Karen has lived in NYC for almost ten years. Her blossoming Film & TV career consists of six appearances on THE LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN, the pilot, HOT FOR TEACHER, and numerous short films. She is a founding member of TRIFECT PRODUCTIONS which, along with herself, consists of her two favorite collaborators, Ben Knox and Heather Collis. They have released CHEEKS EASTON in A LOBSTER TALE, which premiered in NYC for the 5th Annual CineKink Festival, a music video for The Dales and a webisode pilot, THE GREEN TEAM.
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Notable New York appearances onstage include starring in R U PRIME as part of the 2008 New York International FRINGE FESTIVAL at SOHO REP's WALKER SPACE, "Committed" at Ensemble Studio Theatre and bringing down the house at THE CANAL ROOM, CRASH MANSION, and other rock venues as lead singer for WITCHES IN BIKINIS. She has thrice taken the stage at Upright Citizen's Brigade with her improv troupe The Masked Offenders, twice performed "Happy Hour", a series of sketch-improv scenes at the Big Little Theatre and thrice performed improv at The D Lounge with The Back Line.

Favorite regional performances include Cynthia in Baby with the Bathwater, Lela in Disney World, Magic Kingdom's Diamond Horseshoe Revue and Medicine Show, Louise in Gypsy, Velma in West Side Story.

Karen was born in the San Francisco Bay Area. She began training according to the ROYAL ACADEMY of BALLET standards from the time she was four years old. At the age of nine she was accepted into SAN FRANCISCO BALLET SCHOOL where she studied and performed for the next seven years. At SAN MATEO HIGH SCHOOL she performed in every single musical during her time there: favorite roles included Geminae in A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, Dainty June in GYPSY, and Marion in THE MUSIC MAN.

Karen went on to get a Bachelor of Science in Anthropology from UNIVERSITY of CALIFORNIA at LOS ANGELES (UCLA) all the while taking advantage of acting classes in the renowned Film & Television Department. After college, Karen studied intensively with Cliff Osmond in Los Angeles, then the LONDON ACADEMY of MUSIC and DRAMATIC ARTS in London and the Institute at ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE in New York City.