Lolita Davidovich (
Serbian: Лолита Давидовић; born July 15, 1961) is a
Canadian film and television
actress.
Early life and career
Davidovich was born in
London, Ontario, the daughter of immigrants from the former
Yugoslavia. Her father was from
Belgrade, the capital of
Serbia, and her mother was from
Slovenia; she spoke only
Serbian during her early years. She studied at the
Herbert Berghof Studio in New York.
She first received notice co-starring in
Blaze (1989) with
Paul Newman, for which she beat out 600 other actresses for the title role of the
burlesque performer
Blaze Starr. She later appeared in several episodes on the first season of the
Showtime lesbian-themed television series,
The L Word playing the character Francesca Wolff, and also appeared recently on an episode of
Crime Scene Investigation.
Personal life
Davidovich is married to writer/director
Ron Shelton, a former minor league
baseball player in
Baltimore's system. They have two children: their daughter, Valentina, was born in 1999. They have homes in Los Angeles and...
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