Detailed Biography

Kathleen Robertson is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Clare Arnold in Beverly Hills, 90210 .

Career

Robertson started taking acting classes when she was ten, and had roles in local theater productions. Her first television guest appearances were in My Secret Identity and E.N.G.. She then acted as Tina Edison in Maniac Mansion, from 1990-1993. She played Tina Edison, the eldest of three children and daughter to Dr. Fred Edison . She did not debut on the big screen until her small role in the Brenton Spencer film Blown Away. She was cast as Clare Arnold in Beverly Hills, 90210; she played the role from 1993 to 1997. Her ex-boyfriend, director Gregg Araki, cast her in the lead of two of his films, Nowhere and Splendor .

Personal Life

Robertson was born in Hamilton, Ontario. She attended Hillfield Strathallan College, a local private school.

She gave birth to her first child, a son named William Robert Cowles, on July 9, 2008 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He is the first child for Kathleen and her husband, Chris Cowles.