Alaina Huffman

Alaina Kalanj, also known as Alaina Huffman, is a Canadian actress. She was born on April 17, 1980. Her television and film credits include Painkiller Jane, in which she played Maureen Bowers. She was the character Dinah Lance/Black Canary on Smallville and 1st Lieutenant Tamara Johansen on Stargate Universe. She was the demon Abaddon on the American dark fantasy TV series Supernatural.

Biography

Huffman was Alaina Kalanj, a native of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, of Croatian heritage. She was 13 years old when she attended her first audition for Fox Family Channel’s pilot. There, she was offered the central part. Instead, a scout at a modeling agency recruited Huffman. She was then set to model on high-fashion runways in Europe and Japan in the next few years.

She saw an opportunity to move to the United States with her parents and enroll in college. While in school, she also took up acting roles in independent films. She eventually moved to Los Angeles, where she gained more TV credits.

Personal life

Alaina is married to John Huffman and has four children: Elijah, Lincoln, Hanna, and Charley-Jane. Charley-Jane was pregnant while she was starring in Stargate Universe’s first season, and the pregnancy was then written into the plot.