Kari Wuhrer Biography

Fast Facts

• In 2001, won the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival for Best Actress for her portrayal of Jenny Marsh in the 2002 comedy "Do It for Uncle Manny․"
• Studied drama at N․Y․U's Tisch School of Arts, Marymount Manhattan College, Columbia University and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London with famed acting teacher Uta Hagen
• Quote: "(On playing music) "I gotta keep myself creatively inspired and when you're doing movies, you usually you have to wait for somebody to want to hire you so I write and I play and I write a lot of music for the smaller films I do․ I keep myself available emotionally to other art forms․""
• First TV break was on MTV's "Remote Control․"
• Is of Cherokee and of German descent
• Was number 36 on Maxim Magazine's 50 Sexiest Women Countdown of 1999
• In the early '90s, worked as a VJ for MTV
• Sang in nightclubs as a teenager, sneaking out of the house to perform
• Appears in the lyrics to the theme of the fictional movie "The Rural Juror" in the final episode of NBC comedy "30 Rock․"
• Sings, plays the flute and guitar on her 1999 debut album "Shiny․"