SERINDA SWAN CORONER Star On CBC –SEASON 1 NOW STREAMING On CBC GEM Photography by Kenny Sweeny Serinda Swan was born in West Vancouver, B.C., to a family of artists, including her mother, an actress, and her father, a theatre director with a well-established acting school. Serinda actually gravitated to the arts and at three was personally chosen for the role in her first motion picture, Cousins with Ted Danson and Isabella Rossellini. Swan was introduced to the world in popular TV shows such as Smallville and Supernatural in Vancouver. She is most proud of her roles in Feud, Ballers, Marvels and Humans and Coroner. She got her ’big break’ in Disney’s TRON: Legacy opposite Beau Garrett, Olivia Wilde and Jeff Bridges, as well as The Baytown Outlaws with Billy Bob Thornton. She then made her move to Los Angeles, where she was able to work opposite the ‘The Rock’ in HBO’s Ballers and Jessica Lang and Susan Sarandon in Feud. Recently was a lead in Marvels and Humans which led her to her drastic change in appearance with having shaved her head for her role! Which allowed her to explore her new diverse starring role in Coroner! Additionally, she starred in the thriller entitled The Veil, opposite William Moseley. Swan recently wrapped Blood on Wheels, a feature produced by James Franco. Outside of her busy acting career, Swan’s true passion is activism. In 2011 she became an official ambassador of Friends to Mankind, an organization that partners with non-profits to raise awareness and funds through educational campaigns. Swan has cycled across Cambodia, installed nets in Africa, and skydived from 18,000 ft., the highest jump in North America, in hopes of encouraging others to take a stand and make a difference. She has helped raise over one million dollars to date for various charities and causes close to her heart. Swan is the CEO and Co-Founder of the education technology company, Deedly. Her belief is that education should be free, and through their specific month-long curriculum they educate students about world issues and the charities that strive to fix them. Deedly will be in more 1000 schools by the end of the year. INTERVIEW WITH SERINDA SWAN by Blaine Schlechter Congratulations on the Season 2 pickup of Coroner – which starts production soon. You’ve lived through a few of these, but it never gets old I’m sure; when you got the call saying you were coming back again to play Jenny Cooper, did you do anything special to celebrate? I think I did a random dance in my apartment first and foremost, because you just want to celebrate and you want to let out some of the energy that you’re holding. Even though there was a good feeling from the get-go with this show, that it was going to go at least another season, you never know…this industry surprises you in good ways, bad ways and ugly ways. It’s an energy you’re carrying along, it’s another character…it’s another person. I have to keep Jenny close until I know that I can release her and so for me it was sort of that inhale of…’ok, here we go again’. I get to bring Jenny along for another year of life, which is incredibly rewarding and exciting. Courtesy of CBC More on https://www.imherewithmag.com/blog-1/serinda-swan-is-the-next-big-cbc-star