Stacey Dash

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Stacey Dash
Dash in 2016
Born
Stacey Lauretta Dash

(1967-01-20) January 20, 1967 (age 57)[a]
EducationParamus High School
Occupation
  • Actress
Years active1982–present
Known forMo' Money
Clueless
Renaissance Man
Political partyDemocratic (before 2012)
Republican (2012–present)
Spouses
Brian Lovell
(m. 1999; div. 2005)
[b]
James Maby
(m. 2005; div. 2006)
Emmanuel Xuereb
(m. 2007; div. 2011)
[c]
Jeffrey Marty
(m. 2018; div. 2020)
Children2
RelativesDash (nephew)
Damon Dash (cousin)

Stacey Lauretta Dash

Celebrity Circus. She has also appeared in music videos for Carl Thomas' "Emotional" and Kanye West's "All Falls Down
".

Early life

Born in

CEO and co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records.[9] She attended Paramus High School, graduating in 1985.[10][11]

Career

Dash made her first television appearance in the

Dionne Davenport, although Dash was twenty-eight at the time. In 1996, the film spawned a television spin-off of the same name
, in which Dash reprised her role as Dionne. The series ran from 1996 to 1999.

After the television series ended, she appeared in

Antonio Sabàto, Jr.

Dash appeared as a recurring character on the television series

The Game in early 2009. In 2011, Dash starred in the first season of VH1's first scripted series, Single Ladies, playing Valerie "Val" Stokes, described as a "'good girl' looking for a good man".[14] On August 31, it was reported that she would leave the series in order to focus on her family.[15][16][17] In 2012, Dash starred as Lisa, the female lead in the film Dysfunctional Friends.[18] Also in 2012, Dash was featured in Funny or Die and YouTube broadcast trailers and shorts for her web series Stacey Dash Is Normal.[19] The scripted series launched in 2013.[20]

On May 28, 2014,

Oscars due to lack of ethnic diversity, and called for an end to Black History Month.[23] She made a cameo at the 88th Academy Awards repeating this sentiment.[24] In addition, she criticized Jesse Williams's speech at the BET Awards.[25] On January 21, 2017, Fox News announced that Dash's contract would not be renewed.[26][27]

Politics

Dash in 2013

Dash voted for

Republican[29] and endorsed Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. In response to critical online comments she received for supporting Romney, Dash stated it was her opinion[30] and that she did not understand the vitriol.[28] Vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan thanked Dash for supporting his ticket.[28]

Since the 2012 election, Dash has publicly expressed her political views. In April 2013, she criticized music artists Jay-Z and Beyoncé's trip to Cuba.[31] In 2016, with regard to the debate over use of gender-specific bathrooms, she said that transgender rights "infringe upon [her own]".[32] Dash writes a blog for Patheos.com.[33] Dash supported Republican candidate Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election.[34]

On February 26, 2018, Dash filed to run in

2018 Congressional Election as a Republican.[35] On joining the race, Dash said she wanted to "free people from the shackles of a plantation mentality."[36] Dash withdrew from the congressional race on March 30, 2018.[37]

On March 11, 2021, Dash stated in an interview with Daily Mail, "Being a supporter of Trump has put me in some kind of box that I don't belong in. But he's not the president. I'm going to give the president that we have right now a chance."[38]

Personal life

Relationships and children

Dash has two children. She has a son named Austin, born from her relationship with singer Christopher Williams, and a daughter named Lola.[5][39] In 1999, she married producer Brian Lovell and they divorced in the mid-2000s.[5][39] From 2005 to 2006, Dash was married to British executive James Maby, CEO of Sports Logistics.[40] Different sources say the father of Dash's daughter is either Lovell[39] or Maby.[40][3] Dash married actor Emmanuel Xuereb in either 2007[3] or 2009.[39] She filed for divorce in January 2010. It was finalized in September 2011.[41][39] Dash married lawyer Jeffrey Marty in Florida on April 6, 2018. She has said that she met Marty ten days before the wedding. In addition to her two children, Dash became a step-mother to three of Marty's children.[42] In April 2020, Dash announced that she and Marty had separated.[43] In June 2020, Dash filed for divorce.[44]

Trauma, drugs, weapons, and legal issues

Dash has spoken openly about past traumas in her personal life. She has at various times revealed that she was

.22 revolver, and shot at him, scaring him away.[46]

Dash was arrested on September 29, 2019, at her apartment in Pasco County, Florida, on a domestic battery charge after an argument with her husband, Jeffrey Marty.[47] She pleaded not guilty,[48] and the case was dropped on October 3 at the request of Marty, who said Dash had been arrested over his objection.[49] The couple's divorce was announced the following year.[50]

In October 2021, Dash opened up about her Vicodin addiction on The Dr. Oz Show, stating that she was five years sober.[51]

