Barbara Niven is an American actress, writer and producer, best known for her performances in Hallmark and Lifetime movies, and for television roles and independent films. She is also a motivational speaker, media trainer, and animal rights activist and spokesperson as a National Ambassador for American Humane.

Filmography

• 2026'Tis the Season for Setups — June
• 2026Best Served Cold: A Hannah Swensen Mystery — Delores Swensen
• Paris is Always a Good Idea — Sherrie
• 2026Sugar & Vice: A Hannah Swensen Mystery — Delores Swensen
• 2025Pie To Die For: A Hannah Swensen Mystery — Delores Swensen
• 2025Reality Bites: A Hannah Swensen Mystery — Delores Swensen
• 2025The Christmas Baby — Betty Mitchell
• 2024A Sprinkle of Deceit: A Hannah Swensen Mystery — Delores Swensen
• 2024Leah's Perfect Gift — Barbara
• 2024One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery — Delores Swensen
• 2023A Zest For Death: A Hannah Swensen Mystery — Delores Swensen
• 2023Carrot Cake Murder: A Hannah Swensen Mystery — Delores Swensen
• 2023Ms. Christmas Comes to Town — Gayle
• 2023The Last Word — Jillian Harper
• 2022Christmas at the Golden Dragon — Jane
• 2022North to Home — Suzanne
• 2021Crossword Mysteries: Riddle Me Dead — Candace
• 2021Crossword Mysteries: Terminal Descent — Aunt Candace
• 2021Sweet Revenge: A Hannah Swensen Mystery — Delores Swensen
• 2021The Christmas Contest — Donna
• 2020Christmas in Evergreen: Bells Are Ringing — Carol Shaw
• 2020Crossword Mysteries: Abracadaver — Aunt Candace
• 2020USS Christmas — Elizabeth
• 2019Christmas In Evergreen: Tidings of Joy — Carol Shaw
• 2019Crossword Mysteries: A Puzzle to Die For — Aunt Candace
• 2019Crossword Mysteries: Proposing Murder — Aunt Candace
• 2019Love Takes Flight — Virginia Beauman
• 2019Love on the Menu — Andrea
• 2018Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to Santa — Carol Shaw
• 2017Campfire Kiss — Beverly
• 2017Christmas in Evergreen — Carol
• 2017Murder, She Baked: Just Desserts — Delores Swensen
• Chesapeake Shores — Megan O'Brien
• 2016Murder, She Baked: A Deadly Recipe — Delores Swensen
• 2016Murder, She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery — Delores Swensen
• 2015A Christmas Detour — Susan Collins
• 2015Hamlet's Ghost — Sarah Goodman
• 2015Murder, She Baked: A Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery — Delores Swensen
• 2015Murder, She Baked: A Plum Pudding Mystery — Delores Swensen
• 2014Being Us — Julie
• 2014Suburban Gothic — Eve
• 2013Meth Head — Madelaine
• 2012A Perfect Ending — Rebecca Westridge
• 2012Gabe the Cupid Dog — Ms. Andrews
• 2012Home Invasion — Tricia Patterson
• 2012My Mother's Secret — Evelyn Wells
• 2009Accused at 17 — Claire Werner
• 2009Heat Wave — Gouverneur Carol Quinlan
• Parks and Recreation — June Hartwell
• 2009Summer's Blood — Gaia Hoxey
• 2008Black Widow — Tiffany Collins
• 2008Dead at 17 — Alyssa Harris
• Eli Stone — Ellen Wethersby
• 2008Moonlight & Mistletoe — Ginny
• 2008Short Track — Audrey Beckett
• 2007A Valentine Carol — Jackie Marley
• 2007McBride: Semper Fi — Claire Whitman
• 2007Redline — Sally Martin
• 2006All You've Got — Peggy McDonald
• 2006Double Cross — Suzanne Debson
• 2006Murder in My House — Lauren Kessler
• 2006Mystery Woman: Wild West Mystery — Annie
• 2005Back to You & Me — Connie Murray
• 2005Chasing Ghosts — Patricia King
• 2005Stranger in My Bed — Christine Goudet
• 2005The Perfect Neighbor — Donna Germaine
• 2004The Drone Virus — Dr. Sloan
• 2004Tiger Cruise — Kate Dolan
• 2003A Carol Christmas — Sexy TV Star
• Las Vegas — Alice Gold
• NCIS — Elaine Burns
• 2000Alone with a Stranger — Sandy Kennington
• Charmed — Helen Jenkins
• 1998I Married a Monster — Linda
• 1998Serial Killing 101 — Donna Noland
• 1998The Rat Pack — Marilyn Monroe
• 1997Breast Men — Cindy
• 1997Doublecross on Costa's Island — Veronica
• Pensacola: Wings of Gold — Kate
• 1996Depraved — Monica Stienman
• 1996Forest Warrior — Stacy Franklin
• 1996Foxfire — Goldie's Stepmother
• 1996Humanoids from the Deep — Fran Taylor
• 1996Lone Tiger — Jane Costello
• 1995The Sister-in-Law — Ashley Hawkins
• 1995Under Lock and Key — Tina Lam
• 1994Taken Alive — Veronica
• 1993Illegal Entry: Formula for Fear — Pamela Raby
• 1993Psycho Cop Returns — Sharon
• 1990Fatal Encounter — Laura Hart
• 1990Hired to Kill — Sheila
• Wings — Susan
• My Two Dads — Veronica Miles
• 1986Promise — Joan
• Cooked to Death: A Hannah Swensen Mystery — Delores Swensen
• It Happened at Christmas

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2017Habeas Corpus: The Making of 'Psycho Cop Returns' — Self
• Hell's Kitchen — Self - Restaurant Patron