Anna Silk

Anna Silk is a Canadian actress best known for her role as Bo Dennis, the protagonist of the Showcase television series Lost Girl (2010–2015).

Silk was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, the daughter of Peter Silk, an academic, and his wife Ilkay, an actress, director, producer, playwright, educator, and Director of Drama at St. Thomas University. Her father is British and her mother a "Turkish-Cypriot-English expat". Some of Anna's earliest memories were of going to play rehearsals and watching her mother work. Silk appeared in several commercials as a child. She graduated from St. Thomas University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1997. Early theater work includes at least two productions with Theatre St. Thomas: Seven Menus and The Kitchen.

In November 1999, she moved to Toronto to further her acting career and during the following decade relocated to Los Angeles, California. She met Seth Cooperman in 2007 at an actor's workshop in Los Angeles; they became engaged in 2009, and married in a civil ceremony in December of the same year. On April 10, 2011, they renewed their vows in a Jewish ceremony in Fredericton after she converted to Judaism.

During a Showcase Lost Girl pre-show special on January 6, 2013, Silk announced that she was pregnant. On June 20, 2013, she announced via Twitter that she was ready to return to work on the series.

Silk gave birth to a son, Samuel Jerome Cooperman, in May 2013. Her second son, Levi Aaron Cooperman, was born on May 13, 2016.

Silk's television work includes the role of Cassidy Holland in Being Erica, for which she received a Gemini Awards nomination in 2009.

In 2009, she landed the principal role of Bo Dennis, a succubus, in the Canadian television series Lost Girl. Her portrayal of Bo together with Lauren (Zoie Palmer) as same-sex lovers on Lost Girl was named one of its all-time Favorite TV Couples by CNN (Cable News Network); and declared Top TV Couple of 2013 by E! Entertainment Television.As a result of the show's popularity, Silk garnered a prominent online following on social media.

Silk appeared in the recurring role of Roarke, a mercenary, in the 2019 series Blood & Treasure.