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Daphne Zuniga 
Zuniga at the Sundance Film Festival, 2007Born Daphne Eurydice Zuniga
October 28, 1962
Berkeley, California, U.S.Occupation Actress Daphne Eurydice Zuniga (born October 28, 1962) is an American actress known for her roles as Jo Reynolds on the Fox primetime soap Melrose Place, as Victoria Davis on The CW teen drama One Tree Hill and as Princess Vespa in Spaceballs.
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Early life
Zuniga was born in Berkeley, California. Her father is an emeritus professor of philosophy originally from Guatemala and her mother is a Unitarian minister of Polish and Finnish descent.[1] Zuniga became interested in acting in high school, performing in a variety of school plays. She attended the Young Conservatory of ACT (American Conservatory Theater) of San Francisco in her early teens. Zuniga, her mother, and her sister moved from Berkeley to Reading, Vermont after her parents divorced. Zuniga graduated from Woodstock Union High School in Woodstock, Vermont, in 1980. After graduating from high school she became a Theater Arts major at University of California at Los Angeles.
Career
Television
Zuniga is best known for playing Jo Reynolds in the 1990s TV series Melrose Place. However, her television career began nearly ten years earlier when she appeared in several episodes of Family Ties (1984) as a girlfriend of Alex P. Keaton. She also co-starred with Lucille Ball in the TV drama Stone Pillow in 1985 and was in the 1985 television miniseries Degrees of Guilt.[2] She was also one of many voice actors for the animated television series Stories from My Childhood (1998). Zuniga also had a lead role in the TV mini-series Pandora's Clock (1996).
In 2004-2005, Zuniga also appeared in a recurring role in American Dreams.[3] She was on the show Beautiful People on ABC Family in 2005-2006. In 2007, she starred in the fifth season premiere of the dramatic series Nip/Tuck.
She also starred in several made for television movies including Secret Lives (2005), The Obsession (2006), and Christmas Do-Over (2006). Most recently, Zuniga starred in the made for television movie Mail Order Bride which premiered on November 8, 2008 on the Hallmark Channel.[4]
Since 2007, Daphne Zuniga is on the CW hit show One Tree Hill. She plays the cold-hearted mother Victoria Davis. Also, she was currently reprising the role as the voice of Princess Vespa in the animated spin-off of the 1987 cult classic Spaceballs called Spaceballs: The Animated Series.
Zuniga reprised her role in an updated version of Melrose Place, but it was short-lived as the series was cancelled after just one season in 2009-10.
She played the lead role in the made-for-TV movie On Strike for Christmas in 2010.
Film
Her film career has continued in parallel with her television work throughout much of her career, though her film work has been less prolific. Her first two movies were sorority slasher films The Dorm That Dripped Blood (1981) and The Initiation (1983) with The Bold and the Beautiful's Hunter Tylo, followed by Vision Quest (1985). In 1985, she starred opposite John Cusack in The Sure Thing. She next starred in the 1986 cult film Modern Girls. She was also a lead in the 1987 film Spaceballs, the 1988 film Last Rites, the 1989 films Gross Anatomy (with Matthew Modine), and The Fly II (with Eric Stoltz) and Staying Together (with Sean Astin). She also starred in Artificial Lies (2000), Enemies of Laughter (2000), Dog Gone (2003), A-List (2006), Christmas Do-Over (2006) and The Scene (2009), directed by Amy Glazer. She also provided the voice of the titular character in the English language version of the 1977 Russian animated film, The Magic Pony.
Other media
She was a guest celebrity in the 1996 Endymion parade during Mardi Gras.[5]
In the mid 1990s, she appeared in the release of a video for Bob Seger's previously released 1976 hit, Night Moves. In the video version of the song, she and a pre-Friends Matt LeBlanc are shown in a 1960s drive-in theater, where Daphne's dark, edgy young woman becomes a visual fascination for Matt's clean cut young man.
She is co-producer and co-director (with Steven Latham) of the recently released (DVD, Netflix, 2007) documentary "The Future We Will Create: Inside the World of TED" - a look at the annual Technology, Entertainment and Design conference held in Monterey, California.
In February and March 2008, Zuniga appeared onstage in a production of The Scene by Theresa Rebeck, at the San Francisco Playhouse.[6]
She currently stars in the scripted web series Novel Adventures, which premiered November 3, 2008 from CBS Interactive.[7][8]
Personal life
Her younger sister Jennifer Zuniga is also an actress, debuting in the 1992 film A Woman, Her Men and Her Futon.
Zuniga has also devoted her time to environmental campaigns.[9]
In 2004, Zuniga was the victim of mercury poisoning, which she attributed to an overconsumption of fish, saying she had eaten sushi four times a week prior to her mercury poisoning diagnosis. As a result, she suffered from weak memory, headaches, crying spells, skin rashes and low grade depression.[10] After her diagnosis, Zuniga stopped consuming fish.
