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Kelly Rowan (born October 26, 1965 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actress well known for her modelling career and her popular character Kirsten Cohen on the FOX TV series The O.C.

She began modelling in her college years to earn extra cash, becoming involved in acting while working in commercials. A graduate of Toronto's Northern Secondary School, as well as a graduate of the University of Western Ontario, Rowan began her acting career in 1980. Appearing in such movies as The Gate, Hook, Three to Tango, and A Girl Thing, Rowan remained a recognizable face without a well-known name for years, guest-starring in television shows such as The Outer Limits, Da Vinci's Inquest, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Dallas. In 1993 She won a Gemini award for her work in the TV-movie Adrift.

In 2002, Rowan guest-starred in three episodes of Boomtown, playing "Marian", the deceived wife of David McNorris (Neal McDonough). (She returned for one last episode in 2003). That same year, she was cast as Kirsten Cohen on the new FOX program, The O.C., alongside Peter Gallagher, Tate Donovan, Adam Brody and Melinda Clarke, with whom she appeared on an episode of CSI. She is a main character on The O.C., which returns for its fourth and last season in November 2006 on FOX.

Rowan has volunteered as an actress with the Young Storytellers Program. She has also starred in TV-husband Peter Gallagher's music video, Still I Long For Your Kiss, a song from his album 7 Days in Memphis, which was released in 2005.

Selected filmography

• The O.C. (2003 - present) (TV series)
• Three to Tango (1999)
• One Eight Seven (1997)
• Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995)
• Hook (1991)
• Another World (1964) (TV series) (1988)
• The Gate (1987)

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