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The Spirit of Halloween
2026 · Movie
Meghan Ory
1982-08-20
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Meghan Ory (born August 20, 1982, height 5' 7" (1,70 m)) is a Canadian television and film actress. She starred as Red Riding Hood/Ruby Lucas on the ABC fantasy series Once Upon a Time and is currently starring in the CBS drama Intelligence as Riley Neal. Ory was born in Victoria, British Columbia and attended Royal Oak Middle School and then Claremont Secondary School. After receiving the Fine Arts Award for Acting from Royal Oak in 1996, she began pursuing a career in acting. Her first professional acting role came in 1999 in the Fox Family Channel television movie, The Darklings, opposite Suzanne Somers and Timothy Busfield. A guest appearance on the television series The Crow: Stairway to Heaven followed, before she landed her first regular TV role on the Fox Family series Higher Ground in 2000, along with Hayden Christensen and A.J. Cook. After appearing on the MTV series 2ge+her (2000), Ory joined the cast of the Canadian television series Vampire High in 2001. She continued working in television with guest appearances on The Outer Limits, Dark Angel, Glory Days, and Maybe It’s Me. She appeared in the TV movies, Lucky 7 and National Lampoon's Thanksgiving Family Reunion in 2003, as well as the TV series Smallville, Life As We Know It, and The Collector, and Family Reunion in 2004. Also in 2004, Ory made her feature film debut in Decoys, directed by Matthew Hastings, whom she had previously worked with on Higher Ground and Vampire High. In 2006, Ory appeared in UPN series South Beach, and the Hallmark mini-series Merlin's Apprentice, alongside Sam Neill and Miranda Richardson. She also appeared in the feature film John Tucker Must Die and the made-for-TV film Her Sister's Keeper. In 2007, Ory appeared in Blonde and Blonder with Pamela Anderson and Denise Richards,and the television film Nightmare. In 2008, Ory appeared in the television series Flash Gordon episode "Thicker Than Water". In 2009, Ory appeared in the television series Knight Rider (2008) episode 17 (Season 1) "I love the Knight Life" as Megan Connelly. She portrayed Claire Thompson in the horror-thriller film Dark House. She also appeared as a guest star of Canadian TV Series Sanctuary as Laura. In 2010, Ory appeared in the Keystone Light beer commercial "Rescue of Beer". Beginning fall 2011, Ory starred as Red Riding Hood/Ruby Lucas on the ABC fantasy series Once Upon a Time. She was in most of the episodes of the first season and was promoted to the main cast in the second season of the series. She left the cast at the end of the second season, but stated that she is open for a guest starring part in the future whenever the time is available to her. In March 2013, Ory was cast as the female lead opposite Josh Holloway in the CBS drama pilot Intelligence, which co-stars Marg Helgenberger. Ory has been best friends with actress A.J. Cook since she was 17. In 2008, she married John Reardon, with whom she worked on Merlin's Apprentice.
Filmography
A Christmas Angel Match
2025 · Movie
as Monica
Believe in Christmas
2024 · Movie
as Beatrice Thompson
The Secret Gift of Christmas
2023 · Movie
as Bonnie
Hudson & Rex
2019 · TV Show
as D.C. Adele Tennant
Dead Rising: Endgame
2016 · Movie
as Crystal O'Rourke
Chesapeake Shores
2016 · TV Show
as Abby O'Brien-Winters
Dead Rising: Watchtower
2015 · Movie
as Crystal O'Rourke
Debbie Macomber's Dashing Through The Snow
2015 · Movie
as Ashley Harrison
The Memory Book
2014 · Movie
as Chloe
NCIS: New Orleans
2014 · TV Show
as Hannah Lee
Intelligence
2014 · TV Show
as Riley O'Neil
Urban Warfare
2012 · Movie
as Juliet
Street Wars
2011 · Movie
as Juliet
Payback
2011 · Movie
as Juliet
Dark Vengeance
2011 · Movie
as Juliet
Lethal Justice
2011 · Movie
as Juliet
Death Riders
2011 · Movie
as Juliet
Once Upon a Time
2011 · TV Show
as Ruby Lucas / Red Riding Hood
True Justice
2011 · TV Show
as Juliet
Dark House
2009 · Movie
as Claire Thompson
Blonde and Blonder
2008 · Movie
as The Kit
The Making of 'Blonde and Blonder'
2008 · Movie
Sanctuary
2008 · TV Show
as Laura S.
The Haunting of Sorority Row
2007 · Movie
as Amanda
Nightmare
2007 · Movie
as Carla
Painkiller Jane
2007 · TV Show
as Wanda
Flash Gordon
2007 · TV Show
as Sarre
Her Sister's Keeper
2006 · Movie
as Melissa Brennan
John Tucker Must Die
2006 · Movie
as Jill
South Beach
2006 · TV Show
as Maggie
Merlin's Apprentice
2006 · TV Show
as Brianna
Psych
2006 · TV Show
as Josie
Supernatural
2005 · TV Show
as Sally
Decoys
2004 · Movie
as Alex
The Collector
2004 · TV Show
Life As We Know It
2004 · TV Show
as Greta
Lucky 7
2003 · Movie
as Janey
Holiday Reunion
2003 · Movie
as Allison Snider
Glory Days
2002 · TV Show
as Jade LaFayette / Ann Palmer
Vampire High
2001 · TV Show
Smallville
2001 · TV Show
as Megan Calder
Higher Ground
2000 · TV Show
as Juliette Waybourne
Dark Angel
2000 · TV Show
as Rachel Berrisford
2gether: The Series
2000 · TV Show
as Heather
Hayley Wagner, Star
1999 · Movie
as Caitlin Curren
The Darklings
1999 · Movie
as Jessie Everett
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
1998 · TV Show
Merlin
1998 · TV Show
as Brianna
The Outer Limits
1995 · TV Show
as Danielle Hobson
People's Choice Awards
1975 · TV Show
as Self - Presenter
