Actors - Daphne Zuniga

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Daphne Eurydice Zuniga (originally Zúñiga) (born October 28, 1962 in Berkeley, California, USA) is an actress. She is perhaps best known for playing Jo Reynolds on Melrose Place
from 1992 to 1996. She was also a lead in the 1987 film Spaceballs
and the 1989 film Gross Anatomy, with Matthew Modine, and previously worked with Modine in the movie Vision Quest
. A more recent starring role was in Artificial Lies. She was also one of many voice actors for the animated television series Stories from My Childhood. Zuniga also had a lead role in the TV series Pandora's Clock.

Daphne Zuniga also appeared in a recurring role in American Dreams.

Her father is Guatemalan and her mother is an American Unitarian minister.

She is currently on the show "Beautiful People" on ABC Family.

Her official website is located at http://www.daphnezuniga.net

Trivia

Zuniga was a victim of Mercury poisoning, which was the direct result of her daily consumption of fish. As a result, the actress suffered from weak memory, headaches, crying spells, skin rashes and low grade depression. Since meeting with many doctors, Zuniga has stopped consuming fish and does not plan to resume anytime soon. Zuniga admits eating sushi 4 times a week prior to her Mercury poisoning problem. As part of her strategy to clean her body of Mercury, the actress drinks shakes rich in protein (specifically with glutathione).
Rides a Harley Davidson motorcycle in her spare time.
Has a body piercing through her navel.
Graduated from Woodstock Union High School in Woodstock, VT in 1980.
She was a guest celebrity in the 1996 Endymion parade during Mardi Gras.
Measurements: 34B-25-34 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Shared a house in Los Angeles, CA with Meg Ryan
when both were struggling actresses

Movie and TV Quotes

Melrose Place (TV)

Jo Beth Reynolds: Couldn't hurt.
Jo Beth Reynolds: It's PMS - Post Marriage Syndrome.
Jo Beth Reynolds: I'm going to cancel the paper. It's just more proof that the world sucks.

Gross Anatomy

Laurie Rorbach: Are you following me?
Laurie Rorbach: All right, you've got me.

The Fly II

Beth Logan: You bastard! Where's your compassion?

The Sure Thing

Alison Bradbury: He eats cheese balls and beer for breakfast.
Alison Bradbury: Well, if it's a girl, Cynthia, and if it's a boy, Elliot.
Alison Bradbury: I have a credit card.
Alison Bradbury: Yes. But my father told me only to use it in case of an emergency.

Spaceballs

Princess Vespa: My hair! He shot my hair! Sonofabitch!

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