Arloa Reston (born March 8, 1978) is an American

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Early life

Arloa was born in

Cheyenne, Wyoming Cheyenne ( or ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Wyoming, as well as the county seat of Laramie County, with 65,132 residents, per the 2020 US Census. It is the principal city of the Cheyenne metropolitan statistical ...

, the youngest of two children. Her father was a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force which allowed Arloa to grow up all over the world, living in Europe, Asia and much of the United States. Her ethnic background is a mix of Latin American, European, Scandinavian and Asian.Arloa Reston Biography

Career

Arloa was destined to be a performer-her father was the lead guitarist and singer of a rock and roll band, her mother dabbled in modeling and acting and her grandmother is a singer. At the age of four, Arloa played the Virgin Mary in her church play. Her first paying gig was in High School as an actress and host on a national television show for two years while her family was stationed in Korea. After High School, she moved to New York, studied with Bill Esper, worked in theatre and landed her first U.S. television role on the soap opera, '' Another World''. Shortly after the soap ended, Arloa booked back-to-back roles in two feature films which took her from New York to Los Angeles where she currently resides and works.

Filmography

Arloa Reston's film and television credits:

Television

* '' Femme Fatales'' (

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'' (2003) * '' Another World'' (1995)

Movies

* '' The Collection'' (2012) - Lisa * ''Sideshow Attraction'' (2006) - Ezmerelda * ''

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'' (2006) - Gloria Hatten * ''Charming'' (2005) - Jade * ''Virginia'' (2005) - Irene * ''Fronterz'' (2004) * '' The Kiss'' (2004) - Woodswoman * ''Still Single'' (2004) - Elisa * ''Invisible Evidence'' (2003) - Veronica * ''The Look'' (2003) * ''

25th Hour ''25th Hour'' is a 2002 American drama film directed by Spike Lee and starring Edward Norton. Adapted by David Benioff from his own 2001 debut novel ''The 25th Hour'', it tells the story of a man's last 24 hours of freedom as he prepares to go t ...

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Johnny Suede ''Johnny Suede'' is a 1991 American film the directorial debut of Tom DiCillo, and stars Brad Pitt, Catherine Keener, Calvin Levels and Nick Cave. Synopsis Johnny Suede is a young man with an attitude and an immense pompadour, who aspires to be ...

'' (1991)

References

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* 1978 births Actresses from Wyoming American television actresses American film actresses Living people People from Cheyenne, Wyoming 21st-century American women {{US-screen-actor-1970s-stub