Cynthia Preston, sometimes credited as Cyndy Preston (born May 18, 1968), is a Canadian actress.
Life and career
Preston was born in
Toronto
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,
Ontario
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. She made her screen debut in the 1986 television film ''Miles to Go...'' playing
Jill Clayburgh
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' daughter.
[ She appeared in a number of Canadian television dramas the following years, include '']Night Heat
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'', ''Diamonds
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'', '' The Hitchhiker'', and '' Street Legal''. She played the female leading roles in horror films ''Pin
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'' (1988), ' (1988), and '' Prom Night III: The Last Kiss'' (1989).
Preston starred in the 1994 award-winning comedy-drama film ''Whale Music ''Whale music'' is a term for whale sound. It may also refer to:
*''Whale Music'', a 1989 novel by Paul Quarrington
* ''Whale Music'' (film), a 1994 Canadian film based on the Quarrington novel
**''Music from the Motion Picture Whale Music'', the f ...
'' opposite Maury Chaykin
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Personal lif ...
. In 1999, she starred in the Showtime
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science fiction series ''Total Recall 2070
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'' alongside Michael Easton
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. The series was canceled after single season of 22 episodes. She guest-starred on ''The X-Files
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'', ''Andromeda
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'', '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', ''Two and a Half Men
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'', ''Bones
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'', '' Flashpoint'' and ''Hannibal
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''. From 2002 to 2005 she played Faith Rosco
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in the American daytime soap opera '' General Hospital''.Kimberly Peirce
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. She starred in a more than ten Lifetime
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* Lifetime (band), a rock band from New Jersey
* ''Life Time'' (Rollins Band album), by Rollins Band
* ...
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
References
External links
*
Biography of Cynthia Preston
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Canadian film actresses
Canadian soap opera actresses
Canadian television actresses
Canadian voice actresses
Living people
20th-century Canadian actresses
21st-century Canadian actresses
1968 births
Canadian expatriates in the United States