Dallas Malloy

Dallas Malloy (born December 25, 1976) is an actress and pianist, and former female boxer and bodybuilder from Bellingham, WA, United States. Malloy first gained international fame after she wrote to the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington, D.C., protesting her by-then ineligibility to fight as an amateur boxer for US Boxing due to her gender. See ACLU victories-1993: She portrayed herself in the opening of Jerry Maguire directed by Cameron Crowe. While boxing toward the camera, Tom Cruise narrated her true story of making boxing history.[2]

Boxing

Malloy began training for a boxing career as a teen, hoping to compete in the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. She began training on August 6, 1992, under coach James Ferguson. Malloy spoke to promoter Bob Jarvis, who told her that there was no place for women's boxing (soon after, professional female boxing would start to become popularized by Christy Martin, Deirdre Gogarty and others; women would debut as boxers at the 2012 London Olympic Games).

Jarvis' denying inspired her to write to the ACLU, asking to intervene in her behalf. The ACLU got her in contact with the Graham and Dunn law offices in Seattle, which took her case. Malloy's case was seen by state court.

Using the example set by Gail Grandchamp before her, the judge presiding her case gave an injunction, indicating that Malloy could box as an amateur in the United States.

On October 30, 1993, Malloy and rival, 21-year-old Heather Poyner made history by engaging in a three-round, two-minute-per-round fight that captured media attention. Malloy won by a unanimous decision. As Grandchamp had been given permission to fight after she had turned 35-preventing her from becoming an amateur boxer due to age restrictions-the Malloy-Poyner bout was the first ever fully sanctioned female boxing fight in the United States. The fight was televised to a local audience in Seattle.

Acting career

Malloy played herself in the 1996 Tom Cruise and Cuba Gooding Jr. movie Jerry Maguire. She has worked on several television series, and in film including Space Command and The ABCs of Death. She also on the dating show 12 Corazones, hosted by Penélope Menchaca. She has had extensive theater training and studies with Jamie Paolinetti and Atwater Playhouse.

Bodybuilding

Malloy is also a former bodybuilding champ.

Musician

Malloy is a professional classical pianist; she started playing piano at 6 years old.

Personal

Malloy is a recovering alcoholic and drug addict; she has stayed clean and sober since January 14th, 1997. In 1999 she stopped smoking.