Merritt Patterson

Merritt Patterson
Merritt Patterson attending the TCA Press Tour in 2015.
Born	September 2, 1990 Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2006-present
Television	Ravenswood The Royals

Merritt Patterson (born September 2, 1990) is a Canadian actress. She is known for playing Olivia on the short-lived Pretty Little Liars spin-off, Ravenswood, and for playing Ophelia on E! network's television series, The Royals.

Life and career

Patterson was born on September 2, 1990 in Whistler, British Columbia.

In 2013, Patterson was initially cast in a supporting role in the pilot for the ABC Family series, Ravenswood, but was subsequently recast as Olivia, a main role on the series.^[1]

In 2015, she portrayed Ophelia, one of the main roles in the first season of E! television series, The Royals.^[2][3]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	The Hole	Jessica	as Merrit Patterson
2010	Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief	Pretty Girl #2
2011	Next Door Nightmare	The Schoolgirl	Short film
2012	Revel	Hera	Short film; completed
	Rufus	Tracy
2014	Kid Cannabis	Nicole Greffard
	Wolves	Angelina Timmins
	Primary	Sara Jasper

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Kyle XY	Ashleigh Redmond	Episodes: "Diving In", "Endgame"
2009	Supernatural	Cheerleader	Episode: "After School Special"
2010	Life Unexpected	Nicole	Episode: "Bong Intercepted"
2011	The Troop	Miranda	Episode: "This Bird You Cannot Change"
	Iron Invader	Claire	Syfy television movie
2012	The Pregnancy Project	Maddie	Lifetime television movie
	Radio Rebel	Stacy DeBane	Disney Channel Original Movie
	The Selection	Ashley Brouillette	Unsuccessful television pilot[4]
2013–14	Ravenswood	Olivia Matheson	Main role, 10 episodes
2015	Damaged	Taran Hathaway	Lifetime television movie
2015	The Royals	Ophelia Pryce	Main role (season 1), 11 episodes

References

1. Ng, Philiana (July 16, 2013). "'Pretty Little Liars' Spinoff 'Ravenswood' Makes Major Casting Change (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
2. The Deadline Team (June 5, 2014). "Merritt Patterson Joins E! Series ‘The Royals’". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
3. Collie, Ashley Jude (March 13, 2015). "Sex, drugs, rock and royalty: Canadian Merritt Patterson on making The Royals". Toronto Star. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
4. Goldberg, Lesley (May 17, 2012). "Upfronts 2012: CW Redeveloping 'Hunger Games'-Esque Pilot 'The Selection'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 25, 2015. While the pilot, which was among the early front-runners to land a series order at the network lost steam and didn't make the among the network's five pickups...

External links

• Merritt Patterson at the Internet Movie Database