Born May 3, 1970, Canadian actress Kristin Lehman was raised in Vancouver and began establishing herself stateside after a prosperous career in her home country where she was a well-known fixture on television. In addition to her skills on screen, the vegetarian Lehman trained as a dancer, studying classical ballet for eight years at Canada’s prestigious Royal Academy of Dance. Getting her start on such Canadian programs as “Forever Knight” (1992-96) and “Due South” (1994-96), Lehman moved to Los Angeles to pursue a Hollywood career. As with any actor starting out, the comely blonde actress paid her dues with numerous guest appearances on such TV shows as “Earth: Final Conflict” (syndicated, 1997-2002), “The X Files” (Fox, 1993-2002), “Felicity” (WB, 1998-2002) “The Outer Limits” (Sci-Fi Channel, 1995-2002) and “Andromeda” (Sci-Fi Channel, 2000-05).After a run of predominantly sci-fi/fantasy roles – during which she was nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role in a Dramatic Series for “Andromeda” in 2002 – Lehman scored with American audiences for her recurring role of Dr. Lily Reddicker on CBS’ “Judging Amy” (1999-2005). After hitting the big screen as Francesca Chidduck in the Benicio Del Toro thriller, “The Way of the Gun” (2000) and Shirah in the disappointing Vin Diesel actioner, “The Chronicles of Riddick” (2004), Lehman returned to TV with a guest role on “Kevin Hill” and regular roles on the series, “Tilt” (ESPN, 2005-06) and “Killer Instinct” (Fox, 2005-06) – all three of which were short-lived prospects.
The actress returned to her homeland roots by appearing as Francesca on Canada’s answer to “Sex in the City” (HBO, 1999-2005) – “G-Spot” (2005- ). After appearing on the big screen in the Michael Douglas thriller “Sentinel” (2006) and a brief stop-over on the popular Fox series, “Prison Break” (2005- ), it was announced that Lehman was being added to the rather large cast line-up for the highly anticipated Fox series, “Drive” (2007- ). As Corinna Wiles, Lehman would join in on the illegal automobile road race that was at the core of “Drive” – a midseason replacement program described as a cross between the films “The Cannonball Run” (1981) and The Game” (1997).