Kelly Rowan

Kelly Rowan
200px Rowan at The Canadian Film Centre's cocktail reception on March 9, 2011, in Beverly Hills, California
Born	(1965-10-26) October 26, 1965 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actress, model
Years active	1984–present
Children	1 daughter

Kelly Rowan (born October 26, 1965) is a Canadian film and television actress and former fashion model. She is best known for portraying Kirsten Cohen in the US television series The O.C.

Early life and education

Rowan was born in Ottawa, Ontario, and is a graduate of Toronto's Northern Secondary School. She left the University of Western Ontario to pursue acting. Rowan has studied acting at the British American Drama Academy in England and in New York at the city’s famed Neighborhood Playhouse.

Career

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 series 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 television movie Adrift. In 1995-1996 she played Matty Shaw in the TV series 'Lonesome Dove, the Outlaw Years' as a funeral parlor and gun smith person. 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 Foundation. 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 television movie, She Drives Me Crazy. In 2008, she completed a television film, The Good Times Are Killing Me which she was an executive producer for and starred in alongside Rupert Graves.

In early 2009, Rowan did a cameo role in the CSI: Miami episode, "Divorce Party". In 2011, Rowan starred in the television film, Cyberbully. In 2012, she began a starring role as Natalie Vincent in the TNT series, Perception.

Personal life

Kelly announced her engagement to David Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet in late June 2007. They broke off their engagement before Rowan gave birth to their daughter on April 28, 2008 in Los Angeles. In September 2009, Rowan and Thomson made their first public appearance since their split in early 2008, at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Little is known of Kelly's childhood and prior dating life.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	My Pet Monster	Stephanie	Video
1987	The Gate	Lori Lee
1989	The Long Road Home	Cynthia
1991	Hook	Peter's Mother
1995	Candyman 2: Farewell to the Flesh	Annie Tarrant
1995	Assassins	Jennifer
1996	Mocking the Cosmos	Lydia / Lydathia	Short film
1997	One Eight Seven	Ellen Henry
1999	Three to Tango	Olivia Newman
2001	Proximity	Anne Conroy
2001	Jet Boy	Erin
2002	Greenmail	Ashley Pryor	Video
2002	"The Truth about Jane"	English teacher
2006	Mount Pleasant	Anne Burrows
2008	Jack and Jill vs. the World	Kate
2012	Rufus	Jennifer Wade	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Hangin' In	Karen	Episode: "The Party"
1986	The Truth About Alex	Ellie Sanders	TV movie
1986	Night Heat	Melissa	Episode: "Trapped"
1986	The High Price of Passion	Student #3	TV movie
1987	The Kidnapping of Baby John Doe	Salesgirl	TV movie
1987	Air Waves		Episode: "Dinner at Eight"
1988	Mount Royal		Episode: "Hello Stranger"
1988	War of the Worlds	Kim	Episode: "Goliath Is My Name"
1988	Another World	Suzie Strathmore	TV series
1989	Street Legal	Angelina	Episode: "Beauties and Beasts"
1990	Growing Pains	Rachel	Episode: "Daddy Mike"
1991	Dallas	Dana	3 episodes
1992	Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive	Gayla Williams	TV movie
1992	Exclusive	Sunny	TV movie
1992	Sweating Bullets	Julie Morrison	Episode: "Ocean Park"
1993	Adrift	Eliza Terrio	TV movie
1995	Black Fox: Good Men and Bad	Hallie Russell	TV movie
1995	The Outer Limits	Isabelle Pierce	Episode: "Virtual Future"
1995-1996	Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years	Mattie Shaw	22 episodes
1997	The Burning Zone	Stacy	Episode: "The Last Five Pounds Are the Hardest"
1997	A Match Made in Heaven	Jane Cronin	TV movie
1998	The Outer Limits	Kristin	Episode: "In Another Life"
1998	When He Didn't Come Home	Carolyn Blair	TV movie
1998	Da Vinci's Inquest	Michaela	Episode: "Little Sister: Part 2" Episode: "Little Sister: Part 3"
1998	To Have & to Hold	Gina	Episode: "These Boots Were Made for Stalking"
1999	Late Last Night	Jill	TV movie
1999	Chicken Soup for the Soul	Mom	Episode: "The Handwriting on the Wall"
1999	Anya's Bell	Jeanne Rhymes	TV movie
1999	A Crime of Passion	Marci Elias	TV movie
2000	The Truth About Jane	Ms. Lynn Walcott	TV movie
2000	Scorn	Sharon	TV movie
2001	A Girl Thing	Claire	TV movie
2001	Loving Evangeline	Evie Shaw	TV movie
2001	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Eileen Nelson	Episode: "Slaves of Las Vegas"
2002	Rag and Bone	Karen Toms	TV movie
2002	The Man Who Saved Christmas	Mary	TV movie
2002-2003	Boomtown	Marian McNorris	4 episodes
2003-2007	The O.C.	Kirsten Cohen	92 episodes
2006	Eight Days to Live	Teresa Spring	TV movie
2007	In God's Country	Judith Leavitt	TV movie
2009	CSI: Miami	Katherine Faber	Episode: "Divorce Party"
2009	The Good Times Are Killing Me	Kate Derby	TV movie
2010	Flashpoint	Maggie Perrello	Episode: "Severed Ties"
2011	Cyberbully	Kris Hillridge	TV movie
2012–2015	Perception	Natalie Vincent/Dr. Caroline Newsome	Main role
2015	Castle	Dean Feller	Episode: "PhDead"

External links

• Kelly Rowan at the Internet Movie Database