Denise Gossett

Denise Gossett is an American actress and film festival founder who worked in television and feature films for more than twenty years. Born in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, she became serious about acting in high school and studied theater at SCC and Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, before playing Lena Luthor on The Adventures of Superboy in 1991. She moved to Los Angeles, trained in improv at the Groundlings, and appeared in commercials before taking roles on series such as The Office, Veronica Mars, Samantha Who? and Drake and Josh, along with a recurring part as Tipper Rivers on Zoey 101. Her films include Chain of Souls, When the Bough Breaks (2016) and Carnies (2010). In 2001 she started the Shriekfest Film Festival in Los Angeles and later hosted Shriekfest Radio, and she was voted among the most influential women in horror.