Nicki Clyne (born February 11, 1983) is a Canadian actress most famously known for her role as Cally Henderson Tyrol on the
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program
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.
Clyne graduated from
Hugh Boyd Secondary SchoolHugh Boyd Secondary School is a school located in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, that serves students from grades 8 to 12, and is part of the Richmond School District . The school was opened in 1960, originally as a junior secondary school, and became a full range secondary school in 1996...
in
Richmond, British ColumbiaRichmond is a coastal city, incorporated in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Part of Metro Vancouver, its neighbouring communities are Vancouver and Burnaby to the north, New Westminster to the east, and Delta to the south, while the Strait of Georgia forms its western border...
, in June 2000. She has also attended courses at the
University of British ColumbiaThe University of British Columbia is a Canadian public research university with campuses in the Greater Vancouver area and in Kelowna, British Columbia...
and
Simon Fraser UniversitySimon Fraser University is a public university in British Columbia with its main campus on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, and satellite campuses in Vancouver and Surrey. It was established in 1965 and presently has more than 32,000 students and 900 faculty members. The university was named after...
, both in the Vancouver area.
Clyne is 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m) tall. According to a fan Q&A from November 2006, she owns a 1968 motorbike, and is said to have hated
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when she was a child.
Nicki Clyne (born February 11, 1983) is a Canadian actress most famously known for her role as Cally Henderson Tyrol on the
Sci Fi ChannelSyfy is an American cable television channel launched on September 24, 1992, that specializes in science fiction, fantasy, horror, and paranormal programming. It is part of the entertainment conglomerate NBC Universal...
televisionTelevision is a widely used telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images, either monochromatic or color, usually accompanied by sound. "Television" may also refer specifically to a television set, television programming or television transmission...
program
Battlestar GalacticaBattlestar Galactica is a military science fiction serial drama television series and part of the Battlestar Galactica franchise. The show was created by David Eick and Ronald D. Moore as a re-imagining of the Battlestar Galactica television series from 1978 created by Glen A. Larson...
.
Biography
Clyne graduated from
Hugh Boyd Secondary SchoolHugh Boyd Secondary School is a school located in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, that serves students from grades 8 to 12, and is part of the Richmond School District . The school was opened in 1960, originally as a junior secondary school, and became a full range secondary school in 1996...
in
Richmond, British ColumbiaRichmond is a coastal city, incorporated in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Part of Metro Vancouver, its neighbouring communities are Vancouver and Burnaby to the north, New Westminster to the east, and Delta to the south, while the Strait of Georgia forms its western border...
, in June 2000. She has also attended courses at the
University of British ColumbiaThe University of British Columbia is a Canadian public research university with campuses in the Greater Vancouver area and in Kelowna, British Columbia...
and
Simon Fraser UniversitySimon Fraser University is a public university in British Columbia with its main campus on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, and satellite campuses in Vancouver and Surrey. It was established in 1965 and presently has more than 32,000 students and 900 faculty members. The university was named after...
, both in the Vancouver area.
Clyne is 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m) tall. According to a fan Q&A from November 2006, she owns a 1968 motorbike, and is said to have hated
Barbie dollsBarbie is a fashion doll manufactured by the American toy-company Mattel, Inc. and launched in March 1959. American businesswoman Ruth Handler is credited with the creation of the doll using a German doll called Bild Lilli as her inspiration....
when she was a child. Many fans affectionately associate corn muffins, and the phrase "corn muffin goodness", with Nicki Clyne and Cally—the result of a
non sequiturNon sequitur is Latin for "it does not follow." It is most often used as a noun to describe illogical statements.Non sequitur may refer to:* Non sequitur, an irrelevant, often humorous comment to a preceding topic or statement....
online joke that propagated on fan messageboards.
Her favorite directors are
Stanley KubrickStanley Kubrick was an American director, writer, producer, and photographer of films, who lived in England during most of the last 40 years of his career...
,
David LynchDavid Keith Lynch is an American filmmaker and visual artist. Lynch has received three Academy Award nominations for Best Director, for The Elephant Man , Blue Velvet , and Mulholland Drive . He also received a screenplay Academy Award nomination for The Elephant Man...
and
Martin ScorseseMartin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. He is the founder of the World Cinema Foundation, a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award for his contributions to the cinema and has won awards from the Oscars, Golden Globe,...
, and her favorite movies are
Julien Donkey-BoyJulien Donkey-Boy is an avant-garde 1999 independent American drama film directed by Harmony Korine. The screenplay concentrates on the schizophrenic Julien, played by English actor Ewen Bremner, and his dysfunctional family. The film also stars Chloë Sevigny as Julien's sister, Pearl, and Werner...
and
GummoGummo is a 1997 independent American cult film written and directed by Harmony Korine. The film stars Nick Sutton, Jacob Reynolds, Max Perlich, Jacob Sewell, and Chloë Sevigny...
, both by
Harmony KorineHarmony Korine is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and author....
.
She has also been featured in two episodes of the popular podcast
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and presented an episode of
HypaSpaceHypaSpace was a weekly entertainment news program about the world of science fiction and fantasy, created by and shown on Space, a Canadian cable television station. It had daily and weekly segments....
. She stars alongside
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,
Danielle HarrisDanielle Andrea Harris is an American television and film actress, perhaps best known for her roles in four films in the Halloween series. She is considered a scream queen.-Personal life:...
