Colleen Rennison (born
December 2,
1987) is a
Canadian singer/songwriter and actress of feature films, television movies and television series.
Career
Colleen Rennison, of Irish/French descent, was born to Pat and Cecilia Rennison and was raised in
Vancouver,
British Columbia. She began her acting career with a role in the Canadian indie film
Max in 1994. This was closely followed by appearances in a handful of television movies and a guest-starring role on the television series
The Outer Limits.
Carpool, starring
Tom Arnold,
David Paymer and
Rachel Leigh Cook, was her first major American feature. Shortly after she landed a role in the
John Dahl-directed
Unforgettable with
Ray Liotta and
Linda Fiorentino, followed by
The Story of Us (1999), directed by
Rob Reiner and featuring
Bruce Willis and
Michelle Pfeiffer, in which she portrays their daughter Erin. Her next major role was playing
Minnie Driver as a young girl in the film
Beautiful, directed by
Sally Field, also starring
Joey Lauren Adams and
Kathleen Turner.
Rennison continued to work on more Canadian projects such as the short lived but critically acclaimed
These Arms of Mine for
CBC, which landed her a
Gemini Award nomination, and the
Emmy Award winning casting director
Coreen Mayrs' independent film
A Feeling Called Glory (based on the short story "
The Presbyterian Sidewalk" by
Barbara Gowdy), for which Rennison won a Gemini in 2001, making her the youngest ever winner at 13. Most recently Rennison has appeared in the films
American Venus,
Boot Camp with
Mila Kunis, and
What Goes Up starring
Hillary Duff,
Steve Coogan and
Molly Shannon. Rennison has also appeared in the television series
Highlander: The Series,
Poltergeist: The Legacy,
Millennium, and
The Sentinel. She appeared twice on
Stargate SG-1, once playing
Cassandra.
[Gateworld Interviews: Colleen Rennison]
