Stacey Dash
{{short description|American actress (born 1967)}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2020}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Stacey Dash
| image = Stacey Dash (25514874102) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Dash in 2016
| birth_name = Stacey Lauretta Dash
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|1|20}}{{efn|name=bc}}
| birth_place = The Bronx, New York, U.S.
| education = Paramus High School
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress}}
| years_active = 1982–present
| known_for = Mo' Money
Clueless
Renaissance Man
| party = Republican (2012-)
| otherparty = Democratic (2008-2012)
| spouse = {{plainlist|
- {{marriage|Brian Lovell|1999|2005|end=divorced}}{{efn|Divorced in mid-2000s; see {{sectionlink||Personal life}}.}}
- {{marriage|James Maby|2005|2006|end=divorced}}
- {{marriage|Emmanuel Xuereb|2007|2011|end=divorced}}{{efn|Married in either 2007 or 2009; see {{sectionlink||Personal life}}.}}
- {{marriage|Jeffrey Marty|2018|2020|end=divorced}}
}}
| children = 2
| relatives = Dash (nephew)
Damon Dash (cousin)
}}
Stacey Lauretta Dash{{cite magazine|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/stacey-dash/bio/175079/| title= Stacey Dash| magazine=TV Guide|access-date= February 7, 2016|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151001034719/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/stacey-dash/bio/175079/|url-status=dead}} (born January 20, 1967)[https://www.distractify.com/p/stacey-dash-children Stacey Dash Was Already a Mom When She Starred in 'Clueless', BY SHANNON RAPHAEL, MAR. 11 2021, PUBLISHED 10:58 A.M. ET]{{cite web|url= http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Stacey_Dash/187536#fullBio|title= Stacey Dash| publisher=Hollywood.com|archive-date= February 28, 2009|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090228133301/http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Stacey_Dash/187536#fullBio|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bet.com/article/i9pop3/stacey-dash-s-arrest-record-lists-her-as-white |publisher=BET|title= Stacey Dash's Arrest Record Lists Her As 'White' And Reveals Her Sad Financial Situation|date= October 2, 2019|first=Moriba |last=Cummings|archive-date=October 4, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191004162951/https://www.bet.com/celebrities/news/2019/10/02/stacey-dash-arrest-record-white-sad-financial-situation.html|url-status=live}}{{efn|name=bc}} is an American actress. Dash played Dionne Marie Davenport in the 1995 feature film Clueless and its television series of the same name. She has also appeared in the films Moving, Mo' Money, Renaissance Man, and View from the Top. Other television work by Dash includes appearances in the series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Single Ladies and the reality TV show Celebrity Circus. She has also appeared in music videos for Carl Thomas' "Emotional" and Kanye West's "All Falls Down".
Early life
Born in the Bronx borough of New York City, Dash is of African-American and Mexican descent. She is the daughter of Dennis Dash{{cite web|url=https://dashtodc.com/about/|title=About Stacey Lauretta Dash|publisher=Stacey Dash [for] Congress|access-date=March 14, 2018|archive-date=March 14, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180314214254/https://dashtodc.com/about/|url-status=live}} and Linda Dash (née Lopez; d. 2017).{{cite twitter|user=realstaceydash|number=934427721068883968|first=Stacey |last=Dash|title=My mother died overnight|date=November 25, 2017}} Dash has a stepfather, Cecil Holmes, and a younger brother, Darien Dash, who is the founder of DME Interactive, the first publicly traded African American-led website company.{{cite web |title=Darien Dash Brings Internet Technology to Urban America|url=http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0009/23/mld.00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222052014/http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0009/23/mld.00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 22, 2017|publisher=CNN|date=September 23, 2000|type=transcript}} Her first cousin is Damon Dash, the former CEO and co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records.{{cite news |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,52922,00.html#3 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130123211102/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,52922,00.html#3 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 23, 2013 |title=Jay-Zs Producer on a Roll |access-date=July 17, 2006 |last=Friedman |first=Roger |date=May 16, 2002 |publisher=Fox News Channel}} She attended Paramus High School, graduating in 1985.{{Cite web| url=http://www.northjersey.com/arts-and-entertainment/clueless-actress-stacey-dash-who-attended-paramus-h-s-gets-backlash-for-romney-support-1.467299| title='Clueless' Actress Stacey Dash, who attended Paramus H.S., gets backlash for Romney support|last=Toribio|first=Elyse |website=NorthJersey.com|access-date=April 16, 2016}}{{Cite news |url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/12/stacey_dash_controversy_fox_news.html |title= 3 other times Stacey Dash said something controversial|publisher=NJ.com|access-date=April 16, 2016}}
Career
Dash made her first television appearance in the NBC crime drama pilot Farrell: For the People starring Valerie Harper and Ed O'Neill in 1982, which did not make it past its pilot episode.
- {{cite web |last=Fraser |first=C. Gerald |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/17/arts/television-week-229181.html |title=Television week |work=The New York Times |date=October 17, 1982 |access-date=July 11, 2014}}
- {{cite book |last=Terrace |first=Vincent |year=2013 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iHsjAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA90 |title=Encyclopedia of Television Pilots: 1937–2012 |publisher=McFarland & Company |pages=90–91 |isbn=978-0-7864-7445-5 |access-date=July 11, 2014}} Her first notable appearance was as Michelle in the 1985 The Cosby Show episode "Denise's Friend". Dash's first substantial television role was in the 1988 series TV 101. The series was canceled after 13 episodes. Dash's first major film role was in the Richard Pryor comedy Moving in 1988. She also had sizable roles in Mo' Money and Renaissance Man during this time. In 1995, Dash starred as a femme fatale in the low-budget film Illegal in Blue. Dash received her big break with the 1995 teen comedy film Clueless. Dash played Cher's high school best friend Dionne Davenport, although Dash was twenty-eight at the time. In 1996, the film spawned a television spin-off of the same name, in which Dash reprised her role as Dionne. The series ran from 1996 to 1999.
