2000s Ferland started her career in commercials at the age of two, and made her acting debut at age six in the
television film Mermaid. For her performance, she received a
Daytime Emmy Award nomination, making her the youngest nominee of the award. She also won a
Young Artist Award. She made guest appearances in several television series, including
Stargate Atlantis,
Dark Angel,
Stargate SG-1,
Smallville and
Supernatural, and appeared in films including
They and
Trapped. In 2005, she starred in the
Terry Gilliam fantasy film
Tideland, for which she received a
Genie Award nomination in the
Best Actress category. Later, she appeared in the 2006 film
Silent Hill, an adaptation of the well-known
video game, and had a supporting role in
Good Luck Chuck for
Lions Gate Entertainment. In 2006, she was cast opposite
Renée Zellweger in the horror movie
Case 39 as Lillith Sullivan, which was released in 2009; production was delayed after a fire destroyed the film set in October 2006.
2010s In 2010, Ferland played
Bree Tanner in the romantic fantasy film
Eclipse, the third film of the
Twilight series. "Usually I read the script before I take a role, but I haven't read this one," she explained. "It's
Twilight; of course, I'm going to take it." From 2010 to 2011, she provided voice work for the videogame
BioShock 2 and its downloadable content, appeared in the SyFy movie
Ice Quake, and starred in the
Lifetime television movie
Girl Fight. In 2012, Ferland appeared in the drama
Mighty Fine, the horror film
The Tall Man,
Joss Whedon's The Cabin in the Woods, and the comedy film
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist. For
The Cabin in the Woods, filming took place in 2009. She also had a voice role in the stop-motion animated film
ParaNorman, which earned an
Academy Award nomination. From 2013 to 2014, she starred in the family film
Midnight Stallion, the short film
Monster, and the crime drama film ''A Warden's Ransom
. In 2015, she starred in the short film The Goodbye Girl
and the horror film The Unspoken, which premiered at the Film4 Frightfest Film Festival on October 24. In 2016 she appeared in the Lifetime television movie My Daughter's Disgrace
, and provided the narration for the audio book Wonder Women'', written by Sam Maggs. From 2015 to 2017, Ferland starred as Five in the SyFy series
Dark Matter, based on the
comic book series of the same name. On the role, she stated "On my latest show
Dark Matter people teased me because I was the youngest in the cast but I had been acting the longest." She received a nomination for the
Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series in 2016. In 2017, she appeared in the comedy
Bigger Fatter Liar, the sequel to
the 2002 movie and the horror film
Neverknock. In 2018, she appeared in an episode of
Frankie Drake Mysteries. The same year, Ferland starred as Olive in the digital series
Darken: Before the Dark, a prequel to the film
Darken.
2020s Ferland is set to appear in the short film
Women Seen directed by
Amanda Tapping. In 2019, she was cast in the film
Office Games as Tina, which was later released in 2022. ==Filmography==