Initially known for her multi-telefilm portrayal of Christy Huddleston, the young woman who accepts a teaching position in rural Cutter Gap, NC, and begins educating the ignorant locals -- a role she inherited from Kellie_Martin, the star of the mid-'90s TV series -- actress Lauren Lee Smith simultaneously defied any related attempts to pigeonhole her as a family-friendly actress by branching out into much grittier and edgier material. Role choices included that of a psychic mutant in the sci-fi series Mutant_X (2001-2004), a nymphomaniac in the racy Lie_With_Me (2005), a lesbian cook on the Showtime drama series The_L_Word (2004-2006), a "beat" girl in Terry_Zwigoff's misanthropic comedy drama Art_School_Confidential (2006), and a homicidal med student in the thriller Pathology (2008). Nathan Southern, Rovi

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