Kari Wuhrer

Kari Wuhrer
Wuhrer in 2014
Born	(1967-04-28) April 28, 1967 Brookfield, Connecticut, U.S.
Other names	Kari Wuhrer Kari Wührer Salin Kari Salin Kari Salin-Wührer
Occupation(s)	Actress, singer
Years active	1986–present
Spouse(s)	Daniel Salin (1995–1999) James Scura (2003–present)

Kari Samantha Wuhrer (born April 28, 1967) is an American actress and singer.

Early life

Wuhrer was born in Brookfield, Connecticut, the daughter of Karin (née Noble), a payroll accountant, and German American Andrew Wührer, a police officer and car salesman. She has three siblings. As a teenager, she sang in nightclubs, sneaking out of the family home to perform. She studied acting from the age of 13 at the Wooster School. She studied drama at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Marymount Manhattan College, Columbia University, and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts with famed teacher Uta Hagen.

Career

Wuhrer's first television break was MTV's Remote Control (1987). She was a regular cast member of the television series Swamp Thing from 1991 to 1992. She also worked as a VJ on MTV during the same period. In 1993, she was a regular in the TV series Class of '96, where she played college student Robin Farr. From 1994 to 1995, she starred as Ariel Hunter in the long-running prime-time soap opera Beverly Hills, 90210.

After appearing in The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990) and starring in Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time (1991), Wuhrer had a difficult time obtaining the serious film roles she studied for, allegedly due to her breast implants. She would eventually star in over a dozen straight-to-video sexploitation films, most notably Sex and the Other Man (1996), Kate's Addiction (1999), Poison (2001), and Spider's Web (2002). She also co-starred in a highly regarded but sexually charged Canadian art film entitled Vivid (1997).

Wuhrer once again came to mainstream fame in 1997 on the series Sliders as Maggie Beckett, joining the cast as a regular and staying until the series ended in 2000. Later mainstream film roles include Thinner (1996), Anaconda (1997), Berserker (2001) and Eight Legged Freaks (2002). Wuhrer is also known by gamers for her role as Tanya in Westwood Studios' RTS video game Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 and its subsequent expansion pack, Yuri's Revenge.

Wuhrer also guested in the TV series Leverage. She signed a record deal with Rick Rubin and her debut album, Shiny, was released in 1999. In addition to her singing, she also wrote most of the songs on the album and played both the guitar and the flute on several tracks.

Wuhrer was later voted #76 on the FHM 100 Sexiest Women of 2000, #73 in the FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World of 2001 and #36 in Maxim magazine's 50 Sexiest Women Countdown of 1999. She posed semi-nude in Playboy magazine in August 2000 as their Babe of the Month and earlier considered multiple offers to appear fully nude throughout 1998. She was also #64 on Celebrity Skin's 100 Sexiest Stars of All Time and #4 in the Celebrity Nudity Database's Most Popular Actresses of 1999.

Her breast implants encapsulated during the filming of Spider's Web, so she had them removed in 2002 at the age of 35. She later wrote an article for the September 2002 issue of Glamour magazine about the insecurities that led her to get implants early in her career, and the sense of self-acceptance she acquired. After its publication, she appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and discussed the pressure she received from a prominent record producer to get the implants, during what she called "the era of the Video Vixen".

