Tahnee Welch is an American model and actress.

She was born in San Diego, California

San Diego, California

San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round...

, the daughter of actress Raquel Welch

Raquel Welch

Jo Raquel Tejada , better known as Raquel Welch, is an American actress, author and sex symbol. Welch came to attention as a "new-star" on the 20th Century-Fox lot in the mid-1960s. She posed iconically in a animal skin bikini for the British-release One Million Years B.C. , for which she may be...

 and her first husband, James Welch. She appeared in Time magazine

Time (magazine)

Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...

 in a photo with her mother.

Her film career began in Italy starring opposite Virna Lisi

Virna Lisi

Virna Lisi is a Cannes and César award-winning Italian film actress. She was born in Ancona, Marche, as Virna Lisa Pieralisi.-Early career:...

. Returning to the U.S. she starred in Ron Howard's blockbuster Cocoon

Cocoon (film)

The score for Cocoon was composed and conducted by James Horner. The soundtrack was released twice, through Polydor Records in 1985 and a reprint through P.E.G. in 1997 and features eleven tracks of score and a vocal track performed by Michael Sembello...

 and its sequel, Cocoon: The Return

Cocoon: The Return

Cocoon: The Return is a 1988 science fiction film that is the sequel to the 1985 film Cocoon. All of the starring actors from the first film reprised their roles in this film, although Brian Dennehy only appears in one scene at the end of the film...

, in which she portrayed a beautiful alien. Returning to Europe she continued working mostly in Italian and German film and television productions. She has also appeared in American indie

Independent film

An independent film, or indie film, is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system. In addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies, independent films are also produced...

 pictures I Shot Andy Warhol, Sue and Search And Destroy. She also portrayed the role of Catherine Powell in the 1996 video game Ripper.

She posed for a nude pictorial in the November 1995 edition of Playboy

Playboy

Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...

 as well as posing in a handbra

Handbra

A handbra is a photographic pose in which a female model's nipples and areolae are covered with her own hands or with someone else's...

 on its cover.http://www.playboy.com/articles/cover-gallery-1995/index.htmlhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0193520/bio Welch appeared in American Vogue

Vogue (magazine)

Vogue is a fashion and lifestyle magazine that is published monthly in 18 national and one regional edition by Condé Nast.-History:In 1892 Arthur Turnure founded Vogue as a weekly publication in the United States. When he died in 1909, Condé Montrose Nast picked up the magazine and slowly began...

, Italian Vogue, British GQ, Interview

Interview (magazine)

Interview is an American magazine which has the nickname The Crystal Ball Of Pop. It was founded in late 1969 by artist Andy Warhol. The magazine features intimate conversations between some of the world's biggest celebrities, artists, musicians, and creative thinkers...

, French Marie Claire

Marie Claire

Marie Claire is a monthly women's magazine first published in France but also distributed in other countries with editions specific to them and in their languages. While each country shares its own special voice with its audience, the United States edition focuses on women around the world and...

, Italian Moda, and German Bunte

Bunte

Bunte is a German weekly magazine; coverage includes celebrity, gossip, news and lifestyle matters. It is published by Bunte Entertainment Verlag GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hubert Burda Media....

 magazines.

Filmography

• Amarsi un po (1984)
• Cocoon
  Cocoon (film)
  The score for Cocoon was composed and conducted by James Horner. The soundtrack was released twice, through Polydor Records in 1985 and a reprint through P.E.G. in 1997 and features eleven tracks of score and a vocal track performed by Michael Sembello...
  
   (1985)
• Sleeping Beauty
  Sleeping Beauty (1987 film)
  Sleeping Beauty is a 1987 American/Israeli musical film, part of the 1980 film series Cannon Movie Tales. It is directed by David Irving and stars Tahnee Welch. It is a contemporary version of the classic tale of Sleeping Beauty...
  
   (1987)
• Der Joker (aka Lethal Obsession) (1987)
• Cocoon: The Return
  Cocoon: The Return
  Cocoon: The Return is a 1988 science fiction film that is the sequel to the 1985 film Cocoon. All of the starring actors from the first film reprised their roles in this film, although Brian Dennehy only appears in one scene at the end of the film...
  
   (1988)
• Disperatamente Giulia (1989)
• La bocca (1991)
• L'angelo con la pistola (1992)
• Inganno criminale (1993)
• Night Train to Venice
  Night Train to Venice
  Night Train to Venice is a 1993 German contemporary Gothic film directed by Carlo U. Quinterio. This international production was a cooperation of British, Italian, and German artists, including Hugh Grant, Malcolm McDowell, Tahnee Welch, Faye Adell, Evelyn Opela, Angelina Amaris, Kristina...
  
   (1993)
• Improper Conduct (1994)
• The Criminal Mind (1995)
• Search and Destroy (1995)
• Ripper (1996)
• I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)
• Sue (1997)

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