Karen-Eileen Gordon

Karen-Eileen Gordon is most well-known to audiences from her two seasons on the hit Starz Original Drama "Magic City," as sassy New Yorker Florence. Born in Philadelphia, Gordon spent her early years in New Jersey before her real-estate-executive parents headed southeast to Florida, where she grew up. Drawn to all things creative from an early age, Gordon wrote/produced her first animated short . She soon was welcomed into Miami's hit improvisation troupe "Mental Floss" and booked her first television role in ABC's "Maximum Bob," directed by Kenneth Fink. On film, Gordon stars in the independent comedy feature "A Free Bird" as southern whirlwind Tammy, directed by George Foster Peabody and British Academy of Film and Television Arts award-winner Gregg Russell. The film, making its way onto screens in the United States, recently held two sold-out fund raising screenings for The One Fund and The Wounded Warrior Project. A strong improviser, Gordon has improvised roles for both television and film, including her improvised-in-French performance as artist Vojuby in the futuristic thriller, "Man Without A Head," with Rhys Coiro, Shannyn Sossaman and Taryn Manning and her completely improvised performance as news reporter Christine Anderson in North by Northwest's "Oy Vey! My Son is Gay!" with Carmen Electra, Lainie Kazan, Saul Rubinek and Bruce Vilanch. Gordon also co-starred as clueless pampered princess Autumn, along with Warren Christie and Sara Foster, in 20th Century Fox's "Bachelor Party 2," with her work winning her critical notice for delivering the movie's funniest female performance. Additional film credits include roles in "Meet the Fockers" for director Jay Roach, "American Dreamz" for director Paul Weitz, "Bad News Bears" for director Richard Linklater, and "Legally Blonde 2" for director Charles Herman-Wurmfeld. On television, Gordon guest starred on A & E's "The Glades" as snake lawyer Joanne Riley for director Lee Rose, and has shared the TV screen with: Larry David in HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm," directed by Robert B. Weide; Michael Chiklis in ABC's "No Ordinary Family," directed by David Semel; Miley Cyrus in Disney's "Hannah Montana," directed by Shelley Jensen; and Leven Rambin in Fox's "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles," directed by Scott Peters. Additional television credits include USA's "Sins of the City," directed by Leon Ichaso and SyFy's "The Chronicle," opposite Elaine Hendrix and directed by John Kretchmer. In addition to being an accomplished actress, Gordon is an accomplished writer, with extensive experience in radio, advertising and theatre. She is a huge fan of the wellness arts, and a long-time practitioner of both the Japanese energy healing art of Reiki and Hatha Yoga. Based in Los Angeles, she adores working on both coasts.