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Meghan Ory

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Meghan Ory (born August 20, 1982, height 5' 7" (1,70 m)) is a Canadian television and film actress. She starred as Red Riding Hood/Ruby Lucas on the ABC fantasy series Once Upon a Time and is currently starring in the CBS drama Intelligence as Riley Neal. Ory was born in Victoria, British Columbia and attended Royal Oak Middle School and then Claremont Secondary School. After receiving the Fine Arts Award for Acting from Royal Oak in 1996, she began pursuing a career in acting. Her first professional acting role came in 1999 in the Fox Family Channel television movie, The Darklings, opposite Suzanne Somers and Timothy Busfield. A guest appearance on the television series The Crow: Stairway to Heaven followed, before she landed her first regular TV role on the Fox Family series Higher Ground in 2000, along with Hayden Christensen and A.J. Cook. After appearing on the MTV series 2ge+her (2000), Ory joined the cast of the Canadian television series Vampire High in 2001. She continued working in television with guest appearances on The Outer Limits, Dark Angel, Glory Days, and Maybe It’s Me. She appeared in the TV movies, Lucky 7 and National Lampoon's Thanksgiving Family Reunion in 2003, as well as the TV series Smallville, Life As We Know It, and The Collector, and Family Reunion in 2004. Also in 2004, Ory made her feature film debut in Decoys, directed by Matthew Hastings, whom she had previously worked with on Higher Ground and Vampire High. In 2006, Ory appeared in UPN series South Beach, and the Hallmark mini-series Merlin's Apprentice, alongside Sam Neill and Miranda Richardson. She also appeared in the feature film John Tucker Must Die and the made-for-TV film Her Sister's Keeper. In 2007, Ory appeared in Blonde and Blonder with Pamela Anderson and Denise Richards,and the television film Nightmare. In 2008, Ory appeared in the television series Flash Gordon episode "Thicker Than Water". In 2009, Ory appeared in the television series Knight Rider (2008) episode 17 (Season 1) "I love the Knight Life" as Megan Connelly. She portrayed Claire Thompson in the horror-thriller film Dark House. She also appeared as a guest star of Canadian TV Series Sanctuary as Laura. In 2010, Ory appeared in the Keystone Light beer commercial "Rescue of Beer". Beginning fall 2011, Ory starred as Red Riding Hood/Ruby Lucas on the ABC fantasy series Once Upon a Time. She was in most of the episodes of the first season and was promoted to the main cast in the second season of the series. She left the cast at the end of the second season, but stated that she is open for a guest starring part in the future whenever the time is available to her. In March 2013, Ory was cast as the female lead opposite Josh Holloway in the CBS drama pilot Intelligence, which co-stars Marg Helgenberger. Ory has been best friends with actress A.J. Cook since she was 17. In 2008, she married John Reardon, with whom she worked on Merlin's Apprentice. Description above from the Wikipedia article Meghan Ory, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Aug 20, 1982 In Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Movie/TV Credits:
38
First Appeared:
In the series The Outer Limits 1995-03-26
Latest Project:
Movie The Secret Gift of Christmas 2023-12-15
Known For
Poster of Chesapeake Shores
Poster of True Justice
Poster of Vampire High
Filmography
Movie The Secret Gift of Christmas Bonnie 2023-12-15
Movie Dead Rising: Endgame Crystal 2016-06-20
Series Chesapeake Shores Abby O'Brien-Winters 2016-08-14
Movie Dead Rising: Watchtower Crystal O'Rourke 2015-03-27
Movie Debbie Macomber's Dashing Through The Snow Ashley Harrison 2015-12-13
Series Intelligence Riley O'Neil 2014-01-07
Movie The Memory Book Chloe 2014-07-26
Movie Urban Warfare Juliet 2012-02-13
Movie Lethal Justice Juliet 2011-04-25
Movie Street Wars Juliet 2011-04-25
Series Once Upon a Time Ruby Lucas / Red Riding Hood 2011-10-23
Movie Dark Vengeance Juliet 2011-10-10
Series True Justice Juliet 2011-07-06
Movie Dark House Claire Thompson 2009-04-19
Series Sanctuary Unknown 2008-10-03
Movie Blonde and Blonder The Kit 2008-01-18
Movie Nightmare Carla 2007-04-07
Series Painkiller Jane Unknown 2007-04-13
Series Flash Gordon Unknown 2007-08-10
Movie The Haunting of Sorority Row Amanda 2007-10-06
Series Merlin's Apprentice Brianna 2006-04-14
Series South Beach Unknown 2006-01-11
Series Psych Josie 2006-07-07
Movie John Tucker Must Die Jill 2006-07-27
Movie Her Sister's Keeper Melissa Brennan 2006-11-26
Series Supernatural Sally 2005-09-13
Movie Decoys Alex 2004-02-27
Series The Collector Unknown 2004-06-02
Series Life As We Know It Greta 2004-10-07
Movie Lucky 7 Janey 2003-07-20
Movie Holiday Reunion Allison Snider 2003-11-23
Series Vampire High 2001-09-15
Series Smallville Megan Calder 2001-10-16
Series Higher Ground Juliette Waybourne 2000-01-14
Series Dark Angel Rachel Berrisford 2000-10-03
Movie The Darklings Jessie Everett 1999-02-14
Series The Crow: Stairway to Heaven Unknown 1998-09-25
Series The Outer Limits Unknown 1995-03-26