Kylie Bunbury (born January 30, 1989) is a

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actress.

Life

Bunbury was born in Montreal, Canada, to Kristi Novak and Alex Bunbury, a

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. Her father is Guyanese-Canadian. She spent her childhood in England (for two years), Madeira, Portugal (for seven years) and

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, US. She considers Prior Lake home. She has two younger brothers,

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and Mataeo. Bunbury became engaged to Jon-Ryan Alan Riggins on April 8, 2018. They married on January 1, 2020. Her pregnancy was announced in June 2021, and their son was born on December 6, 2021.

Career

Bunbury originally worked as a model, and began acting at her agency's suggestion. She landed her first role as Kathleen in '' Days of Our Lives'' for one episode. She also had roles in ''

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'' and ''

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''. Bunbury portrayed Eva in the science fiction CBS television series '' Under the Dome''. Bunbury starred in the Fox drama series '' Pitch'', where she portrayed the (fictional) first female player in

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. ''Pitch'' was canceled by Fox after one season on May 1, 2017. Bunbury starred as Angie Richardson in the

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miniseries ''

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'', which premiered on May 31, 2019. In 2020, Bunbury was in the main cast for the

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adaptation of

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''. The series was cancelled after one season. That same year, she began playing Cassie Dewell in the ABC crime drama series '' Big Sky''.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

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