Jessica Steen (born December 19, 1965) is a Canadian actress in both film and television, who may be best known for her recurring role as Lisa Stillman, on the CBC primetime drama series Heartland (2007–present).

Jessica Steen
Steen at The Heart Truth celebrity fashion show in 2012
Born (1965-12-19) December 19, 1965 (age 59)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
OccupationActress
Years active1981–present

Personal life

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Jessica Steen was born in Toronto, Ontario, the daughter of Joanna Noyes, an actress, and Jan Steen, a director and actor.[1] She is of Dutch and Scottish ancestry.

Steen is an environmentalist and animal rights supporter. She supports David Suzuki, the World Society for the Protection of Animals and the Western Canadian Wilderness Committee, among others. She is a certified diver, and is skilled at several circus arts – including stilt-walking, and fire-twirling.[citation needed]

Career

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In 1987, Steen was in the main cast of the syndicated series Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future, which lasted one year. For her performance in the Captain Power episode, "Judgment", she was nominated for the Gemini Award in the "Best Performance by a Lead Actress in a Continuing Dramatic Role"[citation needed] category in 1988. In 1987, she played Tracy Steelgrave on Wiseguy.

While based in Toronto,[citation needed] Steen appeared on Canadian series and in American made-for-TV movies. In 1991, shortly after relocating to New York,[citation needed] she was cast on the soap opera Loving. She was in the main cast for the two season run of the series Homefront.

 
Steen at the Armageddon premiere, 1998

In 1994, she was cast as Dr. Julia Heller, a genetically enhanced doctor, in the science fiction series Earth 2. The show was canceled in 1995, after which Steen appeared in single episodes of various series, including The Outer Limits, ER, Murder One, Due South and Touched by an Angel. In 1994, she won the "Best Actress" Gemini Award, for her portrayal of Nora in the TV movie, Small Gifts.

In 1997, she was cast as District Attorney Elizabeth Gardner in the movie Trial & Error. Her performance earned a positive review from Roger Ebert on his syndicated show, Siskel & Ebert.[citation needed]

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer recommended[citation needed] her for the role of the shuttle pilot in 1998's Armageddon because he remembered her portrayal of Cpl. Jennifer 'Pilot' Chase in Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future. In 2004 Steen played Dr. Elizabeth Weir in "Lost City", the two-part finale of season 7 of Stargate SG-1. In Stargate Atlantis, where the character was a main cast role, she was replaced by Torri Higginson. She played lead roles in Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice and the Disney TV movies Smart House and Principal Takes a Holiday.

She played Myra Teal in "Mr. Monk and the Billionaire Mugger", a 2002 episode of Monk. She played a recurring character on the CBS crime drama NCIS, that of Special Agent Paula Cassidy, from 2004 to 2007.[2] In the fall of 2007 she appeared in a multi-episode role on the Canadian series, jPod. That same year, she appeared in the third episode of a new Canadian series, Heartland;[3] as of 2024, the 18th season of the series Heartland, Steen continues to appear in the recurring role of Lisa Stillman.

Between 2009 and 2012, Steen had a recurring role as Strategic Response Unit Constable Donna Sabine, on the police drama Flashpoint. In 2010, she was nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series,[citation needed] for her appearances in Clean Hands and The Perfect Family. She was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award in the category of Best Performance in a Guest Role, Dramatic Series for Flashpoint episode A New Life[citation needed] in 2013.

Between 2018 and 2020, Steen made several appearances in various Hallmark and Lifetime made-for-TV movies: A Midnight Kiss, Matching Hearts, Chateau Christmas, The Babysitter aka The Baby Monitor Murders, and Stolen by My Mother: The Kamiyah Mobley Story.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1981 Threshold Tracy Vrain
1983 Gentle Sinners Donna
1986 A Judgment in Stone Melinda Coverdale
1986 Flying Carly Simmons
1987 John and the Missus Faith
1989 Sing Hannah Gottschalk
1990 Still Life: The Fine Art of Murder Nellie Ambrose
1996 Dog Watch Janet Video
1997 Trial and Error Elizabeth Gardner
1998 Armageddon Co-Pilot Jennifer Watts
1999 Question of Privilege Andrea Roberts
2000 The Ride Home Clara Short film
2001 Apocalypse IV: Judgment Victoria Thorne
2002 Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice Jessie Dage Video
2003 Flip Phone Sue Short film
2005 Chaos Karen Cross
2005 Left Behind: World at War Carolyn Miller
2008 Transit Lounge Roberta Short film
2013 The Sound of Willie Nelson's Guitar Karen Short Film

