Kathleen Robertson is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Clare Arnold in Beverly Hills, 90210

Beverly Hills, 90210

Beverly Hills, 90210 is an American drama series that originally aired from October 4, 1990 to May 17, 2000 on Fox and was produced by Spelling Television in the United States, and subsequently on various networks around the world. It is the first series in the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise...

(1994–1997).

Career

Robertson started taking acting classes when she was ten, and had roles in local theater productions. Her first television guest appearances were in My Secret Identity

My Secret Identity

My Secret Identity is a Canadian television series starring Jerry O'Connell and Derek McGrath. Originally broadcast from September 1, 1988 to May 1, 1991 on CTV in Canada, the series also aired in syndication in the United States.-Synopsis:...

and E.N.G.

E.N.G.

E.N.G. is a Canadian television drama, following the staff of a fictional Toronto television news station . The show aired on CTV from 1988 to 1994...

. She then appeared in Maniac Mansion

Maniac Mansion (TV Series)

Maniac Mansion is a Canadian science fiction/family sitcom very loosely based on the LucasArts video game of the same name.The series, filmed entirely in Toronto, Ontario, was produced by Atlantis Films for The Family Channel in the United States and YTV in Canada, and aired for three complete...

from 1990–1993, playing Tina Edison, the eldest of three children of Dr. Fred Edison (Joe Flaherty). She did not debut on the big screen until her small role in the Brenton Spencer film Blown Away

Blown Away (1992 film)

Blown Away is a 1992 erotic thriller film starring Corey Haim, Nicole Eggert and Corey Feldman.- Plot :After her mother dies in a car accident, 17 year-old Megan lives a reckless lifestyle. She begins a relationship with Rich , who works at her father's ski resort...

. She was cast as Clare Arnold in Beverly Hills, 90210

Beverly Hills, 90210

Beverly Hills, 90210 is an American drama series that originally aired from October 4, 1990 to May 17, 2000 on Fox and was produced by Spelling Television in the United States, and subsequently on various networks around the world. It is the first series in the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise...

, and played the role from 1994 to 1997. Her ex-boyfriend, director Gregg Araki

Gregg Araki

Gregg Araki is an American independent filmmaker. He is involved in New Queer Cinema.-Early life:Araki was born in Los Angeles but grew up in Santa Barbara, California...

, cast her in the lead of two of his films, Nowhere

Nowhere (film)

Nowhere is a 1997 film by director and screenwriter Gregg Araki. It stars James Duval and Rachel True as Dark and Mel, a bisexual teen couple who are both sexually promiscuous....

(1997) and Splendor

Splendor (1999 film)

Splendor is a film directed by Gregg Araki starring Kathleen Robertson, Johnathon Schaech, Matt Keeslar, Kelly Macdonald and Eric Mabius. The film narrates the lives of the characters Veronica Abel and Zed , and how a relationship forms between these three characters that is equivalent to a...

(1999).

In 2011, she assumed the role of Kitty O'Neill, Tom Kane's personal aide alongside Kelsey Grammer in the Starz original series Boss

Boss (TV series)

Boss is an American-Canadian political drama television series created by Farhad Safinia. The series stars Kelsey Grammer as Tom Kane, the mayor of Chicago, who has recently been diagnosed with a degenerative neurological disorder....

.

Personal life

Robertson was born in Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...

. She attended Hillfield Strathallan College

Hillfield Strathallan College

Hillfield Strathallan College is a Canadian private, co-educational day school in Hamilton, Ontario. The academic program runs from Junior Kindergarten or Montessori, until Grade 12. The current headmaster is Mr...

, a local private school.

