Vanessa Smythe

Biography

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.

Known For

The Expanse

Hudson & Rex

Warehouse 13

Signal One

Designated Survivor

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Sheriff Country

Trap

All Movies (12)

• Signal One2026 · as Mother
• Heirlooms2026
• The Players2025 · as Rose
• Single Woman Seeking Child2025 · as Sandy Watters
• Trap2024 · as Tour Manager
• The Amityville Curse2023 · as Debbie Klein
• Christmas Plus One2022 · as Amy
• Christmas Beneath the Stars2021 · as Gretta
• Pieces of a Woman2020 · as Linda
• We Had It Coming2019
• Cradle to Grave2017 · as Alice (25-42)
• Bath Salts2012

All TV Shows (9)

• Sheriff Country2025 · as Carol Gimble
• Less Than Kosher2023 · as Rachel
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds2022 · as Harper
• The Expanse: One Ship2021 · as Michio
• Mrs. America2020 · as Shirley MacLaine
• Hudson & Rex2019 · as Briane Peters
• Designated Survivor2016 · as Reporter
• The Expanse2015 · as Michio
• Warehouse 132009 · as Coat Check Girl