BARBARA NIVEN

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Barbara Niven is living her dreams! The busy actress recently filmed Yours, Mine and Ours opposite Dennis Quaid for MGM and is currently in production in MTV Films' Rumble. Barbara can also be seen in The Perfect Neighbor on Lifetime and Back To You and Me opposite Rue McClanahan and Lisa Hartman on Hallmark Channel. Additional roles include playing Bill Pullman’s navy wife in Disney’s Tiger Cruise, Danny Trejo’s attorney in the feature Chasing Ghosts, a corporate head in the medical thriller The Drone Virus and television guest starring roles on Cold Case, Las Vegas and Frasier to name a few. Barbara played Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Reynolds on the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live and ‘Brenda Dickerson’ on CBS’s The Bold and the Beautiful. She has 22 feature films, 9 television movies and countless guest starring roles to her credit. World wide audiences recognize her as ‘Kate’ on Pensacola: Wings of Gold. One of her dreams came true when she was asked to portray icon Marilyn Monroe in The Rat Pack on HBO. Barbara held her own with Ray Liotta, Joe Mantegna and Don Cheadle in the award winning telefilm. When she is not in front of the camera, Barbara takes time to pursue other aspects that enrich her life. She is a motivational speaker and lends her support to numerous charitable organizations. Recently, Barbara inspired 200 Special Olympic Athletes at a celebratory send-off to the 2005 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Nagano, Japan. Barbara is living proof that anyone can make his or her dreams come true. She loves to inspire others, and has even started a Dreamers Network on her website at BarbaraNiven.com. Her motto is, “Don’t settle for less than wonderful in your life! And, don’t give up five minutes before the miracle.”