She gave birth to her first child, a son named William Robert Cowles, on July 9, 2008 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Originally established as Kaspare Cohn Hospital in 1902, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a non-profit, tertiary 958-bed hospital and multi-specialty academic health science centre located in Los Angeles, California, US. Part of the Cedars-Sinai Health System, the hospital employs a staff of over...

 in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

. He is the first child for Kathleen and her husband, Chris Cowles.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1985	Left Out Left Out Left Out was a Chicago, Illinois Christian punk band that was active from 1995 to 2002 and has recently returned to touring as of October 2010.-Formation:...
1988	My Secret Identity My Secret Identity My Secret Identity is a Canadian television series starring Jerry O'Connell and Derek McGrath. Originally broadcast from September 1, 1988 to May 1, 1991 on CTV in Canada, the series also aired in syndication in the United States.-Synopsis:...
1990	C.B.C.'s Magic Hour	Cynthia Bundy
1990	Maniac Mansion Maniac Mansion (TV Series) Maniac Mansion is a Canadian science fiction/family sitcom very loosely based on the LucasArts video game of the same name.The series, filmed entirely in Toronto, Ontario, was produced by Atlantis Films for The Family Channel in the United States and YTV in Canada, and aired for three complete...	Tina Edison
1992	Blown Away Blown Away (1992 film) Blown Away is a 1992 erotic thriller film starring Corey Haim, Nicole Eggert and Corey Feldman.- Plot :After her mother dies in a car accident, 17 year-old Megan lives a reckless lifestyle. She begins a relationship with Rich , who works at her father's ski resort...	Darla
1992	Lapse of Memory	Patrick
1992	Liar's Edge	Bobby Swaggart
1992	Quiet Killer	Sara Dobbs
1993	Survive the Night	Julie
1993	The Hidden Room	Anne Morrison
1994	In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance	Susan Williams
1994	Heaven Help Us Heaven Help Us Heaven Help Us is a 1985 comedy-drama film.Heaven Help Us may also refer to:*"Heaven Help Us", a song by Cirith Ungol from Paradise Lost*"Heaven Help Us", a song by My Chemical Romance, a B-side of the single "Welcome to the Black Parade"...
1994-1997	Beverly Hills, 90210 Beverly Hills, 90210 Beverly Hills, 90210 is an American drama series that originally aired from October 4, 1990 to May 17, 2000 on Fox and was produced by Spelling Television in the United States, and subsequently on various networks around the world. It is the first series in the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise...	Clare Arnold Characters of Beverly Hills, 90210 The following is a list of characters from the first series of the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise.-Main cast:*Jennie Garth portrays Kelly Taylor, the gradual main character who appears throughout the entirety of the series , maturing from "spoiled teen vixen to grounded 25-year-old." Kelly endured...
1995	Burke's Law Burke's Law Burke's Law is a detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud...	Tracy Bird
1997	Nowhere Nowhere (film) Nowhere is a 1997 film by director and screenwriter Gregg Araki. It stars James Duval and Rachel True as Dark and Mel, a bisexual teen couple who are both sexually promiscuous....	Lucifer
1998	I Woke Up Early the Day I Died I Woke Up Early The Day I Died I Woke Up Early The Day I Died is a camp comedy film written by Edward D. Wood, Jr.. The film, directed by Aris Iliopulos, stars Billy Zane, Tippi Hedren, Ron Perlman, and Christina Ricci, among many others.-Production:...	Ticket Girl
1998	Dog Park Dog Park (film) Dog Park is a 1998 American/Canadian romantic comedy film written and directed by Bruce McCulloch.-Plot:Andy, is a writer for newspaper classifieds who has been bouncing from relationship to relationship since eighth grade. Throughout the film, he loses custody of his dog when his girlfriend,...	Cheryl
1999	Splendor Splendor (1999 film) Splendor is a film directed by Gregg Araki starring Kathleen Robertson, Johnathon Schaech, Matt Keeslar, Kelly Macdonald and Eric Mabius. The film narrates the lives of the characters Veronica Abel and Zed , and how a relationship forms between these three characters that is equivalent to a...	Veronica
2000	Psycho Beach Party Psycho Beach Party Psycho Beach Party is a 2000 Comedy horror film based on the off-Broadway play of the same name, directed by Robert Lee King. Charles Busch wrote both the original play and the screenplay...	Rhonda
