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Acting

Barbara Niven

Career: Active from 1990 to 2026, busiest in 2019 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 45
top three billing

Average score: 57/100

Highest rated: Chesapeake Shores
80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 74 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Barbara Niven Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Historical
0.7, average 2.6
Social Commentary
3.1, average 4.9
Violence
2.7, average 4.1
Melancholy
3.3, average 4.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Cozy Mystery 19
Amateur Sleuth 14
Character-Driven 11
Wholesome 6
Lighthearted 5
Christmas Romance 5
Small Town 5
Feel-Good 4
Family-Friendly 4
Small-Town Setting 4
Female Protagonist 4
Psychological Thriller 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

95

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Cooked to Death: A Hannah Swensen Mystery

as Delores Swensen

2020s

23 titles · average score 66

'Tis the Season for Setups

46

as June

Best Served Cold: A Hannah Swensen Mystery

71

as Delores Swensen

Sugar & Vice: A Hannah Swensen Mystery

64

as Delores Swensen

The Christmas Baby

66

as Betty Mitchell

Pie To Die For: A Hannah Swensen Mystery

69

as Delores Swensen

One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery

66

as Delores Swensen

Carrot Cake Murder: A Hannah Swensen Mystery

53

as Delores Swensen

Crossword Mysteries: Riddle Me Dead

72

as Candace

Crossword Mysteries: Terminal Descent

70

as Aunt Candace

Sweet Revenge: A Hannah Swensen Mystery

69

as Delores Swensen

The Christmas Contest

58

as Donna

Crossword Mysteries: Abracadaver

74

as Aunt Candace

2010s

23 titles · average score 59

Christmas In Evergreen: Tidings of Joy

58

as Carol Shaw

Crossword Mysteries: Proposing Murder

60

as Aunt Candace

Crossword Mysteries: A Puzzle to Die For

68

as Aunt Candace

Love Takes Flight

68

as Virginia Beauman

Murder, She Baked: Just Desserts

57

as Delores Swensen

Chesapeake Shores

80

TV show · as Megan O'Brien

Murder, She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery

61

as Delores Swensen

Murder, She Baked: A Deadly Recipe

76

as Delores Swensen

Murder, She Baked: A Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery

57

as Delores Swensen

Murder, She Baked: A Plum Pudding Mystery

56

as Delores Swensen

A Perfect Ending

53

as Rebecca Westridge

My Mother's Secret

56

as Evelyn Wells

2000s

26 titles · average score 53

Summer's Blood

49

as Gaia Hoxey

Parks and Recreation

82

TV show · as June Hartwell

Short Track

as Audrey Beckett

Moonlight & Mistletoe

59

as Ginny

Redline

29

as Sally Martin

A Valentine Carol

42

as Jackie Marley

Murder in My House

36

as Lauren Kessler

The Perfect Neighbor

44

as Donna Germaine

Back to You & Me

66

as Connie Murray

NCIS

64

TV show · as Elaine Burns

Las Vegas

67

TV show · as Alice Gold

Alone with a Stranger

45

as Sandy Kennington

1990s

20 titles · average score 51

I Married a Monster

41

as Linda

Charmed

70

TV show · as Helen Jenkins

Serial Killing 101

51

as Donna Noland

Doublecross on Costa's Island

as Veronica

Depraved

38

as Monica Stienman

Under Lock and Key

50

as Tina Lam

Taken Alive

60

as Veronica

Psycho Cop Returns

46

as Sharon

Illegal Entry: Formula for Fear

as Pamela Raby

Wings

66

TV show · as Susan

Hired to Kill

41

as Sheila

Fatal Encounter

as Laura Hart

1980s

2 titles · average score 54

My Two Dads

41

TV show · as Veronica Miles

Promise

67

as Joan