In 2009, Zuniga was appointed by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles River Revitalization Corporation, a not-for-profit development corporation charged with catalyzing sustainable development along the Los Angeles River.
Filmography
Year Title Role Notes 1982 The Dorm That Dripped Blood Debbie 1983 Quarterback Princess Kim Maida TV movie 1984 Family Ties Rachel Miller Episode: "Double Date"
Episode: "The Graduate"1984 The Initiation Kelly (Terry) 1985 Vision Quest Margie Epstein 1985 The Sure Thing Alison Bradbury 1985 Stone Pillow Carrie Lang TV movie 1986 Modern Girls Margo 1987 Spaceballs Princess Vespa 1988 Last Rites Angela 1989 The Fly II Beth 1989 Staying Together Beverly Young 1989 Gross Anatomy Laurie Rorbach 1989 Nightmare Classics Irene Marlowe Episode: "The Eyes of the Panther" 1992 Mad at the Moon Young Mrs. Miller 1992 Prey of the Chameleon Patricia / Elizabeth Burrows 1992–1996 Melrose Place Jo Reynolds 110 episodes 1993 Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon Minha 1993 The Hidden Room Elizabeth Mahern Episode: "The Faithful Follower" 1994 Charlie's Ghost Story Ronda 1994 Cityscrapes: Los Angeles Chantal 1994 Models Inc. Jo Reynolds Episode: "Pilot" 1995 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Cinderella (voice) Episode: "Cinderella" 1995 Degree of Guilt Teresa 'Terri' Peralta TV movie 1996 Pandora's Clock Dr. Roni Sanders TV movie 1997 Loss of Faith Claire Hainey TV movie 1997 Naked in the Cold Sun Rini 1997 Johnny Bravo Gabrielle (voice) Episode: "I Used to Be Funny/My Fair Dork/'Twas the Night" 1997 Dead Man's Gun Lillian / Tanya Episode: "Black Widow" 1997 Stand-ins Shirley 1997 Spin City Carrie Episode: "Hot in the City" 1998 Spin City Carrie Episode: "It Happened One Night" 1998 Stories from My Childhood Episode: "Ivan and His Magic Pony" 1999 The Outer Limits Juliette Kagan Episode: "Essence of Life" 1999 Batman Beyond Lula (voice) Episode: "Once Burned" 2000 Batman Beyond April (voice) Episode: "April Moon" 2000 Artificial Lies Karen Wettering 2000 Stark Raving Mad Dr. Anne Russo Episode: "Therapy" 2000 Enemies of Laughter Judy 2003 Ghost Dog: A Detective Tail Amanda Morton TV movie 2003 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Emma Dishell Episode: "Abomination" 2003 Eve Mrs. King Episode: "Twas the Fight Before Christmas" 2004–2005 American Dreams Shelly Pierce 14 episodes 2005 Secret Lives Jill Thompson 2005–2006 Beautiful People Lynn Kerr 16 episodes 2006 A-List Tina 2006 The Obsession Deborah Matthews TV movie 2006 Christmas Do-Over Jill TV movie 2007 Nip/Tuck Carly Summers Episode: "Carly Summers" 2007–2009 Spaceballs: The Animated Series Princess Vespa (voice) 12 episodes 2008 Mail Order Bride Diana McQueen 2008 Novel Adventures Laura French 8 episodes 2008–present One Tree Hill Victoria Davis 35+ episodes 2009 Melrose Place Jo Reynolds Episode: "Windsor" 2010 Melrose Place Jo Reynolds Episode: "Santa Fe" 2010 Seducing Charlie Barker Stella 2010 A Family Thanksgiving Claudia TV movie 2010 On Strike for Christmas Joy Robertson TV movie References
- ^ Daphne Zuniga Biography (1962?-)
- ^ HER STRENGTH HITS NEW 'DEGREE, October 29, 1995, Daily News of Los Angeles
- ^ Jay Bobbin, "Daphne Zuniga Has 'American Dreams'", October 3, 2004, Zap2It.com News
- ^ Mail Order Bride
- ^ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/daphne_zuniga/biography.php
- ^ Tristan Fuge, "Daphne Zuniga to Star in San Francisco Playhouse's The Scene", Theatre Mania, January 4, 2008
- ^ Novel Adventures
- ^ Insider: biography of her character, Laura
- ^ Environmental Justice
- ^ Liz Borod Wright, "Actress Describes Mercury Poisoning Ordeal: Daphne Zuniga Was Eating a High Seafood Diet, ABC News, October 21, 2005
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Categories:- 1962 births
- American film actors
- American television actors
- Hispanic and Latino American actors
- American vegetarians
- American people of Guatemalan descent
- Living people
- People from Berkeley, California
- American people of Polish descent
- American people of Finnish descent
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