Shari Belafonte (Harper/Behrens)

Shari actually began behind the camera (believe it or not) as a freelance production assistant, moving on to a job as Assistant to the Publicist at Hanna-Barbera, the animation studio!
She moonlighted as a fashion model, then dropped her day job altogether to appear in Calvin Klein commercials which led to offers for film and tv work!
Besides tv guest-star and featured film roles, Shari was a regular on the Hotel tv series as Julie Gilette. as well as co-hosting the series Lifestyles with Robin Leach.

With her devotion to personal fitness (including endorsing only diet and nutrition products she personally uses), Shari posed for Playboy magazine at the age of 45, displaying a superbly-toned body many twenty-somethings would be proud to have!
But don't think she's just a pretty face (and amazing body)!
She donates much time and energy to worthy causes including as interantional spokesperson for the Starlight Children's Foundation!

After several years away from national tv or film work, Shari recently appeared on Nip / Tuck. and Miami Medical.
Hopefully the first of many new roles for this femme fantastique!

Trivia: Shari is the daughter of legendary singer / actor Harry Belafonte.
She's recorded several albums, most of which were released only in Europe, and command high prices on eBay!

Genre appearances include...
The District"The Project"
Babylon 5: ThirdSpace(Elizabeth Trent)
Mars(Doc Halliday)
Real Adventures of Johnny Quest"Other Space"
Sonic the Hedgehog(Lupé the Wolf)
Beyond Reality(Laura Wingate)
Fire, Ice & Dynamite(Serena)
Velvet (Julie Rhodes)
Perry Mason "Case of the All-Star Assassin"
Gravedale High (Blanche)
Murder by Numbers(Lisa)
Midnight Hour(Melissa Cavender)
Matt Houston"New Orleans Nightmare"
TimeWalker aka Being from Another Planet (Linda Flores)
ABC Weekend Special "Big Hex of Little Lulu"

Check out...
There are NO sites devoted to this amazing woman!
Has the world gone mad?
If anyone knows of a site, please e-mail me and I'll update this entry!

Bai Ling / Ling Bai

Despite some first-rate on-screen performances (Red Corner, Dumplings), Bai Ling is best known for her off-screen antics, including posing in Playboy June, 2005 (which probably resulted in her character being cut from Star Wars III) and her current hook-up with Oscar nominee Mickey Rourke!

Genre appearances include...
Gene Generation(Michelle)
Back to Hell (Zilla)
62 PickUp (Suzy Wong)
Petty Cash (Coco)
Lazarus Papers (Kyo)
Toxic(Lena)
Circle of Pain (Victoria Ruala)
Gauntlet (Kim Lee)
Magic Man (Samantha)
Locked Down (Flores)
Crank 2: High Voltage(Ria)
LOST "Stranger in a Strange Land" (Achara)
SouthLand Tales(Serpentine)
Nomad: the Warrior(Gaukhar)
Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
(Senator Bana Breemu [scene cut from theatrical release, included as "deleted scene" on dvd, character officially part of Expanded Universe])
Sky Captain & the World of Tomorrow(Mysterious Woman)
Three Extremes segment "Dumplings" [edited version of feature Dumplings] (Mei)
Dumplings(Mei)
Jake 2.0 "Cater Waiter"
Code Hunter[aka Storm Watch] (Skylar)
The Breed(Lucy Westenra)
Shaolin Soccer(Mui [voice dubbed American version])
Lost Empire[aka Legend of the Monkey King] (Kwan Ying)
Angel "She" (Jhiera)
Wild, Wild West(Miss East)
Touched by an Angel "Spirit of Liberty Moon" (Jean Chang)
Dead WeekEnd(Amelia A)
The Crow(Myca)

Trivia: Both Bai and fellow LOSTie Michelle Rodriguez have starred in films titled The Breed, though the two films are not related in any way!

Check out...
Her Official WebSite
Her(?) blog

Charlotte Lewis

(1986)

Teen model turned actress Charlotte Lewis made her film debut in Roman Polanski's 1985 film Pirates! at the age of 16.
What was not known at the time was that the director may have molested the then-underage girl before filming began!
She's had an on-again, off-again film-tv career, working for several years straight, doing other things for several years, then returning to show business, then disappearing again.
She also posed for Playboy in 1993.

(Pirates, 1985)

Interestingly, almost all her film / tv work has been genre! (out of 27 projects, over 20 were genre!)

She hasn't appeared onscreen since 2003.

Trivia: Dated Mickey Rourke, Eric Clapton, and Charlie Sheen while appearing in movie or video projects with them!

Genre appearances include
Men of War (Loki)
Renegade "Pipeline"
Viper "White Fire"
Highlander: the Raven "Frame"
Red Shoe Diaries "Midnight Bells"
Navajo Blues (Elizabeth Wyako)
Glass Cage (Jacqueline)
Decoy (Katya)
Lipstick Camera (Roberta Dailey)
Nosferatu Diaries: Embrace of the Vampire (Sarah)
Excessive Force (Anna Gilmore)
StoryVille (Lee Tran)
Sketch Artist (Leese)
TripWire (Trudy)
Crime Story "Femme Fatale"
Golden Child (Kee Nang)
Roman Polanski's Pirates!
(María-Dolores de la Jenya de la Calde)

Check out...
UnOfficial Charlotte Lewis Page (FanPage)
NOTE: Google searches tend to confuse the actress with the same-named character played by Rebecca Mader from the tv series LOST.
Charlotte, the actress, has not appeared on LOST.

(with Charlie Sheen, 1986)

Decoy [VHS]