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| birth_place = London, Ontario, Canada| death_date = | death_place = | other_names = Lolita David| occupation = Actress, voice actress| years_active = 1983–presentRon Shelton|1997}}| children = 2}}Lolita Davidovich (born Lolita Davidović; July 15, 1961)WEB,weblink Lolita Davidovich | the Canadian Encyclopedia, is a Canadian film and television actress, best known for portraying Blaze Starr in the 1989 film Blaze, for which she received a Chicago Film Critics Association Award nomination.She later had starring roles in films including Leap of Faith (1992), Raising Cain (1992), Intersection (1994), Cobb (1994), Jungle 2 Jungle (1997), Gods and Monsters (1998), Mystery, Alaska (1999), and Play It to the Bone (1999).

Early life

Davidovich was born Lolita Davidović in London, Ontario, the daughter of emigrants from the former Yugoslavia. Her father was from Belgrade (the capital of Serbia), and her mother was from Slovenia.NEWS, Byrne, Bridget, Actress Looks To Face 'The Judge', Associated Press, April 6, 2001,weblink December 12, 2007, WEB, Kalaba, Ana, Lolita Davidović je srpska zvezda u Holivudu, a sanja da glumi u Beogradu,weblink Noizz.rs, May 10, 2020, sr, December 8, 2016, She spoke only Serbian during her early years.NEWS,weblink 'Blaze' actress Lolita Davidovich enjoying first taste of stardom, Southgate, Martha, December 23, 1989, Herald-Journal, B9, January 1, 2013, She studied at the Herbert Berghof Studio in New York.WEB,weblink Lolita Davidovich Biography,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110522120544weblink">weblink May 22, 2011, yahoo.com, June 17, 2017,

Career

Davidovich began her career playing small parts on television and films. She first received notice co-starring in comedy-drama film Blaze with Paul Newman, for which she beat out 600 other actresses for the title role of the burlesque performer Blaze Starr.NEWS, Strauss, Bob, Director Shelton Turns From 'Bull' To Create Blaze, Los Angeles Daily News, December 26, 1989, She later starred alongside John Malkovich and Andie MacDowell in 1991 film The Object of Beauty, before earning critical acclaim for her leading performance as an inmate in the HBO drama Prison Stories: Women on the Inside.WEB,weblink Lolita Davidovich, Hollywood.com, November 15, 2015, Davidovich went on to leading roles in films such as the 1992 thriller Raising Cain directed by Brian De Palma, and the drama Leap of Faith, co-starring Steve Martin and Liam Neeson.She played the love interest of Richard Gere in the 1994 drama Intersection. After starring for director Ron Shelton in Blaze, she also was featured in his films Cobb, Play It to the Bone, Dark Blue, Hollywood Homicide, and in the Oliver Stone film JFK. Davidovich also received Tokyo International Film Festival Award for Best Actress for Younger and Younger, and during 1990s had roles in films Boiling Point, For Better or Worse, Now and Then, Jungle 2 Jungle, Gods and Monsters and Mystery, Alaska.WEB,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20040121050814weblink">weblink dead, January 21, 2004, Light and Darkness, January 21, 2004, January 22, 2019, In 2000s, Davidovich had supporting roles on both film and television. She appeared in several episodes on the first season of the Showtime lesbian-themed drama series, The L Word playing the character Francesca Wolff, and has guest-starred on , Criminal Minds, Rizzoli & Isles, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and NCIS. Davidovich voiced Jester in the adventure video game Chronomaster, which also includes the voices of actors Ron Perlman and Brent Spiner.MAGAZINE, Hour Favorite, Next Generation (magazine), Next Generation, 16, Imagine Media, April 1996, 92, She also voiced Angel Gemini in the adventure game, Of Light and Darkness: The Prophecy, which also includes the voice of actor James Woods.WEB,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20040121050814weblink">weblink dead, January 21, 2004, Light and Darkness, January 21, 2004, January 22, 2019, In 2015, Davidovich made her return to film playing the role of lead character's mother in the romantic drama The Longest Ride based on Nicholas Sparks' novel.WEB,weblink Lolita Davidovich Joins Fox 2000's 'The Longest Ride', Tatiana Siegel, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 June 2014, November 15, 2015, Later that year, she was cast in the second season of HBO crime drama True Detective as Taylor Kitsch's character's mother,WEB,weblink Lolita Davidovich & James Frain Join 'True Detective' Cast - Deadline, Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 14 November 2014, November 15, 2015, and ABC prime time soap opera Blood & Oil as Don Johnson's character's ex-wife.MAGAZINE,weblink Blood & Oil: Lolita Davidovich cast as Don Johnson's ex-wife, Entertainment Weekly, November 15, 2015,

