Kam Heskin is an American actress best known for her roles as the second Caitlin Richards Deschanel

Caitlin Richards Deschanel

Caitlin Richards Deschanel was a fictional character in the US soap opera Sunset Beach portrayed by two different actresses. The first actress, Vanessa Dorman, portrayed the role from January 9, 1997 to June 18, 1998, when she hit contract problems and was let go...

 on NBC

NBC

The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

's soap opera Sunset Beach

Sunset Beach (TV series)

Sunset Beach was an American television soap opera, first broadcast in the United States on NBC on January 6, 1997, and last airing on December 31, 1999. The show followed the loves and lives of the people living in a fictional coastal city named Sunset Beach, on the coast of California...

(1998–1999) and as her role as Paige Morgan in the The Prince and Me sequels.

Private life

Heskin was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota

Grand Forks is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Grand Forks County. According to the 2010 census, the city's population was 52,838, while that of the city and surrounding metropolitan area was 98,461...

. She attended Grand Junction High School

Grand Junction High School

Grand Junction High School is a high school located in Grand Junction, Colorado. It is part of the Mesa County Valley School District 51.As of 2006, the student-teacher ratio is about 19:1 -Athletics:...

before she went on to study at Concordia College

Concordia College, Moorhead

Concordia College is a private liberal arts school located in Moorhead, Minnesota, United States. It is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and offers bachelors' degrees in the arts and music, as well as a master's degree in education. The college was founded by Norwegian...

 in Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

, graduating with a degree in Communications and Political Science. The day after graduation, she moved to Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

 and modeled for the next couple of months before moving to New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

.

Career

Her first role came when director John Woo

John Woo

John Woo Yu-Sen SBS is a Hong Kong-based film director and producer. Recognized for his stylised films of highly choreographed action sequences, Mexican standoffs, and use of slow-motion, Woo has directed several notable Hong Kong action films, among them, A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, Hard...

 selected her as the lead in his pilot Blackjack

Blackjack

Blackjack, also known as Twenty-one or Vingt-et-un , is the most widely played casino banking game in the world...

.

Heskin played Sheridan Crane on Passions

Passions

Passions is an American television soap opera which aired on NBC from July 5, 1999 to September 7, 2007 and on The 101 Network from September 17, 2007 to August 7, 2008....

while actress McKenzie Westmore

McKenzie Westmore

McKenzie Kate Westmore is an American actress and singer most popular for having portrayed the role of Sheridan Crane Lopez-Fitzgerald on the television soap opera Passions from 1999 to 2008. To fans of Passions, Sheridan is well known for her popular pairing with Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald, portrayed...

 was on a leave of absence on two separate occasions. She was attached to two films in 2008, including The Prince and Me 3: Royal Honeymoon

The Prince and Me 3: Royal Honeymoon

The Prince and Me 3: A Royal Honeymoon is a 2008 romantic comedy film, directed by Catherine Cyran, which was released direct-to-video.- Plot :...

. In 2009, Heskin reprised her role as Queen/Dr. Paige in The Prince and Me 4: The Elephant Adventure

The Prince and Me 4: The Elephant Adventure

The Prince and Me 4: The Elephant Adventure is a 2010 romantic comedy film, directed by Catherine Cyran.-Plot:...

