Willa Ford
Biography
Willa Ford is an American singer, actress, television personality and interior decorator who grew up in Ruskin, Florida and started performing as a child, singing in the Tampa Bay Children's Choir and a Tampa children's performing arts troupe. Signed to MCA in 1999 as Mandah, she later joined Lava and Atlantic Records, landed the song Lullaby on the Pokemon: The First Movie soundtrack and toured as an opening act for the Backstreet Boys in 2000. Her 2001 debut album Willa Was Here, led by the single I Wanna Be Bad, peaked at number 56 on the Billboard 200. She went on to host MTV's The Morning After and I Bet You Will and the debut season of The Ultimate Fighter, competed on Dancing with the Stars in 2006, and appeared in films including Friday the 13th (2009), The Nurse (2014), Checkmate (2015) and Submerged (2016), as well as the television series Magic City.
45years old
Turns 46 on January 22in 73 days
- Born Ruskin
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
- Also credited as Amanda Lee Williford
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 8 years2008 to 2016
Every film, newest first
- 2016SubmergedIMDb rating 4.1
- 2015CheckmateIMDb rating 2.7
- 2014The NurseIMDb rating 4.6
- 2009Friday the 13thIMDb rating 5.5
- 2008ImpulseIMDb rating 4.7
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About the name
Willa Ford had been performing as Mandah, but she switched to the name Willa Ford because she did not want to be mistaken for Mandy Moore.
A role that slipped away
Producer Fabio Soldani told BZFilm.com that Willa Ford, who had been cast in Assassin's Fury, was dropped and replaced after five days of shooting.
Early training
Ford started singing at eight years old with the Tampa Bay Children's Choir. When she was 11, she joined Entertainment Revue, a children's performing arts troupe based in Tampa.
Behind the camera
Ford signed with Lava Atlantic Records in 2001. She wrote most of the lyrics for her first album and was executive producer for most of it, releasing it on July 17, 2001.
Beyond film
In 2001, Ford worked with South Korean pop star Park Ji-yoon on a duet. The song, "Nastified", which Ford co-wrote and recorded, was on Park's fifth album, Man.
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Worked with
Willa Ford shares two films with David Hill, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Sean Astin's page
John Heard's page
Vinnie Jones's page
All films by Marcus Nispel
Charles T. KanganisDirector, 1 film, 2008
All films by Charles T. Kanganis
Steven C. MillerDirector, 1 film, 2016
All films by Steven C. Miller
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.