Highest rated as cast or director
Karen Holness's 7 titles from the 2010s have a median Balasaur Score of 64, led by My Mom's Letter from Heaven (72) and Truly, Madly, Sweetly (65), against 43 for those from the 2000s.
Biography
Karen Holness (born March 15, 1977, in London, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actress, dancer, and singer, the sister of singer Deborah Cox and singer/host Nicole Holness. She attended Performing Arts High School in Toronto before studying at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, and is a co-founding member of the Beacon Theatre Company. She is based in Vancouver and is married with one child. On stage, Holness has performed in Rent, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Crazy for You, and Dreamgirls (as Deena Jones). Her most notable film credits include a featured dancer in Chicago (2002), Blues Brothers 2000 (1998), Always Be My Maybe (2019, as Kathy), The Art of Racing in the Rain (2019), and Torn: Dark Bullets (2020, as Imani Bell, for which she won the Best Actress Award at the Salt House Creative International Film Festival). On television she is best known as Blythe Ann Workman in The 100 (2019–2020, seasons 6–7), Ms. Diona in Make It Pop (2015–2016), Liz McKendra in Cashing In (2009–2014), with additional credits in Superman & Lois (2021), Firefly Lane (2022), A Million Little Things (2020), Lucifer (2016), Travelers (2016), Riverdale (2017), Once Upon a Time (2014), and Psych (2014). Beyond acting, she performs as a jazz singer with her bands Jazz Baby and Boogie Fever, the latter of which has played internationally at the Jamaican Jazz and Blues International Festival in Montego Bay.
Acted in 107
2020s
- 2025
FIVE
Dr. Crown
The 13th Wife: Escaping Polygamy
Receptionist · 1 episode
- 2024
Confessions of a Christmas Letter
Ana
Confessions of a Cam Girl
Principal Bonville
- 2023
Christmas of Yes
Winnie
A Christmas Blessing
Donna Peters
- 2022
- 2021
The Christmas Promise
Susan
A Whirlwind Wedding
Marina
- 2020
Love Under the Olive Tree
Mayor Evans
Torn: Dark Bullets
Imani Bell
Picture Perfect Mysteries: Dead Over Diamonds
Camille Addison
2010s
- 2019
Christmas Town
Principal
Ruby Herring Mysteries: Her Last Breath
Angela P. Bircham
Chronicle Mysteries: The Deep End
Katie Wyer
Chronicle Mysteries: The Wrong Man
Katie Wyer
Chronicle Mysteries: Recovered
Katie Wyer
Benchwarmers 2: Breaking Balls
Iris Fletcher
Ruby Herring Mysteries: Silent Witness
Angela Bircham
- 2018
- 2017
Date My Dad
Dr. Jackie Cooper · 1 episode
Woman on the Run
Detective Krantz
Murder, She Baked: Just Desserts
Dee
Campfire Kiss
Julie
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Higher Ground
Hattie
Framed for Murder: A Fixer Upper Mystery
Carol
- 2016
Mostly Ghostly 3: One Night in Doom House
Beverly
Stranger in the House
Chantal
The Convenient Groom
Pam
All Yours
Winnie
Who Killed My Husband
Dr. Lara Percy
- 2015
Santa's Little Helper
Miriam
Make It Pop
Ms. Diona · 1 episode
- 2014
The Tree That Saved Christmas
Tara
Wedding Planner Mystery
Lily
Recipe for Love
Denise
- 2012
Finding Mrs. Claus
Hotel Clerk
Abducted: The Carlina White Story
New York Reporter
- 2011
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
Cashing In
Liz McKendra · 26 episodes
Trust
Jenna
- 2008
jPod
Gordina · 3 episodes
- 2007
- 2006
- 2005
- 2003
Riverworld
Mali
- 2002
Dead in a Heartbeat
Administrative Nurse
- 2001
- 2000
Special Delivery
Karen
Out of Time
Molly
1990s
- 1999
Atomic Train
Jane Randall · 2 episodes
- 1998
- 1997
