Paydin LoPachin (January 18, 1988) is an American actress born in

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Career

Paydin's first film appearance was in ''

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'' playing a farm girl. Her next appearances in film and television began in 2004 with an episode of the

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''. In 2006 she was in ''

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'', ''House at the End of the Drive'' and an episode of ''

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'', followed in 2007 by an appearance in ''

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''. In 2008 Paydin had a small role in the

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'' and roles in the

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'' and ''

Triloquist ''Triloquist'' is a 2008 American horror film written and directed by Mark Jones and produced by Jack Edward Sawyers, Marlon Parry, and Michael Levine. It stars Paydin LoPachin, Rocky Marquette, Katie Chonacas and Brian Krause. Plot In a ...

''. It was for her starring role in critically panned ''Triloquist'' that film reviewers made note of her performance as the character Angelina. This was followed in 2009 by ''

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'' where she played the role of Young Senator Hartman.

Reception

In their review, ''Dread Central'' approved of her performance as Angelique in ''

'', writing "Paydin LoPachin plays bitchy psycho blonde Angelique like

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from ''

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''... ...She carries herself with much aplomb.. ...mechanizations seem almost stream of consciousness..." ''Horror Society'' wrote "Paydin LoPachin was also a standout as the psycho sister, driven to succeed in show business. She’s one of the more intriguing female horror leads I’ve seen in sometime". Conversely, her work was panned by John Shelton of ''

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'' who wrote "The acting is mostly awful, particularly from Payden LoPachin, who as Angelina manages to get out-acted by a foam puppet". In their complaint that the film was full of "teases", Peter Brown if ''iFMagazine'' wrote "it is a film filled with teases. The main character, Angelina (Paydin LoPachin), talks a good game... ...but we never see the goods", "... I suppose that having a foul mouthed, hot chick talking about her body and asking over and over again for people to f**k her may seem like a comical exchange... ...but after 10 minutes of it what’s the point" "...the hot chick that never shows the goods is actually damn annoying after 10 minutes.

Filmography

* ''

'' (2009) * ''

'' (2008) * ''

'' (2008) (TV) * ''

'' (2008) * ''

'' (2007) (TV) * ''

'' (2006) (TV) * ''

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'' (2006) * ''

'' (2004) (TV) * ''

'' (1995)

Awards and acknowledgments

Paydin composes piano music—her composition "Caught in a Dream" won first place in a state competition and third place in a national competition.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lopachin, Paydin American film actresses American television actresses Actresses from Texas People from Abilene, Texas 1988 births Living people 21st-century American women