Karen Sillas
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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 (/ˈsɪləs/) is an American stage and film actress.
Early life
[edit]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.
Career
[edit]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]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Monsters | Ellen | Episode: "Bug House" |
| 1994 | Law & Order | Cynthia Thomas | Episode: "Big Bang" |
| 1994 | Under Suspicion | Detective Rose Phillips | Lead character, 18 episodes |
| 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 | Episode: "Nobody Knows Anything" |
| 2003 | CSI Miami | Belle King | Episode: "Dead Woman Walking" |
| 2004 | Without a Trace | Martha Stanley | Episode: "Legacy" |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Beth Landau | Episode: "Consumed" | |
| 2005 | Wanted | Mariah Belichek | 8 episodes |
References
[edit]- ^ Brady, James (April 2, 1995). "In Step with: Karen Sillas". Wisconsin State Journal. Wisconsin, Madison. Parade Magazine. p. 140. Retrieved June 22, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Jicha, Tom (September 16, 1994). "'Under Suspicion' Is A Prime Concept". Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
- ^ Tucker, Ken (September 23, 1994). "TV Review: Under Suspicion". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on May 25, 2007. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
- ^ Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 1127. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
- ^ "WHAT HAPPENED WAS... Virtual Q&A with Filmmaker Tom Noonan and Actress Karen Sillas". YouTube. February 9, 2021. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
External links
[edit]- Karen Sillas at IMDb
- ‹The template AllMovie name is being considered for deletion.› Karen Sillas at AllMovie
- Karen Sillas Current Month TV Schedule
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- Living people
- Actresses from Brooklyn
- State University of New York at Purchase alumni
- American film actresses
- American stage actresses
- American television actresses
- 20th-century American actresses
- 21st-century American actresses
- Speech coaches
- American people of Greek descent
- American people of Swedish descent