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1983 Hangin' In Darcy Episode: "I've Got a Secret"
1983 SCTV Channel College Student Episode: "It's a Wonderful Film"
1984 When We First Met Gail Pennoyer TV movie
1984 The Edison Twins Elaine Episode: "Enemy of Weston"
1985 Workin' for Peanuts Mellisa Stotts TV movie
1985 Home Free Daughter TV movie
1985 The Littlest Hobo Leslie 'Torque' Davidson Episode: "Torgue"
1985 Striker's Mountain Lowni Striker TV movie
1985 Night Heat Michelle Parker Episode: "The Source"
1986 Night Heat Angela Rivera Episode: "Fighting Back"
1986 Kay O'Brien Lindsay Episode: "Little White Lies"
1986 The Truth About Alex Kay TV movie
1986 The Edison Twins Elaine Episode: "What Goes Up"
1986 The Campbells Amanda Sims Episode: "Blinded by Love"
1986 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color Tracy Gordon Episode: "Young Again"
1986 Easy Prey Wendy Robinson TV movie
1987 CBS Schoolbreak Special Kate Episode: "The Day They Came to Arrest the Book"
1987 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Sally Carlyle Episode: "Man on the Edge"
1987 Wiseguy Tracy Steelgrave Episode: "Pilot"
1987–1988 Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future Corporal Jennifer 'Pilot' Chase 22 episodes
1989 C.B.C.'s Magic Hour Jennifer McPhail Episode: "High Country"
1989 The Rocket Boy The Rocket Boy's Girlfriend TV movie
1990 Christmas in America Eileen Morgan TV movie
1990 Knights of the Kitchen Table Marla McDermott TV movie
1990 Street Legal Karen MacNeil Episode: "Softsell"
1991 The Great Pretender Kate Hightower TV movie
1991 Tropical Heat Patricia Poston Phd. Episode: "Dead Men Tell"
1991 Loving Patricia 'Trisha' Alden Sowolsky Hartman McKenzie 5 episodes
1991–1993 Homefront Linda Metcalf 42 episodes
1993 Herman's Head Heather Episode: "When Hairy Met Hermy"
1994 Small Gifts Nora TV movie
1994 To Save the Children Kathi Davidson TV movie
1994–1995 Earth 2 Dr. Julia Heller 21 episodes
1996 ER Karen Hardy Episode: "True Lies"
1996 The Outer Limits Gina Beaumont Episode: "The Refuge"
1997 Murder One Paige Weikopf 4 episodes
1997 Touched by an Angel Sarah Bingham Episode: "Full Moon"
1998 Principal Takes a Holiday Celia Shine TV movie
1999 The Pretender Rachel Episode: "The Assassin"
1999 Due South Constable Maggie MacKenzie Episode: "Hunting Season"
1999 Smart House Sara Barnes TV movie
1999 The Practice Brianna Hatfield Episode: "Marooned"
1999 The Outer Limits Stephanie Sawyer Episode: "Essence of Life"
2000 On Hostile Ground Allison Beauchamp TV movie
2000 The Outer Limits Kathrine Episode: "The Grid"
2001 The Practice Dr. Sarah Ford Episode: "Inter Arma Silent Leges"
2002 Society's Child Terry Best TV movie
2002 Untitled Secret Service Project Maureen Gage TV movie
2002 Monk Myra Teal Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Billionaire Mugger"
2002 The Pact Det. Anne-Marie Marrone TV movie
2003 The Paradise Virus Susan Holme TV movie
2003 L.A. Dragnet Amy Wenzel Episode: "The Cutting of the Swath"
2003 Mutant X Dr. Sara Stanton Episode: "The Taking of Crows"
2003–2007,
2015
NCIS NCIS Special Agent Paula Cassidy 6 episodes
2004 Stargate SG-1 Dr. Elizabeth Weir Episode: "Lost City: Part 1"
Episode: "Lost City: Part 2"
2004 Nip/Tuck Amy Connors Episode: "Kimber Henry"
2005 Charmed Ruth Brody Episode: "Ordinary Witches"
2005 Kojak Kate Episode: "Pilot"
2005 Eyes Holly Gibson Episode: "Shots"
2005 Killer Instinct Dr. Francine Klepp 7 episodes
2006 Supernatural Deputy Kathleen Hudak Episode: "The Benders"
2006 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Donna Basset Episode: "Toe Tags"
2006 Rapid Fire Linda TV movie
2007–present Heartland Lisa Stillman 91 episodes
2008 Canooks Katherine 'Kat' Baines Web Series/Those Damn Canadians
2008 jPod Freedom 3 episodes
2008 Vipers Dr. Collins TV movie
2009 My Nanny's Secret Julia TV movie
2009–2012 Flashpoint Donna Sabine 11 episodes
2012 Republic of Doyle Sonja Sterling 3 episodes
2012 Bullet in the Face Eva Braden 6 episodes
2018 Grey's Anatomy Dr. Rebecca Froy Episode: "Beautiful Dreamer"
2018 A Midnight Kiss Barbara Pearson Hallmark Movie
2019 Charmed Elder Devorah Silver 2 Episodes
2020 Stolen by My Mother: The Kamiyah Mobley Story Judge Marianne Aho Lifetime TV Movie
2020 The Babysitter aka The Baby Monitor Murders Jennifer Lifetime TV Movie
2020 Matching Hearts Barbara Hallmark TV Movie
2020 Sacred Lies Arwen Reed Episode: "Chapter Nine: Bloodlines"
2020 Chateau Christmas Renee Hallmark TV Movie
2021 Maid Doreen 2 episodes
2024 Mayor of Kingstown Sarah Recurring cast

References

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  1. ^ "Jessica Steen". Chicago Tribune. April 4, 1993. Archived from the original on 2024-07-26. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  2. ^ Ngo, Sheiresa (October 11, 2020). "'NCIS': Jessica Steen Tells Us What It Was Like to Work With Michael Weatherly". cheatsheet.com. Archived from the original on 2020-10-25. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  3. ^ "Meet The Cast Of Heartland". cowgirlmagazine.com. May 27, 2021. Archived from the original on 2024-03-01. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
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