Carole Davis

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Carole Davis
Born
Carole Raphaelle Davis

(1958-02-17) 17 February 1958 (age 65)
London, England
Occupation(s)Actress, model, singer, writer
Years active1978–present
Spouse Kevin Rooney

Carole Raphaelle Davis (born 17 February 1958) is an English-American actress, model, singer, and writer.

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Career

Acting

In 1978, Davis posed for Playboy . In 1980, she posed for Penthouse magazine under the name Tamara Kapitas, [1] becoming Penthouse Pet of the Month in January 1980 and a runner-up for Pet of the Year in 1981.

As an actress, Davis' first feature film was in James Cameron's horror film Piranha II: The Spawning (1982). [2] Later in the 1980s, she appeared in the comedy film The Flamingo Kid (1984). Her best known film role came as Roxie Shield, the vengeful ex-girlfriend in Mannequin (1987), a film that was widely panned by critics but later became a cult classic. [3] She later also appeared in films such as the comedy The Shrimp on the Barbie (1990), the comedy If Looks Could Kill (1991), and The Rapture (1991).

She has made guest appearances on television series such as The A-Team , Star Trek: Voyager , Sex and the City , Angel and more recently in 2 Broke Girls , and Madam Secretary .

Music

In 1989, Davis' signed with Warner Bros. Records and released her first album Heart of Gold, [4] which was produced by Nile Rodgers. [5] Her single "Serious Money" (a cover of The O'Jays hit "For the Love of Money") was a dance hit [5] and the video was number one and became the original theme song to the hip hop music video show Rap City on BET. The song's success enabled Davis to tour Europe and Asia and perform in clubs throughout the United States. [5]

As a songwriter, Davis signed a publishing deal with MCA. In Europe, she signed on with Sony France. Davis met Prince in the 1980s and the two developed a friendship, culminating in Davis co-writing Prince's single "Slow Love" for his Grammy Award-nominated album Sign o' the Times . [6] She recorded her own version of the song for Warner Bros. Records but subsequently left the label in 1993 and moved to Atlantic Records, where she self-produced and wrote the album I'm No Angel. [7]

Writing

Davis has written a series of articles on anti-Semitism in Europe for The Jewish Journal . [8] As a novelist, she is the author of The Diary of Jinky, Dog of a Hollywood Wife, a non-fiction humour book about Hollywood excess and human status anxiety written from the point of view of a death row dog. [9] Her screenplay "Amnesia of the Heart" was set up at DreamWorks. [10] She has been a contributor for several animal welfare publications including American Dog Magazine, for whom she also worked as an investigative journalist. She had an animal welfare column on Newsvine and ran her own blog Hollywood Dog through Blogspot.

She is the West Coast Director of the Companion Animal Protection Society, a national non-profit organisation that investigates puppy mills and pet stores. [11]

Selected filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1981C.O.D.Contessa Bazzini
1981 Piranha II: The Spawning Jai
1983 The First Turn-On! Art TeacherUncredited
1984 The Flamingo Kid Joyce BrodyCredited as Carole R. Davis
1987 Mannequin Roxie Shield
1987 The Princess Academy Sonia
1990 The Shrimp on the Barbie Dominique
1991 If Looks Could Kill Areola Canasta
1997InterruptionsSherrie, the sister
2010 Going the Distance CarmenCredited as Carole Raphaelle Davis

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1984 The A-Team KalaniEpisode: "The Island"
1996 3rd Rock from the Sun AvianaEpisode: "Lonely Dick"
1996 Star Trek: Voyager Giuseppina PentangeliEpisode: "The Swarm"; Credited as Carole Raphaelle Davis
1998 Sex and the City Amalita AmalfiEpisode: "The Power of Female Sex"
2002 Live from Baghdad Mrs. Awatiff HBO TV Movie; Credited as Carole Raphaelle Davis
2004 Angel Ilona Costa BianchiEpisode: "The Girl in Question"; Credited as Carole Raphaelle Davis
2007 Veronica Mars Sabirah KrimaniEpisode: "Un-American Graffiti"; Credited as Carole Raphaelle Davis
2007 Scrubs RosieEpisode: "Their Story"; Credited as Carole Raphaelle Davis
2013 2 Broke Girls AgnesEpisode: "And Just Plane Magic"; Credited as Carole Raphaelle Davis
2016–2017 Madam Secretary French Foreign Minister Monique BeauvaisEpisode: "Snap Back" & "Article 5"; Credited as Carole Raphaelle Davis

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  2. ↑ Collis, Clark (18 August 2010). "Fishy Business: The behind-the-scenes story of the 'Piranha' movies (Part II)". Entertainment Weekly.
  3. ↑ Susman, Gary (11 February 2017). "22 Things You Didn't Know About 'Mannequin'". Moviefone. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  4. ↑ "Carole Davi$ - Heart Of Gold". discogs.com. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 Berman, Nat (27 June 2017). "80s Stars We Miss: Carole Davis". TVOvermind. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  6. ↑ Thompson, Erica (8 March 2018). "Prince Makes 'Slow Love' With Carole R. Davis: 365 Prince Songs in a Year". Diffuser.fm. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
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  9. ↑ Davis, Carole Raphaelle (January 2009). The Diary of Jinky: Dog of a Hollywood Wife. Andrews McMeel. ISBN   9780740789069 . Retrieved 25 September 2018.
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  11. ↑ "Carole Raphaelle Davis, Author and animal rights journalist". Huff Post. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
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