Kelly Rowan Biography

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 American 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 1995-96 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.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	My Pet Monster	Stephanie	Video
1987	'	Lori Lee
1989	'	Cynthia
1991	Hook	Peter's Mother
1995	Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh	Annie Tarrant
	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
	Jet Boy	Erin
2002	Greenmail	Ashley Pryor	Video
	"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	'	Ellie Sanders	TV movie
	Night Heat	Melissa	Episode: "Trapped"
	'	Student #3	TV movie
1987	'	Salesgirl	TV movie
	Air Waves		Episode: "Dinner at Eight"
1988	Mount Royal		Episode: "Hello Stranger"
	War of the Worlds	Kim	Episode: "Goliath Is My Name"
	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
	Exclusive	Sunny	TV movie
	Sweating Bullets	Julie Morrison	Episode: "Ocean Park"
1993	Adrift	Eliza Terrio	TV movie
1995	Black Fox: Good Men and Bad	Hallie Russell	TV movie
	'	Isabelle Pierce	Episode: "Virtual Future"
	Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years	Mattie Shaw	Main role, 22 episodes (1996-1997)
1997	'	Stacy	Episode: "The Last Five Pounds Are the Hardest"
	'	Jane Cronin	TV movie
1998	'	Kristin	Episode: "In Another Life"
	When He Didn't Come Home	Carolyn Blair	TV movie
	Da Vinci's Inquest	Michaela	Episode: "Little Sister: Part 2" Episode: "Little Sister: Part 3"
	To Have & to Hold	Gina	Episode: "These Boots Were Made for Stalking"
1999	Late Last Night	Jill	TV movie
	Chicken Soup for the Soul	Mom	Episode: "The Handwriting on the Wall"
	Anya's Bell	Jeanne Rhymes	TV movie
	'	Marci Elias	TV movie
2000	'	Ms. Lynn Walcott	TV movie
	Scorn	Sharon	TV movie
2001	'	Claire	TV movie
	Loving Evangeline	Evie Shaw	TV movie
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Eileen Nelson	Episode: "Slaves of Las Vegas"
2002	Rag and Bone	Karen Toms	TV movie
	'	Mary	TV movie
	Boomtown	Marian McNorris	4 episodes (2002-2003)
2003-2007	'	Kirsten Cohen	Main role, 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"
	'	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"
	Murdoch Mysteries	Mrs. Millicent McGowan	Episode: "A Merry Murdoch Christmas"