Biography
Carly Pope (born August 28, 1980) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles on The WB's drama series Popular (1999–2001), supernatural drama series The Collector (2004–2005), USA Network's legal drama series Suits (2016–2017) and The CW's Arrow (2016–2017). Pope was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, and is of one-half Italian, one-quarter Serbian, and one-quarter Irish heritage. 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.
Pope started her career with several small roles, such as Disturbing Behavior,[6] 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).[7] 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.[8] Pope was named one of Teen People's 25 Hottest Stars Under 25 in 2000.[4] She has appeared on the cover of several magazines, including Seventeen, Teen, Curve and Medusa, and in pictorials for FHM and Razor. Pope had several roles in film and television, including The Glass House, Jeff Probst's Finder's Fee, and Orange County. She speaks Italian, Spanish and French fluently and is seeking to expand her education in literature and languages.