Jessica Steen

• Born — 19 December 1965 • Birthplace — Toronto, Ontario, Canada • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1981–present

Jessica Steen was born in Toronto, Ontario, the daughter of Joanna Noyes, an actress, and Jan Steen, a director and actor. She is of Dutch and Scottish ancestry.

In 1987, Steen was in the main cast of the syndicated series Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future, which lasted one year. For her performance in the Captain Power episode, "Judgment", she was nominated for the Gemini Award in the "Best Performance by a Lead Actress in a Continuing Dramatic Role" category in 1988. In 1987, she played Tracy Steelgrave on Wiseguy. Steen appeared on Canadian series and in American made-for-TV movies. In 1991, she was cast on the soap opera Loving. She was in the main cast for the two season run of the series Homefront. • Illustration — Steen at the Armageddon premiere, 1998 In 1994, she was cast as Dr. Julia Heller, a genetically enhanced doctor, in the science fiction series Earth 2. The show was canceled in 1995, after which Steen appeared in single episodes of various series, including The Outer Limits, ER, Murder One, Due South and Touched by an Angel. In 1994, she won the "Best Actress" Gemini Award, for her portrayal of Nora in the TV movie, Small Gifts. In 1997, she was cast as District Attorney Elizabeth Gardner in the movie Trial & Error. Her performance earned a her for the role of the shuttle pilot in 1998's Armageddon because he remembered her portrayal of Cpl. Jennifer 'Pilot' Chase in Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future. Since 1998 Steen has been personally and professional connected to the Burning Man festival, organizing community tents and experiences. In 2004 Steen played Dr. Elizabeth Weir in "Lost City", the two-part finale of season 7 of Stargate SG-1. Steen had been informed that Weir was going to be a recurring character, with the character being a major role in the spinoff Stargate Atlantis, and to not take any work that would conflict with a weekly cable TV schedule. Reflecting on her time on Stargate Steen also said that “I think I actually drove the writers/producers bananas — to a not good degree,” stating she was a stickler for details and did a bunch of background research and started asking hyper-specific and technical questions that producers didn't know the answer to. This was combined with Steen deciding not to watch any prior episodes of Stargate or the movie, to be a more realistic "fish out of water." During her time during Lost City Steen also was actively involved in planning and packing for Burning Man which she considered "my family" saying she "missed weddings, [baby] showers, bar mitzvahs, everything" for Burning Man, comparing it to her personal Mecca. At the time Burning Man still had a stigma so her agent told her to tell the producers of Stargate that she had a family reunion she couldn't miss, which was technically correct, but she was skipping the reunion to go to Burning Man. After a few months she was told that she had been released from her contract to play Weir, with her agent saying "They felt [that] you were more committed to naked drugging in the desert than you would be committed to doing the show the way they needed you to." News of this being the reason wouldn't break until Steen opened up about it in 2021, as such, Stargate fans speculated elaborately about the cause, with the most popular theory being that she did not want to move to Vancouver where Stargate was filmed, which she personally dismissed saying she actually has family near Vancouver and a move would have been convenient. Weir would be recast to be played by Torri Higginson, as the same character Steen played. She played lead roles in Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice and the Disney TV movies Smart House and Principal Takes a Holiday. She played Myra Teal in "Mr. Monk and the Billionaire Mugger", a 2002 episode of Monk. She played a recurring character on the CBS crime drama NCIS, that of Special Agent Paula Cassidy, from 2004 to 2007. In the fall of 2007 she appeared in a multi-episode role on the Canadian series, jPod. That same year, she appeared in the third episode of a new Canadian series, Heartland; As of 2025, the 19th season of the series Heartland, Steen continues to appear in the recurring role of Lisa Stillman. Between 2009 and 2012, Steen had a recurring role as Strategic Response Unit Constable Donna Sabine, on the police drama Flashpoint. In 2010, she was nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series, for her appearances in Clean Hands and The Perfect Family. She was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award in the category of Best Performance in a Guest Role, Dramatic Series for Flashpoint episode A New Life in 2013. Between 2018 and 2020, Steen made several appearances in various Hallmark and Lifetime made-for-TV movies: A Midnight Kiss, Matching Hearts, Chateau Christmas, The Babysitter aka The Baby Monitor Murders, and Stolen by My Mother: The Kamiyah Mobley Story.