Religion

Dash was raised Catholic, and claimed the religion in 2012 and 2013.[52][53][54]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1982 Farrell for the People Denise Grey TV movie
1987 Enemy Territory Antoinette "Toni" Briggs
1988 Moving Casey Pear
1989 Tennessee Waltz Minnie
1992 Mo' Money Amber Evans
1994 Renaissance Man Pvt. Miranda Myers
1995 Clueless Dionne Davenport
Illegal in Blue Kari Truitt Video
1997 Cold Around the Heart Bec Rosenberg
1999 Personals Leah
2001 The Painting Hallie Gilmore at 18
2002 Paper Soldiers Tamika
2003 View from the Top Angela Samona
Gang of Roses Kim
Ride or Die Real Venus Video
2005 Lethal Eviction Amanda Winters
2006 Getting Played Emily TV movie
2007 I Could Never Be Your Woman Brianna Minx
Ghost Image Alicia Saunders
2008 Christmas Break Smokin' Woman Short
Nora's Hair Salon 2: A Cut Above Simone
Fashion Victim Cara Wheeler
Phantom Punch Geraldine Liston
Secrets of a Hollywood Nurse Reporter TV movie
2009 Wild About Harry Joy Crowley
Chrome Angels Lady
2012 Dysfunctional Friends Lisa
House Arrest Chanel
2013 Blue Butterflies Faith Short
2014 Lap Dance Dr. Annie Jones
Patient Killer Nancy Peck
2015 Cloudy with a Chance of Love Kelly TV movie
2016 Sharknado: The 4th Awakens Chicago Mayor Mansfield TV movie
The Thinning Kendra Birch
2018 Honor Up Tara
2019 The Dawn Sister Ella
2020 First Lady Channing
Roe v. Wade
Mildred Jefferson
2021 Carolina's Calling Mary Lou
2022 7th Secret Miss Vivian
Corsicana Jennie

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1985 The Cosby Show Michelle Episode: "Denise's Friend"
1988 St. Elsewhere Penny Franks Recurring Cast: Season 6
1988–89 TV 101 Monique Main Cast
1994 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Michelle Michaels Episode: "When You Hit Upon a Star"
Harts of the West - Episode: "Drive, He Said"
1995 Soul Train Herself/Guest Host Episode: "Shai/Maysa Leak/Mystikal"
1996–99 Clueless Dionne "Dee" Davenport Main Cast
1998 Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular Herself Episode: "Episode #1.9"
1999–00
The Strip
Vanessa Weir Main Cast
2001 Going to California Janie Episode: "A Pirate Looks at 15 to 20"
Men, Women & Dogs Meg Episode: "Pilot"
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Amy Young Episode: "Slaves of Las Vegas"
2003
Eve
Corryn Episode: "The Ex Factor"
2005 Duck Dodgers Paprika Solo (voice) Episode: "Diamond Boogie/Corporate Pigfall"
2008 Celebrity Circus Herself Main Cast
American Dad! Janet Lewis (voice) Episode: "
Escape from Pearl Bailey
"
2009–11
The Game
Camille Rose Recurring Cast: Season 3–4
2011 Single Ladies Valerie "Val" Stokes Main Cast: Season 1
2013 The Exes Dana Episode: "Trading Places"
2014–15
Celebrity Name Game
Herself/Celebrity Player Episode: "Stacey Dash & Mario Lopez #1-#3"
2014–17 Outnumbered Herself/Guest Co-Host Recurring Co-Host
2016
Hell's Kitchen
Herself Episode: "10 Chefs Compete Again"
The Eric Andre Show Herself Episode: "Stacey Dash; Jack McBrayer"
2020 Finding Love in Quarantine Theresa Main Cast
2022 College Hill: Celebrity Edition Herself Main Cast: Season 1

Music videos

Year Song Title Artist
1989 "Talk to Myself" Christopher Williams
1992 "The Best Things in Life Are Free"
Janet Jackson
1997 "That Girl" MJG
2000 "Emotional" Carl Thomas
2004 "All Falls Down" Kanye West featuring Syleena Johnson
2006 "Favorite Girl" Marques Houston
2010 "Super High" Rick Ross featuring Ne-Yo
2012 "Life of The Party" Emcee N.I.C.E. featuring Stacey Dash and Blake Smith

Books

Dash, Stacey (2016). There Goes My Social Life: From Clueless to Conservative. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing.

OCLC 909538859
.

Notes

  1. ^ a b or (1966-01-20) January 20, 1966 (age 58)[5]
  2. ^ Divorced in mid-2000s; see § Personal life.
  3. ^ Married in either 2007 or 2009; see § Personal life.

References

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  5. ^ . This source and Hollywood.com each give Lovell divorce year as 2006.
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  40. ^
    Bravo. Archived
    from the original on March 14, 2018. Retrieved March 14, 2018. James Maby ... the CEO of international sports branding firm Sports Logistics ... was married to Clueless star Stacey Dash and the pair have an 11-year-old daughter named Lola together.
  41. Time Warner. September 30, 2011. Archived
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