Lala Sloatman is an American actress. Her uncle was the musician

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. She is sometimes known as Lala Zappa.

Career

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

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

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'' (1991), but the part went to

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. A year later, Sloatman likewise auditioned for the title role in ''

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'' but lost out to

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. Sloatman's additional movie work includes ''Bunny Bunny Bunny'' (a short film which co-starred her cousin Moon Zappa and Kyle Richards), '' Pump Up the Volume'' (1990), '' Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story'' (1993, as

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's college roommate), '' Buy One, Get One Free*'' (1996), ''Manfast'' (2003), ''Net Games'' (2003, as a sexy serial killer) and

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's ''

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'' (2010).

Personal life

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

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, from 1996 to 1998.
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Filmography

References

External links

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