Tina Krause (born July 29, 1970) is an American

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, producer, director, and

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Career

Referred to as a 'B Movie Queen', and an 'Indie Horror Queen', the bulk of her film work has been with shoestring-budget

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and erotic spoofs. In an interview at ''Horror Society'', she states that she was "discovered" at '' Chiller Theatre'' and has been acting "ever since". Her first feature was ''Sorority Slaughter'' in 1994. By the time she was in her 30s, she had become a "huge fan favorite". Krause has appeared in over 78 independent, direct-to-video features, including ''

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'', ''The Drunken Dead Guy'', ''The Thirsting'', ''

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'', and ''Play Dead''. She also worked several times with

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, including on ''The Recovered'', ''Feeding Frenzy'', and ''The Grabowskis''. She has also done some fetish modeling, sometimes under the stage name Mia Copia. She is in ''Horrotica'' which began its principal filming in the

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area in June 2009. In 2011 she portrayed Sally in Richard Chandler's Christmas comedy film ''Scrooge in the Hood'', which is a parody of

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' In 2015 she starred alongside fellow scream queens Erika Smith and Rachael Robbins in '' The Fappening.''

Partial filmography

* ''Sorority Slaughter'' (1994) * ''Rana, Queen of the Amazon'' (1994) * ''Rana and the Vengeance of Ilsa von Todd'' (1994) * ''Female Mercenaries on Zombie Island'' (1995) * ''Sorority Slaughter 2'' (1996) * ''Danger in Blue'' (1996) * ''Curse of the Swamp Creature 2'' (1997) * ''Bloodletting'' (1997) * ''The Hypnotic Murders'' (1998) * ''Psycho Sisters'' (1998) * ''Dead Students Society'' (1998) * ''The Vampire's Seduction'' (1998) * '' Evil Streets'' (1998) * ''Scary Sexy Disaster Movie'' (1999) * ''Eaten Alive: A Tasteful Revenge'' (1999) * ''Crimson Nights'' (1999) * ''Cannibal Doctor'' (1999) * ''Misty's Secret'' (2000) * ''Dinner for Two'' (2000) * ''Danger in Blue 2'' (2000) * ''Crimson Nights: Vampire's Seduction 2'' (2000) * ''International Necktie Strangler'' (2000) (as Mia Copia) * ''Strawberry Estates'' (2001) * ''Shoot the Girls'' (2001) (as Mia Copia) * ''Blood For the Muse'' (2001) * ''Hayride Slaughter'' (2001) * ''Witchouse 3: Demon Fire'' (2001) * ''The Vegas Showgirl Strangler'' (2002) * ''Revenge of the Necktie Strangler'' (2002) * ''An Erotic Vampire in Paris'' (2002) (as Mia Copia) * ''Machines of Love and Hate'' (2003) * ''Vampire Vixens'' (2003) (as Mia Copia) * ''

'' (2003) * ''Silver Mummy'' (2004) * ''And Then They Were Dead'' (2004) * ''Bikini Girls on Dinosaur Planet'' (2005) (as Mia Copia) * ''

'' (2005) * ''Thirsting'' (2006) * ''Cross the Line'' (2007) * ''Blood Oath'' (2007) * ''Catching the Fever'' (2008) * ''Survive!'' (2009) * ''Cross the Line'' (2010) * ''

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'' (2010) * ''She Wolf Rising'' (2010) * ''Scrooge in the Hood'' (2011) * ''When Death Calls'' (2012) * ''The O.C. Club'' (2012) *'' The Fappening'' (2015)

Recognition

In their review of the film ''Thirsting'' (aka ''Lilith''), ''Sci-Fi Universe'' wrote, "Most actresses are unknown. Only Tina Krause has earned a solid reputation, particularly through her performances in films produced by rogues fantastic Seduction Cinema".

References

External links

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