Biography - B.K. Cannon

Who is B.K. Cannon?

B.K. Cannon is an actress well known for starring in Lie to Me, Mall, Switched at Birth, and Why Women Kill. She also runs Camo Anuenue, which is a “weeklong camping experience offered to children in Hawaii, ages 7-18, who have or have had cancer.”

B.K. Cannon – Age, Parents, Siblings

B.K. Cannon’s birth took place on August 27, 1990, in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, as Barbara-Kimberly Cannon. Her mother’s name is Trudi Cannon, and her father’s name is Tom Cannon. There are no details provided on her siblings, if she has any, or the profession of her parents.

At the age of 3, she was diagnosed with a rare childhood cancer called Neuroblastoma. She received treatment for several years at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children and the University of California, San Francisco.

Cannon eventually received a bone marrow transplant, as part of an experimental study. This procedure saved her life and also became the standard treatment for neuroblastoma.

Education, Ethnicity

For education, B.K. Cannon attended Le Jardin Academy and Mid-Pacific Institute. She went on to study Liberal arts at Mount Saint Mary's University.

Her ethnicity is Caucasian.

B.K. Cannon – Boyfriend, Girlfriend, Wife, Children

B.K. Cannon's past relationship(s) and boyfriends are unknown to the public. She has revealed her sexuality as lesbian.

In June 2023, she announced her engagement to Abby Gillmore. She married her partner on February 15, 2025. She does not have any children with her wife.

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B.K. Cannon – Career

Early Days

B.K. Cannon started her professional career as an actress in the year 2005. Her debut was in the episode(s) of the TV series Flight 29 Down as Jory Twist. This was followed by appearances in the TV series House (2008), ER (2009), Grey's Anatomy (2009), and the 2009 film The Inner Circle as Jackie Benard.

Her role as Stacey in a 2009 episode of Lie to Me gained her much recognition in her line of work.

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Films, TV Series

Over the years, Cannon has portrayed character(s) in the TV series Law & Order: LA (2011), Glee (2012), The Mindy Project (2014), Sin City Saints (2015), The Middle (2016), Bones (2016), Switched at Birth (2013-2017) as Mary Beth Tucker, 2 Broke Girls (2017), The Politician (2019-2020),  Why Women Kill (2021), among others.

Moreover, she has worked on films We the Party (2012), Mall (2014), Her Mind in Pieces (2019), Road House (2024), and in numerous short films, some are Ghost Runner (2012), Page's Great and Grand Escape (2014), Life Boat (2017).

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Co-stars

On the set of Why Women Kill, B.K. Cannon has worked with Lana Parrilla, Alicia Coppola, Matthew Daddario, Allison Tolman, and Nick Frost.

Also, she is the CEO, president, and director of Camp Ānuenue, “a weeklong camping experience for children in Hawaii, ages 7-18, who have or have had cancer.”

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B.K. Cannon – Net Worth, Salary

The net worth and annual salary of Cannon are not known.

B.K. Cannon – Instagram, Twitter, Facebook

B.K. Cannon is active on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. She currently resides in Los Angeles.

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