Kirsten Nelson

Kirsten Nelson is an American film and television actress born in Oklahoma. She grew up in Chicago, Illinois and attended Northwestern University before moving to Los Angeles, California to pursue a career in acting. Her first professional acting work was in the 1993 film The Fugitive where she played a character named Betty. Though she has appeared in episodes of several notable TV shows such as The West Wing, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Eli Stone and NCIS, Kirsten is best known for playing the role of Santa Barbara police chief Karen Vick on the USA Network television series Psych.