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Sanctuary

★ 7.3 24K votes 2008–2011 4 seasons · 59 episodes Ended Syfy
SupernaturalGhosts, demons and powers beyond nature in our own world.This show: 8/10Strong female leadA complex woman drives the story.This show: 8/10Urban fantasyMagic hidden inside the modern world.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Amanda TappingRobin DunneChristopher HeyerdahlRyan RobbinsAgam DarshiEmilie Ullerup
Written by
Damian Kindler
Starring
Amanda TappingRobin DunneChristopher HeyerdahlRyan RobbinsAgam DarshiEmilie Ullerup
Written by
Damian Kindler
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

"Ambitious low-budget mythology with a commanding lead performance"

Sanctuary follows Dr. Helen Magnus, a centuries-old scientist who runs a hidden refuge for "Abnormals," a huge range of supernatural and mutant creatures the public never sees. She and her small team investigate, protect, and sometimes hunt these beings while dodging shadowy rivals with their own agendas. The tone mixes monster-of-the-week adventure with slow-building mythology, and the show leans hard on green-screen effects and stylized visuals rather than realism. It's earnest, a little campy, carried by Amanda Tapping's steady lead performance and a real sense of world-building ambition on a modest budget.},

Watch it for

Amanda Tapping's commanding performance anchoring an ambitious, creature-filled hidden world.

Maybe skip if

you're bothered by heavy CGI and green-screen visuals that show their budget.

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All Seasons

Season 12008
7.56K139h 51m
The enigmatic Dr. Helen Magnus and her Sanctuary team are on a quest to study and protect the strange and terrifying creatures that secretly populate our world. Along with their newest recruit, forensic psychiatrist Will Zimmerman, the group must face their darkest fears and their worst nightmares in order to provide a safe haven for the monsters that lurk in the shadows.
Season 22009
7.84K139h 45m
Season 32010
7.65K2015h 10m
Season 42011
7.43K139h 47m

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Amanda Tapping Dr. Helen Magnus
Robin Dunne Dr. Will Zimmerman, Capt. Jack Zimmerman, Spring-heeled Jack
Christopher Heyerdahl Bigfoot, John Druitt, Jack the Ripper
Ryan Robbins Henry Foss
Agam Darshi Kate Freelander
Emilie Ullerup Ashley Magnus
Jonathon Young Nikola Tesla
Robert Lawrenson Declan MacRae
Pascale Hutton Abby Corrigan
Ian Tracey Adam Worth

Crew

Damian Kindler

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