Ione Skye Biography

Fast Facts

• Her performance in "River's Edge" earned her a nomination for Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a Motion Picture-Drama at the 1988 Young Artist Awards
• Worked as a fashion model until director Tim Hunter saw her modeling photographs and cast her in his teen drama "Rivers Edge․"
• Quote: "I think part of what pushes people to get what they want is ambition, and sometimes that ambition is running away from your life․"
• Has directed music videos, as well as a short film based on "David Goldberg," a graphic novel by Daniel Clowes
• Her role as valedictorian Diane Court in "Say Anything…" turned her into a teen idol
• Began painting when she was a teenager and has shown her work in Tokyo and Los Angeles
• Felt that her wholesome character in "Say Anything…" was a stretch for her at the time, and identified more with the rebellious characters in some of her other early films