Kelly Rowan

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Kelly Rowan

Born October 26, 1965 (1965-10-26) (age 42)
Ottawa, Ontario

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

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Personal 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 before she attained her degree in English Literature to join the cast of the Canadian series Mount Royal. Though Rowan has discussed what a tough decision it was to leave university, the young actress found the opportunity to shoot the show in Paris, France too irresistible. 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.

On June 20, 2007, it was announced that Rowan is 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 Los Angeles, California.[1]

[edit] Career

Rowan attended playwriting courses at the University of California, Los Angeles, and has written her own play. She began modeling in her college years to earn extra cash, becoming involved in acting while working in commercials. Her acting career took off in 1980. Appearing in such movies as The Gate, Hook, Three to Tango, One Eight Seven, and A Girl Thing, Rowan remained a recognizable face without a well-known name for years, guest-starring 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 three episodes of Boomtown, playing "Marian", the deceived wife of David McNorris (Neal McDonough); she returned for one last episode in 2003. That same year, she was cast as Kirsten Cohen on the new FOX program, The O.C., alongside Peter Gallagher, Tate Donovan, Adam Brody, Benjamin McKenzie, and Melinda Clarke, with whom she appeared on an episode of CSI. She was a main character on The O.C., and for her role as the recovering alcoholic mother, she won the Prism Award, for which she had already been nominated the previous year.

Rowan has volunteered as an actress with the Young Storytellers Program. She has also starred in TV-husband 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.

Presently, Rowan has finished a film with Freddie Prinze Jr., Jack and Jill vs. the World, which is to be released on April 4, 2008. She has finished working on her third project for Lifetime, producing a TV movie titled She Drives Me Crazy, which starred former co-star Clarke. Also, Rowan is confirmed to be on board for a new movie titled Good Times Are Killing Me. Filming is scheduled for this year.

[edit] 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

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