Kerri Randles

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Kerri Randles
Born
Kerri Lee Randles

(1971-06-15) June 15, 1971 (age 54)
Decatur, Illinois, US
Occupation(s)Actress, writer and producer

Kerri Lee Randles (born June 15, 1971) is an American actress, writer and producer.

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Biography

Early life

Randles was born in Decatur, Illinois, the daughter of Virginia, a secretary, and Terry, a business owner. She attended the University of Illinois at Chicago with an art scholarship but soon switched her major to Theatre. She studied theatre at Victory Gardens with Steven Ivcich and was part of improv with Mick Napier at the Annoyance Theater. She worked on John Hughes' films, Home Alone and Curly Sue as an extra, before earning a chance to audition in Hollywood for Roseanne .

Career

Randles' first break came in 1993 when Oliver Stone gave her a bit part in Heaven & Earth , earning Kerri her Screen Actors Guild card. Her first supporting role came in 1994 when she played Missy in the Showtime Rebel Highway series, Jailbreakers, directed by William Friedkin. Subsequent roles after that included Marilyn Monroe, in Introducing Dorothy Dandridge for HBO, directed by Martha Coolidge, Poor White Trash , and Scenes of the Crime . [1] She recently worked with Angelina Jolie on Clint Eastwood's, Changeling . [2]

In June 2010, Randles' brought her one-woman show Can't You Hear Me Knockin? to the stage, opening the first Hollywood Fringe Festival, to rave reviews. [3] [4] Taking over 7 years to develop, her collaboration with renowned stage director, Tony Abatemarco, proved a success. Knockin' hits New York for a limited engagement at Off-Off gem, Manhattan Theatre Source November 2010. [5] A memoir will follow the London production in 2011.

Personal life

Kerri is also an avid collector of art and is known to produce shows for artists. She collaborated on the Banksy, Barely Legal, Los Angeles show in 2006, and also produced The Sex Lives of Mannequins (Chicago and LA), for Charles Evans, Jr., producer of The Aviator .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 Poor White Trash Suzy
2000Baby Doll ForeverBabydoll
2001 Scenes of the Crime Donna
2001The Theory of the Leisure ClassBillionaire's Babe 2
2007 Rails & Ties Rosanna
2008 Changeling Operator
2010 The Chosen One Lily
2013Amelia's 25thBetty

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994 Rebel Highway MissyEpisode: "Jailbreakers / Rebelles"
1999 Introducing Dorothy Dandridge Marilyn Monroe Television film
2008 Kath & Kim Co-StarEpisode: "Sacrifice"

References

  1. ↑ "Profile: Kerri Randles". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2011. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Changeling (2008)". IMDb.
  3. ↑ "Hollywood Fringe Festival Diary: Three Solo Shows: LAist". Archived from the original on July 13, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Fringe - Day Two - Friday, June 18 | LA Theatre Review". www.latheatrereview.com. Archived from the original on June 21, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Can't YOU HEAR ME KNOCKING Plays Manhattan Theater Source, Opens 11/4".
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