Nicole Stephanie Danielle Lyn (born February 24, 1978) is a

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television actress. She is best known for her roles as

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in ''

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'' and Emily Roberts on the Canadian teen comedy series ''

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''.

Early life

Lyn was born in

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, to Cheryl Gabay, a Jamaican woman of

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descent, and Peter Lyn, who is

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-Jamaican. She grew up in the

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area. As a child, Nicole danced in the

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's Junior Dance division, and was also a member of the

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. Nicole entered show business when she was offered a spot on a

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billboard after accompanying her aunt, a model, to her audition.

Career

She auditioned for and was admitted to

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at age 10. She worked filming commercials, guest starring roles, and had co-starring role on the Canadian kid-com ''

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'' (1991). She later auditioned for and attended

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in Toronto from grade 7 - 9, where she was a dance major. She later moved to

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(where her father resides) in 10th grade and attended Belair High School in Mandeville. One of her first auditions upon returning to

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was for the YTV teen sitcom ''

'' (1997), on which she landed a lead role alongside

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, Katie Emme McIninch,

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, and Mark Taylor. Lyn made her acting debut in the television series ''

''. She has made television guest appearances on ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Relic Hunter'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. She was a series regular in the Canadian television shows ''

'' and ''Student Bodies''. Lyn also appeared in the television film, "The Feast Of All Saints" based on an Anne Rice novel of the same name. Lyn has appeared in television films such as ''On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story'' and ''Dying To Dance'', and appeared in the feature film ''

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''. Lyn also DJs under the name "Ms. Nix" and serves as an announcer on

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's ''

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''.

Personal life

On July 10, 2004, Lyn married

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, an actor on ''

'' and ''

''. On November 28, 2012, after eight years of marriage, Hill filed for divorce from Lyn, citing irreconcilable differences. In 2014, she began a relationship with Chad Easterling. She gave birth to her son, Crosby Sparrow Easterling, on June 13, 2018.

References

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