She auditioned for and was admitted to
Claude Watson School for the Arts at age 10. She worked filming commercials, guest starring roles, and had co-starring role on the Canadian kid-com ''
Eric's World'' (1991). She later auditioned for and attended
Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts in Toronto from grade 7 - 9, where she was a dance major. She later moved to
Jamaica (where her father resides) in
grade 10 and attended Belair High School in
Mandeville. One of her first auditions upon returning to
Canada was for the
YTV teen sitcom
Student Bodies (1997), on which she landed a lead role alongside
Jamie Elman, Katie Emme McIninch,
Ross Hull,
Jennifer Finnigan, and
Mark Taylor. Lyn made her acting debut in the television series
Ramona. She has made television guest appearances on
The Kids in the Hall,
Are You Afraid of the Dark?,
Relic Hunter,
Andy Richter Controls the Universe,
My Secret Identity,
The West Wing,
Half & Half, and
Psych. She was a series regular in the Canadian television shows ''
Eric's World and Student Bodies''. Lyn also appeared in the television film, "The Feast Of All Saints" based on an Anne Rice novel of the same name. Lyn has appeared in television films such as
On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story and
Dying To Dance, and appeared in the feature film
Deliver Us From Eva. Lyn also DJs under the name "Ms. Nix" and serves as an announcer on
MTV2's
Hip Hop Squares. ==Personal life==