,
Bill MoseleyWilliam "Bill" Moseley is an American film actor and musician who has starred in a number of cult classic horror films, including Repo! The Genetic Opera and Army of Darkness His first big role was in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 as Chop Top...
, and
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in the "illustrated film" series
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.
Battlestar Galactica
In 2003, a three-hour
Battlestar GalacticaBattlestar Galactica is a three-hour miniseries written and produced by Ronald D. Moore and directed by Michael Rymer. It was the first part of the Battlestar Galactica reimagining based on the 1978 Battlestar Galactica television series, and served as a backdoor pilot for the 2004 television series...
miniseries was created based on the original 1978 series. Clyne played the role of Specialist Cally, a
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Crewman in the Colonial Fleet, though this role was little more than an extra part with a few speaking lines. A weekly series was commissioned in a collaborative effort between the
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and
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(the British broadcaster) soon after, and Clyne continued her role in the series, becoming a regular character as the show progressed. Her character is not based on any particular character from the original 1978 series.
Filmography
- Just Deal – "Homecoming" (2000) - Girl Student #2
- Dark Angel
Dark Angel is an American biopunk/cyberpunk science fiction television program created by James Cameron and Charles H. Eglee. Dark Angel premiered in the United States and Canada on the Fox network on October 3, 2000, but was canceled after two seasons...
- "Bag 'Em" (2001) – X6/Fixit
- The Hostage Negotiator (2001) – Alicia
- The Wedding Dress (2001) – Catherine Blaine
- Smallville
Smallville is an American television series developed by writers/producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, based on the DC Comics character Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The television series was initially broadcast by The WB, premiering on October 16, 2001...
- "Nicodemus" (2002) – Waitress
- Mysterious Ways - "Listen" (2002) – June Grissom
- The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone is an American television anthology series created by Rod Serling. Each episode is a mixture of self-contained fantasy, science fiction, suspense, or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist...
- "Night Route" (2002) – Theresa
- Due East (2002) – Stacy
- I Was a Teenage Faust (2002) – Heather
- The Dead Zone
The Dead Zone, aka Stephen King's Dead Zone is an American-Canadian science fiction/suspense series starring Anthony Michael Hall as Johnny Smith, who discovers he has developed psychic abilities after a coma...
- "Descent" (2003) – Erin
- Battlestar Galactica
Battlestar Galactica is a three-hour miniseries written and produced by Ronald D. Moore and directed by Michael Rymer. It was the first part of the Battlestar Galactica reimagining based on the 1978 Battlestar Galactica television series, and served as a backdoor pilot for the 2004 television series...
(2003) (miniseries) – Crewman Specialist Cally
- Battlestar Galactica
Battlestar Galactica is a military science fiction serial drama television series and part of the Battlestar Galactica franchise. The show was created by David Eick and Ronald D. Moore as a re-imagining of the Battlestar Galactica television series from 1978 created by Glen A. Larson...
(2004) (series) – Cally (various episodes)
- The L Word
The L Word is an American and Canadian co-production television drama series originally shown on Showtime portraying the lives of a group of lesbian, bisexual and transgender people and their friends, family and lovers in the trendy Los Angeles-area city of West Hollywood, California...
- "Losing It" (2004) – Delilah
- Dead Like Me
Dead Like Me is an American television comedy-drama starring Ellen Muth and Mandy Patinkin as grim reapers who "live" and work in Seattle, Washington. Filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, the show was created by Bryan Fuller for the Showtime network, where it ran for two seasons in 2003 and 2004...
- "In Escrow" (2004) – Janelle
- Saved!
Saved! is a 2004 teen comedy film involving elements of religious satire. It was directed by Brian Dannelly and written by Dannelly and Michael Urban. It stars Jena Malone, Mandy Moore, Macaulay Culkin, Patrick Fugit, Eva Amurri, Martin Donovan, and Mary-Louise Parker...
(2004) – Guitar Player
- Zolar (2004) – Keiko
- Ill Fated (2004) – Barb
- John Tucker Must Die
John Tucker Must Die is a 2006 American high school comedy romance film. The film is about a trio of girls who plot to break the heart of manipulative basketball star John Tucker after they learn he has been secretly dating all three and pledging each is "the one"...
(2006) - Beautiful Girl #2
- Totally Awesome
Totally Awesome is a television movie produced by VH1. Totally Awesome directly parodies a number of 1980s movies, including Dirty Dancing, Soul Man, Footloose, Some Kind of Wonderful, Sixteen Candles, Teen Wolf, Better Off Dead, Lucas, Pretty in Pink, and The Karate Kid...
(2006) – Billie
- HypaSpace
HypaSpace was a weekly entertainment news program about the world of science fiction and fantasy, created by and shown on Space, a Canadian cable television station. It had daily and weekly segments....
(2008) - On-Air Presenter (one episode)
- Godkiller: Walk Among Us
Godkiller is a series of graphic novels, illustrated films, and novels created by award-winning filmmaker Matt Pizzolo that tells the stories of human beings caught in the crossfire of warring fallen gods.-Publication/Production History:...
(2009) - Soledad
She also plays an alien in the episode "Space Cadet" of the popular podcast
Tiki Bar TVTiki Bar TV is a web series distributed in the pioneering field of video podcasting or "vodcast." Produced in an apartment Tiki bar on a low budget, the humorous and heavily ad-libbed show is a creative outlet for its creators Jeff Macpherson and Kevin Gamble...
and voiced Soda Poppenlock, the player character in the videogame Sleepy Sushi Service.
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