Barbara Niven

Actor Feb 26 (age 73) Portland, Oregon, USA 1986–2026 (40 year career)

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Biography

Barbara Niven is an American actress, writer and producer, best known for her performances in Hallmark and Lifetime movies, and for television roles and independent films. She is also a motivational speaker, media trainer, and animal rights activist and spokesperson as a National Ambassador for American Humane.

Known For

Film

Chesapeake Shores

Megan O'Brien

Film

Crossword Mysteries: Abracadaver

Aunt Candace

Film

Crossword Mysteries: Proposing Murder

Aunt Candace

Film

Murder, She Baked: A Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery

Delores Swensen

Film

Murder, She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery

Delores Swensen

Film

Murder, She Baked: A Plum Pudding Mystery

Delores Swensen

Film

Crossword Mysteries: A Puzzle to Die For

Aunt Candace

Film

A Perfect Ending

Rebecca Westridge

Filmography

Acting (96)

Movies (85)

Sugar & Vice: A Hannah Swensen Mystery

2026

as Delores Swensen

4.0

Reality Bites: A Hannah Swensen Mystery

2025

as Delores Swensen

7.9

Pie To Die For: A Hannah Swensen Mystery

as Delores Swensen

The Christmas Baby

as Betty Mitchell

One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery

2024

as Delores Swensen

6.8

A Sprinkle of Deceit: A Hannah Swensen Mystery

as Delores Swensen

Leah's Perfect Gift

as Barbara

The Last Word

as Jillian Harper

Ms. Christmas Comes to Town

2023

as Gayle

7.0

Carrot Cake Murder: A Hannah Swensen Mystery

2023

as Delores Swensen

6.9

A Zest For Death: A Hannah Swensen Mystery

as Delores Swensen

North to Home

as Suzanne

Christmas at the Golden Dragon

2022

as Jane

6.3

Crossword Mysteries: Riddle Me Dead

2021

as Candace

7.0

The Christmas Contest

2021

as Donna

5.9

Crossword Mysteries: Terminal Descent

2021

as Aunt Candace

7.1

Sweet Revenge: A Hannah Swensen Mystery

2021

as Delores Swensen

7.1

Crossword Mysteries: Abracadaver

as Aunt Candace

USS Christmas

as Elizabeth

Christmas in Evergreen: Bells Are Ringing

2020

as Carol Shaw

5.7

Christmas In Evergreen: Tidings of Joy

2019

as Carol Shaw

6.7

Crossword Mysteries: Proposing Murder

as Aunt Candace

Love Takes Flight

as Virginia Beauman

Crossword Mysteries: A Puzzle to Die For

as Aunt Candace

Love on the Menu

as Andrea

Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to Santa

2018

as Carol Shaw

6.8

Christmas in Evergreen

2017

as Carol

6.4

Murder, She Baked: Just Desserts

as Delores Swensen

Campfire Kiss

as Beverly

Habeas Corpus: The Making of 'Psycho Cop Returns'

2017

as Self

2.2

Murder, She Baked: A Deadly Recipe

2016

as Delores Swensen

6.9

Murder, She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery

2016

as Delores Swensen

7.2

Hamlet's Ghost

2015

as Sarah Goodman

A Christmas Detour

2015

as Susan Collins

6.1

Murder, She Baked: A Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery

2015

as Delores Swensen

7.1

Murder, She Baked: A Plum Pudding Mystery

as Delores Swensen

Suburban Gothic

as Eve

Being Us

as Julie

Meth Head

as Madelaine

A Perfect Ending

as Rebecca Westridge

Home Invasion

as Tricia Patterson

My Mother's Secret

as Evelyn Wells

Gabe the Cupid Dog

as Ms. Andrews

Heat Wave

as Gouverneur Carol Quinlan

Summer's Blood

as Gaia Hoxey

Accused at 17

as Claire Werner

Moonlight & Mistletoe

as Ginny

Black Widow

as Tiffany Collins

Short Track

as Audrey Beckett

Dead at 17

as Alyssa Harris

Redline

as Sally Martin

McBride: Semper Fi

as Claire Whitman

A Valentine Carol

as Jackie Marley

Mystery Woman: Wild West Mystery

as Annie

Double Cross

as Suzanne Debson

All You've Got

as Peggy McDonald

Murder in My House

as Lauren Kessler

The Perfect Neighbor

as Donna Germaine

Chasing Ghosts

as Patricia King

Stranger in My Bed

as Christine Goudet

Back to You & Me

as Connie Murray

Tiger Cruise

as Kate Dolan

The Drone Virus

as Dr. Sloan

A Carol Christmas

as Sexy TV Star

Alone with a Stranger

as Sandy Kennington

The Rat Pack

as Marilyn Monroe

I Married a Monster

as Linda

Serial Killing 101

as Donna Noland

Breast Men

as Cindy

Doublecross on Costa's Island

as Veronica

Forest Warrior

as Stacy Franklin

Foxfire

as Goldie's Stepmother

6.0

Humanoids from the Deep

1996

as Fran Taylor

3.6

Lone Tiger

1996

as Jane Costello

Depraved

as Monica Stienman

Under Lock and Key

as Tina Lam

The Sister-in-Law

as Ashley Hawkins

Taken Alive

as Veronica

Psycho Cop Returns

as Sharon

Illegal Entry: Formula for Fear

1993

as Pamela Raby

5.0

Fatal Encounter

1990

as Laura Hart

Hired to Kill

as Sheila

Promise

as Joan

It Happened at Christmas

Cooked to Death: A Hannah Swensen Mystery

as Delores Swensen

Television (11)

Paris is Always a Good Idea

2026 Upcoming

Dec 31

Chesapeake Shores

as Megan O'Brien

Parks and Recreation

as June Hartwell

Eli Stone

as Ellen Wethersby

Hell's Kitchen

as Self - Restaurant Patron

NCIS

as Elaine Burns

Las Vegas

as Alice Gold

Charmed

as Helen Jenkins

Pensacola: Wings of Gold

as Kate

Wings

as Susan

My Two Dads

as Veronica Miles