Karen Sillas

Karen Sillas
Karen Sillas
Born	New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Spouses	; Peter Stormare; (m. 1989; div. 2006) ; Ivan Menchell; (m. 2007)
Children	2

Karen Sillas (/ˈsɪləs/) is an American stage and film actress.

Early life[edit]

The daughter of a Greek father and a Swedish mother, Sillas was born in Brooklyn.^[1] She graduated from the Acting Conservatory of the State University of New York at Purchase.

Career[edit]

Sillas appeared in Hal Hartley's 1992 film Simple Men. In 1994, she starred in What Happened Was..., which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and launched Sillas into primetime television.^{[citation needed]} In CBS's critically acclaimed^[2]^[3] detective series Under Suspicion, Sillas portrayed Rose Phillips, the only female detective in an otherwise male-dominated squad room.^[4] Sillas and Tom Noonan appeared in a virtual interview conducted by the film critic Sheila O'Malley, hosted by Film Forum, February 9, 2021, discussing the re-release of the digitized version of What Happened Was... on Film Forum's YouTube channel.^[5]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Kid	Patsy	Short film
1987	The Cartographer's Girlfriend		Short film
1990	Trust	Nurse Paine
1991	Liebestraum	Nurse #3
1992	Simple Men	Kate
1994	What Happened Was...	Jackie Marsh
1994	Risk	Maya
1995	Flirt	Doctor Clint
1996	Female Perversions	Renee
1998	Sour Grapes	Joan
1998	Reach the Rock	Donna
1999	Bad Money	Jan Wells
2014	Ned Rifle	Alice Gardner
2015	Stuff	Trish Murdoch
2021	T11 Incomplete	Kate Murphy

Television[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Monsters	Ellen	Episode: Bug House, TV series
1994	Law & Order	Cynthia Thomas	1 Episode: TV series
1994	Under Suspicion	Detective Rose Phillips	TV series 1994-1995
1996	The Beast	Lt. Kathryn Marcus	TV movie
1997	Night Sins	Dr. Hannah Garrison	TV movie
1997	Lies He Told	Alyson Haywood	TV movie
1999	The Sopranos	Debbie	Nobody Knows Anything: TV series
2003	CSI Miami	Belle King	Dead Woman Walking: TV series
2004	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Beth Landau	Consumed: TV series
2005	Wanted	Mariah Belichek	TV series

References[edit]

^ Brady, James (April 2, 1995). "In Step with: Karen Sillas". Wisconsin State Journal. Wisconsin, Madison. Parade Magazine. p. 140. Retrieved June 22, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Jicha, Tom (September 16, 1994). "'Under Suspicion' Is A Prime Concept". Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
^ Tucker, Ken (September 23, 1994). "TV Review: Under Suspicion". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
^ Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 1127. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
^ "WHAT HAPPENED WAS... Virtual Q&A with Filmmaker Tom Noonan and Actress Karen Sillas". YouTube. February 9, 2021. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved September 23, 2021.

External links[edit]

[wsj-1] Brady, James (April 2, 1995). "In Step with: Karen Sillas". Wisconsin State Journal. Wisconsin, Madison. Parade Magazine. p. 140. Retrieved June 22, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.

[2] Jicha, Tom (September 16, 1994). "'Under Suspicion' Is A Prime Concept". Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved March 3, 2011.

[3] Tucker, Ken (September 23, 1994). "TV Review: Under Suspicion". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 3, 2011.

[etvs-4] Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 1127. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.

[5] "WHAT HAPPENED WAS... Virtual Q&A with Filmmaker Tom Noonan and Actress Karen Sillas". YouTube. February 9, 2021. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved September 23, 2021.

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