Stacey Dash
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| Stacey Dash | |
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| Born | Stacey Lauretta Dash January 20, 1966 Bronx, New York |
Stacey Lauretta Dash (born January 20, 1966) is an American film and television actress.
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[edit] Career
Dash started her career as a child actress on Sesame Street. She later appeared in shows such as The Cosby Show, where she acted beside friend Lisa Bonet, and in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.[1] Dash's first substantial television role was in the 1988 television series, TV 101 which also featured Matt LeBlanc and Sam Robards. The series was canceled after 13 episodes.
Dash's first major film role was in the Richard Pryor comedy Moving in 1988. She also had sizeable roles in Mo' Money and Renaissance Man during this time. In 1995, Dash starred as a femme fatale in a low budget film, Illegal in Blue. Dash received her big break with the 1995 film Clueless, which starred Alicia Silverstone as Cher Horowitz. Dash played Cher's high school best friend Dionne Marie Davenport, even though Dash was 28 at the time. In 1996 the film spawned a television spinoff, also called Clueless, in which Dash reprised her role as Dionne and in which Rachel Blanchard played Cher. The series ran from 1996-1999.
After the TV series Clueless, her credits include View from the Top and smaller budget films, including Gang Of Roses, and Getting Played. She also has appeared in small guest roles on TV shows such as Eve and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Dash played Vanessa Weir in the television series, The Strip, which was not successful and was canceled after a few episodes.
In 2001, Dash was featured in a music video by Carl Thomas, for the single, "Emotional". In 2004, Dash was featured in a music video by Kanye West, label mate of her cousin Damon Dash, for the single, "All Falls Down." Aged 40, Stacey Dash posed in the August 2006 issue of Playboy. The same year she was featured in singer Marques Houston's video, "Favorite Girl". In 2006, she launched her own lingerie line called Letters of Marque.[2]
In 2007, she completed filming roles in I Could Never be Your Woman, Nora's Hair Salon II, Fashion Victim, Ghost Image and American Primitive. For 2008 release, she has filmed Phantom Punch, Secrets Of A Hollywood Nurse for television, and the feature film Close Quarters.
Dash is performing in the 2008 reality television series, Celebrity Circus. On the series premiere, it was revealed that Dash suffered a broken rib during training for the series. Despite the injury, Dash stayed with the show, performing on the trapeze bungee during the premiere.
[edit] Personal life
Dash was born in The Bronx, New York, a cousin of Damon Dash, the former CEO and co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records.[3]
Dash was a close friend of Damon's late fiancée, Aaliyah. Her brother is Darien Dash, the CEO of DME Interactive Holdings.
In July 1999, Dash married Brian Lovell. They have one child together: Lola (born 2003). Stacey also has a son, Austin (born 1991). She divorced Brian Lovell in 2006.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.hollywood.com/celebs/detail/id/187536 Stacey Dash] at Hollywood.com.
- ^ http://www.lettersofmarque.com/
- ^ Friedman, Roger (2002-05-16). Jay-Z's Producer on a Roll (English). FOXNews. Retrieved on 2006-07-17.
- ^ Stacey Dash - Biography (English). Internet Movie Database, Inc.. Retrieved on 2008-01-04.
