She starred in the show Mutant X, where she played the character of Emma deLauro and guest-starred in episodes of Dead Zone, The Twilight Zone, and Blade: The Series and others. Smith also had a recurring role in the Showtime drama series The L Word, portraying sous-chef Lara Perkins. In 2005, Smith was cast in the sexually explicit movie Lie with Me, where she played the character of Leila. In 2006, Smith landed a role on the Canadian drama Intelligence and in early 2007 she starred in the CBC mini-series Dragon Boys. In 2008, Lauren starred in the film Pathology and became a series regular in the ninth season on the CBS hit show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. She joined the show Grissom as Riley Adams, a smart, flirtatious and witty non-conformist who enters law enforcement to rebel against her judgmental psychiatrist father. Due to creative differences on the show, the character did not return for the tenth season. Lauren Lee Smith married German photographer Erik Steingröver on April 4, 2009.
