Leah Cairns (born June 2, 1974) is a Canadian actress.
She is best known for her roles as Lieutenant Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson in Battlestar Galactica and as Kathryn MacLaren in the TV series "Travelers."
Cairns was born in North Vancouver, British Columbia, and grew up in Kamloops.
Dreams of becoming a professional dancer were dashed when she broke her back in a car accident at 16.
When her dance team went to an international competition in her graduating year, rather than sit at home, she decided to visit Costa Rica and then began a backpacking trek that took her to 36 countries and took eight years.
Before returning to Canada, she took an improvisation class at an ashram in India.
2006
Cairns appeared in Robson Arms before winning a recurring role as Jenna in Godiva's, for which she received a Leo Award nomination in 2006 for Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series.
Joining the Battlestar cast as Raptor pilot/ECO Racetrack at the end of season one, her performance impressed showrunners and Racetrack became a recurring character for the rest of the show.
During BSG's season three Cairns also played Emily Hollander on the ABC Family series Kyle XY and appeared in Sanctuary.
On the silver screen, she appeared in 88 Minutes and played Lois in Interstellar.
2016
Cairns had a recurring role as Kathryn "Kat" MacLaren for the three seasons (2016–2018) of the series Travelers.
2018
In 2018, she co-starred in the film Diminuendo opposite Richard Hatch, her friend from the BSG reboot.
