Kathleen Robertson

Kathleen Robertson is a Canadian actress.

Robertson was born in Hamilton, Ontario. She began acting when she was 10, launching a television and film career in Canada. During this time, she attended Hillfield Strathallan College, a local private school. Her first continuing series was in the Canadian television program Maniac Mansion, from 1990-1993. She played Tina Edison, the eldest of three children and daughter to Dr. Fred Edison. She did not debut on the big screen until her small role in the Brenton Spencer film Blown Away. She was cast as Clare Arnold in Beverly Hills, 90210, where she started appearing in 1994 and remained a series regular until 1997. Her ex-boyfriend, director Gregg Araki, cast her in the lead of two of his films, Nowhere and Splendor. She gave birth to her first child, a son named William Robert Cowles, on July 9, 2008 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He is the first child for Kathleen and her husband, Chris Cowles.