Leslie Hope has appeared in Canadian and American movies and television series. Her first movie role was in the Canadian movie Ups and Downs, in 1981, which was filmed in Victoria. She stands 5' 9" tall. She played the role of Teri Bauer during the first season of the television show 24, from 2001 to 2002. She also appeared in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, as Kira Nerys' mother Kira Meru. She also appeared in the Gemini Award-winning Human Cargo. Starting in the Fall of 2006 she plays Lily Rader in the CW drama series Runaway. She will also appear in the CBC miniseries Everest '82. Lily Rader is the wife of Paul Rader, and mother of Hannah, Henry, and Tommy in Runaway. Lily Rader is the wife and mother of the family who owned an art gallery near their previous home in Maryland.