Lucas was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia.[1][2] Her father is Black Canadian, and her mother is European Canadian.[3] She began acting at seven years old, and trained with the Children's Arts Theatre School in Toronto.[4] She started her career appearing in stage productions,[4] including local productions of Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs, Grease, Cinderella, Mousetrap and Music Medley.[5]
Career
In 2001, she joined the Canadian teen drama television series Edgemont as recurring character Bekka Lawrence, later becoming a series regular on the show,[4] which she remained through the end of the show's run in 2005. She was also a series regular on another Canadian television series, YTV's short-lived 2030 CE in 2002.[1][6]
She guest starred in an episode of The L Word as Roxanne in 2004. She went on to appear as a series regular in the short-lived ABC teen drama series Life as We Know It as Sue;[7] the series which ran for just one season. In 2006, she appeared in the film She's the Man[8] and co-starred in The Covenant.[9] She was cast in another ABC television pilot, Secrets of a Small Town, though it was not picked up to series.
In 2007, she joined the cast of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation playing the recurring character of Ronnie Lake.[10] Despite appearing in four episodes, rumours were denied that she would be a permanent replacement for Sara Sidle.[4] The character was written out of the series with no explanation. She also appeared in a made-for-television film Split Decision.[11]
In 2008, she guest starred as Kimberly MacIntyre in four episodes of The CW's 90210. She also starred in a leading role as Lily in J. J. AbramsCloverfield,[12] which was a box office success[13] and was well received by critics. She was cast as Lisa in the film Amusement in 2006;[14] the film was set to be released theatrically by New Line Cinema, but after a negative reaction it was released instead straight-to-DVD in 2009. The same year, Lucas was announced to have signed on as Riley Richmond, one of the lead roles in another CW television series Melrose Place, a follow-up to the popular 1990s series of the same name.[15][16]
In 2012, Lucas was cast as the lead character, Skye Yarrow, in the CW series Cult,[21] which was filmed in the spring of 2012.[22] In 2012, she was cast in a main role in the 2013 remake of the classic horror film The Evil Dead.[23] In 2014, Lucas appeared in Pompeii directed by Paul W. S. Anderson.[24]
From 2015 to 2019, she has had a regular role in Fox's Gotham as Tabitha Galavan.[25][26] In 2019, Lucas played the starring role of Kate Jameson in the Canadian crime drama television series The Murders which aired on Citytv.[27][28] In late 2020, she was cast in the regular role of Billie in the fourth season of the Fox medical drama television series The Resident.[29]
Personal life
In April 2017, Lucas announced her engagement to butcher Alex Jermasek.[30]
