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| character= [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br />
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| born_day= 2<br />
| born_month= 6<br />
| born_year=1974<br />
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'''Leah Cairns''' is a Canadian film and television actor.<br />
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Cairns was born on June 2nd 1974 in North Vancouver and grew up in [[w:Kamloops, British Columbia|Kamloops, B.C.]], with dreams of becoming a professional dancer. Those dreams 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 stay at home, she headed off to [[w:Costa Rica|Costa Rica]], starting an eight-year backpacking odyssey that took her to 36 countries. Prior to returning to Canada, she stumbled into an improv class at an [[w:ashram|ashram]] in [[w:India|India]], where she began her acting career.<ref name="sfw">{{cite_web|url=http://www.thescifiworld.net/interviews/leah_cairns_01.htm|title=The Scifi World: Leah Cairns interview|date=21 March 2007|accessdate=10 April 2007|last=Nuytens|first=Giles|format=|language=}}</ref> <br />
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Cairns has appeared in CTV’s comedy series ''Robson Arms''. She has also appeared as a regular on the [http://www.playbackmag.com/articles/magazine/20060501/leos.html cancelled] Canadian CITY-TV comedy series ''Godiva's'', as 'Jenna', a waitress & dancer.<br />
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Cairns was one of the many actresses who auditioned for the role of [[Number Six]]<ref name="sfw"/>, which later went to [[Tricia Helfer]]. Cairns first appeared as [[Racetrack]] in the [[Re-imagined Series]] season one episode, "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]", initially intended as a one-episode character. However, the production team liked Cairns' performance so much that Racetrack became a recurring role.<br />
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Cairns appeared opposite actor [[w:Al Pacino|Al Pacino]] in the feature film ''[[w:88 Minutes|88 Minutes]]'', as well as in a recurring role on the new TNT television series ''[[w:Saved (TV series)|Saved]]''. She will also appear in the pilot for the web-based series, ''Sanctuary'', as a character who became the basis of the witches of [[w:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[w:MacBeth|MacBeth]]''.<ref name="sfw"/> She also currently stars as Emily Hollander in Season 2 of ''[[w:Kyle XY|Kyle XY]]''. <br />
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Cairns is presently married.<ref name="sfw"/><br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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* Cairns owns a long haired chihuahua named "Godiva".{{citation needed}}<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
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* [http://leahcairns.com/ Official website]<br />
* [http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003---interviews/leah-cairns-galactica.tv-interview.html Leah Cairns interview]: long interview about her life and her career as an actress<br />
* [http://board.thescifiworld.net/viewforum.php?f=56 Ask Leah Cairns] in [http://board.thescifiworld.net The Scifi World] forums<br />
* [http://www.caprica-city.de/index.php?seite=artikel&aktion=show&ID=56 Caprica City interview with Cairns] (English)<br />
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