Biography
Born on a ranch in North Hollywood, California, Spice rode her
horse to kindergarten, grew up playing in her father's medical
offices, eventually hitting the road as a musician, singer, and
dancer under contract to 20th Century-Fox Records. Overcoming a
seven-year drug and alcohol problem, at the age of 26, she turned
to God, nutrition and exercise with the eventual promise of helping
others to turn their lives around. As she got older, Spice changed
the course of her career and began studying acting for stage and
film. After hearing about roles for female warriors, wrestlers, and
super-heroines, she began to kickbox and bodybuild, slowly creating
a niche for herself. Now in her 40's, Spice has worked in such
feature motion pictures as Star Trek V, Cherokee Kid, From Dusk
Till Dawn, The Guyver, A Simple Plan, and For The Love Of The Game,
and Beautiful (directed by Sally Field). She has also guest-starred
on numerous TV shows including Roseanne, My Two Dads, Women In
Prison, Mama's Family, The Bold And The Beautiful, Step by Step,
The Smart Guy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Diagnosis Murder, in
what she terms as an "action actress." Stunts came into play almost
20 years ago when Spice was asked to double an actress playing a
Judo instructor oposite Rock Hudson. Since then, she has doubled
for the likes of Louise Fletcher, Meg Foster, Katherine Ross, Clare
Carey, Cindy Pickett, Linda Kozlowski, Eileen Brennen, Becky Ann
Baker, Kelly Preston and many more. Although Spice has crashed
cars, dove through glass windows, taken stair falls, executed
20-foot rachets, 50-foot high falls, and hung from helicopters 300
feet above the ground, she is perhaps best known for her ability to
pick a 300 pound man up over her head in a fireman's carry. Gracing
the cover and pages of over 100 magazines, both here and abroad,
Spice has also made a name for herself as a nutritional expert with
her popular book, "Diet For A New Age", not to mention her ongoing
magazine columns in Ms. Fitness Magazine and Natural Muscle, and
her successful joint venture with her husband -- a popular line of
vegetarian food products called "Spice Of Life Meatless Meats &
Jerky." In December of 1998, she was voted into the Marquis Who's
Who in America-West. Spice's goal is to continue to set an example
for the "woman of the 90's" -- spiritually focused, mentally alert,
and physically capable. Spice is married to Gregory Crosby --
screenwriter and oldest grandson of actor/singer Bing Crosby. They
were blessed with their first child, Luke Gregory Crosby, born
February 1, 1995 at 10:15 am.
Biography courtesy of the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com).
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