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Liane Balaban (born June 24, 1980) is a Canadian actress. Her film debut was in New Waterford Girl (1999), playing Agnes-Marie "Moonie" Pottie, and has since appeared in the films Definitely, Maybe (2008), Last Chance Harvey (2009), and the independent drama One Week (2008). Balaban was born in North York, Ontario, the daughter of a Catholic mother who worked as a medical secretary, and Leon Balaban, a Jewish immigrant from Uzbekistan who works in real estate. She grew up in the Willowdale neighborhood of North York, now part of Toronto, and went to high school at Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute. Balaban majored in journalism at Ryerson University but left to concentrate on acting. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Concordia University.

As of 2007, she lives in Mile End, Montreal. She described Montreal as "not a city that revolves around acting, so you stay very grounded here" to Hour magazine, and includes reading, writing, going to art galleries, and experiencing music as her leisure activities. She is engaged to her long-time partner, journalist and author Adam Gollner. Balaban told Toronto`s Now magazine in January 2009 that she is often mistaken for the actress Natalie Portman.