Kathy Ireland Biography And Filmography:

An impressive, green-eyed supermodel celebrity, who gained attention as the cover girl of the famous 25th annual swimsuit issue of Sports Illustrated in 1989. Kathy Ireland made her acting debut in "Journey to the Center of the Earth" (1986), played two aliens in "Alien's from L.A." (1988) and appeared in the sports themed films "Side Out" (1990) starring C. Thomas Howell and "Mr. Destiny" (1991) with Rene Russo, and was featured as the only female kicker on an all-male team in the comedy "Necessary Roughness" (1991) where due to NCAA sanctions, the Texas State University Fighting Armadillos must form a football team from their actual student body. 

In addition to continuing her modeling career, appearing in over a dozen Sports Illustrated  photo swimsuit issues, Ireland has switched between an acting career and one as a fitness guide. Kathy Ireland appeared in a recurring role as a woman of mystery on the Fox primetime serial "Melrose Place" (1994), about the lives and loves of a group of young adults living in "Melrose Place" in California. Each with their own dreams and drives. The television series starred heavy hitters Heather Locklear and Courtney Thorne-Smith, Alyssa Milano, Ireland then appeared alongside Teri Garr in the family comedy "Mom and Dad Save the World" (1992), where Emperor Spengo kidnaps her and her husband Dick, hoping to make Marge his before blowing up the Earth.

The next few roles for Kathy Ireland were somewhat of a change as she played the role of Taylor in the comedy "Amore!" (1993), and then landed her Hollywood dream role in the National Lampoon comedy action "Loaded Weapon 1" (1993) starring alongside Emilio Estevez and Samuel L. Jackson. This was Ireland's breakout role -  in the parody of buddy-cop comedies, General Curtis Mortars and Mr. Jigsaw are lacing Wilderness Girls cookies with cocaine. It's up to Sergeants Jack Colt and Wes Luger, as well as Billy York informant Becker, to put a stop to this. Staying with the comedy theme, Ireland was hired and cast in the movie "Backfire!" (1995) where just as Jeremy Jackson attempts to become the first male firewoman in New York, fires begin mysteriously erupting from toilets all over the City and Fire Marshal Marc Marshall is called in to investigate.

Kathy Ireland changed gears once again and ventured into the television adventures of Marvel Comic's greatest superhero team in "Fantastic Four" (1994), the story of when Reed Richards, Sue and Johnny Storm and pilot Ben Grimm take a premature space flight on a new shuttle, and find themselves massively bombarded with cosmic radiation. Barely managing to re-enter and land safely, the quartet find themselves forever transformed with superpowers. Deciding to use these new powers to help people, they form the Fantastic Four, a superhero team dedicated to the protection of Earth from menaces like the Latverian King Dr. Doom and Galactus, the planet consumer. 

Deciding she preferred the television screen over big-budget feature movies, Ireland began appearing in cameos and returning guest appearances in such television shows as "Boy Meets World", "The Watcher", "Deadly Games", "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch", "Suddenly Susan", "The Incredible Hulk", "King of the Hill", "Cosby", "Touched by an Angel", "Strong Medicine", "For Your Love" and "Totally Spies!". 

As Ireland phased herself out of the inevitably short-lived life of a supermodel, she laid out a solid foundation for her future. Kathy became a successful business woman, as CEO and Chief Designer of "Kathy Ireland Worldwide", her billion dollar company which began be designing socks. In addition to running her successful company, Ireland is involved in numerous charity organizations and in 2002 wrote the book "Powerful Inspirations - 8 Lessons That Will Change Your Life."

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