Stacey Dash

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Stacey Dash

Birth name Stacey Dash
Born January 20, 1966 (age 41)
Bronx, New York
Notable roles Dionne Davenport in Clueless

Stacey Dash (born January 20, 1966 in The Bronx, New York) is an American film and television actress of African American and Native American descent.

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[edit] Career

Dash started her career as a child actor on the television series Sesame Street. She later appeared in shows such as the Cosby Show, where she acted beside girlfriend Lisa Bonet, and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.[1] Dash's first major film role was in the Richard Pryor comedy Moving in 1988. An important, if obscure, film for Dash is entitled "Black Water" starring Julian Sands and Johnny Cash. She also had sizeable roles in Mo' Money and Renaissance Man during this time. In 1995 Dash starred as an extremely sexy femme fatale in another obscure movie, Illegal in Blue. Dash received her big break with the film Clueless with Alicia Silverstone. Dash played the teenager Dionne Marie Davenport even though she was 29 at the time. Dash looked much younger than her age and carried off the role quite well.

The film eventually spawned a television spinoff in 1996 titled Clueless. The series, which lacked Silverstone, eventually was canceled in 1999. Dash then went on to play Vanessa Weir in the television series The Strip. It was not a success, however, and was cancelled after a few episodes.

[edit] Post-Clueless

After the TV series Clueless, Dash's career went dormant while she focused her energies on raising her children. Her credits include View from the Top and many lesser known movies, including Gang Of Roses, with Monica Calhoun, Lisa Raye, and Lil' Kim, and Getting Played with Vivica A. Fox, Bill Bellamy, and Carmen Electra. She also has appeared in small guest roles on TV shows such as Eve and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

In 2004, Dash was featured in a music video by Kanye West, label mate of her kissing cousin Damon Dash, for the single "All Falls Down." At the age of 40, Dash posed in the August 2006 issue of Playboy. She is also featured in the upcoming Michelle Pfeiffer film I Could Never Be Your Woman.

In 2006, Stacey was featured in singer Marques Houston's video, "Favorite Girl". In 2007 Stacy was interviewed by Meeko Israel on the world famous radio and webcast "The Meeko Show FormFree Raido" WOBC 91.5 FM on the web at WOBC.ORG.

[edit] Personal life

Dash is the cousin of Damon Dash, the former CEO and co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records.[2] Stacey was a close friend of Damon's late fiancée Aaliyah. She's a sister of both Darien Dash (Brother) and Tia Gordon (Younger Half Sister). In July 1999 Stacey married Brian Lowell (they met on the set of Clueless where he was an electrician) (InStyle magazine May 2000). Her brother Darien is the CEO of DME Interactive Holdings, the first publicly traded African-American owned internet company.[3]

Stacey Dash has two children — a son Austin (born in 1991) with R&B singer Christopher Williams, and a daughter (born in 1988), whose paternity has never been publicly discussed by the star.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Stacey Dash at Hollywood.com.
  2. ^ Friedman, Roger (2002-05-16). Jay-Z's Producer on a Roll (English). FOXNews. Retrieved on 2006-07-17.
  3. ^ Damon Dash (English). Sister 2 Sister Magazine (2003 February). Retrieved on 2006-07-17.

[edit] External links

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