Friday, December 31, 2010

Happy New Year's Eve!

Happy New Year's Eve!
In a first for us, all three blogs are running related posts the same day!

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Etsuko Shihomi (Shihomi Etsuko)

A protege of Sonny Chiba and member of his Japan Action Club stunt team, Sue Shiomi starred in a number of genre films in the 1970s-80s including four Sister Street Fighter films as well as all three of the original Street Fighter series starring Chiba!
She retired from acting and stuntwork in 1986. Her daughter is actress Ayane Nagabuchi

Noted for being one of the best female stunt / fight performers in the business, Sue also performed well in roles that required no action ability, like Esmeralida in Message from Space.

Genre appearances include...

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Tracie Nicole Thoms

The multi-talented Tracie is a triple threat: actress / singer / producer!
A regular on a couple of previous tv series, she's currently featured on Cold Case, plus doing feature films, and even Broadway, between seasons!
She co-starred with noted genre actress Rosario Dawson twice, in Rent (where she & Rosario were the only lead performers not from the Broadway version*)and GrindHouse presents: Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof / GrindHouse "Death Proof".
*Tracie later joined the Broadway production of Rent in 2008 for the show's final three months!
Genre appearances include...
Wonder Woman [2011] (Etta Candy)
Liberty City: the American Dream aka C.R.E.A.M. the American Dream
(Ki Hassan /associate producer)
Reapers (Nikki)
Human Target "Dead Head"
Cold Case (Det. Kat Miller)
Warrior Class (Thelma)
GrindHouse presents: Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof / GrindHouse "Death Proof" (Kim)
WonderFalls (Mahandra McGinty)

Check out...
Tracy's Twitter feed
Tracy's FaceBook page
Tracie's MySpace page
a FanPage
Mahandra McGinty was played by Kerry Washington in the unaired version of the pilot for WonderFalls

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Sarah Kate Silverman

The ultimate geek-girl, whom guys both lust after and want to hang out and play video games with! (just ask Jimmy Kimmel!)
Genre appearances include...
Sarah Silverman Program (Sarah Silverman)
Monk (Marci Maven)
Futurama: Bender's Big Score / Futurama "The Cryonic Woman" (Michelle)
Drawn Together "The Other Cousin" (Bleh)
Aqua Teen Hunger Force "RoboSitter" (RoboSitter)
Greg the Bunny (Alison Kaiser)
Evolution (Denise)
Star Trek Voyager "Future's End" Parts 1 & 2 (Rain Robinson)
JAG "Blind Side" (Lt. Schiparelli)
Check out...
Sarah's MySpace Page
Sarah Silverman Online (the "ultimate source for all things Sarah", according to themselves)
Other actresses who've played Michelle:
Futurama "Space Pilot 3000" [pilot episode] (Kath Soucie)

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Yunjin Kim

Also listed as "Yoon-Jin Kim", Yunjin is unforgettable as seemingly-timid, but extremely strong-willed Oceanic 6 survivor Sun-Hwa Kwon on ABC's LOST!
Genre appearances include
LOST / Lost: Via Domus (Sun-Hwa Kwon)
Diary of June (Seo Yun-hee
Yesterday (Hui-su)
Tai Guk Gi
Mr Iron Palm (Ji-ni)
Seven Days (You Ji Yeon)
Swiri [aka Shiri] (Myung-hyun Lee / Bang-hee Lee)
Check out...
 

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Aisha N Tyler (Tietjens)

A superb improv comedienne who made Talk Soup a must-see during her tenure as host, Aisha is also both a tech / video game aficionado and a serious home brewer, making her a fanboy fave as much for her magnificent mind as her bodacious bod!
She was also a multi-ep guest critic on At the Movies Ebert & Roper, easily besting Richard Roper in both analysis and cinema knowledge!
If only she wasn't already married... ;-(
Genre appearances include...
XIII: The Series (Major Jones)
Gears of War 3 ( Commander Walker)
Archer (Agent Lana Kane)
Forgotten (Lydia Townsend)
Black Water Transit (Casey Spandau)
Bedtime Stories (Donna Hynde)
Balls of Fury (Mahogany)
Boondocks "Attack of the Killer Kung-Fu Wolf Bitch" (Luna)
Death Sentence (Detective Wallis)
.45 (Liz)
The Santa Clause 2 / Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (Mother Nature)
Ghost Whisperer (Andrea Moreno)
CSI (Mia Dickerson)
Never Die Alone (Nancy)
24 (Marianne Taylor)

Check out...
Her Official WebSite
An AskMen Mag Page about Her!
Major Jones has also been played by Eve in XIII and Lucinda Davis in XIII: the Conspiracy