Phillips was raised in the suburb of Etobicoke, Ontario, and obtained her bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from the University of British Columbia In 2008 she appeared as Tabbi in the TV hockey drama MVP. Her other credits include the stageplay The Diary of Anne Frank as the title character and other television roles such as Tina on the MTV show Skins and as Vera Burr in the wartime drama Bomb Girls. She also voices Lo Ridgemount on the Fresh TV animated series, Stoked. In 2010, Phillips was nominated for Gemini Award for her guest role in Murdoch Mysteries. In 2013, Phillips was cast in the ABC drama series Lucky 7 as Leanne Maxwell.

Filmography

• Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent — Sarah Nielson
• The Trades — Audrey Stool
• Moonshine — Rhian Gallagher
• 2020Kismet — Maeve
• 2020Obsession: Escaping My Ex — Lisa Bransworth
• 2020Obsession: Her Final Vengeance — Lisa Porter
• 2020Obsession: Stalked by My Lover
• Hudson & Rex — Naomi Turner
• 2019Tammy's Always Dying — Catherine MacDonald
• 2018Ghostland — Vera
• 2017Angry Angel — Jill
• 2017Don't Talk to Irene — Lydia
• Frankie Drake Mysteries — Camille Sommers
• 2017Mermaids — Narrator
• Killjoys — Calvert
• 2014Bomb Girls: Facing the Enemy — Vera Burr
• Lucky 7 — Leanne Maxwell
• Bomb Girls — Vera Burr
• Skins — Tina Nolan
• Blue Mountain State — Monica
• Stoked — Lo (voice)
• MVP — Tabbi
• Murdoch Mysteries — Charlotte
• 2008Nonsense Revolution — Tess
• The Mentalist — Ree Osbourne
• 2007Christie's Revenge — Selene Harverston
• 2005Fumi and the Bad Luck Foot — Fumi (voice)
• Grey's Anatomy — Marie Fisher

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2018The Ghost Image - On the set of Ghostland — Self - Vera (Adult)