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As part of an ongoing series, Laura Vandervoort shot by MeInMyPlace for Esquire Magazine.
I was born in Toronto, north York. And my family still lives there. Actually, at a couple of weeks old, I contracted meningitis — I was very sick for a few months of my life. They didn’t think I was going to make it, and it was a whole — it was tough for my parents. But I did make it.
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As part of an ongoing series, Laura Vandervoort shot by MeInMyPlace for Esquire Magazine.
Then the acting took off a little bit: I ended up on a Canadian series called Instant Star for four years, while I was in school, and at university as well. I had to back off of the martial arts, because I wasn’t able to teach at the dojo the amount that you’re supposed to, because I was working. So I put all my focus into school, and then Instant Star, and then school kind of took a back burner, and eventually I got on Smallville and did the two shows at the same time.


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