Karyn Dwyer

Biography

Karyn Dwyer propelled Better Than Chocolate (1999) to one of Canadian film's top box office grosses and delivered a performance that prompted Internet voters to rate her lesbian love scenes the hottest ever. Better Than Chocolate (1999) ranked 31 on The Hollywood Reporter's list of best independent films that year. It won numerous awards and earned Karyn a loyal cult following. This Newfoundland native has gone on to play a diverse array of roles, large and small, in independent films. Karyn got her start in theater at age 10 when she starred in Theatre Newfoundland and Labrador's production of Alice In Wonderland. She went on to become a theater veteran and after high school made the long hike to Toronto to attend theater school. She worked with Molly Shannon and Will Ferrell in 'Lorne Michael's Superstar (1999) then gave heart wrenching performances in gritty short films like Pony (2002)and Dying Like Ophelia (2002)(Bravo! Network) by two time Governor General Award winning playwright, Judith Thompson. Karyn played to sold out audiences at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre starring opposite celebrated Canadian actor, 'R H Thompson' , in Exercises In Depravity. She played Juliet in Native Earth's Romeo and Juliet, Sooze in Eric Bogosian's Suburbia, wrote and starred in her hilarious one woman show Bad Girls at The Rivoli, and played Phoebe in As You Like It for the internationally acclaimed theater festival DuMaurier World Stage opposite Seana McKenna and Albert Schultz. The oldest of five siblings, Karyn lost her father to cancer when she was 9 and later her brother tragically passed away in 1999. She then spent the next three years advocating programs to fight her brother's illness before returning to feature film roles and starring in the 2004 feature The Right Way (2004) and guest starring in the award winning "This Is Wonderland" (2004) for her Better Than Chocolate (1999) director, Anne Wheeler. Although she seems to be more focused on her craft than her stardom, Karyn's exceptional ability to connect with audiences will always keep her in demand by directors concerned with talent and originality.