Kira Reed
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Kira Katherine Reed is an American
United States
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actress, host
Presenter
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and television producer
Television producer
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.
Reed studied acting at the Youth Performing Arts School
Youth Performing Arts School
The Youth Performing Arts School is a performing arts school in Louisville, Kentucky, USA, that concentrates on various music, theatre and dance disciplines for high school students. Students who attend have a two-hour block of arts studies, with the balance of their classes at duPont Manual High...
in Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
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; and Los Angeles County High School for the Arts
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts
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, graduating in 1989. She then studied at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, graduating in 1994.
After graduation, she went into a career in erotica, posing for Playboy Magazine (December 1996) and starring in numerous Playboy
Playboy
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produced R-rated movies, including The Price Of Desire, Losing Control, Forbidden Highway, and Red Shoe Diaries
Red Shoe Diaries
Red Shoe Diaries is an erotic drama series that aired on the American cable television network Showtime from 1992 to 1997 and distributed by Playboy Entertainment overseas...
. Reed also had roles in Perversions of Science, NYPD Blue
NYPD Blue
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and The War At Home
The War at Home (TV series)
The War at Home is an American sitcom that ran from September 11, 2005 to April 22, 2007 on Fox. It follows the antics of a largely dysfunctional Long Island family...
. Kira has appeared as a guest on The Howard Stern Show and MoneyTV.
Reed moved her career towards production, initially as a reporter and then producer on Playboy TV
Playboy TV
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's series Sexcetera
Sexcetera
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. She produced the "Bunny's" Naked Happy Girls
Naked Happy Girls
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series and was the writer and supervising producer of Playboy's 69 Sexy Things 2 Do Before You Die
69 Sexy Things 2 Do Before You Die
69 Sexy Things 2 Do Before You Die is a Playboy TV adult newsmagazine profiling exotic locales, outdoor adventures, and current erotic trends.-Premise:...
. She has also worked as a producer for E!, Eleventh Day Entertainment and Associated Television International.
Currently Reed is the Backstage Host for The Daytime Emmy Awards and the Red Carpet Host for the Hollywood Christmas Parade. She is also the spokesperson for MyMedicalRecords.com.
Kira Reed Lorsch is the president of the RHL Group producing events with her husband Bob Lorsch
Bob Lorsch
Robert H. "Bob" Lorsch is a Los Angeles entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is Chairman and CEO of The RHL Group, Inc. http://www.rhlgroup.com, a business management and investment-holding corporation with interests in a number of companies including MMR Global, Inc. . For over 20 years, Mr...
. Ms. Lorsch is a member of the Board of Trustees of the California Science Center.