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Lydie Denier | |
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Born | Pontchâteau, France |
Occupation(s) | Actress, model |
Years active | Model: 1978– Actress: 1985— |
Website | https://lydiemdenier.com/ |
Lydie Denier is a French-American model and actress. She has appeared in numerous TV series and films.
When she was 14 she became a model, appearing in magazines including Vogue and ELLE. She began traveling the world when she was 16 years old, spending time in Africa, the Caribbean, and Germany, where she got her first record deal with Polygram, singing ballads.[citation needed]
After winning a minor beauty contest in Italy and attending the Miss Italia 1984, she decided to become an actress.[citation needed]
She visited Los Angeles on vacation and decided to stay and pursue an acting career.[citation needed] She began appearing in videos and commercials while she refined her English skills and studied acting. In 1988 she had her first feature film appearance in the U.S. in Bulletproof, with Gary Busey. She appeared in several TV series, most notably General Hospital, The Flash and Starman, among others. In 1991 she guest starred in Baywatch.
In 1991, she was cast as Jane Porter for the Tarzán series. She came to the attention of Zalman King, who cast her for a role in Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue as well as an appearance in the Red Shoe Diaries series. In 1996, after appearances in Silk Stalkings, Tarzan: The Epic Adventures, Conan the Adventurer, and The New Adventures of Robin Hood, she was cast as a spy in the series Acapulco H.E.A.T.
In 2000, she released her own calendar.[citation needed] She continues to appear in films and television shows such as Spin City, Gilmore Girls, and Hammerhead.
She lives in Laguna Beach, California, where she is a naturalized U.S. citizen.[citation needed]
She is the host of the cooking show Breaking Bread with Lydie Denier. [1]