Sera-Lys McArthur

Sera-Lys McArthur is a Canadian actress whose roles include Hailey Martin in CBC’s Arctic Air, Amanda in Hard Rock Medical, and Kodie Chartrand in season 3 of The CW’s legal drama television series Burden of Truth. McArthur is proud of her indigenous Assiniboine heritage and hopes to act as role model for aspiring actors of all diverse ethnicities.

McArthur was born and brought up in Regina, Saskatchewan,[2] Her father was Nakota/Assiniboine Pheasant Rump Nakota First Nation[1] and her mother was a German-Canadian actress.[3]

McArthur started her training at high school age, singing, acting, dancing attending musical theatre and TV and film workshops.[1] At the age of 18,[4] McArthur moved to the United States[1] to study post-secondary music theatre training at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City.[3] Following this she moved to British Columbia to study method, Studio and Meisner technique acting classes, also general arts at Capilano University in Vancouver.[1] She furthered her acting education in England at from East 15 Acting School[5] at the University of Essex in Loughton, Essex, to become a classically trained actor,[4] graduating with a Master of Arts degree in acting with distinction.[3] McArthur moved back to New York City and Toronto and likened the travelling of her acting career to “following the buffalo,” as was the nomadic way of her Nakota/Assiniboine ancestors.