Ione Skye
| Ione Skye | |
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 Skye at Hollywood Life Magazine’s 7th Annual Breakthrough Awards, December 9, 2007 |
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| Born | Ione Skye Leitch September 4, 1970 Hertfordshire, England |
| Nationality | British, American |
| Spouse |
Adam Horovitz (m. 1992–1999) (divorced) |
| Children | daughter: Goldie Priya Lee, (b. September 24, 2009) |
Ione Skye Lee (
/aɪˈoʊni/;[1] born Ione Skye Leitch; September 4, 1970[2]) is an English-born American actress who became a teen idol after the 1989 movie Say Anything.... In 2006 VH1 placed her at Number 84 on its "100 Greatest Teen Stars" list.[3]
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[edit] Early life
Skye was born Ione Skye Leitch in Hertfordshire, England, the daughter of folk singer/songwriter Donovan and model Enid Karl (née Stulberger). Her father is Scottish and her mother is an American from a Jewish family.[4] She is the younger sister of Camp Freddy singer Donovan Leitch, who is married to former model Kirsty Hume. Skye was brought up in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Connecticut. She attended Immaculate Heart High School and Hollywood High School for the Performing Arts in 1987.
[edit] Career
Skye's best-known performance was as Diane Court in the 1989 film Say Anything... She made her film debut in River's Edge in 1986, and played the title character in The Rachel Papers (1989). In 1992, she played the role of Eleanor Grey on the short-lived TV show Covington Cross and a supporting role in the Stephen La Rocque film Samantha. She also had a small but well-received part in the 2007 David Fincher film Zodiac, and appeared in the music video for the Harvey Danger song "Sad Sweetheart Of The Rodeo."
In a rare interview with mondo-video.com[5] in December 2010, Skye admitted to not paying perfect attention to her career arc over the years, saying she "never struck when the iron was hot" when it came to going after big Hollywood roles in her 20s.
[edit] Personal life
For a few years in the 1980s, Skye had a relationship with Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis. Kiedis's 2004 book Scar Tissue contains a nude photo of the couple. Skye was 18 when the picture was taken.
Skye's first husband, Adam Horovitz, is a member of the Beastie Boys.[6] The couple separated in 1995 and divorced in 1999.
In 1999, Skye had a romance with model and actress Jenny Shimizu.[7]
Skye had a relationship with furniture designer David Netto and they had a daughter named Kate around 2001 or 2002.[6] The family, Skye's home in Hollywood, and Netto's apartment in New York City were featured in the February 2003 issue of Vogue magazine. The two were engaged during their on-again, off-again bi-coastal relationship.[8] Eventually they broke up.
In 2008, Skye became engaged to Australian musician Ben Lee.[9] On December 29, 2008, Skye and Lee were married in a traditional Hindu wedding ceremony in India.[10] They have a daughter, Goldie Priya Lee, who was born September 24, 2009.[11]
[edit] Filmography
- River's Edge (1986)
- Stranded (1987)
- A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988)
- Say Anything... (1989)
- The Rachel Papers (1989)
- Mindwalk (1991)
- Samantha (1992)
- Guncrazy (1992)
- Wayne's World (1992)
- Gas Food Lodging (1992)
- Covington Cross (1992) (TV)
- Girls in Prison (1994)
- Four Rooms (1995)
- Dream for an Insomniac (1996)
- The Size of Watermelons (1996)
- Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five (1998)
- Tower of the Firstborn (1998) (TV)
- Jump (1999)
- But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
- Mascara (1999)
- Moonglow (2000)
- Free (Film) (2001)
- The Twilight Zone (2002 TV series) (Episode 6)
- Dry Cycle (2003)
- The Dead Zone (2003) (TV Season 2 Episode 19)
- Arrested Development (2005)
- Fever Pitch (2005)
- The Lather Effect (2006)
- 12 Hours to Live (2006)
- Zodiac (2007)
- My Father's Will (2008)
- Private Practice (2008) (1 episode)
- Return to Babylon (2008)
- The Santa Incident (2010)
[edit] References
- ^ Ione Skye Biography (1970?-)
- ^ according to the British birth index, she was born in 1970, not 1971
- ^ 100 Greatest Teen Stars
- ^ http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2010/s10110204.htm
- ^ http://www.mondo-video.com/ione-skye-interview
- ^ a b Anya Leon. "Ben Lee, Ione Skye Welcome a Daughter - Babies, Ben Lee, Ione Skye". People magazine. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20308590,00.html. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
- ^ glbtq >> arts >> Film Actors: Lesbian
- ^ "A Tale of Two Cities," by Plum Sykes, Vogue, February 2003, page 275.
- ^ "Lee needs guru's OK to wed". The Daily Telegraph. 2008-01-15. http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23056306-5001021,00.html.
- ^ A Wedding in India for Actress Ione Skye People.com, January 11, 2009
- ^ Josh Greenberg (2009-09-28). "Ione Skye and Ben Lee Say Baby!". E! Online. http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/b146311_Ione_Skye_and_Ben_Lee_Say_Baby_.html. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
