Leah Cairns

Leah Cairns (born June 2, 1974) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles as Lieutenant Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson in Battlestar Galactica and as Kathryn MacLaren in the TV series Travelers.

Leah Cairns
Cairns in November 2009
Born	(1974-06-02) June 2, 1974 North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Years active	2002–present

Early life

Cairns was born in North Vancouver, British Columbia, and grew up in Kamloops.

Career

Cairns appeared in Robson Arms before winning a recurring role as Jenna in Godiva's, for which she received a Leo Award nomination in 2006 for Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series. Joining the Battlestar cast as Raptor pilot/ECO Racetrack at the end of season one, her performance impressed showrunners and Racetrack became a recurring character for the rest of the show. During BSG's season three Cairns also played Emily Hollander on the ABC Family series Kyle XY and appeared in Sanctuary. On the silver screen, she appeared in 88 Minutes and played Lois in Interstellar. In 2018, she co-starred in the film Diminuendo opposite Richard Hatch, her friend from the BSG reboot.

Cairns had a recurring role as Kathryn "Kat" MacLaren for the three seasons (2016–2018) of the series Travelers.

Personal Life

Cairns has two twin daughters. Her niece has Transverse myelitis, with Cairns' starting a Gofundme page to raise money for her medical treatment. She also organized I Walk 4 Savannah and Seattle, an event in which people were invited to walk a few miles and pledge their money to Cairns' niece and another girl with Mitochondrial disease.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	The Mall Man	Sharon	Short
2005	Thralls	Leslie Harper
2007	88 Minutes	Sara Pollard
	Kickin' It Old Skool	Woman at Table
	Coffee Diva	Celebrity Girl	Short
2009	Helen	Susanna
2014	Interstellar	Lois
	Lead and Follow	Amy	Short
2018	Diminuendo	Adrianna Sloane
2019	Beyond the Call	Faith	Short

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	The Chris Isaak Show	Girlfriend #1	"Mysterious Hearts"
2003	Tru Calling	Julie Spence	"Morning After"
2004	The Reality of Love	Mindy	TV film
	Deep Evil	Woman in Airlock	TV film
2005	Saving Milly	Senator's Aide	TV film
	Robson Arms	Tessa	"A Certain Vintage", "Sweet City Woman"
2005–06	Godiva's	Jenna	Main role
2005–2009	Battlestar Galactica	Lt. Margaret 'Racetrack' Edmondson	Recurring role (seasons 1–4)
2006	Saved	Natalie	"Living Dead"
	Supernatural	Julie Hudson	"Crossroad Blues"
2007	Sanctuary	Tatha	TV miniseries
2007–08	Kyle XY	Emily Hollander	Recurring role (season 2)
2008	Sanctuary	Tatha	"Fata Morgana"
2008–09	Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy	Lt. Margaret 'Racetrack' Edmondson	TV miniseries
2011	Mega Cyclone	Andrea Newmar	TV film
2014	The Tomorrow People	Lucy	"The Citadel"
	Fargo	Rachel Ziskind	"The Rooster Prince"
	Cedar Cove	Katie	"Old Wounds", "Starting Over"
	Along Came a Nanny	Lizzie Bannerman	TV film
2015	Motive	Nina Hillridge	"Fallen"
	Coded	Carly	"Not My Kids"
2016	The Wildings	Anna Reddings	TV film
2016–2018	Travelers	Kathryn McLaren	Recurring role, 27 episodes
2017	Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery	Bess Burns	Hallmark Movies & Mysteries TV Movie
	Deadly Sorority	Det. Lopez	TV film
	Bates Motel	Woman	"The Cord"
2018	Supernatural	Sasha Rawlings	"Nightmare Logic"
	Darrow & Darrow: In the Key of Murder	Norah	Hallmark Movies & Mysteries TV Movie
2021	Brand New Cherry Flavor	Veronica Burke	4 episodes

External links

• Leah Cairns at IMDb 
• Leah Cairns at TV Guide