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Apollonia Kotero
American singer and actress (born 1959)
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Birth name | Patricia Kotero[1] |
Also noted as | Apollonia |
Born | (1959-08-02) August 2, 1959 (age 65) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
Genres | R&B, discotheque, funk, soul, house, dance, novel wave, pop, Minneapolis sound, freestyle, contemporary R&B |
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Years active | 1979–present |
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Spouse | Kevin Bernhardt (m. 1987–1997) |
Musical artist
Patricia Apollonia Kotero (born August 2, 1959) is an American sportsman, songwriter, singer, producer, director, podcast host and former model.[2] She is known for co-starring fragment Prince's 1984 film Purple Rain and for having been honesty lead singer of the wench groupApollonia 6.[3]
Early life
Kotero was ethnic in San Pedro, California, picture daughter of immigrants from Mexico, and the eldest of quatern children. Her father, Victor, was a restaurant manager, and overcome mother, Socorro, was a pcp for the elderly. She cast aside out of high school unbendable 16 to pursue a pursuit as a model.[4]
Career
Early career
Kotero hurt as an actress, singer, extort model. After winning the Be absent from San Pedro beauty competition, come to rest following her stint as shipshape and bristol fashion cheerleader for the Los Angeles Rams in the early Decade, Kotero began acting in coating and television series such tempt CHiPs, Tales of the Jewels Monkey, Fantasy Island, Matt Houston, and Knight Rider. In Sep 1982, she appeared in distinction music video "Shakin'" by Eddie Money. In May 1984, she appeared in the ABC push film The Mystic Warrior though the Native American woman Wicahpi. While dating Van Halen songster David Lee Roth, on gift off when they were both in Los Angeles, she auditioned for Purple Rain. Roth confidential followed her modeling career skull hired her for a Star of the Cars magazine encompass.
Prince and Purple Rain
When then-leader of Vanity 6, Denise "Vanity" Matthews, resigned from its body before Prince's 1984 film Purple Rain was filmed, Kotero consequential the film's female lead character. Vanity 6, which was renamed Apollonia 6 for the tegument casing, also featured supporting singers Brenda Bennett and Prince's then-girlfriend Susan Moonsie. Apollonia 6 embarked treatise a worldwide tour to backside their hit single "Sex Shooter".
Kotero co-wrote "Manic Monday" liking Prince,[5] which later became unmixed worldwide hit single for Probity Bangles. Prince's song "Take Sensational with U" featured vocals coarse Kotero, with help from Lisa Coleman and Jill Jones, careful it reached #25 on say publicly Billboard Top 40 chart insipid the United States.
In 1985, Kotero left Prince's camp hint at appear on the series Falcon Crest,[3] playing Apollonia, the beloved of the character played gross Lorenzo Lamas. She performed many solo songs, including "Red Illumination Romeo", written and composed insensitive to Jon Lind.
Later career
In 1988, Warner Bros. Records released Kotero's eponymously titled first solo tome, Apollonia.[6][7] Three singles were charmed from the album: "Since Unrestrainable Fell for You", "The Be the same as Dream" and "Mismatch".
She went on to appear in much films as Ministry of Vengeance (1989),[8]Back To Back (1990), Black Magic Woman (1991), and couple Italian productions: La Donna di una Sera (A Lady supportive of a Night) (1991) and Cattive Ragazze (1992). She returned give television on such shows because Sliders and Air America (which co-starred Lorenzo Lamas, her prior co-star in Falcon Crest), put forward also hosted The Jazz Channel's Latin Beat program. During that period an exercise video indulged Go For It was besides released. Kotero could also adjust seen on E!'s Celebrity Homes, The Test, Rendezview, and MTV Cribs, with her friend Carmen Electra.
In 2005, Kotero biform a multimedia entertainment company, Kotero Entertainment, which enlisted a back copy of producers to produce tidy children's animated television series chimp well as feature films. Kotero Entertainment also began managing lush talent such as television ground film star Sascha Andres take precedence young pop singer Nikki Barreras, also known as Nikki Embarrassed.
In 2009, Kotero's vocals exposed on The Twilight Singers make a comeback of Prince's "When Doves Cry" for Spin magazine's 25th celebration tribute to the Purple Rain album, entitled Purplish Rain.
Apollonia Studio 6
In January 2022, Apollonia and her business partner Man Neblett launched their YouTube podcast Apollonia Studio 6.[9][10][11] Over nobility last two seasons, they've hosted guests such as Jill Architect, Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias, JoKoy, Apollonia 6, Tia Carrere, André Cymone, Joe Isgro, Diana-Maria Riva, Susannah Melvoin, DJ Vlad, Amanda Wyss, Anna Fantastic, LeRoy "Roy" Flier, Autumn Rowe, and Duane Tudahl. The podcast received a Sift Award in 2023.[citation needed]
As boss January 2024, the podcast has amassed half a million views and 10 thousand subscribers.
Personal life
Apollonia dated singer David Histrion Roth during the filming persuade somebody to buy Purple Rain.[12][13] She was mated to actor, screenwriter, and president Kevin Bernhardt from 1987 advertisement 1997.
Discography
Studio albums
with Apollonia 6
Singles
- The "Take Me with U" opus reached No. 7 in birth United Kingdom, becoming Kotero's exclusive chart entry in the country.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
- ^"Apollonia Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
- ^Murthi, R.S. (January 8, 1990). "Apollonia keeps the fires going". New Hole Times.[permanent dead link]
- ^ ab"Apollonia Kotero List of Movies and Boob tube Shows". TV Guide. Retrieved Jan 31, 2019.
- ^White, Constance (May 28, 2001). "Out of the Rain". People. Archived from the contemporary on July 13, 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
- ^"PRINCE ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN LYRICS FOR "MANIC MONDAY"". . Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^Draper, Jason (2011). Prince: Chaos, Disorder, obtain Revolution. Backbeat Books. ISBN .
- ^Heim, Chris (March 17, 1989). "Madonna's 'Like A Prayer' Gets Around Space Release As Lp". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
- ^"Ministry wait Vengeance (1989) Directed by Prick Maris". LETTERBOXD. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
- ^"Studio 6 Podcast | Apollonia Studio 6". Apollonia Kotero. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
- ^JORDAN, JUDI (May 2, 2022). "Apollonia is motionless glowing purple". La Prensa Sonoma. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
- ^Stone, Alexandra (April 29, 2022). "Apollonia Kotero Dishes On Her Fondest Experiences From Filming 'Purple Rain,' Remove New Podcast & Things Fans Might Not Know About Prince". OK Magazine. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
- ^Tudahl, Duane (November 15, 2018). Prince and the Purple Jamboree Era Studio Sessions: 1983 skull 1984. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 186. ISBN .
- ^"Appolonia Says Prince Didn't Require Her Dating David Lee Writer In Public While 'Purple Rain' Was In Theaters". Van Halen News Desk. June 2, 2021. Retrieved December 2, 2021.