Kelly Rowan

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Recent Role:
Maggie Perrello on Flashpoint
Gender:
Female
Birthplace:
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Birth Date: 1967
Kelly Rowan was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, in 1967. Soon her family moved to Toronto, and there she was raised. She attended the Northern Secondary Toronto and learned in the University of Western Ontario. Back in the days of college, Rowan was modeling in order to earn money. When she was in University, studying for a degree in English Literature, she found the magic of acting after participating in several commercials. Soon she fell for acting.



Her tough decision whether to leave University in order to join the cast of Mount Royal, was even tougher



More since she was pretty close to graduation. However, the filming were in Paris. She couldn't resist that, and left, at the age of 20. Afterwards, she continued studying acting in the British American Drama Academy in London. When she returned to America, she moved to New York to attend the Neighborhood Playhouse.



In order to pursue her dream, she moved to Los Angeles. Here, Kelly's career begins. She guest starred in 3 episodes of the famed series Dallas, in 1991. At the same year, she was also cast to Spielberg's movie Hook.



Rowan kept on participating in Canadian productions, such as The Outer Limits in 1995, and in 1998 The Da Vinci Inquest. She even got a Gemini Award for her starring role in the Canadian series Adrift.



Despite being busy in TV, she never forgot the big screen. Kelly was playing with many famous names, as Julian Moore and Sylvester Stallone in Assassins (1995), Samuel L. Jackson in 187 (1997), and Matthew Perry and Neve Campbell in Three to Tango (1999).



In 2002 Kelly join as guest to the cast of Boomtown, and appeared on several episodes. She also guest-starred in an episode of CSI, in which Melinda Clarke was guest. They will both play and star together on The O.C..



In 2003, Kelly was given the role of her life, in The O.C.. There, Kelly is playing Kirsten Cohen, the mother of Adam Brody's Seth and wife of Peter Gallagher's Sandy. She was nominated for Choice TV Parental Units Award in Teen Choice Award in 2005 for her role.



She enjoys every bit of the filming in L.A., and spends time with her mother back in Canada when on vacations. She admits she doesn't get to return home so often. A lot more is yet to come for this promising talented actress, who is surely only in the beginning of the way.

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    9 Superb
    Amazing hide show

    Just like every other character in The O.C., Kelly Rowan really fits her role really well. In The O.C. she plays Kirsten Cohen, a caring mother with an emotionally abusive father and an alcohol problem. Throughout The O.C. she just amazes you episode after episode with her amazing actor. There's even one specific scene in season 2 that was so extraordinarily well done, it earned her an award for it. Towards the end of the show though she didn't stand out as much and felt like she was just filling in. Not really familiar with her other roles outside of The O.C., but she's just amazing in The O.C.

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    10 Perfect
    Definately underrated! Kelly Rowan is an awesome actress! hide show

    Kelly Rowan is such an awesome actress. She really does bring life to The O.C. she has always played her character "Kirsten Cohen" well, no matter what the role, mood or personality she's there to act out the best she can.

    Kelly Rowan really touched my heart in the third season of The O.C. when her character became an alcaholic and her family, Sandy, Seth and Ryan had to stage an intervention with a man from a rehab facility for alcaholics.
    Kelly Rowan was the best she has ever been in this scene, she made me and everyone that watches The O.C. cry, the way that she admitted that she was an alcaholic was so sad.

    Heres to kelly, hopefully in the last 8 episodes of The O.C we will see some great acting from her!

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    8.7 Great
    Very good actress. hide show

    Kelly Rowan is not an actress of what is called the "new generation" but more the generation of the Desperate Housewives actresses (even if she's younger).She is the little thing that gives the show a consistance.Unfortunately her Kirsten Cohen part isn's really big,but she performes it very well!The producers seemed to noticed because on season three she really is present and she's pulling up this (poor)season.When will she be taken seriously for her acting talent and not just for her good looking( really good in fact ^_^)?Give her a bigger part than just a co-star on a teenage soap(even if like the O.C.).

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    10 Perfect
    i love kelly rowan i think she is one the best actressess ever! hide show

    kelly rowan is awesome. she is the best part of the o.c. i think she is very talented (even though she cant play golf for beans)i think she is perfect for the role of kirsten cohen. she has done a great job playing the role of a caring wife and mother who turns to alchohol due to problems with her marraige and her father on the o.c.

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    9 Superb
    Kelly Rowan is the most talented actress in The OC.. hide show

    Kelly Rowan is definetly the most talented actress in the oc, let alone one of the most talented actresses period. She perfectly fits her role in The OC, and plays it so well..she is just meant to be Kirsten Cohen...I think she is best in the show when it comes to problems with sandy, she gets upset, pouts a little, then washes all her problems away with alchohol (which see just did in the last episode even though she's supposed to of have just gotten of rehab.) She is also great in all of her other films (which all seem to be lifetime movies)such as Loving Evangeline or something like that..she didnt play a huge part, but she just had so much originality in it..i just think kelly Rowan is very talented.

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