This Canadian actress started her career at a very young age, making her film debut when she was just six years old. While she was incredibly active as a child performer, her appearances in front of the camera became less frequent once she entered adulthood. Born in 1988, this doe-eyed star quickly captured the hearts of audiences with her early roles in a series of television movies. However, it wasn’t until she was eight that she truly rose to fame with her role in the TV series Poltergeist: The Legacy.

The show, which spanned 87 episodes and concluded in 1999, gave Purvis the opportunity to portray Kat Corrigan. In the series, her character was the daughter of Rachel Corrigan (played by Helen Shaver), a psychiatrist and member of a secret society dedicated to shielding the world from supernatural threats.

Coming from a family deeply rooted in acting, Purvis has a younger sister, Keely, who is also in the industry. Keely has appeared in notable films such as X-Men 2 and shared the screen with Purvis in the 2000 drama Marine Life. Following the end of Poltergeist: The Legacy, Purvis continued to take on small but memorable roles in both television and film, including appearances in The Santa Clause 2 and the reboot of The Twilight Zone.

Despite her early success and steady work throughout the late ‘90s and early 2000s, Purvis has remained out of the spotlight since her performance in the 2003 film Agent Cody Banks, where she starred alongside fellow young actor Frankie Muniz. Since then, fans have eagerly awaited her return to the screen, though she has kept a relatively low profile in the years that followed.