From February 3, 2005 through November 2005, Wuhrer joined the cast of the daytime soap opera General Hospital as FBI Agent Reese Marshall, the former love interest of mobster Sonny Corinthos and former best friend/rival of Carly Corinthos. Wuhrer's character died after suffering injuries in a train wreck. In January 2006, Wuhrer announced that she was suing General Hospital, claiming that she was fired because of her pregnancy. The case was resolved in December 2006.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Fire with Fire	Gloria
1990	The Adventures of Ford Fairlane	Melodi
1991	Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time	Jackie Trent
1994	The Postgraduate	Jane Decue
1994	Boulevard	Jennefer
1995	Terminal Justice	Pamela Travis	Credited as Kari Salin
1995	Higher Learning	Claudia	Credited as Kari Salin
1995	Sensation	Lila Reed
1995	Sex & the Other Man	Jessica Hill
1995	Beyond Desire	Rita	Straight-to-video
1995	The Crossing Guard	Mia
1996	Thinner	Gina Lempke
1996	An Occasional Hell	Jeri Gillen
1997	Vivid	Billie Reynolds	Credited as Kari Salin
1997	Anaconda	Denise Kalberg
1997	Red-Blooded American Girl II	Miya	Credited as Kari Salin
1997	The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson	Kristi Wilson
1997	Touch Me	Margot
1998	The Undertaker's Wedding	Maria
1998	Kissing a Fool	Dara
1998	Ivory Tower	Karen Clay
1998	Phoenix	Katie Shuster
1999	Kate's Addiction	Kate McGrath
2000	Fatal Conflict	Sasha Burns
2000	Sand	Sandy
2000	G-Men from Hell	Marete Morrisey
2000	Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye	Darcy Davis	Television film
2001	Angels Don't Sleep Here	Dr. April Williams
2001	Poison a/k/a Thy Neighbor's Wife a/k/a Midnight Vendetta	Ann Stewart / Anna Johnson
2001	The Medicine Show	Gwendolyn
2002	The Rose Technique	Kristi
2002	Do It for Uncle Manny	Jenny Marsh
2002	Killer Love	Danielle
2002	Eight Legged Freaks	Sheriff Samantha Parker
2002	Malevolent	Jessica Tarrant
2002	Spider's Web	Lauren Bishop	Executive producer
2003	Final Examination	Julie Seska	Direct-to-video
2003	Death of a Dynasty	Sexy Woman #2
2003	King of the Ants	Susan Gatley
2003	The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting	Maggie	Direct-to-video
2004	Berserker	Anya / Brunhilda
2005	Hellraiser: Deader	Amy Klein	Direct-to-video
2005	The Prophecy: Uprising	Allison	Direct-to-video
2005	The Prophecy: Forsaken	Allison	Direct-to-video
2007	The Air I Breathe	Correspondent
2010	Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths	Black Canary Model Citizen	Uncredited Direct-to-video
2012	Alien Tornado	Gail Curtis	Television film
2014	Secrets of a Psychopath	Catherine
2014	Sharknado 2: The Second One	Ellen Brody	Television film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Married... with Children	Joanie	2 episodes
1991–1992	Swamp Thing: The Series	Abigail	10 episodes
1993	Class of '96	Robin Farr	17 episodes
1994–1995	Beverly Hills, 90210	Ariel Hunter	3 episodes
1995	The Marshal	Sherry Prairie	1 episode
1997	Nash Bridges	CJ	Episode: "Blackout"
1997–2000	Sliders	Maggie Beckett	49 episodes
1998	To Have & to Hold	Paula	2 episodes
2000	Lip Service	Sunni
2002	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Tiffany Langer	Episode: "Cross Jurisdictions"
2005	General Hospital	Reese Marshall
2006	CSI: Miami	Janet Sterling	Episode: "If Looks Could Kill"
2007–2008	Lincoln Heights	Kimberly Lund	2 episodes
2008	Stargate Atlantis	Nancy Sheppard	Episode: "Outcast"
2010	Leverage	Miranda Miles	Episode: "The Reunion Job"
2010–2012	Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes	Maria Hill	Voice

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2000	Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2	Special Agent Tanya Adams
2001	Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge	Special Agent Tanya Adams
2013	Marvel Heroes	Maria Hill

Awards

Year	Work	Award	Category	Result
2001	Do It for Uncle Manny	New York International Independent Film and Video Festival	Best Actress	Won

External links

• Kari Wuhrer at IMDb
• Kari Wuhrer at the TCM Movie Database
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• Kari Wuhrer discography at Discogs
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