Daphne Zuniga
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 Zuniga at the Sundance Film Festival, 2007 |
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| Born | October 28, 1962 Berkeley, California |
Daphne Eurydice Zuniga (born October 28, 1962) is an American actress.
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[edit] 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.[1] Zuniga graduated from Woodstock Union High School in Woodstock, VT, in 1980. She and her mother and sister moved from Berkeley to Reading, VT after her parents' divorce. She has been interested in acting since high school, having performed in a variety of school plays. She attended the Young Conservatory of ACT (American Conservatory Theater) of San Francisco in her early teens. After graduating from high school she became a Theater Arts major at UCLA also while at UCLA she became roommates with Darren Star and voice actor Jim Ward of The Stephanie Miller Show.[citation needed]
[edit] Career
Zuniga is perhaps best known for playing Princess Vespa in the movie Spaceballs. In 1982-84, she appeared in several episodes of Family Ties as a girlfriend of the character played by Michael J. Fox. In 1985, she starred opposite John Cusack in The Sure Thing. She co-starred with Lucille Ball in the TV drama "Stone Pillow" in 1985. Daphne starred in the 1986 cult film Modern Girls. She was also a lead in the 1987 film Spaceballs and the 1989 films Gross Anatomy (with Matthew Modine) and The Fly II (with Eric Stoltz). A more recent starring role was in Artificial Lies. She was also one of many voice actors for the animated television series Stories from My Childhood. Zuniga also had a lead role in the TV series Pandora's Clock. She was a guest celebrity in the 1996 Endymion parade during Mardi Gras.[citation needed]
Zuniga also appeared in a recurring role in American Dreams. She was on the show Beautiful People on ABC Family. 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" (Technology, Entertainment and Design), a close look at an annual conference held in Monterey, California, attended by outstanding leaders in a variety of fields to brainstorm solutions to the world's problems.[citation needed]
In 2007, she starred in the 5th season premiere of the show Nip/Tuck.[citation needed]
Zuniga is currently appearing in five episodes of the CW hit show One Tree Hill for the 5th season playing a glamorous and intimidating but manipulative business executive with a cruel streak, who is discovered to be her mom at the end of the episode aired on January 15, 2008 and now works with Brooke Davis (Sophia Bush).[citation needed]
[edit] Personal life
Zuniga shared a house in Los Angeles with Meg Ryan when both were struggling actresses.[citation needed]
Zuniga was a victim of mercury poisoning, which was the direct result of her daily consumption of fish. As a result, the actress suffered from weak memory, headaches, crying spells, skin rashes and low grade depression. Since meeting with many doctors, Zuniga has stopped consuming fish in the mid-1980s. Zuniga admits eating sushi four times a week prior to her mercury poisoning problem. As part of her strategy to clean her body of mercury, the actress drinks shakes rich in protein (specifically with glutathione).[2]
Up until about 2002, Zuniga rode a Harley Davidson motorcycle in her spare time. She has been quoted as having sold it a "few years ago." She was also said to have allowed the body piercing through her navel to heal, attributing both those events in her life to "latent adolescence." Zuniga has also devoted a good amount of time promoting awareness about the earth, and campaigns to help keep it clean.[citation needed]
