Carolyn Dunn
Biography
Carolyn Dunn is a Canadian actress who is best known for her role as Sylvie Gerard in the television series Tropical Heat. She was born in Whitney Pier, Nova Scotia, Canada, on March 18, 1961. She began her acting career in the late 1970s, appearing in several television movies and miniseries. In 1985, she starred in the Canadian comedy series Head Office.
Dunn's breakthrough role came in 1989, when she was cast as Sylvie Gerard in Tropical Heat. The series, which was also known as Sweating Bullets in the United States, ran for four seasons and made Dunn a household name in Canada.
In addition to Tropical Heat, Dunn has appeared in several other television series, including The Outer Limits, Street Legal, and The X-Files. She has also starred in several films, including Breaking All the Rules, Charlie Grace, and The Death of Alice Blue.
In recent years, Dunn has focused on her career as a poet. She has published two collections of poetry, Outfoxing Coyote (2001) and Echolocation: Poems and Stories (2007). She is also a certified holistic health practitioner and owns an alternative medicine clinic in her hometown of Whitney Pier.
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Full filmography
- Earth: Final Conflict (1997) as Kimera Hologram
- Highlander: The Series (1992) as Nora Fontaine
- The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985) as Candi Miller
- The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985) as Alicia Barclay
- Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye (2002) as Julie Myers
- War of the Worlds (1988) as Debra
- War of the Worlds (1988) as Sarah Cole
- Charlie Grace (1995) as Martha
- Highlander: The Raven (1998) as Denise Grady
- Tropical Heat (1991) as Sylvie Girard
- The Hidden Room (1991) as Melanie
- The Jim Henson Hour (1989) as Rosalie
- The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer (1999)
- My Husband's Double Life (2001) as Sharon Baker
- Head Office (1985) as Yonge's Secretary
- Head Office (1985)
- Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1989) as Sally
- Thanks of a Grateful Nation (1998) as Sally Goodnight
- Suburban Madness (2004) as Ashley
- Breaking All the Rules (1985) as Debbie
- Sex, Lies & Obsession (2001) as Tiffany Sheldon
- Beware of Dog (2002)
- Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story (1994) as Nikki Amato
- Pretend You Don't See Her (2002) as Kitt Taylor