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









