Kelly Rowan is best known for playing "Kirsten Cohen" on Newport Beach (2003) for which she won a Prism award for best actress. She recently starred in and executive-produced The Good Times Are Killing Me (2009) with Rupert Graves.
Her recent indie film credits include Jack and Jill vs. the World (2008) and Mount Pleasant (2006) (for which she was nominated for best supporting actress at the Vancouver Film Festival). She starred opposite Samuel L. Jackson in the Warner Bros./Mel Gibson- produced thriller 187: code meurtre (1997). Other film credits include Assassins (1995) with Sylvester Stallone and Antonio Banderas and Hook ou la revanche du Capitaine Crochet (1991) for 'Steven Spielberg (I)'.
Kelly seems to move effortlessly between the big and small screen. She starred in and executive-produced 8 jours pour mon fils (2006) and Au nom de ma fille (2007) (both nominated for Gemini awards for Best Television Movie in 2007). She also appeared in the first season of Boomtown (2002) for NBC, in addition to starring in Le secret de Jane (2000) with Stockard Channing, the mini-series Affaires de femmes (2001) for Showtime, and the award-winning Anya's Bell (1999) for CBS.
Kelly won critical acclaim and the Gemini Award for Best Actress in a Movie/Mini Series for her performance in the CBS movie Cauchemar en haute mer (1993) opposite Bruce Greenwood.
Kelly also won a CTV International Achievement Award in 2005.
When not on screen, Kelly is an active executive producer with her producing partner, Graham Ludlow. In 2007, they won a CFTPA indie award for outstanding independent producers for Au nom de ma fille (2007). They have also produced Soeurs de coeur (2007) for Lifetime and the CTV network.
