Denice D. Lewis (born November 28, 1960) is an American fashion model, actor, and abstract artist. Following her modeling career, Lewis returned to America to further study visual arts in Hollywood including photography, fine art painting, and filmmaking. She appeared as an actor in several films, including '' End of Days'' (1999) with Arnold Schwarzenegger, and television shows such as ''

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''. After taking a break from public life, she now works as a creative entrepreneur and consultant in Los Angeles.

Modeling

As a model, she was represented by various agencies including Wilhelmina, Models 1,

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. She is represented by Acuity Artists in Los Angeles. She appeared on several magazine covers, including Vogue, ''

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'' and Town & Country.

Magazine covers

Acting career

Alongside appearances in music videos such as '' Kiss and Tell'' by

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, '' Slow Rivers'' by Elton John and

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'' by

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; Lewis pursued an acting career. She landed various parts in episodes of the TV shows ''

'', '' Burke's Law'' (January 1994), ''

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'', and ''

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''. She also appeared in films, including H.P. Lovecraft’s '' Necronomicon: Book of the Dead'' as the drowned wife,

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’s '' I Woke Up Early the Day I Died'', and as Arnold Schwarzenegger’s wife in '' End of Days''.

Music Videos

Television

Film

Personal life

In the early 2000s, Lewis during a hiatus from public life, became an abstract impressionist artist in Los Angeles specializing in memorial paintings in which the ashes of the deceased are mixed with the pigment. Lewis married

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in Las Vegas in 2004. Though they apparently separated, and Sekel later remarried before his death in 2015, the marriage was never annulled.

References

External links

* Denice Lewis Studios Website http://denicelewisstudios.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Denice D. 1960 births Living people San Jacinto College alumni Female models from Virginia American actresses 21st-century American women