Kari Wuhrer

Kari Wuhrer is a popular American actress who comes from a non-celebrity family background. Kari born as Kari Samantha Wuhrer is the daughter of Andrew and Karin, who worked for the police force in Connecticut. Kari has two siblings, and she is the smallest of all. Her interest in music began at a very young and as a teen she used to sneak out to play in Manhattan clubs. She was hardly thirteen when she started studying acting at Wooster School. It was her deal with Ford Modeling Agency which sky-rocketed her career in modeling and eventually landed her a role of a VJ in MTV’s ‘ Remote Control ‘Remote Control’ was aired on 9X. It is the story >> Read More... ’. Kari, born on April 28^th, 1967, stepped into the entertainment industry early in her life.

Kari got her first break in the year 1986 through the movie Fire with Fire. By then, she had joined the Tisch School of Arts, NYU and also got well trained at London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. Her career as an actor was blooming, and she appeared in numerous movies and television serials. We can also say it's her personality on the MTV game show which she hosted with ‘ Adam Sandler Humour is the thing that emphasizes the character >> Read More... ’ got her the needed exposure into Hollywood, and several opportunities came her way. She started as a supporting actress and guest star in the movies before becoming the main lead. She was seen on ‘Adventures of Ford Fairline’, and ‘Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time’ in the early 90s. Her performance in the guest role in ‘Married with Children’ is noteworthy of her acting skills. Kari moved to LA to pursue her career seriously.

Kari was regularly seen more on the small screen during her early years in Hollywood. She was cast in the main lead on Class of ’96 which gave her the scope for acting on the silver screen but unfortunately it was not a hit. In 1994, Kari was part of the famous show ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ as Ariel Hunter. Her stint in the show was praised added to her svelte personality. Kari widely known for her great body has a prominent fan base which she enjoys. When asked, Kari says she is proud of her body, and she enjoys the attention, and she gains her confidence from it.

Kari reached her career best in movies when she got a chance to act in a ‘ Sean Penn One of the talented, award winning and intelligent >> Read More... ’ movie opposite ‘ Jack Nicholson One of the most prominent and living legend in Hol >> Read More... ’ in ‘The Crossing Guard’ where she plays the role of a prostitute who is luring and who happens to be the one night stand Jack Nicholson has in the movie. In 1995, she got to work in ‘Higher Learning’. The following year Kari was seen in famous novelist’s Stephen King’s ‘Thinner’ in the role of a gypsy. These roles had earned her the popularity an actor seeks and also a huge fan base.

This pushing-fifty actor got a major break on the small screen in 1997 when she was roped in to play the role of Maggie Beckett in the sci-fi action thriller Sliders. The show is the continuation of the HBO’s Terminal Justice. In this show, she is portrayed as an attractive and sensuous celebrity/star, which suits Kari the most. Kari’s character is used to clone in the sci-fi channel. This was broadcasted by FOX. This show was hugely acclaimed viewership and made Kari even more famous with her role and always remembered for her featured figure in the show. After that, she did not have any notable or prominent shows but was cast in a couple of big movies. Kari also starred in HBO’s series like ‘Sensation’ in 1995 and in Terminal Justice in 1995. In Sensation, Kari plays the role of a college student who falls for a professor and the drama unfolds.

Kari was seen in a supporting role in 1997 horror flick ‘Anakonda’ among other movies. The following year, in 1998 she was seen with ‘ David Schwimmer He is a well- known actor, director, and comedian >> Read More... ’ (Friends star) in ‘Kissing a Fool’. Apart from this, she was not associated with any major movies in Hollywood. She was however be seen in few theatre productions. Kari did not leave her first love of music behind. She went on to release her record deal with a major company called American Recordings. It released her debut album Shiny Bio coming soon... >> Read More... , though not in a big way produced a hit song called “There’s a Drug”.

After her stint at acting, producing (Spider’s Web) and singing, she drifted to B-movies. She has given voice-over too in the serials like Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem, and The Marvel’s Experience (as Maria Hill). Kara has acted in several non-mainstream meaty movies in her career as well. She has became popular for embracing nudity on screen. She is known for some B-movies like Spider’s Web, Eight Legged Freaks, and The Hitcher II: I’ve Been Waiting. However, she was noted in her movies like ‘The Rose Technique’ (2001) as Kristi, and in ‘Malevolent’ as Jessica Tarrant. Kari is also featured in video games genre lending her voice for the character Special Agent Tanya Adams. She can be found in Command and Conquer series being: Red Alert Click to look into! >> Read More... 2 and Yuri’s Revenge. Among her several guest appearances in the network shows, be in daytime shows or prime times, Kari was a part of them. She acted in the infamous ‘CSI: Miami’, and ‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation’.

Over the past decade, Kari made her transition from big screen to television and low-budget movies but nonetheless has always been a part of showbiz one way or the other. Her contribution to cinema industry and also the virtual world of video games will always be cherished by the fans. She limited herself to these low-key movies and hence missed out on the big movies to rub shoulders with the bigwigs of Hollywood. She is hardly seen making a grand entrance on the red carpet, let alone any academy awards. Her last award was for her work in the flick ‘Do it For Uncle Manny’, which fetched her Best Actress Award at the New York International Independent Film Festival.

Kari was always appreciated for her acting and did a few too many shows and cameos on television and also in movies. She is considered as one of the wealthiest actresses in Hollywood and was included in the list of top 100 sexiest women by Maxim Magazine. Kari married the musician ‘Daniel Salin’ in 1995 and the married ended in divorce in 1999. The Cherokee and German descent actor were on a string of relationships of which includes ‘Dave Grohl’, ‘Henry Rollins’, and ‘Jonathan Silverman’. However, Kari married Producer ‘James Scara’ in 2002 and has three children with him. She gives most of her time to her kids and is still seen in some television roles.

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Born in Brookfield, Connecticut, Kari Wuhrer is an American actress and vocalist, who used to sing in nightclubs during her teenage years. She has learned drama at New York University’s Tisch School of Arts, Marymount Manhattan College, Columbia University, and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. In the year 1987, she got her first television break in the form of MTV’s “Remote Control” and then, she was a frequent cast member of the show, “Swamp Thing”. Her resume also enlists her being a VJ on MTV.

Further down the line, she played the role of “Robin Farr” in the television show, “Class of ‘96”. Then, she became a part of the popular television series, “Beverly Hills, 90210”, as Ariel Hunter. Some of the other movies in which she has played the role of a supportive pillar are, “Beastmaster 2”, “The Adventures of Ford Fairlane”, “Thinner”, “Anaconda”, “Kissing a Fool”, and “Higher Learning”. She was a guest star in the television series, “Leverage” and made a comeback to the television through the show, “The Sliders” in the year 1997. She launched her first album, “Shiny” in the year 1999, in which many of the songs had her playing the guitar and the flute. Some of the conventional movies in her resume are, “Eight Legged Freaks”, and “Berserker”.

She was ranked number 76 on the FHM, “100 Sexiest Women of 2000” and further number 73 on the FHM, “100 Sexiest Women of 2001”. Maxim magazine ranked her at number 36 on “50 Sexiest Women Countdown in 1999”. She was on the cover of Playboy publication, posing almost naked because she was “The Babe of the Month” in the year 2000. She had her breast transplants detached at the age of thirty-five. At “The Oprah Winfrey Show”, she confessed how one of the record labels practically forced her to get breast implants.

In the year 2005, she became a part of the morning soap entertainment, “General Hospital”, and her character was killed eventually, for which Wurher said that she would sue the entire show because she was eliminated from it due to her pregnancy.