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Buffalo, NY

RECENT CREDITS

Adventureland (FILM) Apr. 3, 2009

Confessions of a Shopaholic (FILM) Feb. 13, 2009

Waiting... (FILM) Oct. 7, 2005

Racing Stripes (FILM) Jan. 14, 2005

Manna From Heaven (FILM) Sep. 19, 2003

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While savvy television viewers will no doubt recognize prolific small-screen actress Wendie Malick from such popular series as Baywatch, Just Shoot Me, and HBO's smart and sexy comedy Dream On, the late '90s found her feature career warming up in such independent efforts as Manna From Heaven (2001) and Bathroom Boy (2003). A native of Buffalo, NY, who first found work in front of the cameras as a Wilhelmina model in the 1970s, the Ohio Wesleyan University alum would later work for New York congressman Jack Kemp following her graduation. Subsequently gracing the catwalks of New York, Paris, and Madrid, it was a small role in the 1978 comedy How to Pick up Girls that provided the aspiring actress with her first screen break. Though she would appear in a few theatrical releases such as Scrooged (1988) during the 1980s, most of her work came with made-for-television features and such series as Kate and Allie and Anything But Love.

Increasingly visible on the small screen during the 1990s, Malick's role as series protagonist Martin Tupper's (Brian Benben) ex-wife on Dream On utilized her comic abilities to maximum effect and netted the actress four Cable ACE awards. Following the final episode of Dream On in 1996, it was only one short year before Malick began a stint on another popular series that would gain her accolades among sitcom junkies, Just Shoot Me. Her background in the modeling industry provided the ideal foundation for her role as former model Nina Van Horn, and Malick (Emmy-nominated for the role) remained with the show until its final episode in 2003, simultaneously taking occasional parts in both made-for-TV and theatrical features. In 1997 Malick took the lead in the little-seen romantic comedy Just Add Love, and following voice work as the egotistical principal in the Disney series Fillmore!, she took the lead in her own sitcom, entitled My Life With Men. In addition to her screen work, Wendie Malick met husband Richard Erickson while building homes for poor families in Mexico, and she also helps the homeless with her work for the Adopt-A-Family organization.

~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

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Headlines

News, May 14: Hawaiians Keep Local on "Idol," "Survivor" Ruper...

May. 14, 2004

If there is one thing TV viewers have learned from the third installment of Fox's American Idol it's that the best singers don't always necessarily win, and judge Simon Cowell was right when he said Hawaiian native Jasmine Trias owed her home state a lot of thank you letters. Also: Rupert Boneham Survivor All-Stars Frasier Michael Jackson Theodore Boutrous Kelly Rowland Roy Wil...

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News Roundup: March 31

Posted: Mar. 31, 2002

Spade Attacked in Home

Posted: Dec. 1, 2000

CHANNEL SURFER: Drew Carey, Um, Sings

Posted: May. 8, 2000

Plenty of Oscar potential in new releases

Posted: Dec. 7, 1999

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