Karen Kopins
{{short description|American actress, model (born 1958)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Karen Kopins
| image = Angels '88 - Karen Kopins.jpg
| imagesize = 230px
| caption = Kopins in 1988
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|10|10}}
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| occupation = Actress, model
| yearsactive = 1977–94
| spouse = {{marriage|Mark Shaw|1990}}
| children = 4
| alma_mater = Marymount College
}}
Karen Kopins Shaw (born October 10, 1961){{cite web|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1988-05-01/features/8801270354_1_rich-man-love-worst-advice |title=Karen Kopins |work=Sun Sentinel |date=1998-05-01 |accessdate=2013-11-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807160557/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1988-05-01/features/8801270354_1_rich-man-love-worst-advice |archive-date=August 7, 2016}} is an American beauty pageant winner, former actress and former model.
Early life
Kopins was born on October 10, 1961. Kopins attended Ridgefield High School{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Josette |title=Ridgefield Girl Has Chance To Win Miss America Contest |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60094921/karen-kopins/ |accessdate=September 27, 2020 |work=The Bridgeport Post |date=July 10, 1977 |location=Connecticut, Bridgeport |page=D 1|via = Newspapers.com}} and graduated from Marymount College before moving to California to pursue an acting career.{{Citation needed |date=September 2022}}
She was Miss Connecticut 1977, having entered the pageant as Miss Ridgefield.
Career
Kopins starred in films Fast Forward, Creator, Once Bitten, opposite Jim Carrey,{{cite web|authorlink=Janet Maslin|author=Maslin, Janet|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B05E6DA1338F936A25752C1A963948260|title=Once Bitten (1985) FILM: 'ONCE BITTEN,' VAMPIRE HUMOR|date=November 15, 1985|work=The New York Times}} and Jake Speed, and appeared in guest roles in various television shows, such as The A-Team and Riptide.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/39094/Karen-Kopins/filmography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114073807/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/39094/Karen-Kopins/filmography |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-11-14 |title=Karen Kopins - Filmography - Movies & TV |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |date=2013 |accessdate=2013-11-01}} She was cast as one of Charlie's Angels in the unaired spinoff Angels '88. Kopins had a small role in an episode of Amazing Stories, one of two directed by series creator Steven Spielberg. Other than one-off guest appearances, her only recurring role on a series was during seasons 11 and 13 of Dallas, playing Kay Lloyd, a love interest of Bobby Ewing.
Personal life
In 1990, Kopins married her high school sweetheart, property developer Marc Shaw, with whom she has four children.{{cite web |title=Former "Dallas" Actress Karen Shaw and Her Family Script a New Role for Their Rye House in Litchfield |first=John |last=Torsiello |date=2012-09-20 |website=CTInsider |url=https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/Former-Dallas-Actress-Karen-Shaw-and-Her-Family-16890212.php |access-date= |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707200222/https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/Former-Dallas-Actress-Karen-Shaw-and-Her-Family-16890212.php |archive-date=2023-07-07 |url-status=live}} The family lived in Litchfield, Connecticut's Rye House, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, from 2000 to 2012.
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role |
|---|
| 1985
|Susan Granger |
| 1985
|Lucy Wolper |
| 1985
|Robin Pierce |
| 1986
|Margaret Winston |
| 1988
|Sarah Bolton |
| 1989
|Lisa |
| 1994
|Lady in Waiting |Fiona Richards |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1983
|Government Agent |Episode: "Baker's Dozen" |
| 1984
|Kimba Hall |Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1984
|Officer Maggie Paine |Episode: "Target: Hooker" |
| 1984
|Cindy Morgan |Episode: "Dead of Knight" |
| 1985
|Misty Lawson |Episode: "Getting Started/Daughter's Dilemma/The Captain Wears Pantyhose" |
| 1985
|HeartBeat |Erin |
| 1985
|Liz |Episode: "The Mission" |
| 1986
|Sonja Chenko |Episodes: "Stemwinder: Part 1" and "Stemwinder: Part 2" |
| 1986
|Dominique Conré |Episode: "The Spy Who Mugged Me" |
| 1988
|Linda Stratton |Episode: "Danny's Very First Date" |
| 1988
|Circus |Jennifer |TV Movie, unsold pilot |
| 1988–1989
|Kay Lloyd |Recurring role (seasons 11, 13) |
| 1989
|Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson |Kimberly McDonald |TV movie |
| 1989
|Kathy Heller |Episode: "Blood Red" |
| 1990
|Eugenia Weeks |Episode: "Suzanne Goes Looking for a Friend" |
| 1991
|Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again |TV movie |
| 1994
|Lauren Murdoch |Episode: "The Fine Art of Murder" |
References
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External links
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{{Succession box
|before = Debra LaRoche
|title = Miss Connecticut
|years = 1977
|after = Maryalice Flineroy
}}
{{S-end}}
{{Connecticut Pageant Winners}}
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Category:Actresses from Connecticut
Category:American film actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:Female models from New York (state)
Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:People from Redding, Connecticut