Danika Yarosh

Danika Yarosh is an Ukrainian Canadian actress. She portrayed the role of supporting character Kelen Stewart for the TV series The Purge.

Biography
Danika Yarosh is an Ukrainian Canadian actress and dancer. She appeared in the Showtime series Shameless and in the NBCseries Heroes Reborn. She starred opposite Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016).

Early life
Yarosh was born in Toronto,Canada to Ukrainian parents  She knows How to speak Ukrainian, English and French Canadian.

Career
Yarosh first appeared on film at the age of 5 as an extra in The Stepford Wives(2004), starring Nicole Kidman, which filmed in her home town. She began studying acting and dance, first appearing off-Broadway, and then won the role of ballet dancer Karen in the 2009 Broadway production of Billy Elliot at the Imperial Theatre, when she was 10.

Yarosh moved with her mother to Los Angeles at age 12, and began booking bit parts on television, including the series 30 Rock and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She appeared in the 2012 film, The Color of Time, starring Mila Kunis and James Franco, playing the first love of poet C. K. Williams. Yarosh then had recurring roles on the Nick at Nite sitcom  See Dad Run, and the Showtime series Shameless. She postponed attending college full time when she was cast in the NBC sci-fi miniseries Heroes Reborn.

Yarosh played Samantha, the would-be daughter of Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise) in the 2016 action film Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. She starred opposite Erin Moriarty and Helen Hunt in the 2018 sports drama The Miracle Season. She played Caroline "Line" Found, a star Iowa City West High School volleyball player, whose team went on to win the state championship after she was killed in a moped accident. Yarosh was cast opposite Teri Polo and Dylan Walsh in Foreign Exchange, a drama written by Chris Sivertson. She also appeared in Back Roads, a film directed by Alex Pettyfer. Yarosh joined the cast of the Netflix series Greenhouse Academy for its third season, replacing actress Grace Van Dien in the role of Brooke Osmond.In 2019, she signed on to the second season of the USA Network series The Purge, recurring as NFFA member Hellen Stella.