Personal life

Davidovich is married to screenwriter and director Ron Shelton, who has directed Davidovich in several films, including Blaze, Dark Blue, and Hollywood Homicide. They have two children and reside in Ojai, California.

Filmography

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{{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}|Denotes films that have not yet been released{| class="wikitable sortable"! Year! Title! Role! class="unsortable" | Notes| 1983Class (film)>Class| 1st Girl (Motel)|| 1986Blindside (film)>Blindside| Adele|Credited as Lolita David| 1986| Recruits| Susan|| 1987| Last Man Standing| Groupie|| 1987| Adventures in Babysitting| LuAnn/Blonde| Credited as Lolita David| 1987| Pink Chiquita|| 1987| Black Lace Stripper|| 1989Blaze (1989 film)>Blaze| Blaze StarrChicago Film Critics Association>Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actress| 1990| Love & Murder| Barbara|| 1991| Joan|| 1991JFK (film)>JFK| Beverly Oliver| Titled as Lolita Davidovitch| 1991| Anastasia|| 1992| Raising Cain| Dr. Jenny O'Keefe Nix|| 1992Leap of Faith (film)>Leap of Faith| Marva|| 1993Boiling Point (1993 film)>Boiling Point| Vikki Dunbar|| 1993| Younger and Younger| PennyTokyo International Film Festival>Tokyo International Film Festival Award for Best Actress| 1994Intersection (1994 film)>Intersection| Olivia Marshak|| 1994Cobb (film)>Cobb| Ramona|| 1995For Better or Worse (film)>For Better or Worse| Valeri Carboni|| 1995Now and Then (film)>Now and Then| Mrs. Albertson|| 1996| Salt Water Moose| Eva Scofield|| 1997Touch (1997 film)>Touch| Antoinette Baker|| 1997| Jungle 2 Jungle| Charlotte|| 1997| Santa Fe| Eleanor Braddock|| 1998Gods and Monsters (film)>Gods and Monsters| Betty|| 1999| Forever Flirt||| 1999| No Vacancy| Constance|| 1999| Touched| Sylvie|| 1999Four Days (1999 film)>Four Days| Chrystal|| 1999| Mystery, Alaska| Mary Jane Pitcher|| 1999| Play It to the Bone| Grace Pasic|| 2001| Snow in August| Kate Devlin|| 2002Dark Blue (film)>Dark Blue| Sally Perry|| 2003| Hollywood Homicide| Cleo Ricard|| 2006| Bye Bye Benjamin| Janet| Short film| 2006Kill Your Darlings (2006 film)>Kill Your Darlings| Lola|| 2007| September Dawn| Nancy Dunlap|| 2012Smitty (film)>Smitty| Judge Greenstein|| 2014Squatters (film)>Squatters| Evelyn|| 2015 The Longest Ride| Kate Collins|| 2018Sorry for Your Loss (film)>Sorry for Your Loss| Eve| | 2023| Finestkind| Donna Sykes|">

Television{| class"wikitable sortable"

