Born and raised in Newfoundland, Karyn attended theatre school in Toronto. She is perhaps best known for her starring role as Maggie in the hit independent film, "Better Than Chocolate". In addition she wrote and starred in her feminist one woman show "Bad Girls" at the Rivoli, as well as playing Phoebe in "As You Like It" for the internationally acclaimed theatre festival at the DuMaurier World Stage. She is the creator/producer/writer/director/star of the tongue-in-cheek web series "First World Problems" (in collaboration with Albert Howell, writer for The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon). Other film and stage roles include Lorne Michael's "Superstar", MIFF Independent Spirit award winner "Last Call Before Sunset", the title role in Native Earth's Romeo and Juliet, performance artist Sooze in Eric Bogosian's "SubUrbia", and the role of Carrie, a junkie prostitute in the innovative and experimental "Exercises in Depravity", and "Suffragette Koans". Karyn was also the lead "Rosebud" in the TV Series "Rosebud's Guide to Seduction", as well as roles in "Republic of Doyle" and "This is Wonderland". She also starred in the award winning short films "Pony", "Polished" and "Dying Like Ophelia", all directed by Ed Gass-Donnelly. Karyn's most recent work includes the lead in "The Silent Garden" and upcoming leads in the soon to be released features "A Trip to the Island" and "Burning, Burning".