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1983 — Hangin' In — Darcy — Episode: "I've Got a Secret" • 1983 — SCTV Channel — College Student — Episode: "It's a Wonderful Film" • 1984 — When We First Met — Gail Pennoyer — TV movie • 1984 — The — Elaine — Episode: "Enemy of Weston" • 1985 — Workin' for Peanuts — Mellisa Stotts — TV movie • 1985 — Home Free — Daughter — TV movie • 1985 — The — Leslie 'Torque' Davidson — Episode: "Torgue" • 1985 — Striker's Mountain — Lowni Striker — TV movie • 1985 — Night Heat — Michelle Parker — Episode: "The Source" • 1986 — Night Heat — Angela Rivera — Episode: "Fighting Back" • 1986 — Kay O'Brien — Lindsay — Episode: "Little White Lies" • 1986 — The — Kay — TV movie • 1986 — The — Elaine — Episode: "What Goes Up" • 1986 — The — Amanda Sims — Episode: "Blinded by Love" • 1986 — Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color — Tracy Gordon — Episode: "Young Again" • 1986 — Easy Prey — Wendy Robinson — TV movie • 1987 — CBS Schoolbreak Special — Kate — Episode: "The Day They Came to Arrest the Book" • 1987 — Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Sally Carlyle — Episode: "Man on the Edge" • 1987 — Wiseguy — Tracy Steelgrave — Episode: "Pilot" • 1987–1988 — Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future — Corporal Jennifer 'Pilot' Chase — 22 episodes • 1989 — C.B.C.'s Magic Hour — Jennifer McPhail — Episode: "High Country" • 1989 — The — The Rocket Boy's Girlfriend — TV movie • 1990 — Christmas in America — Eileen Morgan — TV movie • 1990 — Knights of the Kitchen Table — Marla McDermott — TV movie • 1990 — Street Legal — Karen MacNeil — Episode: "Softsell" • 1991 — The — Kate Hightower — TV movie • 1991 — Tropical Heat — Patricia Poston Phd. — Episode: "Dead Men Tell" • 1991 — Loving — Patricia 'Trisha' Alden Sowolsky Hartman McKenzie — 5 episodes • 1991–1993 — Homefront — Linda Metcalf — 42 episodes • 1993 — Herman's Head — Heather — Episode: "When Hairy Met Hermy" • 1994 — Small Gifts — Nora — TV movie • 1994 — To Save the Children — Kathi Davidson — TV movie • 1994–1995 — Earth 2 — Dr. Julia Heller — 21 episodes • 1996 — ER — Karen Hardy — Episode: "True Lies" • 1996 — The — Gina Beaumont — Episode: "The Refuge" • 1997 — Murder One — Paige Weikopf — 4 episodes • 1997 — Touched by an Angel — Sarah Bingham — Episode: "Full Moon" • 1998 — Principal Takes a Holiday — Celia Shine — TV movie • 1999 — The — Rachel — Episode: "The Assassin" • 1999 — Due South — Constable Maggie MacKenzie — Episode: "Hunting Season" • 1999 — Smart House — Sara Barnes — TV movie • 1999 — The — Brianna Hatfield — Episode: "Marooned" • 1999 — The — Stephanie Sawyer — Episode: "Essence of Life" • 2000 — On Hostile Ground — Allison Beauchamp — TV movie • 2000 — The — Kathrine — Episode: "The Grid" • 2001 — The — Dr. Sarah Ford — Episode: "Inter Arma Silent Leges" • 2002 — Society's Child — Terry Best — TV movie • 2002 — Untitled Secret Service Project — Maureen Gage — TV movie • 2002 — Monk — Myra Teal — Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Billionaire Mugger" • 2002 — data-sort-value="Pact, The" | The Pact — Det. Anne-Marie Marrone — TV movie • 2003 — The — Susan Holme — TV movie • 2003 — L.A. Dragnet — Amy Wenzel — Episode: "The Cutting of the Swath" • 2003 — Mutant X — Dr. Sara Stanton — Episode: "The Taking of Crows" • 2003–2007, 2015 — NCIS — NCIS Special Agent Paula Cassidy — 6 episodes • 2004 — Stargate SG-1 — Dr. Elizabeth Weir — Episode: "Lost City: Part 1" Episode: "Lost City: Part 2" • 2004 — Nip/Tuck — Amy Connors — Episode: "Kimber Henry" • 2005 — Charmed — Ruth Brody — Episode: "Ordinary Witches" • 2005 — Kojak — Kate — Episode: "Pilot" • 2005 — Eyes — Holly Gibson — Episode: "Shots" • 2005 — Killer Instinct — Dr. Francine Klepp — 7 episodes • 2006 — Supernatural — Deputy Kathleen Hudak — Episode: "The Benders" • 2006 — CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Donna Basset — Episode: "Toe Tags" • 2006 — Rapid Fire — Linda — TV movie • 2007–present — Heartland — Lisa Stillman — 128 episodes • 2008 — Canooks — Katherine 'Kat' Baines — Web Series/Those Damn Canadians • 2008 — jPod — Freedom — 3 episodes • 2008 — Vipers — Dr. Collins — TV movie • 2009 — My Nanny's Secret — Julia — TV movie • 2009–2012 — Flashpoint — Donna Sabine — 11 episodes • 2012 — Republic of Doyle — Sonja Sterling — 3 episodes • 2012 — Bullet in the Face — Eva Braden — 6 episodes • 2018 — Grey's Anatomy — Dr. Rebecca Froy — Episode: "Beautiful Dreamer" • 2018 — data-sort-value="Midnight Kiss, A" | A Midnight Kiss — Barbara Pearson — Hallmark Movie • 2019 — Charmed — Elder Devorah Silver — 2 Episodes • 2020 — Stolen by My Mother: The Kamiyah Mobley Story — Judge Marianne Aho — Lifetime TV Movie • 2020 — data-sort-value="Babysitter, The" | The Babysitter aka The Baby Monitor Murders — Jennifer — Lifetime TV Movie • 2020 — Matching Hearts — Barbara — Hallmark TV Movie • 2020 — Sacred Lies — Arwen Reed — Episode: "Chapter Nine: Bloodlines" • 2020 — Chateau Christmas — Renee — Hallmark TV Movie • 2021 — Maid — Doreen — 2 episodes • 2024 — Mayor of Kingstown — Sarah — Recurring cast