Karen Holness
Acting
- Born:
- 1977-03-15
- Place of birth:
- London, Ontario, Canada
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.
Known For
Filmography
An Angel in My Stocking
A Royal Montana Christmas
FIVE
The 13th Wife: Escaping Polygamy
Confessions of a Christmas Letter
Woman of the Hour
Confessions of a Cam Girl
Sight Unseen
Christmas of Yes
A Christmas Blessing
Phantom Pups
Billy the Kid
The Christmas Promise
The 27-Hour Day
A Cinderella Story: Starstruck
A Whirlwind Wedding
Secrets of a Gold Digger Killer
Superman & Lois
Firefly Lane
Love Under the Olive Tree
Torn: Dark Bullets
Picture Perfect Mysteries: Dead Over Diamonds
Christmas Town
Christmas at the Plaza
Ruby Herring Mysteries: Her Last Breath
Chronicle Mysteries: The Deep End
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Always Be My Maybe
Made for You with Love
My Mom's Letter from Heaven
Chronicle Mysteries: The Wrong Man
Chronicle Mysteries: Recovered
Benchwarmers 2: Breaking Balls
Ruby Herring Mysteries: Silent Witness
A Twist of Christmas
Christmas on Holly Lane
A Million Little Things
Truly, Madly, Sweetly
Secret Millionaire
The Christmas Train
Finding Santa
Date My Dad
Bigger Fatter Liar
Woman on the Run
Murder, She Baked: Just Desserts
Campfire Kiss
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Higher Ground
Riverdale
Framed for Murder: A Fixer Upper Mystery
Garage Sale Mystery: The Art of Murder
A Rose for Christmas
Every Christmas Has a Story
Travelers
Mostly Ghostly 3: One Night in Doom House
Stranger in the House
The Convenient Groom
All Yours
Who Killed My Husband
Lucifer
Santa's Little Helper
One Crazy Cruise
Make It Pop
Corner Gas: The Movie
The Tree That Saved Christmas
Wedding Planner Mystery
Recipe for Love
The 100
Til Death Do Us Part
Finding Mrs. Claus
Arrow
Abducted: The Carlina White Story
Level Up
Once Upon a Time
The Hunt for the I-5 Killer
Donovan's Echo
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
Tower Prep
The Listener
Cashing In
Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts
Trust
Tortured
Fringe
Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief
jPod
Twitches Too
Destination: Infestation
Air Buddies
Psych
Twitches
Jake 2.0
Riverworld
Chicago
The Twilight Zone
The Dead Zone
Dead in a Heartbeat
Smallville
Mutant X
Special Delivery
The Ultimate Christmas Present
2gether: The Series
Out of Time
Best Actress
Rated X
Atomic Train
First Wave
Blues Brothers 2000
Earth: Final Conflict