Lala Cassandra Sloatman (born October 12, 1970) is an American model,

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lit ...

and costumer. Her uncle was the musician

Frank Zappa Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, composer, and bandleader. His work is characterized by nonconformity, free-form improvisation, sound experiments, musical virtuosity and satire of A ...

and her cousins are Ahmet,

Diva Diva (; ) is the Latin word for a goddess. It has often been used to refer to a celebrated woman of outstanding talent in the world of opera, theatre, cinema, fashion and popular music. If referring to an actress, the meaning of ''diva'' is cl ...

Moon The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System and the largest and most massive relative to its parent planet, with a diameter about one-quarter that of Earth (comparable to the width ...

and

Dweezil Zappa Dweezil Zappa (born Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa; September 5, 1969) is an American rock guitarist and occasional actor. He is the son of musical composer and performer Frank Zappa. Exposed to the music industry from an early age, Dweezil deve ...

. She is frequently billed by her first name only, and sometimes as Lala Zappa.

Early life

Born in

Winter Park, Florida Winter Park is a city in Orange County, Florida, Orange County, Florida, United States. The population was 30,183 according to the 2022 census population estimate. It is part of the Greater Orlando, Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford, Florida Metropolit ...

, Sloatman's first name is the Hawaiian form of

Laura Laura may refer to: People * Laura (given name) * Laura, the British code name for the World War I Belgian spy Marthe Cnockaert Places Australia * Laura, Queensland, a town on the Cape York Peninsula * Laura, South Australia * Laura Bay, a bay on ...

. Her father is second-generation Marine John ("Dunt") Sloatman III, whose sister,

Gail Gail may refer to: People *Gail (given name), list of notable people with the given name Surname * Jean-Baptiste Gail (1755–1829), French Hellenist scholar * Max Gail (born 1943), American actor * Sophie Gail (1775–1819), French singer and ...

, was the wife of the rock musician Frank Zappa. Sloatman moved to

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, and after that to

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. She has numerous half-siblings on both sides of her family.

Career

In the 1980s, Sloatman appeared in the films '' Watchers'' (1988) and '' Dream a Little Dream'' (1989), alongside her then-boyfriend

Corey Haim Corey Ian Haim (December 23, 1971 – March 10, 2010) was a Canadian actor. He starred in a number of 1980s films, such as '' Lucas'', '' Silver Bullet'', '' Murphy's Romance'', '' License to Drive'' and '' Dream a Little Dream''. His role alon ...

. Haim personally suggested her for the lead in a third movie, ''

Prayer of the Rollerboys ''Prayer of the Rollerboys'' is a 1990 independent science fiction film directed by Rick King and starring Corey Haim and Patricia Arquette. Plot summary Griffin, an accomplished inline skater, works as a delivery boy in near-future Los Angel ...

'' (1991), but the part went to

Patricia Arquette Patricia Tiffany Arquette (born April 8, 1968) is an American actress. She made her feature film debut as Kristen Parker in '' A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors'' (1987). Her other notable films include '' True Romance'' (1993), '' Ed ...

. Sloatman's additional movie work includes ''Bunny Bunny Bunny'' (a short film which co-starred her cousin Moon and Kyle Richards), '' Pump Up the Volume'' (1990), '' Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story'' (1993, as Lauren Holly's college roommate), '' Buy One, Get One Free*'' (1996), ''Manfast'' (2003), ''Net Games'' (2003, as a sexy serial killer) and

Sofia Coppola Sofia Carmina Coppola (; born May 14, 1971) is an American filmmaker and actress. The youngest child and only daughter of filmmakers Eleanor and Francis Ford Coppola, she made her film debut as an infant in her father's acclaimed crime drama film ...

's '' Somewhere'' (2010).

Personal life

Sloatman dated Haim in the late 1980s and C. Thomas Howell in the early 1990s. She has a daughter, Lula. Sloatman was married to Chris Robinson, the lead singer of

The Black Crowes The Black Crowes are an American rock band formed in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1984. Their discography includes eight studio albums, four live albums and several charting singles. The band was signed to Def American Recordings in 1989 by producer G ...

, from 1996 to 1998.
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Filmography

References

External links

* 1970 births Actresses from Florida American film actresses Living people Female models from Florida Zappa family {{US-film-actor-1970s-stub