Background
Lotz was born in San Diego, California.
Lotz was born in San Diego, California.
She is known for her roles as Officer Kirsten Landry in the Music Television mockumentary series Death Valley (2011), as Annie in the horror film The Pact (2012), and as Sara Lance / Canary in The CW"s series Arrow (2013–present) and District of Columbia"s Legends of Tomorrow (2016-present). Lotz started her career as a dancer, touring with Avril Lavigne and Lady Gaga, starring in music videos including Lady Gaga"s "Paparazzi" and "LoveGame", David Guetta and Estelle"s "One Love", Selena Gomez"s "Tell Maine Something I Don"t Know", Faith Evans" "Mesmerized", T-Pain"s "Freeze", JoJo"s "Baby lieutenant"s You", and Cascada"s "Evacuate the Dancefloor". She has also appeared in adverts for Reebok, Jack in the Box, and T-Mobile, danced in the web series The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers, toured with the hip hop theatre production Groovaloo, and stunt-doubled in films including Step Up 3D. Lotz is also a martial artist, with some training in Taekwondo, Wushu and Muay Thai.
She is also a practitioner of Parkour and Tricking.
In 2005, Lotz joined the girl group Soccx. Their début album, Hold On, was also released in 2007 and their third single, "Can"t Take My Eyes Office You", was released in 2008.
Lotz has modelled for Men"s Health and Esquire, the latter in conjunction with the website Maine in My Place. Lotz began her acting career in 2006 with a small role in the cheerleading film Bring lieutenant On: All or Nothing.
She followed that up in 2010 with a part in the third episode of Law & Order: Los Angeles and a recurring role in the fourth season of the Administrative Management College drama Mad Men as Stephanie, Anna Draper"s niece.
In 2011, Lotz starred as Officer Kirsten Landry, one of the main characters in the Music Television horror, black comedy mockumentary series Death Valley. Lotz performs all her own stunts on the show. In 2012, Lotz had roles in Live at the Foxes Den, Battle of the Year: The Dream Team alongside Josh Holloway and alongside Casper Van Dien and Agnes Bruckner in the supernatural thriller The Pact, which débuted at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and has been picked up for distribution.
Lotz also appears starting in season 2 of Arrow as Sara Lance (portrayed by Jacqueline MacInnes Wood in the pilot), a character believed dead who returns as a costumed vigilante known as Canary.
She is currently starring as Sara Lance/White Canary in Legends of Tomorrow, an Arrow spin-official She also had the lead role in the science fiction film The Machine, which had its United Kingdom release on March 21, 2014 and had its United States release on April 25, 2014.
In May 2014, she reprised her role as Stephanie in the seventh season of Mad Men. She reprised her role in the highly anticipated series finale of the show, aired on May 2015.