Carly Pope

• Name — Carly Pope • Born — 28 August 1980 • Birthplace — Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1996–present • Spouse — David Lyons • Children — 1

Pope was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, with an older brother, Kris, also an actor, and a younger brother, Alexander. She was trained as a dancer until she became active in theater during high school. She appeared in plays such as The Odd Couple, playing Mickey, and A Midsummer Night's Dream, playing Titania. She attended Lord Byng Secondary high school.

Pope started her career with several small roles, such as Disturbing Behavior, Snow Day, Aliens in the Wild, Wild West, and Night Man, before being cast as Sam McPherson on The WB's comedy-drama television series Popular (1999–2001). The series followed two teenage girls, Pope and Leslie Bibb, who reside on opposite ends of the popularity spectrum at their high school, but are forced to get along when their single parents meet on a cruise ship and get married. Pope was named one of Teen People 's 25 Hottest Stars Under 25 in 2000. She has appeared on the cover of several magazines, including Seventeen, Teen, Curve and Medusa, and in pictorials for FHM and Razor. Her breakthrough role was playing Abbey in Disturbing Behavior (1998), who was in a flashback sequence, but it was cut when the film was released. Pope had several roles in film and television, including The Glass House, Jeff Probst's Finder's Fee, and Orange County. In 2004 she had starred as Maya Kandinski in The Collector. In 2005, she was a guest-star in an episode of FOX's Tru Calling and played an aspiring social worker in the film Eighteen. In 2007, Pope starred in the Power Up project Itty Bitty Titty Committee, and in Martin Gero's "intelligent sex comedy" and Toronto International Film Festival hit, Young People Fucking. In 2009, she appeared in FOX's hit thriller, 24, as Samantha Roth, the president's son's girlfriend. • Illustration — Pope at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival party Pope joined the main cast of the NBC legal drama television series Outlaw in 2010, portraying Lucinda Pearl. In 2015, Pope co-produced the Canadian documentary film Highway of Tears. She portrayed architect Tara Messer on USA Network's legal drama series Suits (2016–2017). On July 26, 2019, The Hollywood Reporter announced that Pope will appear in Hallmark Channel's Christmas-themed television film, Double Holiday (2019) opposite Kristoffer Polaha.

On December 29, 2009, Pope and her brother, Kris, were driving a black BMW down West Georgia Street in Downtown Vancouver when David Fomradas, 31, of Alberta jumped on top of the car and yelled at them to run him over. When Kris got out of the car, Fomradas jumped in the front seat and drove the vehicle into the new CBC studios. Carly suffered a broken rib and two cracked vertebrae, Kris suffered severe injuries to his ankle, and a passerby was also injured. Fromradas was also treated in hospital and remained in police custody. Pope started dating Australian actor David Lyons around 2014 according to her Instagram and they have been married for several years. In November 2024, Pope gave birth to their child.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1998 — Principal Takes a Holiday — Student — TV film • I've Been Waiting for You — Cheerleader — TV film • Night Man — Teresa Chase — Episode: "Manimal" • 1999 — Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge — Mari Ferraez — TV film • A — Beth — TV film • 1999–2001 — Popular — Sam McPherson — Main cast • 2000 — Trapped in a Purple Haze — Molly White — TV film • 2002–2003 — Kim Possible — Amelia (voice) — 2 episodes • 2003 — First to Die — Cindy Thomas — TV film • Hemingway: That Summer in Paris — Young Loreto Callaghan — TV film • This Time Around — Melissa 'Mel' Rochester — TV film • Jake 2.0 — Rachel / Yori — Episode: "The God, the Bad, and the Geeky" • A — Bianca — TV film • 2004 — The — Beth Ann — TV film • The — Ronnie — Episode: "The Letter" • 2004–2005 — The — Maya Kandinski — Main cast (season 1) • 2005 — Young Blades — The Enchantress — Episode: "Enchanted" • Tru Calling — Off. Kate Wilson — Episode: "The Perfect Storm" • Recipe for a Perfect Christmas — J.J. Jenner — TV film • 2006 — 10.5: Apocalypse — Laura Malloy — TV film • The — Episode: "Stringers" • 2007 — Dirt — Garbo — Recurring role • The — Kara — Episode: "Till We Have Built Jerusalem" • Whistler — Bailey — 2 episodes • 2008 — Robson Arms — Anke Vermeulen-Papathanasiou — Episode: "Cherchez la Femme" • Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon — Sarah — TV film • 24: Redemption — Samantha Roth — TV film • Californication — Annika — 2 episodes • 2009 — 24 — Samantha Roth — Recurring role • 2010 — Day One — Bonnie — TV pilot • Outlaw — Lucinda Pearl — Main cast • 2013 — Motive — Sonia — Episode: "Ruthless" • data-sort-value="Tomorrow People, The" | The Tomorrow People — Morgan Burke — 2 episodes • 2014 — Republic of Doyle — Alisha Maracle — 5 episodes • Rush — Beverly — Episode: "You Spin Me Around" • 2016–2017 — Suits — Tara Messer — Recurring role (season 6) • 2016–2017 — Arrow — Susan Williams — Recurring role • 2018 — Blindspot — Quinn Bonita — Episode: "Deductions" • I Killed My BFF: The Preacher's Daughter — Rae — TV film • 2019 — Double Holiday — Rebecca Hoffman — TV movie • 2020 — data-sort-value="Good Doctor, The" | The Good Doctor — Lily Cross — 2 episodes • 2022–2024 — Pretty Little Liars — Davie Adams — Recurring role • 2022 — Quantum Leap — Samantha Stratton — Episode: "Atlantis"