in 2009, she won her first starring role in the canadian teletoon series "majority rules!", playing 15-year-old becky richards. she made her feature film debut in 2011 with "rise of the planet of the apes", and filmed the low-budget michael greenspan-helmed thriller, "kill for me", starring across from donal logue and katie cassidy. spiridakos appeared as sammi in the 2012 nickelodeon original movie, "rags". she then landed a lead role on the nbc television series "revolution" as charlotte "charlie" matheson, a survivalist in a dystopian future civilization. she auditioned for the role while attending her first pilot season in los angeles. spiridakos shot the pilot in atlanta, and filmed the first season in wilmington, north carolina. she was nominated for a saturn award for best actress on television for her performance in the first season, losing out to "fringe's" anna torv. production moved to austin, texas for the series' second season.