Stacie Mistysyn

Stacie Moana Mistysyn (born July 23, 1971) is an American and Canadian actress who is best known for her role as Caitlin Ryan throughout multiple incarnations of the Degrassi teen drama franchise, from Degrassi Junior High through Degrassi: The Next Generation. She previously played Lisa Canard in The Kids of Degrassi Street from 1982 to 1986. She won a Gemini Award for Degrassi Junior High in 1989 and was nominated in 1987 and 1990. She was also named in a Young Artist Award for Outstanding Young Ensemble Cast nomination in 1990. Biography Mistysyn was born in Los Angeles to American parents, and was raised in Toronto. As of 2005, she had dual American and Canadian citizenship, but considered herself Canadian. She auditioned for The Kids of Degrassi Street at the age of 10 after coming across an audition flyer at her school. She played the role of Lisa Canard from 1982 to 1986, when development began on Degrassi Junior High, where she opted to play a new character instead of reprising her previous role. Initially auditioning for a "rebellious, punky" character named Annie, she was instead given her own character, Caitlin Ryan, named after a relative of the show's publicist. According to the Toronto Star, Caitlin was "arguably its most popular character, whose storylines included her questioning her sexuality, an epilepsy diagnosis and the trauma after an ex committed suicide". In 1992, Mistysyn appeared as Caitlin in Degrassi High's television movie finale, School's Out!, where she uttered the quote "You were fucking Tessa Campanelli?", the second time "fuck" was said on Canadian television after co-star Stefan Brogren moments earlier in the film. She appeared in the acclaimed 1990 Canadian film Princes in Exile.