Lolita Davidovich

Lolita Davidovich (born Lolita Davidović; July 15, 1961) is a Canadian film and television actress, best known for portraying Blaze Starr in the 1989 film Blaze, for which she received a Chicago Film Critics Association Award nomination.

She later had starring roles in films including JFK (1991), Leap of Faith (1992), Raising Cain (1992), Boiling Point (1993), Intersection (1994), Cobb (1994), For Better or Worse (1995), Salt Water Moose (1996), Jungle 2 Jungle (1997), Gods and Monsters (1998), Mystery, Alaska (1999), and Play It to the Bone (1999).

Early life Davidovich was born in London, Ontario, the daughter of emigrants from the former Yugoslavia. Her father was from Belgrade (the capital of Serbia), and her mother was from Slovenia. She spoke only Serbian during her early years.

She studied at the Herbert Berghof Studio in New York.

Career Davidovich began her career playing small parts on television and films. She first received notice co-starring in comedy-drama film Blaze with Paul Newman, for which she beat out 600 other actresses for the title role of the burlesque performer Blaze Starr.

She later starred alongside John Malkovich and Andie MacDowell in 1991 film The Object of Beauty, before earning critical acclaim for her leading performance as an inmate in the HBO drama Prison Stories: Women on the Inside. Davidovich went on to leading roles in films such as the 1992 thriller Raising Cain directed by Brian De Palma, and the drama Leap of Faith, co-starring Steve Martin and Liam Neeson.

She played the love interest of Richard Gere in the 1994 drama Intersection. After starring for director Ron Shelton in Blaze, she also was featured in his films Cobb, Play It to the Bone, Dark Blue, Hollywood Homicide, and in the Oliver Stone film JFK. Davidovich also received Tokyo International Film Festival Award for Best Actress for Younger and Younger, and during 1990s had roles in films Boiling Point, For Better or Worse, Now and Then, Jungle 2 Jungle, Gods and Monsters and Mystery, Alaska.

In 2000s, Davidovich had supporting roles on both film and television. She appeared in several episodes on the first season of the Showtime lesbian-themed drama series, The L Word playing the character Francesca Wolff, and has guest-starred on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Criminal Minds, The Practice, Rizzoli & Isles, Cold Case, Psych, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and NCIS. Davidovich voiced Jester in the adventure video game Chronomaster, which also includes the voices of actors Ron Perlman and Brent Spiner. She also voiced Angel Gemini in the adventure game, Of Light and Darkness: The Prophecy, which also includes the voice of actor James Woods.

In 2015, Davidovich made her return to film playing the role of lead character's mother in the romantic drama The Longest Ride based on Nicholas Sparks' novel. Later that year, she was cast in the second season of HBO crime drama True Detective as Taylor Kitsch's character's mother, and ABC prime time soap opera Blood & Oil as Don Johnson's character's ex-wife.

Most recently, Davidovich appeared in a seven-episode arc as criminal Flutura Briscu on Law & Order: Organized Crime in 2021; and in the 2023 feature film Finestkind, written and directed by Brian Helgeland.

Personal life Davidovich is married to screenwriter and director Ron Shelton, who has directed Davidovich in several films, including Blaze, Dark Blue, and Hollywood Homicide. They have two children and reside in Ojai, California. Filmography Film +Key Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year Title Role Notes 1983 Class 1st Girl (Motel) 1986 Recruits Susan Credited as Lolita David 1987 Blindside Adele Credited as Lolita David 1987 Last Man Standing Groupie 1987 Adventures in Babysitting LuAnn/Blonde Credited as Lolita David 1987 Pink Chiquita 1987 Black Lace Stripper 1989 Blaze Blaze Starr Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actress 1990 Love & Murder Barbara 1991 Joan 1991 JFK Beverly Oliver Credited as Lolita Davidovitch 1991 Anastasia 1992 Raising Cain Dr. Jenny O'Keefe Nix 1992 Leap of Faith Marva 1993 Boiling Point Vikki Dunbar 1993 Younger and Younger Penny Tokyo International Film Festival Award for Best Actress 1994 Intersection Olivia Marshak 1994 Cobb Ramona 1995 For Better or Worse Valeri Carboni 1995 Now and Then Mrs. Albertson 1996 Salt Water Moose Eva Scofield 1997 Touch Antoinette Baker 1997 Jungle 2 Jungle Charlotte 1997 Santa Fe Eleanor Braddock 1998 Gods and Monsters Betty 1999 Forever Flirt 1999 No Vacancy Constance 1999 Touched Sylvie 1999 Four Days Chrystal 1999 Mystery, Alaska Mary Jane Pitcher 1999 Play It to the Bone Grace Pasic 2001 Snow in August Kate Devlin 2002 Dark Blue Sally Perry 2003 Hollywood Homicide Cleo Ricard 2006 Bye Bye Benjamin Janet Short film 2006 Kill Your Darlings Lola 2007 September Dawn Nancy Dunlap 2012 Smitty Judge Greenstein 2014 Squatters Evelyn 2015 The Longest Ride Kate Collins 2018 Sorry for Your Loss Eve 2023 Finestkind Donna Sykes

