question: Laura Mennell, is a Canadian actress known for her role in which American-Canadian dark fantasy horror drama television series that premiered on September 23, 2016 on Syfy in the United States?
answer: Van Helsing
context: Title: Fear the Walking Dead
  Passage: Fear the Walking Dead is an American post-apocalyptic horror drama television series created by Robert Kirkman and Dave Erickson, that premiered on AMC on August 23, 2015.  It is a companion series and prequel to "The Walking Dead", which is based on the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard.  The first season consists of six episodes.  The second season, comprising 15 episodes, premiered on April 10, 2016.  On April 15, 2016, AMC announced the series had been renewed for a 16-episode third season, which premiered on June 4, 2017.  In April 2017, AMC renewed the series for a fourth season and announced that Andrew Chambliss and Ian Goldberg would replace the departing Dave Erickson as showrunners.
  Title: Kacey Rohl
  Passage: Kacey Rohl (born August 6, 1991) is a Canadian actress best known for her roles as Sterling Fitch in the TV crime drama "The Killing", Prudence in the 2011 dark fantasy film "Red Riding Hood", Abigail Hobbs in the TV drama "Hannibal", and her role as Kerry Campbell in the TV sci-fi drama "Wayward Pines".
  Title: The Exorcist (TV series)
  Passage: The Exorcist is an American anthology horror drama television series that debuted on Fox on September 23, 2016.  The series stars Alfonso Herrera, Ben Daniels and Geena Davis, and is based on the William Peter Blatty novel of the same name.  A sequel to the 1973 film of the same name, it is part of "The Exorcist" franchise.  It was commissioned on May 10, 2016.
  Title: List of The Mysteries of Laura episodes
  Passage: "The Mysteries of Laura" is an American police procedural comedy-drama television series developed by Jeff Rake and executive-produced Greg Berlanti and McG.  The series premiered on September 17, 2014, on NBC.  "The Mysteries of Laura" stars Debra Messing in the lead role of Detective Laura Diamond, a New York City homicide detective who balances her day job with off-duty hours as a single mother of two unruly sons.  On May 8, 2015, "The Mysteries of Laura" was renewed for a second season of 13 episodes, which premiered on September 23, 2015.  On November 9, 2015, NBC ordered three additional episodes for the second season.  On May 14, 2016, NBC canceled the show after two seasons.  During the course of the series, episodes of "The Mysteries of Laura " aired.
  Title: Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010 film)
  Passage: Don't Be Afraid of the Dark is a 2010 dark fantasy horror film written by Matthew Robbins and Guillermo del Toro and directed by comic book artist Troy Nixey.  An international co-production between the United States, Australia, and Mexico, it was filmed at the Drusilla Mansion in Mount Macedon, Victoria and Melbourne, Australia.  The film stars Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce, and Bailee Madison, as a family moving into a 19th-century Rhode Island mansion, where the withdrawn daughter (Madison) begins to witness malevolent creatures that emerge from a sealed ash pit in the basement of the house.  It is a remake of the 1973 ABC made-for-television horror film of the same name.
  Title: Lovecraft Country (novel)
  Passage: Lovecraft Country is a 2016 dark fantasy horror novel by Matt Ruff, exploring the conjunction between the horror fiction of H.P. Lovecraft and racism in the United States during the era of Jim Crow laws, as experienced by black science fiction fan Atticus Turner and his family.  It was published by Harper Collins.
  Title: Van Helsing (TV series)
  Passage: Van Helsing is an American-Canadian dark fantasy horror drama television series that premiered on September 23, 2016 on Syfy in the United States.  The series was originally slated to premiere in Canada on Super Channel, but because of Super Channel's ongoing bankruptcy proceedings, the series was ultimately dropped from their schedule and instead premiered on Netflix on December 23, 2016.
  Title: Laura Mennell
  Passage: Laura Mennell (born April 18, 1980) is a Canadian actress known for her roles in "Alphas", "Haven", "Van Helsing" and "Watchmen".  In 2011/2012 Mennell co-starred on the Sci-fi television series "Alphas".  Laura appeared as Charlotte Cross in the fifth season of the SyFy series "Haven".  In 2016 Laura currently appears in the Sci-Fi series "Van Helsing" as Rebecca.  Despite being best known for her numerous science fiction roles, Mennell says she is not concerned about being typecast.
  Title: Supernatural (season 7)
  Passage: The seventh season of "Supernatural", an American fantasy horror television series created by Eric Kripke, premiered September 23, 2011, and concluded May 18, 2012, airing 23 episodes.  The season focuses on protagonists Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles) facing a new enemy called Leviathans, stronger than they have encountered so far as well as rendering their usual weapons useless.
  Title: Syfy Universal
  Passage: Syfy Universal is a family of television stations in countries around the world broadcasting science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural and paranormal programming, and owned or licensed by entertainment conglomerate NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.  The first such channel was launched in the United States on September 24, 1992.  It was originally named "Sci-Fi Channel", but the name Syfy was officially adopted on July 7, 2009, and most were renamed Syfy Universal by 2010.  Exceptions to this renaming scheme included Syfy USA, Syfy UK, Syfy Latin America, Syfy Portugal and now defunct and replaced SF Australia, which was formerly Sci Fi Channel Australia.  The Sci Fi Channels in Poland, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia, became Sci Fi Universal.
citations: Laura Mennell Van Helsing (TV series)