! Year! Title! Role! class="unsortable" | Notes| 1981| Three's Company| Kelly| Episode: "And Baby Makes Four"| 1985| Two Fathers' Justice|| TV movie| 1987I'll Take Manhattan (TV miniseries)>I'll Take Manhattan|| TV miniseries| 1987| Adderly| Bubblebath Girl| Episode: "Midnight in Morocco"| 1987| Night Heat| Cathy| Episode: "The Victim"| 1988Check It Out! (Canadian TV series)>Check It Out!| Kim Dillard| Episode: "Fatal Harassment"| 1989| (Friday the 13th: The Series)| Christy| Episode: "Wedding Bell Blues"| 1990| Uncut Gem| Ruby| TV movie| 1991| (Prison Stories: Women on the Inside)| Loretta WrightCableACE Award>CableACE Award for Best Actress in a Movie or Miniseries| 1992Keep the Change (film)>Keep the Change| Ellen Kelton| TV movie| 1994| Trial at Fortitude Bay| Gina Antonelli| TV movie| 1994| Duckman| Angela (voice)| Episode: "About Face"| 1995| (Indictment: The McMartin Trial)| Kee McFarlaneCableACE Award>CableACE Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries| 1996| Duckman| Angela (voice)| Episode: "Color of Naught"| 1996| Jake's Women| Sheila| TV movie| 1996| Harvest of Fire| Sally Russell| TV movieNominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film| 1997Dead Silence (1997 film)>Dead Silence| Priss Gunder / Detective Sharon Foster| TV movie| 1997| Perversions of Science| Various| Episode: "Dream of Doom"| 1998| Stories from My Childhood| Christina (voice)| Episode: "The Twelve Months & The Snow Girl"| 2001Beggars and Choosers (TV series)>Beggars and Choosers| Rebecca| Episodes: "Hitting the Bottle", "Golf War Syndrome"| 2001| Catherine Rosetti| TV movie| 2001| Snow in August| Kate Devlin| TV movie| 2001| Mother (voice)| TV movie| 2002| Cassie Ray| Episode: "Bad to Worse"| 2002–2003| Avery Pohl| Recurring role (5 episodes)| 2003Monk (TV series)>Monk| Natasha Lovara| Episode: "Mr. Monk Goes to the Circus"| 2003–2004| Victoria Little| Episode: "Believe" e "The Bachelor Party"| 2004| Francesca Wolff| Recurring role (4 episodes)| 2005| Veronica Taylor ElleryGemini Awards>Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role Dramatic Series| 2005| | Diane Dunn| Episode: "Unbearable"| 2007State of Mind (TV series)>State of Mind| Cordelia Banks| Episode: "Snow Melts"| 2008| Quarterlife| Mindy Krieger| Episode: "Finding a Voice"| 2009| Criminal Minds| Sandra Lombardini| Episode: "Cold Comfort"| 2009| | Mila Michailov| TV miniseries| 2009| Throwing Stones| Marge Merrick| TV movie| 2009| Curb Your Enthusiasm| Beverly| Episode: "Vehicular Fellatio"| 2009| Cold Case| Molly Heaton (2009)| Episode: "Iced"| 2011| Hound Dogs| Iris Hammer| TV movie| 2011| Cinema Verite| Val| TV movie| 2011| Rizzoli & Isles| Melody Patterson| Episodes: "Seventeen Ain't So Sweet", "Don't Stop Dancing, Girl"| 2012| Psych| Ida Lane| Episode: "Santabarbaratown"| 2012Good God (TV series)>Good God| Virginia Hailwood| Main role (8 episodes)| 2013| Romeo Killer| Joan Porco| TV movie| 2013NCIS (TV series)>NCIS| Catherine Tavier| Episode: "Anonymous Was a Woman"| 2013| Bunheads| Mrs. Simms | Episode: "Take the Vicuna"| 2015| True Detective| Cynthia Woodrugh| 4 episodes| 2015| Blood & Oil| Annie Briggs| 4 episodes| 2016Shades of Blue (TV series)>Shades of Blue| Linda Wozniak| Season 1| 2017| Law & Order True Crime| Kitty Menéndez| 8 episodes| 2018| How to Get Away with Murder| Sandrine Castillo| 4 episodes; 1 uncredited| 2018| Once Upon A Christmas Miracle| Judy Dempsey| Hallmark TV movie| 2019Good Witch (TV series)>Good Witch| Autumn Delaney| 2 episodes| 2021| (Law & Order: Organized Crime)| Flutura Briscu| Season 2: 7 episodes | 2023| | Jeannette Folsom| Season 2: 3 episodes">

Video games{| class"wikitable sortable"

! Year! Title! Voice role|1995|Chronomaster|Jester|1998|(Of Light and Darkness: The Prophecy)|Angel Gemini

References

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External links

• {{IMDb name|0000357|Lolita Davidovich}}
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