Sandrine Holt

Sandrine Claire Holt (born Sandrine Vanessa Ho; 19 November 1972) is a British Canadian model and actress.

Holt was born Sandrine Vanessa Ho in Croydon. Her middle name was later changed to Claire. Her father, Man Shun ("Horace") Ho, is Hong Kong-born Chinese. He was educated at the University of London, receiving a (B.Sc Physics and Applied Mathematics; M.Sc Computer Science). Her mother, Christiane (née Nicolette), is French. At age five, she and her family moved to Toronto, Canada. Holt attended St. Joseph's Morrow Park Catholic Secondary School in Willowdale. She worked as a runway model in Paris before she became an actress. Her younger sister is model and designer Adrianne Ho.

Holt's acting debut, credited as Sandrine Ho, was in a 1989 episode of Friday the 13th: The Series entitled“Face of Evil.” Her feature film debut was in Black Robe in 1991. She appeared in Rapa Nui, the telemovie and subsequent TV show Once a Thief, Pocahontas: The Legend, 1999 and Resident Evil: Apocalypse.

In 2006, she appeared in a recurring role on the television series 24 as Evelyn Martin, the aide to First Lady Martha Logan. In 2007 she appeared in the recurring role of Catherine Rothberg in Showtime's series The L Word.

In 2012, she appeared in Underworld: Awakening as Lida, an Antigen employee who took care of the protagonist's daughter, a prisoner named Subject Two.

In 2013 she appeared in the first season of House of Cards as Gillian Cole, the leader of a grass-roots organization called World Well that provides clean water to developing countries.

In 2015, she appeared in the film Terminator Genisys, and the TV series Fear the Walking Dead.

In 2016, she appeared in MacGyver as Patricia Thornton, an ex-field agent turned director of operations for DXS.

Holt was married to rock producer/engineer Travis Huff but later divorced. She currently lives in Silver Lake, Los Angeles with her daughter.