Karyn Dwyer was listed as one of the top ten hottest redheads in the world, along with Nicole Kidman and Julianne Moore. She is expanding her film career beyond Canada to the world, having shown herself to be one of Canada's most promising actors both on stage, in independent films and most recently as a creator, producer, writer, director, and star of two web series “First World Problems”. www.youtube.com/user/1firstworldproblems and "Rose Bud's Guide to Seduction" http://www.youtube.com/user/rosebud2069

Karyn has worked in several Canadian and American films and television series, but so far is best known for the hit independent film, Better Than Chocolate. She has made a point of tackling roles that portray more intriguing women and as a result, has built an eclectic résumé that runs the gamut from Shakespearean tragedy to modern day comedy and erotica. 

Born and raised in Newfoundland to an Irish Catholic family of five children, Karyn came into her talent when she turned down a journalism scholarship to Carlton University in Ottawa to go to theatre school in Toronto where she soon started appearing regularly in a wide range of film and television roles. Meanwhile she wrote and starred in her feminist one woman show Bad Girls at The Rivoli, as well as playing Phoebe in As You Like It for the internationally acclaimed theatre festival at the DuMaurier World Stage opposite distinguished stage veterans Seana McKenna and Albert Schultz.

Her first big break came when after a cross Canada search, she beat out hundreds of other hopefuls and lit up the screen in the starring role of Maggie in Better Than Chocolate. It opened to rave reviews at both The Berlin Film Festival and was a hit on the international festival circuit.  She was praised for her "charm", "effervescence" and "ability to light up the screen". The Hollywood Reporter called Dwyer "the film's heart and soul", Better Than Chocolate ranked 31 on The Hollywood Reporter's list of best independent films. The Chicago Tribune raved, "The highlight of the movie is unquestionably Dwyer's performance as Maggie,,,It may well be that Better Than Chocolate will be remembered as the film that kick starts her career." Dwyer immediately followed it up with a big budget American comedy, Lorne Michaels' Superstar playing a mean cheerleader opposite Molly Shannon and Will Farrell.

On stage, she played the title role in Native Earth's Romeo and Juliet and performance artist Sooze in Eric Bogosian's Suburbia, worked with Toronto Theatre innovators  such as Ken Gass, Paul Thompson, Hrant Alianak, and Ed Gass-Donnelly. Originating the role of Carrie, a junkie prostitute in the extremely innovative and experimental Exercises in Depravity, opposite R.H. Thompson at the Buddies in Bad Times Theatre directed by Ed Gass-Donnelly. 

Ed Gass-Donnelly's award winning short films Pony, Polished, and Dying Like Ophelia really opened eyes to Dwyer's ability. She delivered on her earlier promise with another appealing performance in Pony as a dead girl who tries to ease her father's grief. Dwyer is nicely understated in Polished, garnering praise from critics such as Film Threat who said "What shines best (no pun intended) is shoe shiner Karyn Dwyer. She has all the characteristics of the typical working class stiff with a likeable honesty." But it was her gritty and heart wrenching performance in Dying Like Ophelia that cemented the fact that Dwyer had indeed matured into a genuinely gifted actor. For it she gained weight to convincingly transform herself into the playwright's vision of this working class mother who yearns for a beautiful death like Millais's famous painting of Ophelia in stark contrast to the ugliness of her grim reality. 

After being awarded a Green Card as "an actor of extraordinary ability", she starred in a couple of genre pictures in LA and joined SAG. She had a great time at MIFF and her director, Michael Baumgarten, won an Independent Spirit award for Last Call Before Sunset.  Later, she garnered rave reviews in "Suffragette Koans", directed by Joyce Piven (mother of Jeremy).  "Karyn Dwyer is guileless and wry!" proclaimed the LA Times.

True to her roots, she returned to Newfoundland where she studied filmmaking at NIFCO, guest starred on Republic of Doyle, and shared her talent at Stella Burry and For the Love of Learning, Inc a not-for-profit empowerment and creativity-based learning program, teaching theatre to Newfoundland and  Labrador’s youth who are using their skills and creativity to overcome social and/or economic obstacles. 

Karyn has earned a reputation as talented and bright with a wonderfully unique quality on screen. In 2011 her thirst for new experiences caused her to create, produce, and star in two new web series called "First World Problems" and "Rose Bud's Guide to Seduction". Collaborating with Albert Howell ( Head Writer for This Hour has 22 Minutes) she indulges her genuine desire to experiment, write, direct, and  grow as an artist. While Dwyer has been more focused on her craft than on stardom, she continues to pursue a promising acting career. She has proven herself ready to broaden her film career within Canada and beyond with her talent, originality and her ability to connect with audiences.