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Cari Shayne

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Cari Shayne
Cari Shayne stars as Claire Gundry with Grant Show and Cicely Tyson in Blessed Assurance.
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Over the course of her career, Cari Shayne has amassed an impressive resume with leading roles in numerous television pilots, television series, feature films, and made-for-TV-movies. Cari began her career as a teen, starring as Karen Wexler on the daytime drama Hôpital central (1963) and quickly parlayed into prime-time when she recurred as Neve Campbell's best friend on the hit Fox series La vie à cinq (1994).

Shayne has also carried a number of made-for-television movies such as Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge (1995) in which she portrayed the life of the young, country music sensation, Naomi Judd. She starred alongside Thomas Gibson, Meredith Baxter, and Tom Conti as the lead character in Louisa May Alcott's L'Héritière (1997), the western classic Shaughnessy (1996) with Sarah Paulson, and The Price of Heaven (1997) directed by Peter Bogdanovich in which she starred with Grant Show and the incomparable Cicely Tyson.

Cari has guest-starred and recurred on a long list of television shows such as Cold Case : Affaires classées (2003), Division d'élite (2001), Star Trek: Voyager (1995), Beverly Hills (1990), to name a few, and also starred in the television pilots, Forbidden Island (1999) and "Dope."

After appearing as Detective Rachel Harding on Esprits criminels (2005) in 2008, Cari decided to take a break from acting and enrolled in nursing school to explore the medical field. After training in the trenches at LA County USC Medical Center, Cari became a high-risk Obstetrical Nurse, working with both women and babies in a hospital setting.

After an 11-year hiatus, Cari has returned to her television roots as Dr. Genevieve Cates in the Emmy Award-winning series The Bay (2010) on Amazon and recently made an appearance as Jack and Rebecca's maternity nurse in This is Us.
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    Known for

    Mary Beth Evans, Ronn Moss, and Kristos Andrews in The Bay (2010)
    The Bay
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Dr. Cates
    • Dr. Genevieve Cates
    Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz, and Faithe Herman in This Is Us (2016)
    This Is Us
    8.7
    TV Series
    • Nurse Melissa
    Finola Hughes, Maurice Benard, Steve Burton, Genie Francis, Kelly Monaco, Laura Wright, Donnell Turner, Tanisha Harper, Josh Kelly, Eden McCoy, Josh Swickard, and Tabyana Ali in Hôpital central (1963)
    Hôpital central
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Karen Wexler
    La vie à cinq (1994)
    La vie à cinq
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Nina DiMayo

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    • Good Fortune
      • Plasma Donation Tech
      • Post-production
      • 2025



    • Mary Beth Evans, Ronn Moss, and Kristos Andrews in The Bay (2010)
      The Bay
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Dr. Cates
      • Dr. Genevieve Cates
      • 2019–2024
    • Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz, and Faithe Herman in This Is Us (2016)
      This Is Us
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Nurse Melissa
      • 2021
    • Cari Shayne in Discarded (2017)
      Discarded
      Short
      • Debi Faris
      • 2017
    • Esprits criminels (2005)
      Esprits criminels
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Detective Rachel Harding
      • 2008
    • Cold Case : Affaires classées (2003)
      Cold Case : Affaires classées
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Dottie Mills (1958)
      • 2006
    • Mes plus belles années (2002)
      Mes plus belles années
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Emily McCarren
      • 2003
    • Dennis Hopper, Phillip Rhys Chaudhary, Bumper Robinson, and Françoise Yip in Flatland (2002)
      Flatland
      3.8
      TV Series
      • Gwen Torrance
      • 2002
    • Souvenirs d'amour (2002)
      Souvenirs d'amour
      5.5
      TV Movie
      • Amy
      • 2002
    • Bonnie Bedelia, Nancy McKeon, Lela Rochon, Lisa Vidal, and Tracey Needham in Division d'élite (2001)
      Division d'élite
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Lt. Sharon Walker
      • 2002
    • Jack the Dog (2001)
      Jack the Dog
      4.6
      • Cafe Girl
      • 2001
    • Just Perfect
      Short
      • Lexi
      • 2001
    • Maria Conchita Alonso, Damian Chapa, and Karina Lombard in Exposé (2000)
      Exposé
      4.1
      • Abigail
      • 2000
    • Forbidden Island
      6.7
      TV Series
      • 1999
    • Luke Perry, Jason Priestley, Shannen Doherty, Jennie Garth, Tori Spelling, Brian Austin Green, Ian Ziering, and Gabrielle Carteris in Beverly Hills (1990)
      Beverly Hills
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Lauren Durning
      • 1999
    • La croisière s'amuse, nouvelle vague (1998)
      La croisière s'amuse, nouvelle vague
      4.6
      TV Series
      • Catherine Beaumont
      • 1998

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    • Cari Shayne in Discarded (2017)
      Discarded
      Short
      • medical technical advisor
      • 2017

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    • Born
      • September 8
      • Sellersville, Tennessee, USA
    • Spouses
        Zeus MendozaNovember 2, 2002 - ? (divorced, 2 children)
    • Children
        Gaelan Edward Mendoza
    • Other works
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    • Gender / Gender identity
      • Female
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    • Race / Ethnicity
      • White
    • Nationality / Religious or Ethnic identity
      • American

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      Appeared in the Counting Crows video "Hanging Around." Shayne met lead singer Adam Duritz when he became her neighbor in the Hollywood Hills. An admitted La vie à cinq (1994) junkie, Duritz used to have tapes of La vie à cinq (1994) episodes sent to him while on the road. They have remained long time friends

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