Karyn Dwyer

Karyn Dwyer was a Canadian actress whose career began in childhood theater in Newfoundland and later moved to film and television. Born in Corner Brook, she started performing at ten with Theatre Newfoundland and Labrador in Alice in Wonderland, then trained with the Youth Theatre and at Toronto's George Brown Theatre School. Her first screen part came in the independent Canadian film Boozecan, acting alongside David Cronenberg, and she also created and performed a solo stage piece, Bad Girls, at Toronto's Rivoli. Her breakout was Maggie in Better Than Chocolate (1999), a role she won after a nationwide search; the film drew acclaim at Berlin and Vancouver and brought her a cult following. She played Summer Falls in Superstar (1999), took the title role in Romeo and Juliet, and appeared as Sooze in Suburbia. Later she guest starred on This Is Wonderland in 2005 and Republic of Doyle.