Vanessa Smythe

Biography

Vanessa Smythe is a Canadian actor and writer, best known for playing Michio in The Expanse. You can catch her on shows like Hudson & Rex and Murdoch Mysteries, and her live solo show, In Case We Disappear, has sold out houses internationally. She creates escape rooms in video stores and composes poems for arts and sports campaigns, and her latest solo show was performed when she was 8 months pregnant. You can catch her in the upcoming films Littlemouth and Trap, directed by M Night Shyamalan.

Known For

Christmas Beneath the Stars
Christmas Beneath the Stars
The Amityville Curse
The Amityville Curse
Christmas Plus One
Christmas Plus One
We Had It Coming
We Had It Coming
Cradle to Grave
Cradle to Grave
The Players
The Players

Filmography

2025 The Players
as Rose
2024 Trap
as Tour Manager
2023 The Amityville Curse
as Debbie Klein
2022 Christmas Plus One
as Amy
2022 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
as Harper
2021 The Expanse: One Ship
as Michio
2021 Christmas Beneath the Stars
as Gretta
2020 Pieces of a Woman
as Linda
2020 Mrs. America
as Shirley MacLaine
2019 We Had It Coming
as
2019 Hudson & Rex
as Briane Peters
2017 Cradle to Grave
as Alice (25-42)
2016 Designated Survivor
as Reporter
2015 The Expanse
as Michio
2012 Bath Salts
as
2009 Warehouse 13
as Coat Check Girl
---- Littlemouth
as Mother