Acting
Karen Holness
Karen Holness (born March 15, 1977, in London, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actress, dancer, and singer, the sister of singer Deborah Cox and singer/host Nicole Holness. She attended Performing Arts High School in Toronto before studying at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, and is a co-founding member of the Beacon Theatre Company. She is based in Vancouver and is married with one child. On stage, Holness has performed in Rent, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Crazy for You, and Dreamgirls (as Deena Jones). Her most notable film credits include a featured dancer in Chicago (2002), Blues Brothers 2000 (1998), Always Be My Maybe (2019, as Kathy), The Art of Racing in the Rain (2019), and Torn: Dark Bullets (2020, as Imani Bell, for which she won the Best Actress Award at the Salt House Creative International Film Festival). On television she is best known as Blythe Ann Workman in The 100 (2019–2020, seasons 6–7), Ms. Diona in Make It Pop (2015–2016), Liz McKendra in Cashing In (2009–2014), with additional credits in Superman & Lois (2021), Firefly Lane (2022), A Million Little Things (2020), Lucifer (2016), Travelers (2016), Riverdale (2017), Once Upon a Time (2014), and Psych (2014). Beyond acting, she performs as a jazz singer with her bands Jazz Baby and Boogie Fever, the latter of which has played internationally at the Jamaican Jazz and Blues International Festival in Montego Bay.
Filmography
An Angel in My Stocking
Film · 2026
FIVE
Film · 2025
A Royal Montana Christmas
Film · 2025
The 13th Wife: Escaping Polygamy
Series · 2025
Confessions of a Cam Girl
Film · 2024
Woman of the Hour
Film · 2024
Confessions of a Christmas Letter
Film · 2024
Sight Unseen
Series · 2024
A Christmas Blessing
Film · 2023
Christmas of Yes
Film · 2023
Phantom Pups
Series · 2022
Billy the Kid
Series · 2022
The Christmas Promise
Film · 2021
Secrets of a Gold Digger Killer
Film · 2021
The 27-Hour Day
Film · 2021
A Cinderella Story: Starstruck
Film · 2021
A Whirlwind Wedding
Film · 2021
Superman & Lois
Series · 2021
Firefly Lane
Series · 2021
Torn: Dark Bullets
Film · 2020
Love Under the Olive Tree
Film · 2020
Picture Perfect Mysteries: Dead Over Diamonds
Film · 2020
Benchwarmers 2: Breaking Balls
Film · 2019
Always Be My Maybe
Film · 2019
Ruby Herring Mysteries: Silent Witness
Film · 2019
Chronicle Mysteries: The Wrong Man
Film · 2019
Chronicle Mysteries: Recovered
Film · 2019
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Film · 2019
Chronicle Mysteries: The Deep End
Film · 2019
Christmas Town
Film · 2019
Christmas at the Plaza
Film · 2019
My Mom's Letter from Heaven
Film · 2019
Made for You with Love
Film · 2019
Ruby Herring Mysteries: Her Last Breath
Film · 2019
Secret Millionaire
Film · 2018
Truly, Madly, Sweetly
Film · 2018
A Twist of Christmas
Film · 2018
Christmas on Holly Lane
Film · 2018
A Million Little Things
Series · 2018
Garage Sale Mystery: The Art of Murder
Film · 2017
Framed for Murder: A Fixer Upper Mystery
Film · 2017
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Higher Ground
Film · 2017
Campfire Kiss
Film · 2017
Murder, She Baked: Just Desserts
Film · 2017
Woman on the Run
Film · 2017
The Christmas Train
Film · 2017
Finding Santa
Film · 2017
A Rose for Christmas
Film · 2017
Bigger Fatter Liar
Film · 2017
Riverdale
Series · 2017
Date My Dad
Series · 2017
All Yours
Film · 2016
The Convenient Groom
Film · 2016
Mostly Ghostly 3: One Night in Doom House
Film · 2016
Stranger in the House
Film · 2016
Who Killed My Husband
Film · 2016
Every Christmas Has a Story
Film · 2016
Travelers
Series · 2016
Travelers
Series · 2016
Lucifer
Series · 2016
One Crazy Cruise
Film · 2015
Santa's Little Helper
Film · 2015
Make It Pop
Series · 2015
Recipe for Love
Film · 2014
Wedding Planner Mystery
Film · 2014
The Tree That Saved Christmas
Film · 2014
Til Death Do Us Part
Film · 2014
Corner Gas: The Movie
Film · 2014
The 100
Series · 2014
Finding Mrs. Claus
Film · 2012
Abducted: The Carlina White Story
Film · 2012
Arrow
Series · 2012
Arrow
Series · 2012
Level Up
Series · 2012
The Hunt for the I-5 Killer
Film · 2011
Donovan's Echo
Film · 2011
Once Upon a Time
Series · 2011
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
Series · 2010
Tower Prep
Series · 2010
Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts
Film · 2009
Trust
Film · 2009
Cashing In
Series · 2009
The Listener
Series · 2009
Tortured
Film · 2008
Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief
Film · 2008
jPod
Series · 2008
Fringe
Series · 2008
Twitches Too
Film · 2007
Destination: Infestation
Film · 2007
Air Buddies
Film · 2006
Psych
Series · 2006
Twitches
Film · 2005
Riverworld
Film · 2003
Jake 2.0
Series · 2003
Chicago
Film · 2002
Dead in a Heartbeat
Film · 2002
The Twilight Zone
Series · 2002
The Dead Zone
Series · 2002
Smallville
Series · 2001
Mutant X
Series · 2001
Smallville
Series · 2001
Rated X
Film · 2000
Special Delivery
Film · 2000
Out of Time
Film · 2000
The Ultimate Christmas Present
Film · 2000
Best Actress
Film · 2000
2gether: The Series
Series · 2000
Atomic Train
Series · 1999
Blues Brothers 2000
Film · 1998
First Wave
Series · 1998
Earth: Final Conflict
Series · 1997