Robyn Stevan
{{Short description|Canadian actress}}
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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.Elizabeth Aird, "Jesus of Montreal in near sweep: Vancouver actress wins a Genie award". Vancouver Sun, March 21, 1990.
Stevan developed an interest in acting in her last two years at Seaquam Secondary School in Delta, British Columbia. 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).{{cite news |title=Japan beckons for local actresses: Acting a tonic for Robyn Stevan |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71405835/robyn-stevan/ |access-date=February 18, 2021 |work=Surrey Leader |date=January 12, 1986 |location=Canada, British Columbia, Surrey |page=27|via = Newspapers.com}}
Stevan's performance in The Squamish Five brought her the Best Actor Award from the Atlantic Film Festival.{{cite news |last1=Nicholls |first1=Liz |title=Keeping up with the Joans |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71407680/robyn-stevan/ |access-date=February 18, 2021 |work=Edmonton Journal |date=September 9, 1993 |page=33|via = Newspapers.com}}
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ !Year !Title !Role !class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 1986
|School Girl | |
| 1986
|data-sort-value="Christmas Star, The" | The Christmas Star |Waters Kid | |
| 1987
|data-sort-value="Stepfather, The" | The Stepfather |Karen | |
| 1987
|Shelley |Shelley | |
| 1988
|Holly | |
| 1989
|Miss Plivder | |
| 1989
|Frances Cooper | |
| 1990
|Sylvan Lake Summer |Allison | |
| 1991
|Sylvia | |
| 1992
|Giant Steps |Leslie | |
| 1994
|Step Magazine | |
| 1994
|Arundel Merton | |
| 1999
|Polly James | |
| 1999
|Sara | |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role !class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 1986
|Cindy's Sister |Television film |
| 1987
|Kim |Episode: "My Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" |
| 1987
|data-sort-value="Little Match Girl, The" | The Little Match Girl |Lindsay Dutton |Television film |
| 1988
|Debbie Napier |Episode: "What a Mother Wouldn't Do" |
| 1988
|data-sort-value="Squamish Five, The" | The Squamish Five |Julie Belmas |Television film |
| 1988
|9B |Donna Remple |4 episodes |
| 1988, 1993
|Various roles |2 episodes |
| 1993
|Joanie |Episode: "Free to Kill" |
| 1993
|data-sort-value="Hidden Room, The" | The Hidden Room |Amy |Episode: "My Sister's Keeper" |
| 1993
|Lifeline to Victory |Ivy |Television film |
| 1994
|Jane |Episode: "In Sickness and in Health" |
| 1994
|While Justice Sleeps |Marlene Perkins |Television film |
| 1997
|data-sort-value="Newsroom, The" | The Newsroom |Globe Reporter #3 |Episode: "Unity" |
| 1997
|Karen | rowspan="2" |Television film |
| 1998
|Evidence of Blood |Luanne |
| 1998
|Mert |Episode: "Mojo Rising" |
| 2003
|data-sort-value="Piano Man's Daughter, The" | The Piano Man's Daughter |Elizabeth Frejus |Television film |
References
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External links
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Category:Canadian film actresses
Category:Canadian television actresses
Category:Best Supporting Actress Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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