Barbara Niven is an American actress best known for playing the role of Kate in the syndicated American action/adventure drama series,. She has also appeared in numerous soap opera shows.

Early Life & Education

Barbara Niven was born as Barbara Lee Bucholz on February 26, 1953, in Portland, Oregon, the United States of America.

Details about her family, parents, and siblings are not available. She is of is an American nationality and of white ethnicity. As for her education, she has studied at Beverly Hills Playhouse.

Barbara had an interest in acting since her childhood and used to participate in plays and events at her school.

Television & Film Career

Barbara Niven started her acting career by performing in several plays and shows. Later in 1986, she made her acting debut with the role of Joan in the CBS hit television movie, .

In the early 1990s she appeared in a number of movies and television series such as  and so on.

Barbara rose to fame after she began starring as Kate in a syndicated American action/adventure drama series .

She was then critically acclaimed for portraying Liz Coleman Reynolds in the soap opera from 2002 to 2003

Her other television credits are , , , , ,  and Chesapeake Shores.