Daphne Zuniga Net Worth:
$3 Million
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Daphne Zuniga
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Net worth: |
$3 Million |
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Date of birth: |
Oct 28, 1962 (59 Years Old) |
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Gender: |
Female |
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Height: |
5 ft 8in (1.73m) |
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Profession: |
Actor, Voice Actor |
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Nationality: |
United States of America |
How much is Daphne Zuniga worth?
Daphne Zuniga, an American actress, has a net worth of $3 million. Daphne Zuniga’s roles as co-stars on “Melrose Place”, American Dreams, and “One Tree Hill” are well-known. She is also known for her roles in films such as “Vision Quest”, Spaceballs, and “Staying Together”.
The acting was something she started in high school. She went on to the Young Conservatory at American Conservatory Theatre and the University of California, Los Angeles where she studied Theatre Arts. In the 1980s, she began her professional career on camera by appearing in “The Dorm That Dripped Blood”, a horror film. She has been steadily working on television and film projects since then. Her television projects include “Family Ties”, Models Inc., and “The Outer Limits” and the television movies “Stone Pillow”, Christmas Do-Over”, and “Mail Order Bride”.
Daphne played Jo Reynolds in Melrose Place’s 110 episodes.
Early Life
Daphne Eurydice Zuniga was born in San Francisco, California on October 28, 1962. Agnes Zuniga, her mother, is a Unitarian minister. Joaquin, her father, was a professor in philosophy at California State University East Bay. She grew up alongside her sister Jennifer.
Zuniga was a teenager when she discovered her passion for acting. Zuniga attended the Young Conservatory program of the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. Zuniga, her mother, and her sister, moved from California to Reading (Vt.) after her parents divorced. She graduated from Woodstock Union High School in 1980. After her graduation, she went back to California and enrolled at the University of California Los Angeles, where she studied theatre arts.
Career
Daphne Zuniga’s film debut was in 1982’s slasher “The Dorm That Dripped Blood.” In 2984, she was a college student. In “The Initiation,” a slasher movie in which she played both good and evil twins, she was more prominent. She appeared in “Vision Quest,” a drama film, in 1985. She also starred opposite John Cusack in the role of “The Sure Thing” that year. Robert Ebert was one of the critics who praised the film.
After her success, she was cast as a social worker in New York City in “Stone Pillow,” a television drama in which she forms a bond in New York City with Lucille Ball’s homeless woman. She was soon joined by Virginia Madsen and Cynthia Gibb in “Modern Girls”, a comedy about modern girls.
Zuniga’s next success came in 1987 when she was cast to play Princess Vespa in Mel Brooks cult comedy “Spaceballs.” Although the film did not achieve critical or commercial success, it was loved by many over the years. The following year, she was seen in horror film “The Fly II”, then in “Staying Together,” and “Gross Anatomy”.
Early Life
Daphne Eurydice Zuniga was born in San Francisco, California on October 28, 1962. Agnes Zuniga, her mother, is a Unitarian minister. Joaquin Zuniga, her father, was a professor in philosophy at California State University East Bay. She grew up alongside her sister Jennifer.
Zuniga was a teenager when she discovered her passion for acting. Zuniga attended the Young Conservatory program of the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. Zuniga, her mother, and her sister, moved from California to Reading (Vt.) after her parents divorced. She graduated from Woodstock Union High School in 1980. After her graduation, she went back to California and enrolled at the University of California Los Angeles, where she studied theatre arts.
Career
Daphne Zuniga’s film debut was in 1982’s slasher “The Dorm That Dripped Blood.” In 2984, she was a college student. In “The Initiation”, another slasher movie, she played a prominent role as a good and evil twin. She appeared in “Vision Quest,” a drama film, in 1985. She also starred opposite John Cusack in the role of “The Sure Thing” that year. Robert Ebert was one of the critics who praised the film.
After her success, she was cast as a social worker in New York City in “Stone Pillow,” a television drama in which she forms a bond in New York City with Lucille Ball’s homeless woman. She was soon joined by Virginia Madsen and Cynthia Gibb in “Modern Girls”, a comedy about modern girls.
Zuniga’s next success came in 1987 when she was cast to play Princess Vespa in Mel Brooks cult comedy “Spaceballs”. Although the film did not achieve critical or commercial success, it was loved by many over the years. The following year, she was seen in horror film “The Fly II”, then in “Staying Together”, and finally in “Gross Anatomy”.
In 2005, however, she was cast in the role of Lynn Kerr on ABC’s family series “Beautiful People.” From 2005 to 2006, she appeared in 16 episodes. She was also booked for a recurring role in “American Dreams”, appearing in 14 episodes. She was also featured in a recurring role in “One Tree Hill,” a CW series. From 2008 to 2012, she was a regular on the show and appeared in more than forty episodes. She booked several made-for-television movies, including “Secret Lives”, “The Obsession”, “Mail Order Bride” and “On Strike For Christmas.”
Zuniga produced and directed the 2007 documentary “The Future we Will Create: Inside TED”. This film gave viewers a glimpse into the annual Technology, Entertainment, and Design conference that was held in California. She starred in “Novel Adventures” a year later. Zuniga was seen onstage in 2008’s production of “The Scene”, by Theresa Rebeck, at the San Francisco Playhouse.
Zuniga played the role of Princess Vespa in “Spaceballs: The Animated Series” the next year. In a brief-lived update of the series, she also played her role as Melrose Place in an updated version. It was cancelled after one season. She starred in “A Family Thanksgiving”, a Hallmark Channel hit, in 2010. She continued to appear in many other Hallmark films and series, including “Signed Sealed, Delivered” (Signed, Seated, Delivered) and “Gone Missing.”
Zuniga directed “The Protege” her first feature film in 2018. The film was eventually released one year later as “Deadly Assistant.” She starred in “Gates of Paradise” in 2019, and was also a guest star in “Christmas in Paris” in 2019. She was a guest star in 2021 on “Fantasy Island”, and she then appeared on “Dynasty,” 2022.
Personal life
Zuniga first met David Mleczko, a businessman, on a blind date in 2006. They began to date and were married in a private ceremony in Massachusetts on June 19, 2019.
Zuniga is interested Buddhism and Meditation. To help her manage stress, Zuniga attends Buddhist meditation retreats. As a child, she enjoyed camping trips in Yosemite National Park with her family. This interest in environmentalism also sparked. She was elected by the Los Angeles mayor in 2009 to the Board of Directors of Los Angeles River Revitalization Corporation. She is also a founding member and former director of the Earth Communications Office.
Real Estate
Daphne sold her Los Angeles home for $490,000. She sold another house in Los Angeles for $1.63 Million two years later.
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