Television Year Title Role Notes 1981 Three's Company Kelly Episode: "And Baby Makes Four" 1985 Two Fathers' Justice TV movie 1987 I'll Take Manhattan TV miniseries 1987 Adderly Bubblebath Girl Episode: "Midnight in Morocco" 1987 Night Heat Cathy Episode: "The Victim" 1988 Check It Out! Kim Dillard Episode: "Fatal Harassment" 1989 Friday the 13th: The Series Christy Episode: "Wedding Bell Blues" 1990 Uncut Gem Ruby TV movie 1991 Prison Stories: Women on the Inside Loretta Wright TV movieNominated — CableACE Award for Best Actress in a Movie or Miniseries 1992 Keep the Change Ellen Kelton TV movie 1994 Trial at Fortitude Bay Gina Antonelli TV movie 1994 Duckman Angela (voice) Episode: "About Face" 1995 Indictment: The McMartin Trial Kee McFarlane TV movieNominated — CableACE Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries 1996 Duckman Angela (voice) Episode: "Color of Naught" 1996 Jake's Women Sheila TV movie 1996 Harvest of Fire Sally Russell TV movieNominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film 1997 Dead Silence Priss Gunder / Detective Sharon Foster TV movie 1997 Perversions of Science Various Episode: "Dream of Doom" 1998 Stories from My Childhood Christina (voice) Episode: "The Twelve Months & The Snow Girl" 2001 Beggars and Choosers Rebecca Episodes: "Hitting the Bottle", "Golf War Syndrome" 2001 Catherine Rosetti TV movie 2001 Snow in August Kate Devlin TV movie 2001 Mother (voice) TV movie 2002 Cassie Ray Episode: "Bad to Worse" 2002–2003 Avery Pohl Recurring role (5 episodes) 2003 Monk Natasha Lovara Episode: "Mr. Monk Goes to the Circus" 2003–2004 Victoria Little Episode: "Believe" e "The Bachelor Party" 2004 Francesca Wolff Recurring role (4 episodes) 2005 Veronica Taylor Ellery Episode: "Kettle Black"Nominated — Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role Dramatic Series 2005 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Diane Dunn Episode: "Unbearable" 2007 State of Mind Cordelia Banks Episode: "Snow Melts" 2008 Quarterlife Mindy Krieger Episode: "Finding a Voice" 2009 Criminal Minds Sandra Lombardini Episode: "Cold Comfort" 2009 ZOS: Zone of Separation Mila Michailov TV miniseries 2009 Throwing Stones Marge Merrick TV movie 2009 Curb Your Enthusiasm Beverly Episode: "Vehicular Fellatio" 2009 Cold Case Molly Heaton (2009) Episode: "Iced" 2011 Hound Dogs Iris Hammer TV movie 2011 Cinema Verite Val TV movie 2011 Rizzoli & Isles Melody Patterson Episodes: "Seventeen Ain't So Sweet", "Don't Stop Dancing, Girl" 2012 Psych Ida Lane Episode: "Santabarbaratown" 2012 Good God Virginia Hailwood Main role (8 episodes) 2013 Romeo Killer Joan Porco TV movie 2013 NCIS Catherine Tavier Episode: "Anonymous Was a Woman" 2013 Bunheads Mrs. Simms Episode: "Take the Vicuna" 2015 True Detective Cynthia Woodrugh 4 episodes 2015 Blood & Oil Annie Briggs 4 episodes 2016 Shades of Blue Linda Wozniak Season 1 2017 Law & Order True Crime Kitty Menendez 8 episodes 2018 How to Get Away with Murder Sandrine Castillo 4 episodes; 1 uncredited 2018 Once Upon A Christmas Miracle Judy Dempsey Hallmark TV movie 2019 Good Witch Autumn Delaney 2 episodes 2021 Law & Order: Organized Crime Flutura Briscu Season 2: 7 episodes 2023 CSI: Vegas Jeannette Folsom Season 2: 3 episodes

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