Paula Devicq

Paula Michelle Devicq (born July 7, 1965) is a Canadian actress, known for her role as Kirsten Bennett Thomas Salinger on the Golden Globe-winning television drama Party of Five, a role she played from 1994 to 2000.

Life and career

Devicq was born in Edmonton, Alberta. She starred in the short-lived but critically acclaimed A&E network series 100 Centre Street starring Alan Arkin and directed by Sidney Lumet. She then followed up with a recurring role on Rescue Me and earlier in her career starred in the TV movie Wounded Heart, an emotional drama set in Texas, where her role as a grownup daughter finding love on her return to her hometown to see her ailing father saw her give a strong performance as a woman struggling between two worlds of city and country. As a native of Edmonton and Vancouver, she practiced figure skating two hours before and after school each day. She appeared in the feature films Forbidden Love, with Andrew McCarthy and Richard Chamberlain, and Arbitrage, opposite Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon.

Filmography

• Party of Five as Kirsten Bennett (89 episodes, 1994–2000)
• Wounded Heart (1995) (TV) as Tracy Lance (credited as Paula DeVicq)
• Dinner and Driving (1997) as Laura
• Kill the Man (1999) as Vicki Livingston
• Runaway Bride (1999) as Paula
• 100 Centre Street as Cynthia Bennington (12 episodes, 2001–2002)
• The Breakup Artist (2004) as Teresa
• The Grid (2004) (TV mini-series) as Jane McCann (unknown episodes)
• The Coven (2004) (TV) as Kate Moore
• Rescue Me as Sondra (6 episodes, 2004–2005)
• His and Her Christmas (2005) (TV) as Vicki
• Law & Order as Miranda Shea (1 episode, 2005)
• Mr. Gibb (2006) as Holly Cooper
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Christine Mayfield (1 episode, 2007)
• Pinion (2008) as Lynn
• First Dog (2010) as Vicky Ann
• Forbidden Love (2011) as Jennifer
• A Gifted Man as Dr. Elizabeth Salinger (1 episode, 2011)
• Arbitrage (2011) as Cindy
• Making Angels (2012) as Lydia

References

External links

• Paula Devicq at the Internet Movie Database