Karen Kopins

• Name — Karen Kopins • Born — 10 October 1961 • Occupation — Actress, model • Years Active — 1977–94 • Children — 4 • Education — Marymount College

Kopins was born on October 10, 1961. Kopins attended Ridgefield High School and graduated from Marymount College before moving to California to pursue an acting career. She was Miss Connecticut 1977, having entered the pageant as Miss Ridgefield.

Kopins starred in films Fast Forward, Creator, Once Bitten, opposite Jim Carrey, and Jake Speed, and appeared in guest roles in various television shows, such as The A-Team and Riptide. She was cast as one of Charlie's Angels in the unaired spinoff Angels '88. Kopins had a small role in an episode of Amazing Stories, one of two directed by series creator Steven Spielberg. Other than one-off guest appearances, her only recurring role on a series was during seasons 11 and 13 of Dallas, playing Kay Lloyd, a love interest of Bobby Ewing. She also played Eugenia Weeks, a lesbian former beauty queen who befriends Suzanne on an episode of Designing Women.

In 1990, Kopins married her high school sweetheart, property developer Marc Shaw, with whom she has four children. The family lived in Litchfield, Connecticut's Rye House, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, from 2000 to 2012.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1983 — The Fall Guy — Government Agent — Episode: "Baker's Dozen" • 1984 — Riptide — Kimba Hall — Episode: "Pilot" • 1984 — T.J. Hooker — Officer Maggie Paine — Episode: "Target: Hooker" • 1984 — Knight Rider — Cindy Morgan — Episode: "Dead of Knight" • 1985 — The Love Boat — Misty Lawson — Episode: "Getting Started/Daughter's Dilemma/The Captain Wears Pantyhose" • 1985 — HeartBeat — Erin — TV movie • 1985 — Amazing Stories — Liz — Episode: "The Mission" • 1986 — Scarecrow and Mrs. King — Sonja Chenko — Episodes: "Stemwinder: Part 1" and "Stemwinder: Part 2" • 1986 — The A-Team — Dominique Conré — Episode: "The Spy Who Mugged Me" • 1988 — Full House — Linda Stratton — Episode: "Danny's Very First Date" • 1988 — Circus — Jennifer — TV Movie, unsold pilot • 1988–1989 — Dallas — Kay Lloyd — Recurring role (seasons 11, 13) • 1989 — Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson — Kimberly McDonald — TV movie • 1989 — Midnight Caller — Kathy Heller — Episode: "Blood Red" • 1990 — Designing Women — Eugenia Weeks — Episode: "Suzanne Goes Looking for a Friend" • 1991 — Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again — Veronica Lodge — TV movie • 1994 — The Cosby Mysteries — Lauren Murdoch — Episode: "The Fine Art of Murder"