Kelly Rowan

Kelly Rowan
Born	October 26, 1965 (1965-10-26) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1984–present

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.

Early life

Rowan was born 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.

In 2011, as Part of Alliance, the Network Will Premiere the Two-Hour Original Movie "Cyberbully" on Sunday, July 17 at 8:00PM ET/PT; Emily Osment, Kelly Rowan and Kay Panabaker Star in the Original 2-Hr Movie "Cyberbully," a Tragic and Triumphant Story of One Teen's Experience With Online Bullies

In summer 2012 on TNT will debut Perception, a new drama series with Eric Mccormack; Kelly will play Natalie Vincent.

Rowan gave birth to a daughter in 2008.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	Children of Divorce	Unknown	TV Movie
1986	The Truth About Alex	Ellie Sanders
	My Pet Monster	Stephanie
	Night Heat	Melissa	Episode: "Trapped"
	The High Price of Passion	Student #3	TV Movie
1987	The Kidnapping of Baby John Doe	Salesgirl	TV Movie
	The Gate	Lori Lee
1988	War of the Worlds	Kim	Episode: "Goliath Is My Name"
1964–1999	Another World	Suzie Strathmore	Unknown Episodes
1989	The Long Road Home	Cynthia
1987–1994	Street Legal	Angelina	Episodes: "Beauties and Beasts"
1985–1992	Growing Pains	Rachel	Episode: "Daddy Mike"
1978–1991	Dallas	Dana	Episodes: "90265" Episode: "Smooth Operator" Episode: "Win Some, Lose Some"
1991	Hook	Peter's Mother
1992	Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive	Gayla Williams
	Exclusive	Sunny	TV Movie
	Sweating Bullets	Julie Morrisson	Episode: "Ocean Park"
1993	Adrift	Eliza Terrio	TV Movie
1995	Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh	Annie Tarrant
	Black Fox: Good Men and Bad	Hallie Russell	TV Movie
	Assassins	Jennifer
1996	Mocking the Cosmos	Lydia/Lydathia
1995–1996	Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years	Mattie Shaw	22 Episodes
1997	A Mother's Wish	Unknow	TV Movie
	Rag and Bone	Karen Toms	TV Movie
	The Burning Zone	Stacy	One Episode
	A Match Made in Heaven	Jane Cronin	TV Movie
	One Eight Seven	Ellen Henry
1998	Harlequin's Loving Evangeline	Evie Shaw
	When He Didn't Come Home	Carolyn Blair	TV Movie
1995–2002	The Outer Limits	Isabelle Pierce	Episode: "Virtual Future" Episode: "In Another Life"
1998–2005	Da Vinci's Inquest	Michaela	Episode: "Little Sister: Part 1" Episode: "Little Sister: Part 2"
1998	To Have & to Hold	Gina	Episode: "These Boots Were Made for Stalking"
1999	Chicken Soup for the Soul	Mom	Episode: "The Handwriting on the Wall"
	Three to Tango	Olivia Newman
	Late Last Night	Jill	TV Movie
	Anya's Bell	Jeanne Rhymes	TV Movie
	A Crime of Passion	Marci Elias	TV Movie
2000	The Truth About Jane	Ms. Lynn Walcott	TV Movie
	Scorn	Sharon	TV Movie
2001	A Girl Thing	Claire	TV Movie
	Proximity	Anne Conroy
	Jet Boy	Erin
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Eileen Nelson	Episode: "Slaves of Las Vegas"
2002	Greenmail	Ashley Pryor
	The Man Who Saved Christmas	Mary Gilbert	TV Movie
2003	Boomtown	Marian McNorris
2006	Eight Days To Live	Teresa Spring	TV Movie
	Mount Pleasant	Anne Burrows
2003–2007	The O.C.	Kirsten Cohen	92 Episodes
2007	In God's Country	Judith Leavitt	TV Movie
2008	Jack and Jill vs. the World	Kate
	The Good Times are Killing Me	Kate Derby	TV Movie
2009	CSI: Miami	Katherine Faber	Episode: "Divorce Party"
2010	Flashpoint	Maggie Perrello	Episode 4.2: Severed Ties
2011	Cyberbully	Kris Hillridge	TV Movie
	A War Within	Karen Berks	Pre-Production
2012	Perception	Natalie Vincent

External links

• Kelly Rowan at the Internet Movie Database