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| Born | New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
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| Children | 2 |
Karen Sillas is an American stage and film actress.
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Karen Sillas | |
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| Born | New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
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| Children | 2 |
Karen Sillas is an American stage and film actress.
The daughter of a Greek father and a Swedish mother, Sillas was born in Brooklyn. [1] She graduated from the Acting Conservatory of the State University of New York at Purchase.
Sillas appeared in Hal Hartley's 1992 film Simple Men . In 1994, she starred in What Happened Was..., which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and launched Sillas into primetime television.[ citation needed ] In CBS's critically acclaimed [2] [3] detective series Under Suspicion , Sillas portrayed Rose Phillips, the only female detective in an otherwise male-dominated squad room. [4] Sillas and Tom Noonan appeared in a virtual interview conducted by the film critic Sheila O'Malley, hosted by Film Forum, February 9, 2021, discussing the re-release of the digitized version of What Happened Was... on Film Forum's YouTube channel. [5]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1984 | Kid | Patsy | Short film |
| 1987 | The Cartographer's Girlfriend | Short film | |
| 1990 | Trust | Nurse Paine | |
| 1991 | Liebestraum | Nurse #3 | |
| 1992 | Simple Men | Kate | |
| 1994 | What Happened Was... | Jackie Marsh | |
| 1994 | Risk | Maya | |
| 1995 | Flirt | Doctor Clint | |
| 1996 | Female Perversions | Renee | |
| 1998 | Sour Grapes | Joan | |
| 1998 | Reach the Rock | Donna | |
| 1999 | Bad Money | Jan Wells | |
| 2014 | Ned Rifle | Alice Gardner | |
| 2015 | Stuff | Trish Murdoch | |
| 2021 | T11 Incomplete | Kate Murphy | |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1990 | Monsters | Ellen | Episode: Bug House, TV series |
| 1994 | Law & Order | Cynthia Thomas | 1 Episode: TV series |
| 1994 | Under Suspicion | Detective Rose Phillips | TV series 1994-1995 |
| 1996 | The Beast | Lt. Kathryn Marcus | TV movie |
| 1997 | Night Sins | Dr. Hannah Garrison | TV movie |
| 1997 | Lies He Told | Alyson Haywood | TV movie |
| 1999 | The Sopranos | Debbie | Nobody Knows Anything: TV series |
| 2003 | CSI Miami | Belle King | Dead Woman Walking: TV series |
| 2004 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Beth Landau | Consumed: TV series |
| 2005 | Wanted | Mariah Belichek | TV series |
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