Robyn Stevan

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Robyn Stevan is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role in the film Bye Bye Blues , for which she won the Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 11th Genie Awards in 1990. [1]

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Stevan developed an interest in acting in her last two years at Seaquam Secondary School in Delta, British Columbia. [1] After that, she shifted her attention from her previous interests of rhythmic gymnastics and a possible career in medicine. She began studying a general arts curriculum at the University of British Columbia but left school to go to Japan to work on Rice Curry, a production of Fuji TV. She has appeared in the films The Stepfather (1987), Captive Hearts (1987) and Paint Cans (1994). [2]

Stevan's performance in The Squamish Five brought her the Best Actor Award from the Atlantic Film Festival. [3]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1986 Fire with Fire School Girl
1986The Christmas StarWaters Kid
1987 The Stepfather Karen
1987ShelleyShelley
1988 Distant Thunder Holly
1989 George's Island Miss Plivder
1989 Bye Bye Blues Frances Cooper
1990Sylvan Lake SummerAllison
1991 Stepping Out Sylvia
1992Giant StepsLeslie
1994 Intersection Step Magazine
1994 Paint Cans Arundel Merton
1999 Free Fall Polly James
1999 Pushing Tin Sara

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1986 Firefighter Cindy's SisterTelevision film
1987 21 Jump Street KimEpisode: "My Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades"
1987The Little Match GirlLindsay DuttonTelevision film
1988 Friday the 13th: The Series Debbie NapierEpisode: "What a Mother Wouldn't Do"
1988 The Squamish Five Julie BelmasTelevision film
1988 9B Donna Remple4 episodes
1988, 1993 Street Legal Various roles2 episodes
1993 Counterstrike JoanieEpisode: "Free to Kill"
1993 The Hidden Room AmyEpisode: "My Sister's Keeper"
1993Lifeline to VictoryIvyTelevision film
1994 Side Effects JaneEpisode: "In Sickness and in Health"
1994While Justice SleepsMarlene PerkinsTelevision film
1997 The Newsroom Globe Reporter #3Episode: "Unity"
1997 Elvis Meets Nixon KarenTelevision film
1998Evidence of BloodLuanne
1998 Due South MertEpisode: "Mojo Rising"
2003 The Piano Man's Daughter Elizabeth FrejusTelevision film

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References

  1. 1 2 Elizabeth Aird, "Jesus of Montreal in near sweep: Vancouver actress wins a Genie award". Vancouver Sun , March 21, 1990.
  2. ↑ "Japan beckons for local actresses: Acting a tonic for Robyn Stevan". Surrey Leader. Canada, British Columbia, Surrey. January 12, 1986. p. 27. Retrieved February 18, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Nicholls, Liz (September 9, 1993). "Keeping up with the Joans". Edmonton Journal. p. 33. Retrieved February 18, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
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