Wikipedia / Cynthia Preston
Wikipedia / Cynthia Preston
Cynthia Preston, sometimes credited as Cyndy Preston (born May 18, 1968), is a Canadian actress.
Life and career
Preston was born in Toronto, Ontario. She made her screen debut in the 1986 television film Miles to Go... playing Jill Clayburgh' daughter. She appeared in a number of Canadian television dramas the following years, include Night Heat, Diamonds, The Hitchhiker, and Street Legal. She played the female leading roles in horror films Pin (1988), The Brain (1988), and Prom Night III: The Last Kiss (1989).
Preston starred in the 1994 award-winning comedy-drama film Whale Music opposite Maury Chaykin. In 1999, she starred in the Showtime science fiction series Total Recall 2070 alongside Michael Easton. The series was canceled after single season of 22 episodes. She guest-starred on The X-Files, Andromeda, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Two and a Half Men, Bones, Flashpoint and Hannibal. From 2002 to 2005, she played Faith Rosco in the American daytime soap opera General Hospital.
Preston appeared in the 2013 supernatural horror film Carrie directed by Kimberly Peirce. She starred in more than ten Lifetime television movies, including The Love of Her Life (2008), Dead at 17 (2008), A Sister's Secret (2009), The Wife He Met Online (2012), A Nanny's Revenge (2012), The Secret Sex Life of a Single Mom (2014), Stalked by a Reality Star (2018), and The Cheerleader Escort (2019).
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1988 | Laura | ||
1988 | Ursula Linden | ||
1988 | Janet | ||
1990 | Sarah Monroe | ||
1991 | Melissa Tyler | ||
1994 | Claire Lowe | ||
1998 | Lydia | ||
1998 | Mary Kate | ||
1999 | Convergence | Ali Caine | |
2000 | Left-Overs | Beth | |
2001 | Living in Fear | Mary Hausman | |
2001 | Nikki Mayhew | ||
2003 | Amy | ||
2006 | Marsha McMillan | ||
2010 | Locked Away | Rachel | |
2013 | Eleanor Snell | ||
2013 | Only I... | Linda |
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1986 | Sally | Episode: "The Beginning of the Firm" | |
1986 | Miles to Go... | Jani Browning | Television film |
1986 | Sara | Episode: "There Goes the Bride" | |
1987 | Sally | Episode: "The Prodigious Hickey" | |
1987 | Episode: "Simon Says" | ||
1989 | Emergency Room | Melany Baker | Episode: "1.13" |
1989 | Episode: "Coming of Age" | ||
1989 | Stephanie | Episode: "The Dying Generation" | |
1989 | Jeanine Hudson | Episode: "Home" | |
1989 | Voice, 13 episodes | ||
1989-1990 | Grace Colwell, Stephanie | 2 episodes | |
1990 | Episode: "And the Winner Is..." | ||
1990 | Linda Slater | Episode: "Ripples in a Pond" | |
1990 | PennyStaci | Episode: "More Than Meets the Eye"Episode: "Ground Control" | |
1991 | Fiona Crossley | Episode: "The Truth" | |
1991 | Mina | Episode: "Double Time" | |
1991 | Jenny Lambert | Episode: "Return Visit" | |
1992 | Cindy Beck | Television film | |
1992 | Ann Foley | Episode: "Dance by the Light of the Moon" | |
1993 | Susan 'Sunflower' Sarandon | Episode: "Walking Tall" | |
1993 | Carolyn Beals | Episode: "Blindside" | |
1993 | Jackie | Episode: "Dreams About Water" | |
1994 | Jude O'Mally | Television film | |
1995 | Moira | Episode: "Elvis Has Left the Building" | |
1995 | Mina Link | Episode: "I, Robot" | |
1995 | Delores Holtz / Morning Star | Television film | |
1995 | Delores Holtz / Morning Star | Television film | |
1995 | Picture Windows | Daughter | Episode: "Armed Response" |
1998 | Ivy | Episode: "That Old Gang of Mine" | |
1998 | May Beth Andrews | Episode: "Paper Trail" | |
1998 | Nancy Aaronson | Episode: "Folie à Deux" | |
1999 | Hanna | Episode: "Flag Day" | |
2000 | Alana | Episode: "That's Amore" | |
2000 | Kate Johnson | Television film | |
2000 | Audrey | Episode: "Not the Pilot" | |
2001 | Erin Kelley | Television film | |
2002 | Liandra | Episode: "The Things We Cannot Change" | |
2002 | Waitress | Episode: "High and Low" | |
2002–2005 | Faith Roscoe | Recurring role | |
2004 | Monique | Episode: "Arctic Nights" | |
2005 | Heather | Episode: "A Sympathetic Crotch to Cry On" | |
2005 | Mrs. McHugh | Episode: "Toxin" | |
2007 | Til Lies Do Us Part | Jeanette | Television film |
2007 | Amelia Trattner | Episode: "The Widow's Son in the Windshield" | |
2008 | Allison Hagan | Television film | |
2008 | Constance | Television film | |
2008 | Dead at 17 | Julie | Television film |
2009 | Jane | Television film | |
2010 | Vanessa Stanley | Episode: "The Hand You're Dealt" | |
2011 | Virginia Meyers | Television film | |
2011 | Sue Fuller | Episode: "Through a Glass Darkly" | |
2012 | Jess | Television film | |
2012 | Vanessa Prince | Television film | |
2013 | Selene | Episode: "Sleeping Beauty School" | |
2014 | Tilda Spence | Episode: "Frame Job" | |
2014 | Ascension | Laura Enzmann | 2 episodes |
2017 | The Wrong Bed: Naked Pursuit | Emily | Television film |
2017 | Lindsay Rush | Episode: "Problem Child" | |
2018 | Stalked by a Reality Star | Linn | Television film |
2018 | Helen | Episode: "Match Game" | |
2018 | Blanche Dubois | Episode: "Black 22" | |
2019 | The Cheerleader Escort | Karen Talbot | Television film |
Television
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