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Kari Wuhrer

Biography

Kari Wuhrer is an American actress, singer, and model who found early television exposure as the host of MTV's Remote Control in 1988. Born in Brookfield, she became a regular on Swamp Thing from 1991 to 1992 and worked as an MTV VJ during that period. On television she played Robin Farr on Class of '96 and Ariel Hunter on Beverly Hills, 90210 from 1994 to 1995, then joined Sliders as Maggie Beckett in 1997 and remained until the series ended in 2000. Her film work includes Thinner (1996) and Anaconda (1997), and she had a supporting role in John Singleton's Higher Learning (1995) before appearing in Eight Legged Freaks (2002). As a singer, she released the album Shiny on Del-Fi Records in 1999, writing most of its songs and playing guitar and flute on several tracks. She also portrayed Agent Tanya in cutscenes for Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 and its expansion pack Yuri's Revenge.

59years old

Turns 60 on April 28in 197 days

  • Born Brookfield
  • Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
  • Also credited as Kari Samantha Wuhrer and Kari Wührer

Movie Career

Films
24
Career span
32 years1986 to 2018

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  1. Beyond film

    Wuhrer's only album, Shiny, came out in 1999 through Del-Fi Records after she signed a record deal with Rick Rubin. Besides singing, she wrote most of its songs and played guitar and flute on several tracks.

  2. Behind the camera

    Wuhrer took on the role of executive producer for Spider's Web, a film released directly to video that featured Stephen Baldwin.

Kari Wuhrer movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Eight Legged Freaks2002 Action, Comedy, Horroras Sheriff Samantha Parker

    IMDb rating 5.562K votes

  2. Anaconda1997 Action, Adventure, Horroras Denise Kalberg

    IMDb rating 5.0127K votes

  3. Thinner1996as Gina Lempke

    IMDb rating 5.837K votes

  4. Hellraiser: Deader2005as Amy Klein

    IMDb rating 4.313K votes

  5. Sharknado 2: The Second One2014as Ellen

    IMDb rating 4.022K votes

  6. King of the Ants2003as Susan Gatley

    IMDb rating 6.15.0K votes

  7. The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting2003as Maggie

    IMDb rating 4.34.0K votes

  8. Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time1991as Jackie Trent

    IMDb rating 4.23.9K votes

Most often with

Sam Liu directed two of these films, Joel Soisson two. Thirteen 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.

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Films together

Box office

What Kari Wuhrer's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$262 million

8 of the 24 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 24 films: 8 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 4 never in cinemas; 9 figure not found.

  • 8Worldwide figure
  • 3US gross only
  • 4Never in cinemas
  • 9Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Anaconda1997as Denise Kalberg
    $137M52.2% of the total
  2. 2
    Eight Legged Freaks2002as Sheriff Samantha Parker
    $46M17.5% of the total
  3. 3
    Higher Learning1995as Claudia
    $38M14.6% of the total
  4. 4
    $20M7.8% of the total
  5. 5
    Thinner1996as Gina Lempke
    $15M5.8% of the total
  6. 6
    Fire with Fire1986as Gloria
    $4.6M1.8% of the total
  7. 7
    $869K0.3% of the total
  8. 8
    Death of a Dynasty2003as Sexy Woman #2
    $42K0.0% of the total