Athena Massey
Athena Massey | |
|---|---|
| Occupation(s) | Actress model |
| Years active | 1991-2001 |
| Known for | Undercover Heat Shadow of a Scream Star Portal |
Athena Massey is an American actress and model best known for starring in a series of "B" pictures in the 1990s, including some for Roger Corman.[1][2][3] Massey was a model before becoming an actress, and moved into leads with the erotic thriller Undercover (1995) for Gregory Dark; she later said she regretted this as it typecast her and she turned down a number of subsequent offers to make erotic thrillers.[4] The film was described in Sight and Sound magazine as "mainstream exploitation at its most unabashed."[5]
Massey co starred with Don Wilson in two action films, Virtual Combat and CyberTracker 2. She was going to make a film for Corman in Ireland called Desdemona and Othello playing Bianca in an adaptation of Othello, but the project fell over shortly before filming. She played the lead in other films for Corman in Ireland such as Shadow of a Scream and Star Portal, as well as making Termination Man for Corman in the Ukraine.[6]
Select filmography
[edit]- Out for Justice (1991)
- Undercover Heat (1995)
- Virtual Combat (1995)
- CyberTracker 2 (1995)
- Seinfeld - episode "The Engagement" (1995)[7]
- The Nutty Professor (1996)
- Shadow of a Scream (1996)[8]
- Red Shoe Diaries - episode "Slow Train" (1996) directed by Zalman King
- Star Trek: Voyager - episode "Remember" (1996)
- Poison Ivy: The New Seduction (1997)
- Star Portal (1997)
- Termination Man (1998)[9]
- Nash Bridges (1999) - two episodes
- Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 (2000) - video game
- Black Scorpion (2001) (TV series) - recurring role
- Harold Robbins' Body Parts (2001)
- Black Scorpion Returns (2001)
Notes
[edit]- Eby, Douglas (April 1996). "Warrior Goddess". Femme Fatales. Vol. 4, no. 7. p. 8-13. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
- Kinkade, Amelia (January 1997). "Portrait of a rising star". Femme Fatales. Vol. 5, no. 7. p. 41-47. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
- Reid, Craig (January 1997). "Anthena Massey - introducing the fantasy cinema's femme fetale". Femme Fatales. Vol. 5, no. 7. p. 38-40. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
References
[edit]- ^ Schiff, Laura (March 1998). "Attractions fatale". Femme Fatales. Vol. 6, no. 9. p. 4. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
- ^ "Attraction fetale". Femme Fetale. Vol. 5, no. 5. November 1996. p. 6. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
- ^ Granger, Damien (2001). "Pin up Athena Massey". Impact. No. 87. p. 50. Retrieved 19 March 2025. (in French)
- ^ Eby p 12
- ^ "Rental". Sight and Sound. December 1995. p. 58.
- ^ Kinkade p 43
- ^ "Athena Massey Interview". The Place to Be: A Seinfeld podcast. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
- ^ Briggs, Joe Bob (29 August 1997). "See this sexy serial-killer flick in the name of cinema science". The Orlando Sentinel. p. 181.
- ^ Schiff, Laura (August 1997). "Attractions fatale". Femme Fatales. p. 4. Retrieved 20 March 2025.