2005–2013 In 2005, at age 19, Crew landed her first onscreen acting role as Polly Brewer on the
ABC teen drama
Life as We Know It. She made a cameo appearance as a sorority sister in an episode of
Smallville, a television series based on the
DC Comics character
Superman. From 2005 to 2006, she played Tanis McTaggart on the
YTV teen drama
15/Love which co-starred actress and close friend
Meaghan Rath. From 2006 to 2008, Crew played Carrie Miller on the
CTV drama
Whistler, for which she earned her first Leo award. In 2006, she made her film debut in the supernatural horror
Final Destination 3, the third installment in the
Final Destination film series and the fourth chronologically. She played Julie Christensen, the younger sister of the film's protagonist
Wendy. Crew had originally auditioned for the role of Erin Ulmer while
Alexz Johnson auditioned for Julie, but ended up switching roles prior to filming. Despite mixed reviews from critics, the film was a commercial success, earning over $117 million at the box office worldwide. She made a cameo as a high school student in the romantic teen comedy
John Tucker Must Die. She later appeared in the romantic teen comedy ''
She's the Man'', a modern adaptation of
William Shakespeare's
Twelfth Night. She played Kia, a soccer player who helps her friend and teammate
Viola Hastings (played by
Amanda Bynes) pretend to be her brother in order to play on the boys' soccer team after their team gets cut by their misogynistic coach. In 2008, Crew landed her first lead role in the teen road comedy
Sex Drive. She played Felicia Alpine, a high school student who goes on a road trip with her two best friends (played by
Josh Zuckerman and
Clark Duke). She later starred as Marie in the romantic comedy
That One Night, which premiered at the Omaha Film Festival on February 19, 2008. In 2009, she had a supporting role with
Martin Donovan and
Kyle Gallner in the supernatural horror
The Haunting in Connecticut. Despite negative reviews from critics, the film opened in second place at the North American box office, ultimately grossing $77.5 million worldwide. She starred in the romantic comedy
The Break-Up Artist as Britney, a breakup artist who becomes a matchmaker after her ex-boyfriend starts his own breakup company and steals her customers. In 2010, Crew co-starred with
Zac Efron and
Kim Basinger in the supernatural romantic drama
Charlie St. Cloud, playing the love interest of the titular character. Despite negative reviews, it proved to be Crew's mainstream breakthrough. Later that year, she starred in the sci-fi crime thriller
Repeaters as Sonia Logan, a drug addict in rehab who becomes trapped in a time loop. The film premiered at the
2010 Toronto International Film Festival on September 13 and received negative reviews from critics. Despite this, the film was nominated for nine Leo Awards, including Best Lead Performance by a Female in a Motion Picture for Crew and Best Feature Length Film, losing the latter to
Gunless. In 2011, Crew starred in the crime thriller
Charlie Zone as a heroin addicted single mother. After the film had its world premiere at the
Atlantic Film Festival on September 16, 2011, the film was screened at the
Vancouver International Film Festival on October 10, 2012. She later starred in the family drama
Sisters & Brothers as Nikki, an aspiring actress who comes into conflict with her older half-sister. The film won six Leo Awards, including Best Feature Length Film, and Best Lead Performance by a Female in a Motion Picture for Crew. Crew guest-starred on the
USA Network legal drama
Suits, as an expert hacker who has stolen money from her father's company. In 2012, Crew co-starred with an ensemble cast in the political thriller
Knife Fight, playing a woman involved in an affair with Larry Becker (played by
Eric McCormack). The film premiered at the
Tribeca Film Festival on April 25, 2012. In 2013, Crew co-starred with
Kim Coates and
Katie Boland in the thriller
Ferocious. She played Leigh Parrish, a small-town girl turned famous actress who goes to great lengths to keep her reputation from being destroyed. Despite negative reviews from critics, Crew received her fourth Leo nomination for her performance. She later reunited with
The Haunting in Connecticut co-star
Virginia Madsen in the romantic comedy drama
Crazy Kind of Love. She played Bette Mack, a woman who becomes intimately involved with the youngest son of a family nearly torn apart by the father's infidelity. She had a supporting role in the biographical drama
