Meghan Ory


Meghan Ory is a Canadian television and film actress. She is best known for her role as Red Riding Hood/Ruby on the ABC fantasy series Once Upon a Time and also starred in the short-lived CBS drama Intelligence as Riley Neal. Ory currently stars in the Hallmark family drama Chesapeake Shores as Abby O'Brien.

Early life

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. Ory is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent.

Career

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 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, 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 episode 17 "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 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, to focus on her new show Intelligence, but made guest appearances in four episodes during the third season. Ory also returned to the show during its fifth season for three episodes.
In March 2013, Ory was cast as the female lead opposite Josh Holloway in the CBS drama pilot Intelligence, which co-stars Marg Helgenberger. The show was cancelled after one season due to poor ratings.
In the 2016 Hallmark original series Chesapeake Shores'', she stars as a divorced career woman with two young daughters who returns to her hometown.

Personal life

In 2008, she married John Reardon, with whom she worked on Merlin's Apprentice. In May 2018, Ory announced that they had welcomed their first child, a son.
In July 2019, Ory announced that she was expecting their second child, a daughter, as stated in an interview. In October 2019, Ory announced that they had welcomed their second child.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999'Jessie EverettTelevision film
1999'Alice RomanoEpisode: "The Road Not Taken"
1999'Jessie EverettTelevision Series, Main Role
2000Higher GroundJuliette WaybourneMain role
2000'HeatherEpisode: "Crying"
2000Hayley Wagner, StarCaitlin CurrenTelevision film
2001'Danielle HobsonEpisode: "Abduction"
2001–2002Maybe It's MeLauren3 episodes
2001–2002Vampire HighSherry WoodsMain role
2002Maybe It's MeLaurenEpisode: "The Lab Partner Episode"
2002Dark AngelRachel BerrisfordEpisode: "The Berrisford Agenda"
2002Glory DaysJade LaFayette / Ann PalmerEpisode: "The Lost Girls"
2002Just CauseTraceyEpisode: "The Last to Know"
2003Lucky 7JaneyTelevision film
2003National Lampoon's Thanksgiving Family ReunionAllison SniderTelevision film
2004SmallvilleMegan CalderEpisode: "Hereafter"
2004Life as We Know ItGretaEpisode: "Family Hard-ships"
2004'KatieEpisode: "The Ice Skater"
2005'Shannon Conrad / CoraEpisode: "The Cowboy"
2006South BeachMaggieMain role
2006Merlin's ApprenticeBriannaTelevision miniseries
2006Her Sister's KeeperMelissa BrennanTelevision film
2007Viva LaughlinEpisode: "1.5"
2007NightmareCarlaTelevision film
2007Painkiller JaneWandaEpisode: "Portraits of Lauren Gray"
2007'AmandaTelevision film
2008Flash GordonSarreEpisode: "Thicker Than Water"
2009Knight RiderDr. Megan ConnellyEpisode: "I Love the Knight Life"
2009SanctuaryLaura S.Episode: "Sleepers"
2010PsychJosieEpisode: "Viagra Falls"
2010–2011True JusticeJuliet SandersMain role
2012SupernaturalSallyEpisode: "Adventures In Babysitting"
2011–2016Once Upon a TimeRuby / Red Riding HoodRecurring role ; main role
2014IntelligenceRiley NealMain role
2014The Memory BookChloeTelevision film
2015Debbie Macomber's Dashing Through the SnowAshley Jane HarrisonTelevision film
2016–presentChesapeake ShoresAbby O'Brien-WintersMain role
2016Assistant U.S. Attorney Hannah LeeEpisode: "Overdrive"