Biography

Caitlin O'Connor is an American actress, TV host and film producer. She played Dyan Cannon on HBO's "Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty." Caitlin has leveraged her talent and social media influence to pave an unconventional, multi-hyphenate career path in entertainment. She is a member of The Producer's Guild of America.

She was born in Los Angeles and raised in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Caitlin excelled at dancing and performing from a very young age; hosting her elementary school Christmas programs, which led to her passion for acting and TV hosting. She attended UCLA as an English major with a theater minor.

As a TV Host, Caitlin has sat down for one-on-one interviews with A-list stars like Hailey Beiber, Bill Murray, Cardi B, Gore Verbinski, Diplo, Spice Girls' Mel B, and Post Malone, among many others. She is the red carpet host and entertainment reporter for Maxim Magazine, The Chive, Chive TV, ArsenicTV, and The Ballout. You can catch Caitlin as the host of "KCCO cocktail" for The Chive and yearly as a host at the World MMA Awards.

As an actress, she appeared court-side on HBO's "Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty" as LA Lakers legend Dyan Cannon. She was a cast member on the series finale of Two and a Half Men on CBS. She cameos as Nurse Richardson on the Season 4 finale of Showtime's "Ray Donovan". Caitlin plays Raven in the theatrically released "American Satan," and is the ring girl in Antoine Fuqua's "Southpaw." She guest starred on Comedy Central's "Key & Peele", "Tosh.0", "Comedy Bang Bang" and "The Nick Kroll Show" playing various characters. In 2023, she was a guest star in "Stay Out," a BET movie and in "Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace" as Olivia in 2023. "Angels Fallen" stars Cuba Gooding Jr, Denise Richards, and Randy Couture. Also in 2024, she played a news reporter in theatrically released "Roswell Delirium" and "Burn My Money."

Caitlin was featured in Bloomberg's "Business Week" for her vision to leverage beauty and social media engagement to generate revenue as an actress and TV host. She has over 1 million followers on her various platforms, with contracts to promote national brands like Lucky Jeans, Sony Home Entertainment, Revolve, and Omni Hotels.

In addition to her acting career, Caitlin has proven her versatility as a film producer, having successfully produced four full-length feature films now in distribution. These works, titled "GlassJaw," "Val," "Electric Love," and "Rideshare," are available on major digital streaming services and can be found in Walmart stores across the USA. She was inducted into the Producer's Guild of America in 2024.

Commercially, she has starred in national ads for Dave & Busters, Stately, Game Show Network's "Baggage on The Road," Diesel's "Loverdose," Pepsi Next's Super Bowl commercial and Budweiser "Black Crown," among others. Her print credits include Target, CosmoProf, Macy's, GQ, Esquire, Nickelodeon's The Bratz, WalMart, Cheez-It, Pert Plus and Xbox.

In her spare time, she is an avid combat sports fan and has worked for UFC Fight Pass, Matchroom Boxing, Bellator, Top Rank, DirecTV's BKB, and GoldenBoy boxing! She also enjoys biking around Burning Man every year.
- IMDb mini biography by: Nina B.