Jobs, playing a hippie college student who has a one-night stand with
Apple Inc. co-founder
Steve Jobs (played by
Ashton Kutcher). The film premiered at the
2013 Sundance Film Festival on January 25 and was critically panned.
2014–2019 From 2014 to 2019, Crew starred as venture capitalist Monica Hall on the
HBO comedy
Silicon Valley, created by
Mike Judge. During the first season, her character was originally an assistant to Peter Gregory (played by
Christopher Evan Welch), but in the second season she becomes an associate partner with Laurie Bream (played by
Suzanne Cryer) after Welch's death in 2013, and later leaves Bream Hall to join Pied Piper as its CFO and business advisor. She guest-starred on the second season of the
CTV police procedural drama
Motive as Robin Keaton, a young widowed mother who becomes engaged unknowingly to the man responsible for the murder of her son's father. She later co-starred with
Brian Geraghty in the Christian musical drama
The Identical, playing a couple who gives one of their newborn twin sons to a sterile couple (played by
Ray Liotta and
Ashley Judd, respectively) as they cannot raise them both. The film premiered at the
Nashville Film Festival on April 17, 2014, to negative reviews from critics. In her third collaboration with director
Carl Bessai, she starred as seductive librarian Izzy Fontaine in the crime comedy
Bad City, which premiered at the
Oldenburg International Film Festival on September 10, 2014. The film was nominated for nine Leo Awards, including Best Feature Length Drama and Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Motion Picture for Crew. In 2015, she co-starred with
Blake Lively and
Ellen Burstyn in the fantasy romance
The Age of Adaline, playing the college student daughter of William and Kathy Jones (played by
Harrison Ford and
Kathy Baker, respectively). Crew co-starred with musical duo
Aly & AJ in the comedy drama
Weepah Way for Now, which premiered at the
Los Angeles Film Festival on June 16, 2015. In 2016, Crew starred in the biographical sports drama
Race, playing the love interest of track and field coach
Larry Snyder (played by
Jason Sudeikis). The film received seven nominations at the
5th Canadian Screen Awards, including
Best Motion Picture. She co-starred with
Michael Shannon in the western drama
Poor Boy, playing a roller girl who moonlights as a prostitute. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 17, 2016. She later reunited with
Ferocious co-star
Michael Eklund in the romantic sports comedy
Chokeslam. She played Sheena DeWilde, an ill-tempered wrestler who is romantically pursued by her high school ex-boyfriend Corey Swanson (played by
Chris Marquette) despite being intimately involved with her manager Tab Hennessey (played by
Niall Matter). After the film premiered at the
Calgary International Film Festival on October 2, 2016, it was released on February 10, 2017 to mixed reviews from critics. In 2017, Crew starred in the romantic wedding comedy
Table 19, playing the maid of honor and narcissistic girlfriend of the wedding's best man Teddy (played by
Wyatt Russell). ,
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Ed Harris and
Amy Madigan in the black comedy thriller
A Crooked Somebody, playing a woman whose father was murdered when she was a child. The film premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 21, 2017 to critical acclaim. She co-starred with
Stephen McHattie in the crime drama
Juggernaut, playing a woman caught in the middle of a family conflict between her boyfriend Dean Gamble (played by
David Cubitt) and his outlaw younger brother Saxon (played by
Jack Kesy). The film premiered at the
San Diego International Film Festival on October 7, 2017. In 2018, her biggest critical success came with the sci-fi thriller
Freaks, co-starring with
Emile Hirsch and
Bruce Dern. She played Mary, the imprisoned mother of a young girl with telekinetic abilities. The film had its world premiere in the Discovery section at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2018, where it was nominated for
Best Canadian Film. She co-starred with
Adam Brody in the horror
Isabelle, playing a woman who begins seeing a supernatural entity following the death of her stillborn son. The film had its world premiere in the Midnight Passion section at the
23rd Busan International Film Festival on October 6, 2018. Despite the film's poor critical reception, Crew was nominated for the Best Actress award at several film festivals for her performance. In 2019, she starred in the horror comedy
Tone-Deaf. She played Olive Smith, an entitled and obnoxious millennial who, after being fired from her job, rents a house for a weekend getaway from widowed baby boomer Harvey Parker (played by
Robert Patrick, who was also one of the film's executive producers). The film had its world premiere at the
SXSW Festival on March 10, 2019. Reviews for the film were predominantly mixed, though Crew's performance was praised.
2020–present In 2020, she appeared in the biographical crime thriller
Target Number One. She played Anna Malarek, the wife of journalist
Victor Malarek (played by
Josh Hartnett). The film was released on July 10, 2020, to positive reviews from critics. Crew starred opposite
Alisha Wainwright in the horror television film ''
There's Something Wrong with the Children. She played the mother of the titular children who begin exhibiting disturbing behavior after disappearing in the woods. The film premiered on January 17, 2023, on Epix. She co-starred opposite Tom Felton and Ashley Greene in the psychological thriller Some Other Woman'', which premiered at the
Mammoth Film Festival on March 3, 2023, to mixed reviews from critics. ==Personal life==