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Rya Kihlstedt

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Rya Kihlstedt

Born July 23, 1970 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA24 films

Rya Kihlstedt (born July 23, 1970) is an American actress.

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Kihlstedt was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and is a 1991 graduate of Skidmore College in Theatre Arts.

She is also of Swedish descent. She has two children (Ava Emanuelle born 1999, and Giovanni born 2001) with her actor husband Gil Bellows.

She is the sister of Oakland-based violinist, Carla Kihlstedt.

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Nowhere to Be Found posterFirst watchNowhere to Be Found20197.5as Ruth 'Coach' SimmonsA mother's worst nightmare comes true when her teenage daughter goes missing.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Final Destination Bloodlines poster7.0Final Destination Bloodlines2025Deep Impact poster6.3Deep Impact1998Home Alone 3 poster5.3Home Alone 31997The Atticus Institute poster5.8The Atticus Institute2015After Everything poster6.5After Everything2018Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature poster5.8Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature2001Women in Trouble poster5.1Women in Trouble2009

Filmography

24 films as actor
  1. TBAFuBailey
  2. 2025Final Destination BloodlinesDarlene Campbell
  3. 2021The Nowhere InnHolly
  4. 2021Red Bird LaneEloise
  5. 2019RattlesnakesEsther Jarret
  6. 2019Nowhere to Be FoundRuth 'Coach' Simmons
  7. 2019The Untold StoryRoxy
  8. 2018After EverythingRebecca
  9. 2017Weather TalkMom
  10. 2016Her Last WillMaggie
  11. 2015The SqueezeBeth
  12. 2015The Atticus InstituteJudith Winstead
  13. 2014Three Days in HavanaRita
  14. 2009Women in TroubleRita
  15. 2001Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She CreatureMermaid
  16. 1999Say You’ll Be MineKatherine
  17. 1999FrontlineCatherine
  18. 1998JadedPatricia 'Pat' Long
  19. 1998Deep ImpactChloe
  20. 1998Brave New WorldLenina Crowne
  21. 1997Home Alone 3Alice Ribbons
  22. 1997Hudson River BluesLaura
  23. 1995AlchemyLouisa
  24. 1993Arctic BlueAnne Marie