Barbara Niven is an American actress who starred in such films and TV shows as Psycho Cop 2, The Girl Next Door, Murder in My House, Cedar Cove, and others. In the article, we will get acquainted with a brief biography actress and note the most popular projects from her filmography.
Biography
Barbara was born in 1953 in the US city of Portland. But he has two citizenships - American and Canadian. Since childhood, he loves to study. In third grade, she took extra homework so often that she developed migraines. Later, the school authorities prohibited her from taking any assignments home until the end of the school year.
Unfortunately, in the personal life of the actress, not everything is as smooth as in school. Judging by the available information, Barbara Niven has not yet created a full-fledged family. For all the time she was married three times, and each of the marriages ended in divorce. But she has her own website, where she often communicates with fans.
The Depraved Pack
The actress's career began in 1986 with a role in Glenn Jordan's television drama I Promise. After a fewIn cameo roles in television series, she played a leading character in Adam Rifkin's horror film Psycho Cop 2 (1993). And three years later, she joined the cast of Warren A. Stevens' action adventure Lone Tiger.
In 1996, along with Angelina Jolie, Barbara Niven starred in the drama Annette Haywood-Carter "False Fire". She played Monica Steenman, the character of the first plan, in Rogelio Lobata's thriller "The Depraved" (1996). Two years later, she tried on the image of the famous American actress, singer and model Marilyn Monroe in Rob Cohen's musical drama The Rat Pack (1998). And from 1998 to 2000, she played the role of bartender Kate Anderson in William Blinn's adventure drama The Golden Wings of Pensacola (1997–2000).
My mother's roommate
From 1999 to 2002 for 15 episodes as Liz Coleman Reynolds, the actress participated in the filming of the ABC soap opera One Life to Live (1968–2012). Received a supporting role in the horror film by Trace Slobotkin "The Unlucky Maniac" (2004). She played the dangerous neighbor Donna in Douglas Jackson's television thriller The Girl Next Door (2005). And she played the role of Lauren Kessler - the main character of the thriller Robert Malinfant "Murder in my house" (2006).
In 2008, Douglas Jackson directed the television thriller Death at 17, a film starring Barbara Niven as Alice Harris, a successful restaurateur investigating an unexpectedthe death of a 17-year-old son who, according to the preliminary version, committed suicide.
The role of Gaia Hocksey, the strange mother of a handsome, and at first glance positive guy named Tom, she got in Lee Demarbra's horror film Blood of the Moon (2009). And in the role of Evelyn Wells, the biological mother of young teacher Laurie Coulson, she appeared in Curtis Crawford's thriller My Mother's Secret (2012).
She baked Christmas
As Rebecca Westridge, a we althy middle-aged woman with a very unusual secret, Barbara Niven starred in Nicole Conn's drama A Perfect Ending (2012). She played Mrs. Andrews, boss of journalist Eric, in Michael Feifer's family comedy Cupid Dog (2012).
A from 2013 to 2015 played the role of Peggy Beldon, the owner of the hotel Thyme and Tide, in Bruce Graham's multi-episode drama Cedar Bay (2013–2015).
In 2015 and 2016, four detective films were released under the title "She Baked Murder" about the young bakery owner Hanna Swenson, who in her spare time investigates the crimes committed in her small town. Barbara Niven plays Dolores Swensen, Hannah's mother, a woman of high reputation but often a bad temper.
As Carol, the actress joined the main cast of Alex Zamm's television drama Christmas in Evergreen (2017). And since 2016, she has been playing the role of Megan, the wife of Mick O'Brien, who left him and the children many years ago, in Dan Paulson's drama series On the Chesapeake Shores (2016 - …).
Whatwait?
In the near future, new projects with the participation of the actress should not be expected. But if the drama Nicole Conn Nesting Doll, the creation of which has been discussed since 2015, is still filmed, then Barbara Niven will play the main role there.
