Kylie Bunbury
Kylie Bunbury | |
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Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada [1] | January 30, 1989
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2010–present |
Spouse |
Jon-Ryan Alan Riggins
(m. 2020) |
Children | 2[2] |
Father | Alex Bunbury |
Relatives | Teal Bunbury (brother) Mataeo Bunbury (brother) |
Kylie Bunbury (born January 30, 1989)[3][4] is a Canadian-American actress.
Life
[edit]Bunbury was born in Montreal, Canada, to Kristi Novak[5] and Alex Bunbury, a soccer player. Her father is Guyanese-Canadian and her mother is an American of Polish and Swedish descent. She spent her childhood in England (for two years), Madeira, Portugal (for seven years) and Prior Lake, Minnesota, US. She considers Prior Lake home.[6] She has three younger brothers: Teal, Mataeo, and Logan.[7][8][9]
Bunbury became engaged to Jon-Ryan Alan Riggins on April 8, 2018.[10] They married on January 1, 2020.[11] Her pregnancy was announced in June 2021,[12] and their son was born on December 6, 2021.[13] On November 4, 2024, she gave birth to their daughter.
Career
[edit]Bunbury originally worked as a model, and began acting at her agency's suggestion.[5][14] She landed her first role as Kathleen in Days of Our Lives for one episode.[14] She also had roles in Prom and The Sitter.[14] Bunbury portrayed Eva in the science fiction CBS television series Under the Dome.[15] Bunbury starred in the Fox drama series Pitch, where she portrayed the (fictional) first female player in Major League Baseball. Pitch was canceled by Fox after one season on May 1, 2017.[16][17][18]
Bunbury starred as Angie Richardson in the Netflix miniseries When They See Us, which premiered on May 31, 2019.[19]
In 2020, Bunbury was in the main cast[20] for the Peacock adaptation of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. The series was cancelled after one season. That same year, she began playing Cassie Dewell in the ABC crime drama series Big Sky.[21]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2011 | Prom | Jordan Lundley | |
The Sitter | Roxanne | ||
2014 | No Kid-ing! | Lauren | Short film |
2018 | Game Night | Michelle Sterling | |
2020 | Eat Wheaties! | Allison | |
2021 | Warning | Anna |
Television
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2010 | Days of Our Lives | Kathleen | Episode: #1.11388 |
2013–2014 | Twisted | Lacey Porter | Main role; 19 episodes |
2015 | Under the Dome | Eva Sinclair / Dawn Sinclair-Barbara | Main role (season 3); 13 episodes |
Tut | Suhad | Television mini-series | |
2016 | Pitch | Genevieve "Ginny" Baker | Lead role; 10 episodes |
2017 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Detective Devin Holiday | Episode: "Chasing Demons" |
2018 | Robot Chicken | Helga Pataki / Oscar's Mom / Girl (voices) | Episode: "Jew No. 1 Opens a Treasure Chest" |
Get Christie Love | Christie Love | TV film | |
2019 | When They See Us | Angie Richardson | Main role, 4 episodes |
2020 | The Twilight Zone | Claudia | Episode: "Try, Try" |
Brave New World | Frannie Crowne | Main role | |
2020–2023 | Big Sky | Cassie Dewell | Lead role |
References
[edit]- ^ "Montreal's Kylie Bunbury on 'Pitch' role". toronto.com. September 21, 2016. Archived from the original on September 27, 2022. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
- ^ https://www.instagram.com/p/C9k2fXrymkB/?img_index=10
- ^ "Siblings Teal and Kylie Bunbury rising stars in soccer and Hollywood". Espn.go.com.
- ^ "Twitter / MadelaineHasson: ⓗⓐⓟⓟⓨ". Twitter.com. January 30, 2013. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
- ^ a b "Kylie Bunbury Details New Disney Starring Role "PROM" (Interview with Kylie Bunbury)". Bossip. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
- ^ "Fall TV's breakout star — 'Pitch's' Kylie Bunbury — has Minnesota roots". Twin Cities. September 16, 2016. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
- ^ "Schaerlaeckens: Teal Bunbury follows in father's footsteps". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
- ^ The Bunbury Bunch: Soccer's Most Talented Family?, retrieved January 16, 2023
- ^ "Kylie Bunbury on Instagram: "Favorite photo of my mom and I (& baby Logan in her belly) when we lived in Madeira, Portugal 🇵🇹 Mom, thank you for your love that is unconditional, absolute and profound. Beijinhos para a minha mãe 😘🌹 I love you"". Instagram. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
- ^ "Kylie Bunbury Is Engaged to Jon-Ryan Alan Riggins!". Entertainment Tonight. April 10, 2018.
- ^ "Taylor Cole and Cameron Larson, Plus More Celeb Weddings of 2020". Us Weekly. January 1, 2020.
- ^ "Big Sky Star Kylie Bunbury Announces She's Pregnant: 'Life is a Series of Awakenings'". People.com. June 22, 2021.
- ^ "Big Sky's Kylie Bunbury Welcomes First Baby, Son Rumi Walker: "Unimaginable Love"". People.com. December 15, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
- ^ a b c "Minnesota model/actress Kylie Bunbury's career is right in focus". twincities.com. March 5, 2011. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
- ^ "Kylie Bunbury Joins 'Under The Dome'; Nic Bishop In 'Dominion'". Deadline Hollywood. February 26, 2015. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
- ^ "Fox releases promo trailer for 'Pitch,' about first female in MLB". nydailynews.com. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
- ^ "Fox Teams With MLB on Female Baseball Drama 'Pitch'". hollywoodreporter.com. March 30, 2016. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
- ^ "Baseball drama 'Pitch' gets the hook at Fox". usatoday.com. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
- ^ Patten, Dominic (March 1, 2019). "Ava DuVernay's 'Central Park Five' Gets Netflix Debut Date, New Name + Teaser". Deadline.
- ^ "Brave New World Arrives In The Future It Predicted". New York Times. July 13, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (March 3, 2020). "Kylie Bunbury To Headline David E. Kelley's PI Drama Series 'The Big Sky' On ABC". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
External links
[edit]- 1989 births
- Living people
- Actresses from Hamilton, Ontario
- American film actresses
- Canadian people of Guyanese descent
- Canadian expatriates in Portugal
- American television actresses
- People from Prior Lake, Minnesota
- Actresses from Minnesota
- American people of Guyanese descent
- Canadian film actresses
- Canadian television actresses
- 21st-century Canadian actresses
- 21st-century American actresses
- 21st-century African-American actresses
- Canadian emigrants to the United States
- Black Canadian actresses