Karyn Dwyer

Acting

Karyn Dwyer

Born 1975-03-22 · Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Karyn Elizabeth Dwyer, also known as Karen Dwyer or Karyn O'Dwyer (March 22, 1975 – September 25, 2018), was a Canadian actress. Her best known role is Maggie in the 1999 film Better Than Chocolate. Description above from the Wikipedia article Karyn Dwyer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

The Art of the Steal poster
6.2

Crunch Calhoun, a third-rate motorcycle daredevil and part-time art thief, teams up with his snaky brother to steal one of the most valuable books in the world. But it's not just about the book for Crunch — he's keen to rewrite some chapters of his own past as well.

The Art of the Steal

2013

Mars poster
4.4

In the future, Mars has been colonized. A martial artist arrives to investigate what happened to his brother. A powerful mining company is the prime suspect.

Mars

1998

Superstar poster
5.3

Orphan Mary Katherine Gallagher, an ugly duckling at St. Monica High School, has a dream: to be kissed soulfully. She decides she can realize this dream if she becomes a superstar, so her prayers, her fantasies and her conversations with her only friend focus on achieving super-stardom.

Superstar

1999

Cheaters poster
6.3

In the fall of 1994, a teacher at Chicago's run-down Steinmetz High conspires with the school's academic decathlon team to cheat on an academic competition.

Cheaters

2000

Thanks of a Grateful Nation poster
4.8

An examination of the aftermath of Desert Storm and how servicemen and women were affected by it medically.

Thanks of a Grateful Nation

1998

Better Than Chocolate poster
6.0

Not long after moving into her own place, Maggie finds herself with two unsolicited roommates: her recently divorced mother, Lila, and her young brother. The timing is especially bad, considering Maggie has fallen hard for an attractive woman, Kim, only hours before they move in. What could be a nonissue becomes increasingly complicated -- since Maggie's family is unaware of her sexual orientation, and Maggie is not open to sharing that information.

Better Than Chocolate

1999

The List poster
4.8

After being arrested for solicitation, a high-class prostitute threatens to make public a list of her best clients and someone resorts to murder to keep the list a secret. Meanwhile, the judge on the case struggles with his dilemma and one cop aims to find the killer.

The List

2000

Lethal Tender poster
4.2

Bad guys are poisoning drinking water, and there is only one man who can stop them, Jeff Fahey.

Lethal Tender

1997

The Paperboy poster
4.6

A homicidal twelve-year-old paperboy becomes obsessed with a woman and her daughter next-door, and he'll do anything to make his fantasy of the "perfect family" come alive.

The Paperboy

1994

The Life Before This poster
5.0

Several innocent persons are hurt after two robbers, fleeing from the police, run into a neighborhood cafe.

The Life Before This

1999

Boozecan poster
6.5

The owner of an after-hours bar dreams of opening a legitimate establishment.

Boozecan

1994

A Husband, a Wife and a Lover poster
3.6

When her cheating husband has a debilitating stroke, a woman invites her lover to move in with them.

A Husband, a Wife and a Lover

1996

Ecstasy poster
NR

While on her way home from a Rave, Stacey encounters God and is given a special mission. Not quite sure how to deal with this, she tries her best; losing friends and gaining converts before a final, miraculous event transforms her from average Rave Girl into Stacey of Suburbia.

Ecstasy

1999

End of Summer poster
3.9

An unmarried aristocrat resists the advances of the adventurous man whom she actually desires, causing him to turn his attentions to her new ward and a young maid.

End of Summer

1997

Dead by Monday poster
5.3

Dead by Monday is a darkly comic tale of love and death... but not necessarily in that order. Julie is a sweet, vulnerable young woman who lacks confidence and is obsessed with the memory of her dead husband whom she idealizes. Alex is an angry writer. Talented but unable to repeat the success of his first novel, he has nothing left to say. Or live for. He just wants to die. Fate introduces these two lost souls at the edge of a cliff. While picking flowers Julie accidentally falls off. Alex, who has come to blow his brains out, is interrupted by her cry for help, just before he pulls the trigger.

Dead by Monday

2001

The Stalking of Laurie Show poster
5.6

A teenage girl becomes entangled in a volatile relationship with a pair of high-school lovers.

The Stalking of Laurie Show

2000

No artwork available
10.0

Based on an excerpt from the award-winning play White Biting Dog by Judith Thompson. A young woman kills herself in an attempt to save her emotionally dysfunctional lover.

Pony

2002

No artwork available
4.0

Bad decisions and troubled relationships bleed over from real life into a writer's new screenplay.

A Trip To The Island

2015

The Right Way poster
4.7

Amy and David are two underachievers from suburbia. Amy has had a rough life raised by her neglectful drug addicted single mother. David has been raised in a more conventional family, but his lack of motivation has driven his father crazy. When Amy meets David it seems they both find what they are looking for. But when Amy gets pregnant, both Amy and David go through a personal and surreal crisis in making choices. Which leads them to decide if they should do it the right way or the wrong way?

The Right Way

2004

No artwork available
7.0

Life. Love. Glow-in-the-dark stars.

Ursa Major

1997

No artwork available
1.0

A woman seeks atonement from the people she meets on her walk across the city.

Burning, Burning

2016

Monster Mountain poster
6.7

When a young boy becomes lost on a deadly mountain, he soon finds himself battling mother nature and an evil monster in order to get home to his mom.

Monster Mountain

2012

No artwork available
NR

A project of the Provincial Advisory Council on the Status of Women, Newfoundland and Labrador, aimed at encouraging young women to consider non-traditional careers.

Down the Road

1990