CFT Excellence Award as Best Actress in a Motion Picture for her work in Left Behind.
Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release
Left Behind (2000)
Cruel Intentions 2 (2000)
Inside the Osmonds (TV-2001)
Left Behind II: Tribulation Force (2002)
Blessings (TV-2003)
Celeste in the City (TV-2004)
Suburban Madness (TV-2004)
While I Was Gone (TV-2004)
Category 6: Day of Destruction (TV-2004)
Left Behind: World at War (2005)
Category 7: The End of the World (TV-2005)
The Lookout (2007)
Death Race (2008)
You Lucky Dog (TV-2010)
Siren (2014, short)
Strange But True (2019)
Art of Falling in Love (TV-2019)
The Apprentice (2020)
TV Series – Cast:
Beach Girls (2005, mini-series)
Flashpoint (2008-2011)
TV Series – Guest appearances:
Twice in a Liftetime (1999, 2000)
Relic Hunter (2000, 2002)
Lexx (2000)
Exhibit A (2001)
Leap Years (2001)
Mutant X (2004)
Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye (2004)
1-800-Missing (2005)
Kevin Hill (2005)
Beautiful People (2006)
Paradise Falls (2008)
Hemlock Grove (2014)
Saving Hope (2015)
Quantico (2015, 2016)
The Strain (2016)
Suits (2019)
Murdoch Mysteries (2019)
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