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Carolyn Dunn profile
Actor

Carolyn Dunn

Acting

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Acting credits

33

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Large and steady acting portfolio.

TMDB popularity

0.9

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Movies: 24Series: 9

TMDB ID: 1243270

IMDb ID: nm0242523

Known for: Acting

Born: March 18, 1961

Age: 64

Place of birth: Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1985 - 2018

Years active: 34

Average TMDB rating: 6.46

Wikidata: Q16238725

Also known as

Caroline 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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