Lori Singer Bio, Age, Family, Husband, Films,Television, Footloose and Fame

Lori Singer Biography

Lori Singer is an American actress and cellist born in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. known for her role in the film ‘Footloose.’ for her role as Ariel Moore, also as Julie Miller in the television series Fame. ‘ Fame, ‘ I said. She is also a prominent cellist, trained under the legendary Leonard Rose. Originally from Texas, Singer was raised in a family where musical aspirations were strongly encouraged.

Lori Singer Age | How Old

Lori is 61 years old as 2018. She was born on November 6, 1957.

Lori Singer Family

Lori Singer is one of Leslie and Jacques Singer’s four children. She has a twin brother, Gregory, and two other brothers, Marc and Claude. Her father, while her mother is a virtuoso piano virtuoso and pedagogue, was a virtuoso violinist, symphony orchestra conductor, and music educator.

Lori Singer Husband

Lori got married to Richard Emery 1980, but later they divorced in 1999.

Lori Singer Children

Lori has one child known as Jacques Rio Emery.

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Lori Singer Musical Career

She had her debut performance as a soloist with the Western Washington Symphony just a year after Lori Singer started attending Juilliard. She first came to the Bergen Philharmonic Competition in 1980. In addition to performing in front of an audience on stages such as Royal Albert Hall and Carnegie Hall, she has portrayed a cello player in’ Short Cuts,” Fame’ and the 1997 short film ‘ Sarabande.’ A hymn penned by Karl Jenkins in memory of Martin Luther King, Jr., was introduced at Carnegie Hall in January 2008 through Singer’s solo performance

Lori Singer Acting Career

After witnessing the success of her brother Marc in Hollywood, Lori Singer became interested in pursuing a career as an actress. She was cast as Julie Miller in’ Fame’ (1982-83), the NBC (later syndication) musical-drama based on the 1980 film of the same name, not long after she landed in the tinsel town. Singer had the opportunity to explore all three of her passions, dancing, playing the cello and acting as she portrayed Julie. Her character appeared in the show’s first two seasons.

She appeared in the telefilm’ Born Beautiful’ in 1982, portraying Jodi Belcher. Her performance in the TV movie earned her the ShoWest “Newcomer of the Year” Award. Singer made her big screen debut in’ Footloose’ two years later, opposite Kevin Bacon. Despite being a newcomer, Singer beat the likes of Madonna, Melanie Griffith, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Rosanna Arquette to land the role of rebellious teenager Ariel Moore. Despite gathering mixed reviews from the critics, the movie was a hit from the box office. For her performance, Singer won the ShoWest “Breakthrough Performer of the Year” Award.

She was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead in 1986 for her portrayal of Georgia in the neo-noir film ‘ Trouble in Mind.’ She was casted as Roxy Walston in’ Summer Heat’ (1987), Kassandra in’ Warlock’ (1989), Sharon Ace in’ Equinox’ (1992), Loren in’ Sunset Grill’ (1993), and Scarlett Stuart in’ F.T.W.’ (1994). She worked in the critically acclaimed comedy-drama’ Short Cuts’ with Matthew Modine, Julianne Moore, Fred Ward, Anne Archer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Robert Downey Jr., and Madeleine Stowe.

She portrayed the lead protagonist, Sydney Bloom, in Fox’s short-lived science fiction series’ VR.5′ in 1995. In 2011, Singer came back to the small screen to play Dede Aston in a season 12 episode of NBC’s crime drama ‘ Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.’ Her most recent screen appearance was in the Institute’s 2017 thriller.

Lori Singer  Films

Year

Film

Role

1982–1983

Fame

Julie Miller

1983

Born Beautiful

Jodi Belcher

1984

Footloose

Ariel Moore

1985

The Falcon and the Snowman

Lana

The Man with One Red Shoe

Maddy

Trouble in Mind

Georgia

1987

Heartbeat

Filmmaker’s wife

Made in U.S.A.

Annie

Summer Heat

Roxie

1989

Warlock

Kassandra

1990

American Playhouse

Therese

Storm and Sorrow

Molly Higgins

1992

Equinox

Sharon Ace

1993

Sunset Grill

Loren

Short Cuts

Zoe Trainer

1994

F.T.W.

Scarlett Stuart

1995

VR.5

Sydney Bloom

1997

Inspired by Bach

Dr. Angela France

2005

Little Victim

Tracy

2011

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Dede Aston

2015

Experimenter

Florence Asch

2016

God Knows Where I Am

Narrating Voice of Linda Bishop

Lori Singer Footloose

Footloose is an American musical comedy-drama film directed by Herbert Ross in 1984. It tells the story of Ren McCormack Kevin Bacon, an upbeat Chicago teen who moves to a small town where dancing and rock music have been banned as a result of the efforts of a local minister John Lithgow in the film Singer taking the as Ariel Moore.

Lori Singer Fame

Fame is an American television series originally produced by Eilenna Productions in partnership with Metro – Goldwyn – Mayer Television between 1982 and 1987 and sponsored by Yamaha musical instruments, which are shown prominently in the episodes. Lori portrayed the role of Julie Miller on the television.

Lori Singer Net Worth

Lori Singer is an American actress and cellist who has an estimated net worth of $500 thousand.

Lori Singer Height

Lori is 1.78 meters tall.

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