Vanessa Smythe

Acting

Born March 25, 1982, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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.

Filmography

• 2026Heirlooms
• 2026Signal One — Mother
• Sheriff Country — Carol Gimble
• 2025Single Woman Seeking Child — Sandy Watters
• 2025The Players — Rose
• 2024Trap — Tour Manager
• Less Than Kosher — Rachel
• 2023The Amityville Curse — Debbie Klein
• 2022Christmas Plus One — Amy
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds — Harper
• 2021Christmas Beneath the Stars — Gretta
• The Expanse: One Ship — Michio
• Mrs. America — Shirley MacLaine
• 2020Pieces of a Woman — Linda
• Hudson & Rex — Briane Peters
• 2019We Had It Coming
• 2017Cradle to Grave — Alice (25-42)
• Designated Survivor — Reporter
• The Expanse — Michio
• 2012Bath Salts
• Warehouse 13 — Coat Check Girl