Ione Skye
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| Born | Ione Skye Leitch September 4, 1970 Hertfordshire, England |
Ione Skye Leitch (pronounced eye-oh-nee;[1] born September 4, 1970[2]) is a British-born American actress.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Personal life
Skye was born in Hertfordshire, England, the daughter of Enid Karl (née Stulberger), a model, and Donovan, a singer/songwriter.[1] Her father is Scottish and her mother a Jewish American. She is the sister of Camp Freddy singer Donovan Leitch. Skye was raised in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Connecticut, and briefly attended Hollywood High School for the Performing Arts in 1987.
Skye has had a relationship with Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis. Her first husband, Adam Horovitz, is a member of the the Beastie Boys. She had a daughter, Kate Netto, in 2001 with designer David Netto, although they did not marry. In 2008, she became engaged to musician Ben Lee.[3]
[edit] Career
Skye's most well-known performance is as Diane Court in the 1989 film Say Anything. She made her film debut in River's Edge in 1986, and played the title character in The Rachel Papers (1989). In 1992, she played the role of Elanore Grey on the short-lived TV show Covington Cross. More recently, she appeared as Mrs. Veal in an episode of the TV show Arrested Development. She also had a small but well-received part in the 2007 David Fincher film Zodiac.
She ranks #84 on VH1's 100 Greatest Teen Stars.
[edit] Filmography
- River's Edge (1986)
- Stranded (1987)
- A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988)
- Say Anything (1989)
- The Rachel Papers (1989)
- Mindwalk (1991)
- Guncrazy (1992)
- Wayne's World (film) (1992)
- Gas Food Lodging (1992)
- Four Rooms (1995)
- Dream for an Insomniac (1996)
- Guardiani del cielo, I (1998) (TV) — Diane Shannon
- aka "Tower of the Firstborn" (USA: cable TV title)
- Jump! (1999)
- But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
- Mascara (1999)
- Moonglow (2000)
- Dry Cycle (2003)
- Return to Babylon (2004)
- Arrested Development (2005)
- Fever Pitch (2005)
- The Lather Effect (2006)
- 12 Hours to Live (2006)
- Zodiac (2007)
- My Father's Will (2008)
[edit] References
- ^ a b Ione Skye Biography (1970?-)
- ^ according to the British birth index, she was born in 1970, not 1971
- ^ Lee needs guru's OK to wed | The Daily Telegraph
[edit] External links
- Ione Skye at the Internet Movie Database
