Daphne Zuniga
Biography
Daphne Zuniga is an American actress. Born in San Francisco, she trained at the American Conservatory Theater's Young Conservatory. Her film debut came in The Dorm That Dripped Blood (1982). She had lead roles in The Initiation (1984), Vision Quest (1985), and The Sure Thing (1985), and appeared in The Fly II (1989). She is best known for playing Princess Vespa in Spaceballs (1987). On television, she portrayed Jo Reynolds on Melrose Place from 1992 to 1996, Lynn Kerr on Beautiful People from 2005 to 2006, and Victoria Davis on One Tree Hill from 2008 to 2012. She later voiced Princess Vespa in Spaceballs: The Animated Series and directed her first feature film, released in 2019 as Deadly Assistant.
63years old
Turns 64 on October 28in 14 days
- Born San Francisco
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Daphne Eurydice Zuniga (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 24
- Career span
- 37 years1982 to 2019
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First role
Daphne Zuniga's first film part came in Stephen Carpenter's slasher movie The Dorm That Dripped Blood, released in 1982, where she had a supporting role as a college student.
Early training
Zuniga attended the Young Conservatory program of the American Conservatory Theater of San Francisco after expressing interest in acting during her early teens.
Early training
In Los Angeles, Zuniga trained in acting at the Loft Studio, where her teachers were Larry Moss and Peggy Feury.
Behind the camera
Zuniga worked with Steven Latham to co-produce and co-direct a 2007 documentary. It was called The Future We Will Create: Inside the World of TED and examined the annual Technology, Entertainment and Design conference in Monterey, California.
Beyond film
Zuniga appeared in the 1994 video for Bob Seger's 1976 hit Night Moves, playing a dark young woman at a 1960s drive-in opposite Matt LeBlanc.
Daphne Zuniga movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Six actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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J.C. Quinn's page
Anthony Edwards's page
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Linda Fiorentino's page
Michael Karl Richards's page
Box office
What Daphne Zuniga's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$107 million
5 of the 24 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 24 films: 5 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 12 never in cinemas; 5 figure not found.
- 5Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 12Never in cinemas
- 5Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The five biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$39M36.3% of the total
- 2$38M35.6% of the total
- 3$18M16.9% of the total
- 4$12M10.8% of the total
- 5$427K0.4% of the total