. The Prince and Me 4 was released on DVD in the UK on February 15, 2010 and was released on March 23, 2010 in the U.S.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1996	Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Part 2	Liquor Store Girl #2
1998	Blackjack	Cinder James
	Sunset Beach Sunset Beach (TV series) Sunset Beach was an American television soap opera, first broadcast in the United States on NBC on January 6, 1997, and last airing on December 31, 1999. The show followed the loves and lives of the people living in a fictional coastal city named Sunset Beach, on the coast of California...	Caitlin Richards Deschanel Caitlin Richards Deschanel Caitlin Richards Deschanel was a fictional character in the US soap opera Sunset Beach portrayed by two different actresses. The first actress, Vanessa Dorman, portrayed the role from January 9, 1997 to June 18, 1998, when she hit contract problems and was let go...	92 episodes, 1998–1999
	Sunset Beach: Shockwave	Caitlin Richards Deschanel
2000	7th Heaven 7th Heaven 7th Heaven is an American family drama television series, created and produced by Brenda Hampton. The series premiered on August 26, 1996, on the WB, the first time that the network aired Monday night programming, and was originally broadcast from August 26, 1996 to May 13, 2007...	Girl at Party	1 episode
2001	Tomcats Tomcats (film) Tomcats is a 2001 American comedy film written and directed by Gregory Poirier.- Plot :The story concerns a group of guys who have made a deal to each invest in a fund, which would be paid to the last remaining bachelor of the group...	Kimberly
	Planet of the Apes Planet of the Apes (2001 film) Planet of the Apes is a 2001 American science fiction film, based on Pierre Boulle's novel and a remake of the 1968 film of the same name. Tim Burton directed the film, which stars Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Clarke Duncan, Paul Giamatti, and Estella Warren. It tells the...	Friend At Leo's Party
2002	Angel Angel Angels are mythical beings often depicted as messengers of God in the Hebrew and Christian Bibles along with the Quran. The English word angel is derived from the Greek ἄγγελος, a translation of in the Hebrew Bible ; a similar term, ملائكة , is used in the Qur'an...	Lola	1 episode
	Catch Me If You Can Catch Me If You Can Catch Me If You Can is a 2002 American biographical comedy-drama film based on the life of Frank Abagnale Jr., who, before his 19th birthday, successfully performed cons worth millions of dollars by posing as a Pan American World Airways pilot, a Georgia doctor, and a Louisiana parish prosecutor...	Candy
2003	Vlad	Alexa Meyer
	Pride & Prejudice: A Latter-Day Comedy	Elizabeth Bennet
	Charmed Charmed Charmed is an American television series that originally aired from October 7, 1998, until May 21, 2006, on the now defunct The WB Television Network. The series was created in 1998 by writer Constance M...	Robyn	Episode: Witchstock
	This Girl's Life This Girl's Life This Girl's Life is a 2003 film written and directed by Ash. The story revolves around the life of Moon, a porn star . The movie also stars James Woods, Michael Rapaport, Rosario Dawson and Kip Pardue.-Plot:...	Jessie
2005	Dirty Love Dirty Love Dirty Love is a 2005 comedy written by and starring Jenny McCarthy and directed by John Mallory Asher. At the time of filming McCarthy and Asher were married, they divorced the month the film went into wide release...	Carrie Carson
2006	The Prince and Me 2: The Royal Wedding The Prince and Me 2: The Royal Wedding The Prince and Me 2: The Royal Wedding is a 2006 romantic comedy film, directed by Catherine Cyran, which was released direct-to-video. It stars Luke Mably as Prince Edvard, Kam Heskin as Paige Morgan, and Clemency Burton-Hill as Princess Kirsten....	Paige Morgan
	Passions Passions Passions is an American television soap opera which aired on NBC from July 5, 1999 to September 7, 2007 and on The 101 Network from September 17, 2007 to August 7, 2008....	Sheridan Crane Sheridan Crane Sheridan Lopez-Fitzgerald is a fictional character on the NBC/DirecTV soap opera Passions. She has been portrayed by McKenzie Westmore since the series began in 1999, and was briefly portrayed by Shannon Sturges when Westmore was out sick in 2005 and by Kam Heskin in 2006 when Westmore was out on...	46 episodes, 2006–2008
2007	Coastal Dreams Coastal Dreams Coastal Dreams is a 24-episode online soap opera produced by NBC in 2007.The series stars Danica Stewart, Tanee McCall, Elena Campbell-Martinez, Kam Heskin, Charlie Koznick, Ken Luckey, and Noah Schuffman. It features two beautiful women named Zoe and Stacey, whose plans for fun on the beach is...	April
	CSI: NY CSI: NY CSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that premiered on September 22, 2004, on CBS. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths as well as other crimes...	Suspect-X	2 episodes
2008	The Prince and Me 3: Royal Honeymoon The Prince and Me 3: Royal Honeymoon The Prince and Me 3: A Royal Honeymoon is a 2008 romantic comedy film, directed by Catherine Cyran, which was released direct-to-video.- Plot :...	Queen/Dr. Paige
2009	The Prince and Me 4: The Elephant Adventure The Prince and Me 4: The Elephant Adventure The Prince and Me 4: The Elephant Adventure is a 2010 romantic comedy film, directed by Catherine Cyran.-Plot:...	Queen/Dr. Paige	released in 2010
	Glimpses	unknown	pre-production
2010	Howl	Penny Sutherland	releases in USA Jan 2010

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