Nina Blackwood
| Nina Blackwood | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Nina Kinckiner September 12, 1955 Springfield, Massachusetts, United States |
| Occupation | Disc jockey, music journalist, MTV VJ, actress, model |
| Known for | Original MTV video jockey, radio and TV personality |
Nina Blackwood (born September 12, 1955) is an American disc jockey and music journalist, who was the first of the original five MTV VJs. She has also been an actress and model.
Blackwood was born Nina Kinckiner in Springfield, Massachusetts. Her father was in government service, and also taught Sunday school; he was never a minister, as has sometimes been reported. She grew up on the west side of Cleveland, Ohio, and attended Rocky River High School, graduating in 1970. In high school she sang and played keyboards in her high school sweetheart's band, and covered the song "Venus".
Prior to entering broadcasting, Blackwood appeared nude in the August 1978 Playboy pictorial, "The Girls in the Office," as a brunette.
She moved to California, and studied acting at the Strasberg Institute. Blackwood has acted in a number of TV show and films, making appearances in the movies Vice Squad (1982), Reckless Kelly (1993), and I Crave Rock & Roll (1996).
She was chosen for MTV's original video jockey lineup, along with Martha Quinn, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, and J. J. Jackson, when the network began airing in 1981. After leaving the network in 1986, she hosted her own "Rock Report" for Entertainment Tonight. She also hosted the TV music show Solid Gold from 1986 to 1988. Blackwood has appeared on A Current Affair, Access Hollywood, VH1, The Discovery Channel, and MSNBC.
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