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Karen Sillas
Born (1963-06-05) June 5, 1963 (age 61)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
OccupationActress
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1989; div. 2006)​

Ivan Menchell
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(m. 2007)​
Children2

Karen Sillas (born June 5, 1963) is an American stage and film actress. She graduated from the Acting Conservatory of the State University of New York. She is also a speech coach.

Early life

The daughter of a Greek father and a Swedish mother, Sillas was born in Brooklyn.[1]

Career

Sillas appeared in Hal Hartley's 1992 film Simple Men. In 1994, she starred in What Happened Was..., which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and launched Sillas into primetime television.[citation needed] In CBS's critically acclaimed[according to whom?] detective series Under Suspicion, Sillas portrayed Rose Phillips, the only female detective in an otherwise male-dominated squad room.[2]

Filmography

Film

Television

References

  1. ^ Brady, James (April 2, 1995). "In Step with: Karen Sillas". Wisconsin State Journal. Wisconsin, Madison. Parade Magazine. p. 140. Retrieved 22 June 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 1127. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
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