Robyn Stevan

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.^[1]

Stevan developed an interest in acting in her last two years at Seaquam Secondary School in Delta, British Columbia.^[1] 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).^[2]

Stevan's performance in The Squamish Five brought her the Best Actor Award from the Atlantic Film Festival.^[3]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Fire with Fire	School Girl
1986	The Christmas Star	Waters Kid
1987	The Stepfather	Karen
1987	Shelley	Shelley
1988	Distant Thunder	Holly
1989	George's Island	Miss Plivder
1989	Bye Bye Blues	Frances Cooper
1990	Sylvan Lake Summer	Allison
1991	Stepping Out	Sylvia
1992	Giant Steps	Leslie
1994	Intersection	Step Magazine
1994	Paint Cans	Arundel Merton
1999	Free Fall	Polly James
1999	Pushing Tin	Sara

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Firefighter	Cindy's Sister	Television film
1987	21 Jump Street	Kim	Episode: "My Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades"
1987	The Little Match Girl	Lindsay Dutton	Television film
1988	Friday the 13th: The Series	Debbie Napier	Episode: "What a Mother Wouldn't Do"
1988	The Squamish Five	Julie Belmas	Television film
1988	9B	Donna Remple	4 episodes
1988, 1993	Street Legal	Various roles	2 episodes
1993	Counterstrike	Joanie	Episode: "Free to Kill"
1993	The Hidden Room	Amy	Episode: "My Sister's Keeper"
1993	Lifeline to Victory	Ivy	Television film
1994	Side Effects	Jane	Episode: "In Sickness and in Health"
1994	While Justice Sleeps	Marlene Perkins	Television film
1997	The Newsroom	Globe Reporter #3	Episode: "Unity"
1997	Elvis Meets Nixon	Karen	Television film
1998	Evidence of Blood	Luanne
1998	Due South	Mert	Episode: "Mojo Rising"
2003	The Piano Man's Daughter	Elizabeth Frejus	Television film

References

1. Elizabeth Aird, "Jesus of Montreal in near sweep: Vancouver actress wins a Genie award". Vancouver Sun, March 21, 1990.
2. "Japan beckons for local actresses: Acting a tonic for Robyn Stevan". Surrey Leader. Canada, British Columbia, Surrey. January 12, 1986. p. 27. Retrieved February 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Nicholls, Liz (September 9, 1993). "Keeping up with the Joans". Edmonton Journal. p. 33. Retrieved February 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

• Robyn Stevan at IMDb