Candace Kita

Kita was born in the United States as a fifth-generation Japanese-American. Her grandparents were interned at the Manzanar concentration camp during World War II.{{Cite web |last=Lopez |first=Kristen |date=2021-04-01 |title=I Am Not Your Asian Stereotype: One Actress Shares Her Journey in Hollywood |url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/defying-asian-stereotypes-in-hollywood-actress-candace-kita-1234625715/ |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US}} Kita was raised in the United States (including Texas) and throughout Europe, and spent her early childhood in London.{{Cite web |title=Meet Candace Kita – Writer + Producer + Actress {{!}} The Anna De La Rosa |url=https://annadelarosa.com/meet-candace-kita-writer-producer-actress/ |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=annadelarosa.com}} While there, she attended the American School in London and the Antwerp International School in Belgium. She played classical flute for 12 years, and as a teenager was invited to play in the Palm Beach Atlantic Symphony Orchestra. She graduated from college with a BA in philosophy and contemporary religion.{{Cite web |title=Candace Kita // Biography |url=http://candacekita.com/bio.html |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=candacekita.com}}

Kita's first role was as a news anchor in the 1991 movie Stealth Hunters.{{cite web|url=http://theactionqueens.blogspot.com/2009/09/candace-kita-interview-part-1-hollywood.html |title=CANDACE KITA INTERVIEW PART 1: HOLLYWOOD HOTTIE|publisher = Action Queens|author=Frédéric Ambroisine|access-date=2017-05-21}} Kita's first recurring television role was in Fox's Masked Rider, from 1995 to 1996. She appeared as a series regular lead in all 40 episodes. Kita also portrayed a frantic stewardess in a music video directed by Mark Pellington for the British group, Catherine Wheel, titled, "Waydown" in 1995. In 1996, Kita also appeared in the film Barb Wire (1996) and guest starred on The Wayans Bros.. She also guest starred in Miriam Teitelbaum: Homicide with Saturday Night Live alumni Nora Dunn, Wall To Wall Records with Jordan Bridges, Even Stevens, Felicity with Keri Russell, V.I.P. with Pamela Anderson, Girlfriends, The Sweet Spot with Bill Murray, and Movies at Our House. She also had recurring roles on the FX spoof, Son of the Beach from 2001 to 2002, ABC-Family's Dance Fever and Oxygen Network's Running with Scissors. Kita also appeared in the films Little Heroes (2002) and Rennie's Landing (2001).

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Kita guest starred on Method and Red and Quintuplets in 2004 and Two and a Half Men in 2005. She also appeared in Bad News Bears (2005) with Billy Bob Thornton and Greg Kinnear.

In 2005 to 2007, Kita continued work on Complete Savages. She also appeared in the independent films, Faith Happens (2006) and Falling (2008). In 2006, she was in the pilot for the television series Smith, with Ray Liotta and played a prison inmate in Pepper Dennis with Rebecca Romijn. Kita also shot a pilot with Tim Stack called The Probe (2006). In 2007, she appeared in an episode of Ugly Betty with Vanessa Williams, and had a role in the Adam Sandler and Kevin James film I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. In 2008, Kita guest starred opposite James Belushi in According to Jim and played herself on an episode of The Jace Hall Show. She is a guest star in the 100th episode and series finale of Nip/Tuck.

She has also appeared as a guest star in Revenge, Better With You, and Raising Hope among others.

Kita hosted a call-in show on Sway TV on Amazon Live.{{cite web|url=https://vocal.media/styled/who-in-the-world-is-candace-kita-and-what-does-she-know-about-shopatainment-on-sway-tv|title=Who in the World is Candace Kita and What Does She Know About "Shopatainment" on Sway TV?|author=A. Kaplan|publisher=Vocal|access-date=2022-10-29}}

Kita was a managing editor at VIVA GLAM Magazine.{{cite web|url=http://vivaglammagazine.com/10-things-actress-candace-kita-every-day/ |title=10 Things Actress Candace Kita Does Every Day|publisher = VIVA GLAM Magazine|date=2016-08-23|access-date=2017-05-11}}

Kita has been a long-time proponent of women's safety.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/48-hours-takeaway-the-perils-of-being-a-pretty-girl-in-hollywood/ |title="48 Hours" takeaway: The perils of being a pretty girl in Hollywood|work = CBS News|date=2012-10-19|access-date=2017-05-13}}{{cite web|url=http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1181593 |title=Candace Kita is Stepping Up Her Mission to Save More Lives|publisher = CNN|author=Jana Ritter|date=2014-10-20|access-date=2017-05-12}}

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