Daphne Zuniga 675866 223581150 2008-07-04T18:46:02Z 68.125.98.38 More concise {{rewrite}} {{Infobox actor | image = Daphne Zuniga.jpg | caption = Zuniga at the [[2007 Sundance Film Festival|Sundance Film Festival]], 2007 | birthdate = {{Birth date and age|1962|10|28|mf=y}} | birthplace = [[Berkeley, California]] }} '''Daphne Eurydice Zuniga''' (born [[October 28]], [[1962]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[actress]]. ==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.<ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/7/Daphne-Zuniga.html Daphne Zuniga Biography (1962?-)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> 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 (voice actor)|Jim Ward]] of The Stephanie Miller Show.{{Fact|date=November 2007}} ==Career== Zuniga is perhaps best known for playing Jo Reynolds in the 1990's TV series ''[[Melrose Place]]''. 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 (1989 movie)|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 actor]]s 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 [[Krewe of Endymion|Endymion parade]] during [[Mardi Gras]].{{Fact|date=November 2007}} Zuniga also appeared in a recurring role in ''[[American Dreams]]''. She was on the show ''[[Beautiful People (series)|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.{{Fact|date=November 2007}} In 2007, she starred in the 5th season premiere of the show ''[[Nip/Tuck]]''.{{Fact|date=November 2007}} Zuniga is currently appearing in five episodes of the CW hit show ''[[One Tree Hill (TV series)|One Tree Hill]]'' for the 5th season playing a glamorous but manipulative business executive with a cruel streak.{{Fact|date=November 2007}} ==Personal life== Zuniga shared a house in [[Los Angeles]] with [[Meg Ryan]] when both were struggling actresses.{{Fact|date=November 2007}} 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]]).<ref>[http://www.mediavillage.com/jmlunch/2005/08/08/lam-08-08-05/ Beautiful People's Daphne Zuniga: Facing Her Fears and Ready to Fall in Love - Jack Myers Media Village<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> 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.{{Fact|date=November 2007}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.daphnezuniga.net The Official Daphne Zuniga Website] *{{imdb name|id=0001879|name=Daphne Zuniga}} *[http://www.geocities.com/daphnezuniga3/ Daphne Zuniga Picture Galleries] {{DEFAULTSORT:Zuniga, Daphne}} [[Category:1962 births]] [[Category:American film actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:American vegetarians]] [[Category:Guatemalan-Americans]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from California]] [[de:Daphne Zuniga]] [[es:Daphne Zuniga]] [[fr:Daphne Zuniga]] [[it:Daphne Zuniga]] [[pl:Daphne Zuniga]] [[fi:Daphne Zuniga]] [[sv:Daphne Zuniga]]