In 2012, audiences saw her in Martin Villeneuve's Mars et Avril, a science fiction film based on the graphic novels of the same name. In 2011, she played Emily in the rare appearance in the 2011 HS reading hit The Awakening (2011 film). She also appeared in the first and last episodes of HBO's miniseries The Pacific, produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, and a guest role on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, where she played Maya in the episode "Love Sick" in May 2010. Other projects include The Cry of the Owl, a film adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel of the same name, and the popular Quebec comedy Father and Guns (De père en flic). It was just so amazing to be privileged to live a little part of that history. It's about battle of Passchendaele, which was a very important battle for Canadians and it's a big part of our history. It's a beautiful film and I'm really, really happy to be part of it. Passchendaele accounted for half of 2008's box office revenue from made-in-Canada anglophone films and as of 2009 is the most expensive film in Canadian history.
In 2008, Dhavernas starred in Passchendaele, a film written and directed by Paul Gross about the Battle of Passchendaele. She also appeared in Black Sheep (2006 New Zealand film), produced by Jonathan King and directed by Eli Roth, as Nikki, Hollywoodland (2006) as Barbara about the death of actor George Reeves, and Juliana O'Neill, the wife of Eric O'Neill, on Breach (2007).ĭhavernas also took the lead role in Surviving My Mother (which went under the working title of The Yellow Woman), a film directed by Émile Gaudreault which premiered at the Festival des films du monde of Montreal on August 28, 2007. Since the cancellation of Wonderfalls, Dhavernas has continued to appear in Canadian-made features, such as Niagara Motel and These Girls. She appeared as Cerise in the 2003 horror flick A Tale of Two Sisters, inspired the South Korea hit from 2001, whom she and Katharine Isabelle starred together. She did her own voice-overs for the French translation of Wonderfalls. Millions of fans signed an online petition with the hope that Fox would continue the show, and as a result 20th Century Fox released the DVD with all 13 completed episodes. The show received widespread critical praise, but Fox cancelled the show after only four episodes aired. Dhavernas has described the show as being like " Touched by an Angel on acid". The show's premise is that Jaye is spoken to by inanimate objects, which encourage her to help others. Jaye is an over-educated underachiever from a wealthy family who lives in a trailer park and works at the Wonderfalls Gift Emporium, a Niagara Falls gift shop. She also had a notable role on Law & Order as a closeted, gay teenager who killed her girlfriend in the episode "Girl Most Likely" (season 12, episode 17).ĭhavernas portrayed Jaye Tyler, the central character in Wonderfalls, which debuted on US television in March 2004. Other notable films have included a leading role in Edge of Madness (2002), and supporting roles in Out Cold (2001) and Lost and Delirious (2001). She trained for two months with the Pointe-Claire Swim Club to convincingly portray Bell, who was the first to cross 32-mile Lake Ontario in 1954. In 1992, she appeared as the dark brunette haired girl who played with the horse in the bedtime story hit Black Beauty.ĭhavernas portrayed swimmer Marilyn Bell in the television film Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story (1999). At the age of 12 she began her acting career in the film Comme un Voleur (1990).
She began her career at the age of 8, dubbing voices for television productions such as Babar. Dhavernas at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival.
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