Lydie Denier is a French-American model and actress. She has appeared in numerous TV series and films.

Career

When she was 14 she became a model, appearing in

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including '' Vogue'' and ''

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''. She began traveling the world when she was 16 years old, spending time in Africa, the

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, and Germany, where she got her first record deal with Polygram, singing

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s. After winning a minor beauty contest in

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and attending the Miss Italia 1984, she decided to become an actress. She visited Los Angeles on vacation and decided to stay and pursue an acting career. She began appearing in

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and

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while she refined her English skills and studied acting. In 1988 she had her first feature film appearance in the U.S. in ''

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'', with

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. She appeared in several TV series, most notably ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Starman'', among others. In 1991 she guest starred in

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. In 1991, she was cast as

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for the ''

Tarzán ''Tarzán'' is a television series that aired in syndication from 1991–1994. In this version of the show, Tarzan ( Wolf Larson) was portrayed as a blond environmentalist, with Jane (Lydie Denier) turned into a French ecologist. The series air ...

'' series. She came to the attention of

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, who cast her for a role in '' Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue'' as well as an appearance in the ''

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'' series. In 1996, after appearances in ''

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'', '' Tarzan: The Epic Adventures'', '' Conan the Adventurer'', and ''

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'', she was cast as a spy in the series ''

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'' In 2000, she released her own calendar. She continues to appear in films and television shows such as ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Hammerhead''.

Personal life

She lives in

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, California, where she is a

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U.S. citizen. She is the host of the cooking show ''Breaking Bread with Lydie Denier''.

Partial filmography

* '' Starman'': "The Return" (1986) as Darcy * ''

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'' (1988) as Liette * '' Blood Relations'' (1988) as Marie * ''

'' (1988) as Tracy * ''

'' (1989) as Dr. Yasmine Bernoudi * ''

China Beach ''China Beach'' is an American war film, war drama television series set at an evacuation hospital during the Vietnam War. The title refers to My Khe Beach in the city of Da Nang, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, nicknamed "China Beach" in English by Amer ...

'' (two episodes, 1989–1990) as Danielle * ''

Satan's Princess ''Satan's Princess'' is a 1990 film directed by Bert I. Gordon and starring Robert Forster and Lydie Denier. Plot The title character Nicole St. James is the head of a modeling agency for women, and who has hired Karen Rhodes, a runaway girl to h ...

'' (1990) as Nicole St. James * ''

Red Blooded American Girl ''Red Blooded American Girl'' is a 1990 Canadian science fiction comedy horror film written by Allan Moyle, directed by David Blyth and starring Andrew Stevens, Heather Thomas, Christopher Plummer and Kim Coates. Premise A young woman is transf ...

'' (1990) as Rebecca Murrin * ''

'': "Honor Among Thieves" (1990) as Kate Tatting * '' Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue'' (1991) as Dominique * ''

'' (1991) as French Stewardess * ''

'' (1991–1994) as

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* ''

'': "Talk to Me Baby" (1992) as Elaine * ''Invasion of Privacy'' (1992) as Vicky * ''

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'' as Jeannine *

Melrose Place ''Melrose Place'' is an American prime-time television soap opera that aired on Fox from July 8, 1992, to May 24, 1999, for seven seasons. The show follows the lives of a group of young adults living in an apartment complex in West Hollywood, ...

Season 4 one episode 1996 Dead Sisters Walking * '' Tarzan: The Epic Adventures'' (1996–1997) as Olga de Coude * ''

'': "Night of the Parrot" (1997) as Danielle * '' Conan the Adventurer'' (1997) as Katrina * ''

'': episodes: "Orphans" (1998) as Emily, the maid
and "The Assassin" (1998) as Countess Emily Du Monde * ''

'' (1998–1999) as Nicole * ''

'': "A Tale of Four Cities" (2002) as Simone * ''

'': "Korean Thanksgiving" (2002) as Monique Clemenceau * '' Hammerhead: Shark Frenzy'' (2005) as Doctor Mendoveko

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Denier, Lydie Living people People from Saint-Nazaire Actresses from Pays de la Loire French expatriate actresses in the United States Martiniquais female models French film actresses French television actresses French female models 20th-century French actresses 21st-century French actresses 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses French emigrants to the United States Naturalized citizens of the United States American film actresses American television actresses American female models Year of birth missing (living people)