| Kelly Rowan | |
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| Born | Kelly Jill Emily Rowan October 26, 1965 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Kelly Rowan (born October 26, 1965) is a Canadian television and film actress and former fashion model. She is best known for portraying Kirsten Cohen on The O.C.
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Early life
Rowan was born Kelly Jill Emily Rowan in Ottawa, Ontario, and is a graduate of Toronto's Northern Secondary School. At the age of 19, she left the University of Western Ontario and then attained her degree in English Literature to join the cast of the Canadian series Mount Royal. Rowan went on to further her education, studying acting at the British American Drama Academy in London and, upon returning to North America, relocating to New York to study at the city’s famed Neighborhood Playhouse.
Career
Rowan attended playwriting courses at UCLA, and has written her own play. She began modeling in her college years to earn money and started acting in commercials. She went on to appear in films such as The Gate, Hook, Three to Tango, and One Eight Seven.
Rowan guest-starred in television shows such as The Outer Limits, Growing Pains, Da Vinci's Inquest, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Dallas. In 1993 She won a Gemini award for her work in the TV-movie Adrift. In 2002, Rowan guest-starred in four episodes of Boomtown, playing "Marian", the deceived wife of David McNorris (Neal McDonough). In 2003 she was cast as Kirsten Cohen on the Fox television series, The O.C.; for her role as the recovering alcoholic mother, she won a Prism Award.
Rowan has volunteered as an actress with the Young Storytellers Program. She has also starred in The O.C. co-star Peter Gallagher's music video, Still I Long For Your Kiss, a song from his album 7 Days in Memphis, which was released in 2005. She also appeared in the television movie In God's Country and in the film Jack and Jill vs. the World. She completed her third project for Lifetime, producing a TV movie, She Drives Me Crazy. In 2008 she completed a TV film, The Good Times Are Killing Me which she was an executive producer for and starred in alongside Rupert Graves.
In early 2009, Kelly did a cameo role in one episode ("Divorce Party") of CSI: Miami which aired on March 9, 2009. Rowan is set to star in A War Within, as the female lead, Karen Berks, filming is expected to start later this year. Rowan's other film project is Tracing Iris which is to be directed by Laurie Lynd, it’s based on the novel of the same name by Commonwealth prize nominee Genni Gun, filming is expected to start late 2009.
Personal life
On June 20, 2007, it was announced that Rowan became engaged to the Canadian billionaire David Thomson. They broke off their engagement just before she gave birth to their daughter on April 28, 2008. In September 2009, Rowan and Thomson made their first public appearance since their alleged split in early 2008, at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Type | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Children of Divorce | TV Movie | |
| 1986 | The Truth About Alex | Film | Ellie Sanders |
| My Pet Monster | Film | Stephanie | |
| Night Heat | TV Series (1985-1991) | Melissa (one episode) | |
| The High Price of Passion | TV Movie | Student #3 | |
| 1987 | The Kidnapping of Baby John Doe | TV Movie | Salesgirl |
| The Gate | Film | Lori Lee | |
| 1988 | War of the Worlds | TV Series (1988-1990) | Kim (episode "Goliath Is My Name") |
| Another World | TV Series (1964-1999) | Suzie Strathmore (unknown episodes) | |
| 1989 | The Long Road Home | Film | Cynthia |
| Street Legal | TV Series (1987-1994) | Angelina (one episode) | |
| 1990 | Growing Pains | TV Series (1985-1992) | Rachel (one episode) |
| 1991 | Dallas | TV Series (1978-1991) | Dana (three episodes) |
| Hook | Film | Peter's Mother | |
| 1992 | Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive | Film | Gayla Williams |
| Exclusive | TV Movie | Sunny | |
| Sweating Bullets | TV Series | Julie Morrisson (one episode) | |
| 1993 | Adrift | TV Movie | Eliza Terrio |
| 1995 | Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh | Film | Annie Tarrant |
| Black Fox: Good Men and Bad | TV Movie | Hallie Russell | |
| Assassins | Film | Jennifer | |
| 1996 | Mocking the Cosmos | Film | Lydia/Lydathia |
| Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years | TV Series (1995-1996) | Mattie Shaw (twenty-two episodes) | |
| 1997 | A Mother's Wish | TV Movie | |
| Rag and Bone | TV Movie | Karen Toms | |
| The Burning Zone | TV Series (1997) | Stacy (one episode) | |
| A Match Made in Heaven | TV Movie | Jane Cronin | |
| One Eight Seven | Film | Ellen Henry | |
| 1998 | Harlequin's Loving Evangeline | Film | Evie Shaw |
| The Outer Limits | TV Series (1995-2002) | Isabelle Pierce (two episodes) | |
| When He Didn't Come Home | TV Movie | Carolyn Blair | |
| Da Vinci's Inquest | TV Series (1998-2005) | Michaela ("Little Sister", parts 2 and 3) | |
| To Have & to Hold | TV Series (1998) | Gina (one episode) | |
| 1999 | Chicken Soup for the Soul | TV Series | Mom (one episode) |
| Three to Tango | Film | Olivia Newman | |
| Late Last Night | TV Movie | Jill | |
| Anya's Bell | TV Movie | Jeanne Rhymes | |
| A Crime of Passion | TV Movie | Marci Elias | |
| 2000 | The Truth About Jane | TV Movie | Ms. Lynn Walcott |
| Scorn | TV Movie | Sharon | |
| 2001 | A Girl Thing | TV Movie | Claire |
| Proximity | Film | Anne Conroy | |
| Jet Boy | Film | Erin | |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | TV Series (2000-present) | Eileen Nelson (one episode) | |
| 2002 | Greenmail | Film | Ashley Pryor |
| The Man Who Saved Christmas | TV Movie | Mary Gilbert | |
| 2003 | Boomtown | TV Series (2002-2003) | Marian McNorris |
| 2006 | Eight Days To Live | TV Movie | Teresa Spring |
| Mount Pleasant | Film | Anne Burrows | |
| 2007 | The O.C. | TV Series (2003-2007) | Kirsten Cohen (ninety-two episodes) |
| In God's Country | TV Movie | Judith Leavitt | |
| 2008 | Jack and Jill vs. the World | Film | Kate |
| The Good Times are Killing Me | TV Film | Kate Derby | |
| 2009 | CSI: Miami | TV Series (2002-present) | Katherine Faber (One episode: Divorce Party) |
| Tracing Iris | Film (pre-production) | Kate Mason | |
| A War Within | Film (pre-production) | Karen Berks |
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