Lolita Davidovich
| Lolita Davidovich | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 15, 1961 London, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Spouse(s) | Ron Shelton (m. 1997) |
| Children | 2 |
Lolita Davidovich (born July 15, 1961) is a Canadian actress. Davidovich is known for her breakthrough title role as Blaze Starr in the 1989 film Blaze, for which she received Chicago Film Critics Association Award nomination. She later had starring roles in films include Leap of Faith (1992), Raising Cain (1993), Intersection (1994), Cobb (1994), Jungle 2 Jungle (1997), Gods and Monsters (1998), Mystery, Alaska (1999), and Play It to the Bone (1999).
Davidovich was born in London, Ontario, the daughter of immigrants from Yugoslavia. Her father was from Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, and her mother was from Slovenia; she spoke only Serbian during her early years. She studied at the Herbert Berghof Studio in New York.
Davidovich began her career playing small parts on television and films. She first received notice co-starring in comedy-drama film Blaze (1989) with Paul Newman, for which she beat out 600 other actresses for the title role of the burlesque performer Blaze Starr. She later starred alongside John Malkovich and Andie MacDowell in 1991 film The Object of Beauty, before earning critical acclaim for her leading performance as an inmate in the HBO drama Prison Stories: Women on the Inside. Davidovich went on to leading roles in films such as the 1993 thriller Raising Cain directed by Brian De Palma, and the drama Leap of Faith, co-starring Steve Martin and Liam Neeson. She played the love interest of Richard Gere in the 1994 drama Intersection. After starring for director Ron Shelton in Blaze, she also was featured in his films Cobb, Play It to the Bone, Dark Blue and Hollywood Homicide. Davidovich also received Tokyo International Film Festival Award for Best Actress for Younger and Younger, and during 1990s had roles in films Boiling Point, For Better or Worse, Now and Then, Jungle 2 Jungle, Gods and Monsters and Mystery, Alaska.
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