Allison Mack

Allison Christin Mack (born July 29, 1982) is an American actress.

Mack was born on July 29, 1982, in Preetz, West Germany, to American parents Jonathan Mack, an opera singer, and Mindy Mack, a schoolteacher and bookkeeper.

Her parents were in Germany at the time of her birth because Jonathan was performing there; they lived in Germany for two years before moving to the United States.

Mack's first job was for a German chocolate company in a series of print ads and commercials.

She went into modeling for a short period and studied at the Young Actors Space in Los Angeles at age seven.

Mack's first major television role was in an episode of the WB series 7th Heaven, in which she gained attention playing a teenager who cut herself.

In 2000 she co-starred in the short-lived series Opposite Sex.

Her film credits include roles in My Horrible Year! (Eric Stoltz's directorial debut), Camp Nowhere and in the Disney film Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves.

Mack had a long-term relationship with Canadian actor Chad Krowchuk during the 2000s when she was residing in Vancouver, British Columbia, where Smallville was produced.

She played Chloe Sullivan on the superhero series Smallville (2001–2011) and had a recurring role on the comedy series Wilfred (2012–2014).

Mack was a member of NXIVM, a multi-level marketing company widely described as a cult.

In October 2001, Mack began starring as Chloe Sullivan (an original character created for the show), one of Clark Kent's best friends in the WB/CW television series Smallville.

In 2002, Mack made a couple of appearances along with her Smallville castmate Sam Jones III in R. L. Stine's miniseries The Nightmare Room.

From 2003 to 2006, Mack's character appeared in her own miniseries Smallville: Chloe Chronicles and Smallville: Vengeance Chronicles.

Mack earned several awards and nominations for her portrayal of Chloe, including the Teen Choice Award for Best Sidekick in 2006 and 2007.

She appeared as a series regular for nine seasons and returned as an intermittent main cast member in the tenth and final season, including the two-part series finale.

In 2006 she voiced Clea, a museum curator, in an episode of The Batman.

Beginning in 2006, Mack was a member of NXIVM, an organization founded by Keith Raniere and headquartered in Albany, New York.

Throughout its existence, advocates of NXIVM characterized it as a benign multi-level marketing company selling professional and personal development courses, while critics described it as a cult.

Mack joined NXIVM after attending a two-day introduction to "Jness", a women's group within NXIVM, eventually becoming a high-ranking member of the organization.

Mack was co-creator of "The Source", a NXIVM program that recruited actors.

She was also a member of "Simply Human", an a cappella NXIVM singing group, and the emcee of "A Capella Innovations", a multi-day festival.

Hosted by NXIVM in 2007 and 2008, the events were billed as a university singing showcase and were alleged to be "a front to draw impressionable undergrads into NXIVM."

In 2008, Mack made her directorial debut in Smallville season 8 episode "Power".

Adding to her DC Comics resume, she lent her voice for Power Girl in the animated feature Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009).

Mack was also listed as a member of the Iris Theatre Company.

In March 2012, Mack was cast in a recurring role in the second season of the FX sitcom Wilfred.

She played Amanda, the love interest of Elijah Wood's lead character Ryan.

Mack returned to Wilfred for one episode of the fourth and final season.

In 2014, Mack guest-starred as a policewoman named Hilary in an episode of the Fox thriller The Following.

On March 21, 2015, she tweeted that she would be appearing in American Odyssey as Julia, who befriends Suzanne, the daughter of Anna Friel's lead character Sgt. Odelle Ballard.

In 2015, Raniere created a secret subgroup within NXIVM called "Dominus Obsequious Sororium" (DOS), of which Mack was allegedly second-in-command.

In February 2017, Mack married Canadian actress Nicki Clyne, a fellow NXIVM member.

The marriage was alleged to have been a sham to get Clyne around U.S. immigration laws, and only became public a year later during legal proceedings on the conspiracy and racketeering charges as part of Mack's involvement with NXIVM.

In 2018 she was arrested by federal authorities on charges of sex trafficking, sex trafficking conspiracy and forced labor conspiracy related to her involvement in NXIVM and its subgroup, DOS.

Mack pleaded guilty to racketeering and racketeering conspiracy charges and in 2021 was sentenced to three years in prison.

She served 21 months in Federal Correctional Institution, Dublin, in California and was released in July 2023.

In December 2020, Mack filed for divorce from Clyne.

Mack and Clyne were both sexual partners with NXIVM founder Keith Raniere.

It was reported in 2020 that Mack had attended classes at UC Berkeley.