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Actor · 2026
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Biography
Meghan Ory (born August 20, 1982, height 1.70 m) is a Canadian television and film actress. She played Red Riding Hood / Ruby Lucas in the ABC fantasy series Once Upon a Time and currently stars in the CBS drama Intelligence as Riley Neal.
Ory was born in Victoria, British Columbia, attended Royal Oak Middle School, and then Claremont Secondary School. After receiving a 1996 fine arts award for acting at Royal Oak, she began her acting career. Her first professional acting role was in 1999 in the Fox Family Channel television film Darklings alongside Suzanne Somers and Timothy Busfield. This was followed by a guest appearance in the television series The Crow: Stairway to Heaven before, in 2000, she got her first regular television role in the Fox Family series Higher Ground alongside Hayden Christensen and A. J. Cook. After appearing in the MTV series 2ge+her (2000), Ory joined the cast of the Canadian television series Vampire High in 2001.
She continued working in television, appearing as a guest in The Outer Limits, Dark Angel, Glory Days, and Maybe It's Me. She appeared in the television films Lucky 7 and National Lampoon's Thanksgiving Family Reunion in 2003, as well as the television 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, with whom she had previously worked on Higher Ground and Vampire High.
In 2006, Ory appeared in the UPN series South Beach and in the Hallmark miniseries Merlin's Apprentice alongside Sam Neill and Miranda Richardson. She also appeared in the feature film John Tucker Must Die and the television film Her Sister's Keeper. In 2007, Ory appeared in Blonde and Blonder with Pamela Anderson and Denise Richards, as well as in the television film Nightmare. In 2008, Ory appeared in the television series Flash Gordon in the episode "Thicker Than Water." In 2009, Ory appeared in the television series Knight Rider (2008) in the 17th episode (season 1) "I Love the Knight Life" as Megan Connelly. She played Claire Thompson in the horror film Dark House. She also appeared as a guest star in the Canadian television series Sanctuary as Laura. In 2010, Ory appeared in a Keystone Light beer commercial, "Beer Rescue."
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