Lori Petty

Lori Petty
Born	(1963-10-14) October 14, 1963 Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actress, film director, screenwriter
Years active	1985–present

Lori Petty (born October 14, 1963) is an American actress, film director and screenwriter. As an actress, she is best known for playing Tyler Endicott in the 1991 film Point Break, Kit Keller in A League of Their Own (1992), and the title role in Tank Girl in 1995.

Early life

Petty, the oldest of three children, was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the daughter of a Pentecostal minister. She graduated from North High School in Sioux City, Iowa in 1981 and worked for several years in Omaha, Nebraska as a graphic designer before pursuing acting.

Career

Petty first came to notice for playing the surfer who taught Keanu Reeves' how to surf in the 1991 action thriller Point Break. Prior to that, she got her break starring with Richard Grieco in Fox's Booker.

In 1992, Petty was featured in what became her best-known role, A League of Their Own, opposite Tom Hanks, Geena Davis and Madonna. Petty played the title role in the film adaptation of the British cult comic book Tank Girl in 1995. Her other films include Free Willy and In the Army Now. She also co-starred in the television series Lush Life with her friend Karyn Parsons, but it was canceled after four episodes. She joined the cast of Brimstone as the owner of Stone's hotel.

Petty is also known for providing the voice of the supervillain Livewire on the Warner Bros. series Superman: The Animated Series, and The New Batman Adventures. Although she was originally cast as Lt. Lenina Huxley in Demolition Man, disagreements over the character's direction led producer Joel Silver to recast the role with Sandra Bullock. Petty played the role of "Daddy", an alpha-female inmate in Prison Break: The Final Break.

Petty's directorial debut, The Poker House -- a film dramatizing her own difficult childhood -- won awards at the Los Angeles Film Festival.

Credits

Filmography

• Cadillac Man (1990) as Lila
• Point Break (1991) as Tyler Ann Endicott
• A League of Their Own (1992) as Kit Keller
• Free Willy (1993) as Rae Lindley
• Poetic Justice (1993) as Penelope
• In the Army Now (1994) as Christine Jones
• The Glass Shield (1994) as Dep. Deborah Fields
• Tank Girl (1995) as Tank Girl
• Countdown (1996) as Sara Daniels
• Relax...It's Just Sex (1998) as Robin Moon
• The Arrangement (1999) as Candy
• Clubland (1999) as India

• Horrible Accident (2001) as Six
• MacArthur Park (2001) as Kelly
• Firetrap (2001) as Lucy
• Route 666 (2001) as Steph, U.S. Marshal
• Prey for Rock & Roll (2003) as Faith
• The Karate Dog (2004) as the voice of 'COLAR'
• Masters of Horror: Fair-Haired Child (2006) as Judith
• Chasing 3000 (2008) as Deputy Fryman
• Last Call as Bartender
• The Poker House (2008) (Writer & Director)
• Richard III as First Murderer
• Broken Arrows (2009) as Erin
• The Final Break (2009) as "Daddy"

Television

• The Equalizer (TV series, 1985) as hooker (Season 1, Episode 4 "Lock Box")
• Freddys Nightmares: A Nightmare on Elm Street The Series (TV series, 1987) as Chris Ketchum (Ep. 2 "Killer Instincts")
• Bates Motel (TV series, 1987) as Willie
• Miami Vice (TV series, 1988) (Season 4 Ep. 10 "Love At First Sight") as Carol
• The Thorns (TV series, 1988) as Cricket
• Alien Nation (TV series, 1989) as Sal (Ep. 4 "Fifteen with Wanda")
• Police Story: Monster Manor (TV series, 1998)
• Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder (TV series, 1988) as Cassie
• Booker (TV series, 1989) as Diane
• Lush Life (TV series, 1996) as Georgia "George" Sanders
• Superman: The Animated Series (TV series, 1997) as Livewire
• The New Batman Adventures (TV series, 1997) as Livewire
• Brimstone (TV series, 1998) as Max
• Star Trek Voyager (TV series, 1999) as Noss
• The Parkers (TV series, 2001) as Game Show Host (Season 3 Ep. 10 "Family Ties and Lies")
• House (TV series, 2008) as Janice (patient with Huntington's Disease)
• CSI: NY (2008) (TV series) as bartender
• The Cleaner (TV series, 2009) as Sunshine

Other

• Superman: Shadow of Apokolips (video game, 2002) as Livewire (voice)
• Higurashi When They Cry (anime, 2005) as Tamae Hojo (dub)

External links

• Lori Petty at IMDb