2000	Beautiful	Wanda Love
2003	Speaking of Sex	Grace
2001	Scary Movie 2 Scary Movie 2 Scary Movie 2 is a 2001 parody film. It is the second film of the Scary Movie franchise. Though part of the first Scary Movies tagline read "...No sequel," this film's tagline compensated by adding "We lied"....	Theo
2001	I Am Sam I Am Sam I Am Sam is a 2001 American drama film written and directed by Jessie Nelson, and starring Sean Penn as a father with a developmental disability, Dakota Fanning as his inquisitive seven-year-old daughter, and Michelle Pfeiffer as his lawyer...	Big Boy Waitress
2002	XX/XY XX/XY XX/XY is a 2002 American romantic drama film starring Mark Ruffalo, Kathleen Robertson and Maya Stange. The film is a romantic drama written and directed by Austin Chick, the title referring to the different chromosome pairings present in men and women. It was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at...	Thea
2002	Wilhelm, Wilhem, Where art Thou Wilhelm	Prudence St. Claire
2002	Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story	Evelyn Dick
2002	Girls Club Girls Club girls club is an American television series created by David E. Kelley that was shown on Fox in the United States in October 2002. It is often compared to Ally McBeal, another series created by Kelley, which ended in May 2002.-Plot:...	Jeanie Falls
2003	I Love Your Work I Love Your Work I Love Your Work is an American psychological thriller film completed in 2003 and released theatrically in 2005. The film was directed by Adam Goldberg and written by Goldberg and Adrian Butchart. An indictment of celebrity culture, it was not a commercial success. The cast includes Giovanni...	Swoop Journalist
2003	In the Dark	Rachel Speller
2004	Mall Cop	Donna
2004	Until the Night Until the Night "Until the Night" is a song written by Billy Joel and included on his album 52nd Street, released in 1978. The single reached #50 on the UK Singles Chart....	Elizabeth
2004	Control Control (2004 film) Control is a 2004 direct-to-video movie. It was produced by an American production company, but was filmed in Bulgaria.-Synopsis:Oliver is a death row inmate who is given a lethal injection before a room of witnesses. He awakes in the morgue to find that he had only been administered saline and...	Eden Ross
2005	Law & Order: Criminal Intent Law & Order: Criminal Intent Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it was also primarily produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and René Balcer, the series premiered on September 30, 2001, as the second spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama...	Darla Pearson
2006	Last Exit Last Exit (2006 film) Last Exit is a Canadian action / drama television movie starring Kathleen Robertson and Andrea Roth.-Plot:One single mother barely supporting her handicapped son, and the other, a working mom precariously balancing her family with a high-pressure career – on one extraordinary day. Each woman's life...	Beth Welland
2006	The Business The Business (TV series) The Business is a Canadian television series, which airs on The Movie Network in Canada and IFC in the United States.The plot of the show centres on Vic Morgan , an adult film director of a low-budget softcore pornographic series similar to Girls Gone Wild...	Julia Sullivan
2006	Hollywoodland	Carol Van Ronkel
2007	Tin Man Tin Man (TV miniseries) Tin Man is a 2007 four and a half hour miniseries co-produced by RHI Entertainment and Sci Fi Channel original pictures that was broadcast in the United States on the Sci Fi Channel in three parts. The first part aired on December 2, and the remaining two parts airing on the following nights...	Azkadellia
2007	Medium Medium (TV series) Medium is an American television drama series that premiered on NBC on January 3, 2005, and ended on CBS on January 21, 2011. Themed on supernatural gifts, its lead character, Allison DuBois , is a medium employed as a consultant for the Phoenix, Arizona district attorney's office...	Dianne
2008	Player 5150	Elly
2008	Static	Lee
2009	Not Since You	Amy
2010	CSI: Miami CSI: Miami CSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....	Kayla Pennington
2011	Rookie Blue	Leslie Atkins
2011	Boss Boss (TV series) Boss is an American-Canadian political drama television series created by Farhad Safinia. The series stars Kelsey Grammer as Tom Kane, the mayor of Chicago, who has recently been diagnosed with a degenerative neurological disorder....	Kitty O'Neil

External links

• Kathleen Robertson at Allmovie