In 2009 , Canning filmed a pilot episode for the CW network television series , '' The Vampire Diaries '' . She then starred in the feature film , '' Black Field '' , a 19th-century gothic period piece directed by Danishka Esterhazy . Canning shot the drama near Tyndall , Manitoba , Canada in May 2009 . She played Maggie McGregor , the older of two British sisters struggling take make their way on the Canadian Prairies . The film premiered at the Vancouver International Film Festival in 2009 . '' The Vampire Diaries '' series was picked up three weeks after she completed work on the film
Vancouver International Film Festival
Vancouver International Film Festival
Sara Canning