Ensiklopedia Dunia

Technopedia Center

Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science
S1 Informatics S1 Information Systems S1 Information Technology S1 Computer Engineering S1 Electrical Engineering S1 Civil Engineering

faculty of Economics and Business
S1 Management S1 Accountancy

Faculty of Letters and Educational Sciences
S1 English literature S1 English language education S1 Mathematics education S1 Sports Education

Lolita Davidovich - Wikipedia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lolita Davidovich
Born	Lolita Davidović (1961-07-15) July 15, 1961 (age 63) London, Ontario, Canada
Other names	Lolita David
Occupation(s)	Actress, voice actress
Years active	1983–present
Spouse	Ron Shelton (m. 1997)
Children	2

Lolita Davidovich (born Lolita Davidović; July 15, 1961)^[1] 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 Leap of Faith (1992), Raising Cain (1992), Intersection (1994), Cobb (1994), 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.^[2]^[3] She spoke only Serbian during her early years.^[4]

She studied at the Herbert Berghof Studio in New York.^[5]

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.^[6]

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.^[7] 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.^[8]

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, Rizzoli & Isles, 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.^[9] She also voiced Angel Gemini in the adventure game, Of Light and Darkness: The Prophecy, which also includes the voice of actor James Woods.^[10]

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.^[11] Later that year, she was cast in the second season of HBO crime drama True Detective as Taylor Kitsch's character's mother,^[12] and ABC prime time soap opera Blood & Oil as Don Johnson's character's ex-wife.^[13]

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.^[14]

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.^[5]

Filmography

Film

Key
†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	Class	1st Girl (Motel)
1986	Blindside	Adele	Credited as Lolita David
1986	Recruits	Susan
1987	Last Man Standing	Groupie
1987	Adventures in Babysitting	LuAnn/Blonde	Credited as Lolita David
1987	The Pink Chiquitas	Pink Chiquita
1987	The Big Town	Black Lace Stripper
1989	Blaze	Blaze Starr	Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actress
1990	Love & Murder	Barbara
1991	The Object of Beauty	Joan
1991	JFK	Beverly Oliver	Titled as Lolita Davidovitch
1991	The Inner Circle	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 movie Nominated — 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 movie Nominated — 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 movie Nominated — 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	The Judge	Catherine Rosetti	TV movie
2001	Snow in August	Kate Devlin	TV movie
2001	The Kid	Mother (voice)	TV movie
2002	The Practice	Cassie Ray	Episode: "Bad to Worse"
2002–2003	The Agency	Avery Pohl	Recurring role (5 episodes)
2003	Monk	Natasha Lovara	Episode: "Mr. Monk Goes to the Circus"
2003–2004	The Guardian	Victoria Little	Episode: "Believe" e "The Bachelor Party"
2004	The L Word	Francesca Wolff	Recurring role (4 episodes)
2005	The Eleventh Hour	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

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role
1995	Chronomaster	Jester
1998	Of Light and Darkness: The Prophecy	Angel Gemini

References

^ "Lolita Davidovich | the Canadian Encyclopedia".
^ Byrne, Bridget (April 6, 2001). "Actress Looks To Face 'The Judge'". Associated Press. Retrieved December 12, 2007.
^ Kalaba, Ana (December 8, 2016). "Lolita Davidović je srpska zvezda u Holivudu, a sanja da glumi u Beogradu". Noizz.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved May 10, 2020.
^ Southgate, Martha (December 23, 1989). "'Blaze' actress Lolita Davidovich enjoying first taste of stardom". Herald-Journal. p. B9. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Lolita Davidovich Biography". yahoo.com. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
^ Strauss, Bob (December 26, 1989). "Director Shelton Turns From 'Bull' To Create Blaze". Los Angeles Daily News.
^ "Lolita Davidovich". Hollywood.com. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
^ "Light and Darkness". January 21, 2004. Archived from the original on January 21, 2004. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
^ "Hour Favorite". Next Generation. No. 16. Imagine Media. April 1996. p. 92.
^ "Light and Darkness". January 21, 2004. Archived from the original on January 21, 2004. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
^ Tatiana Siegel (9 June 2014). "Lolita Davidovich Joins Fox 2000's 'The Longest Ride'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
^ Nellie Andreeva (14 November 2014). "Lolita Davidovich & James Frain Join 'True Detective' Cast - Deadline". Deadline. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
^ "Blood & Oil: Lolita Davidovich cast as Don Johnson's ex-wife". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
^ "Lolita Davidovich". IMDb. Retrieved September 17, 2024.

External links

Lolita Davidovich at IMDb
Lolita Davidovich at the Internet Off-Broadway Database

Categories:

Hidden categories:

Authority control databases
International	ISNI VIAF WorldCat
National	Germany United States France BnF data Czech Republic Spain Netherlands Norway Poland Israel
People	Deutsche Biographie
Other	IdRef SNAC