---
name: "Karen Cliche"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/karen-cliche"
fi1m_id: "karen-cliche"
imdb_id: "nm0166566"
tmdb_id: 139419
wikidata_id: "Q262840"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "22 July 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 52
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-21T01:54:22.946191+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Karen Cliche

## Identity

Karen Cliche

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/karen-cliche
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** karen-cliche
- **IMDb ID:** nm0166566
- **TMDB ID:** 139419
- **Wikidata ID:** Q262840
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Cliche, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q262840, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0166566/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/139419

Actor. Born 22 July 1976 in Sept-Iles, Québec, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 22 July 1976, Sept-Iles, Québec, Canada
- **Active:** 2023–present
- **Also known as:** Карен Клише
- **Average Fi1m score:** 52, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Cliche, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q262840, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0166566/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/139419

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Thanksgiving*](https://film.one/film/thanksgiving.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Karen Cliche is a Canadian actress. She was born on 22 July 1976 in Sept-Îles, Québec, and began her screen career in the late 1990s after briefly studying psychology and working as a model.

Cliche has appeared in television series including *Vampire High*, *Adventure Inc.*, *Mutant X* (2001–2004) as Lexa Pierce, *Young Blades* and *Flash Gordon*. Film roles include Shelby in *Saw VI* (2009) and Kathleen in *Thanksgiving* (2023).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Ice Cream Man* (2026), Fi1m 34, as Alison — [page](https://film.one/film/ice-cream-man.md)
- *Thanksgiving* (2023), Fi1m 70, as Kathleen — [page](https://film.one/film/thanksgiving.md)

## Complete filmography (43)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ice Cream Man* (2026), as Alison — Fi1m 34, [page](https://film.one/film/ice-cream-man.md)
- *The Westies* (2026), series, as Lina Zaccaro
- *Kidnapping My Own Daughter* (2026), as Janet
- *Vicious* (2025), as Reader
- *Racewalkers* (2025), as Desiree
- *Thanksgiving* (2023), as Kathleen — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/thanksgiving.md)
- *Abducted on Prom Night* (2023), as Shawna McCann
- *Deadly Estate* (2023), as Valeria Brandt
- *Gwen Shamblin: Starving for Salvation* (2023), as Natasha
- *Galentine's Day Nightmare* (2021), as Margaret Coleman
- *Turkey Drop* (2019), as Darcy
- *The Black Widow Killer* (2018), as Alice Evans / Shannon Collins
- *Killer Mom* (2017), as Jessica
- *A Wish Come True* (2015), as Kate Moore
- *Beauty and the Beast* (2012), series, as Agent Kerry Duffy
- *Lost Girl* (2010), series, as Diana Clare
- *Republic of Doyle* (2010), series, as Molly Higgins
- *Saw VI* (2009), as Shelby
- *Flash Gordon* (2007), series, as Baylin
- *'Til Death Do Us Part* (2007), series, as Vicky Milford
- *The Dresden Files* (2007), series, Actor
- *Runaway* (2006), series, as Erin Baxter
- *Lotto 6/66* (2006), as Lotto Hostess
- *The Business* (2006), series, Actor
- *Flirting with Danger* (2006), as Ellen Antonelli
- *Young Blades* (2005), series, Actor
- *I Do (but I Don't)* (2004), as Darla Tedanski
- *Dorian* (2003), as Christine
- *Tunnel* (2002), as Woman on Train
- *Adventure Inc.* (2002), series, as Mackenzie Previn
- *Steal* (2002), as Alex
- *Galidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension* (2002), series, as Lind
- *Summer* (2002), as Stefanie
- *Protection* (2001), as Savannah
- *Mutant X* (2001), series, as Lexa Pierce
- *Vampire High* (2001), series, Actor
- *All Souls* (2001), series, Actor
- *Largo Winch* (2001), series, as Danielle Dessaultels
- *Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde* (2000), as Muriel
- *Race Against Time* (2000), as Irina
- *The Collectors* (1999), as Kate
- *Big Wolf on Campus* (1999), series, as Kim Wilson, Princess Tristan
- *The Bookie & the Bruiser*, as Vivian

## Gallery

- ![Karen Cliche](https://film.one/media/person/15488/gallery-55c0a0cf1bfe.jpg) Karen Cliche — Super Festivals, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Karen_Cliche_Photo_Op_Nightmare_Weekend_Chicago_2025.jpg/1280px-Karen_Cliche_Photo_Op_Nightmare_Weekend_Chicago_2025.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Karen Cliche](https://film.one/media/person/15488/gallery-02bb15f58490.jpg) Karen Cliche — Image via TMDB

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