After the television series ended, she appeared in View from the Top (2003) and smaller budget films, including Gang of Roses (2003), and Getting Played (2005). She also has appeared in small guest roles on television shows such as Eve and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Dash played Vanessa Weir in the television series The Strip, which was canceled after several episodes. In 2001, Dash was featured in a music video by Carl Thomas for the single "Emotional". In 2004, Dash was featured in a music video by Kanye West, label signee of her cousin Damon Dash, for the single "All Falls Down". Dash posed nude in the August 2006 issue of Playboy. Also in 2006, she was featured in singer Marques Houston's video for "Favorite Girl," and launched her own lingerie line called Letters of Marque.{{cite web |url=http://www.lettersofmarque.com/ |title=Letters of Marque |publisher=Letters of Marque |access-date=May 15, 2012}} Between 2005 and 2007, she completed filming roles in I Could Never Be Your Woman, Nora's Hair Salon II, Fashion Victim, Ghost Image and American Primitive. For 2008 release, she filmed Phantom Punch, Secrets of a Hollywood Nurse, and Close Quarters. Dash also performed in the 2008 reality television series Celebrity Circus. Prior to the series premiere, Dash suffered a broken rib while training. Despite the injury, Dash performed on the trapeze bungee during the premiere and continued on to be a finalist. Dash finished second behind Antonio Sabàto, Jr.
Dash appeared as a recurring character on the television series The Game in early 2009. In 2011, Dash starred in the first season of VH1's first scripted series, Single Ladies, playing Valerie "Val" Stokes, described as a "'good girl' looking for a good man".{{cite web |title=Cast Bios |url=http://www.vh1.com/shows/single_ladies/cast.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516191214/http://www.vh1.com/shows/single_ladies/cast.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 16, 2011 |publisher=VH1 |access-date=June 20, 2011}} On August 31, it was reported that she would leave the series in order to focus on her family.{{cite web|url=http://globalgrind.com/entertainment/stacey-dash-vh1-single-ladies-exclusive |title=Stacey Dash Breaks Her Silence About "Single Ladies" (EXCLUSIVE) |publisher=Global Grind |date=August 31, 2011 |access-date=May 15, 2012}}{{cite magazine |last=Jensen |first=Jeff |url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/08/31/stacey-dash/ |title=Stacey Dash exiting VH1's 'Single Ladies' |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=August 31, 2011 |access-date=May 15, 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://blog.vh1.com/2011-08-31/stacey-dash-is-leaving-single-ladies/ |title=Breaking News: Stacey Dash Reveals To Global Grind That She Is Not Returning To Single Ladies |publisher=Blog.vh1.com |access-date=May 15, 2012 |archive-date=May 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120530184837/http://blog.vh1.com/2011-08-31/stacey-dash-is-leaving-single-ladies |url-status=dead }} In 2012, Dash starred as Lisa, the female lead in the film Dysfunctional Friends.Morales, Wilson (February 3, 2012). [http://www.blackfilm.com/read/2012/02/dysfunctional-friends-film-review/ "Dysfunctional Friends"] BlackFilm.com Also in 2012, Dash was featured in Funny or Die and YouTube broadcast trailers and shorts for her web series Stacey Dash Is Normal.[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/abe-schwartz/forget-about-romney-stace_b_2639618.html The Huffington Post]. July 2, 2012. The scripted series launched in 2013.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.eurweb.com/2013/02/quickies-tamars-single-ambers-miscarriage-stacy-dash-is-normal/|title= Quickies: Tamar's Single, Amber's Miscarriage, Stacey's 'Normal'|magazine=Electronic Urban Report|date=February 16, 2013|first=Brittney N.|last=Walker|archive-date=March 14, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180314104421/http://archive.eurweb.com/2013/02/quickies-tamars-single-ambers-miscarriage-stacy-dash-is-normal/|url-status=dead}}
On May 28, 2014, Fox News announced that Dash had been hired as a contributor for "cultural analysis and commentary."{{cite web|url = https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2014/05/28/arts/28reuters-usa-foxnews-dash.html?ref=reuters |title=Fox News Hires 'Clueless' Actress Stacey Dash as Contributor |date = May 28, 2014|access-date = May 28, 2014|agency = Reuters|last = Cavaliere|first = Victoria|website=The New York Times }} On the December 7, 2015, edition of Outnumbered, Dash made a remark about President Barack Obama's address regarding Islamic terrorism that took place the day before, suggesting the president didn't "give a shit" about terrorism. Due to this remark, the network suspended her without pay for two weeks.{{Cite web| url = https://money.cnn.com/2015/12/07/media/fox-profanities-against-obama/index.html| title = Fox News suspends two commentators for profanity while criticizing Obama| last = Stelter| first = Brian| date = December 7, 2015| publisher = CNN|location=Atlanta, Georgia| access-date = February 29, 2016|archive-date=June 11, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200611010302/https://money.cnn.com/2015/12/07/media/fox-profanities-against-obama/index.html|url-status=live}} In 2016, Dash received criticism when she argued that the BET Awards lied to black people about news regarding the boycotting of the Oscars due to lack of ethnic diversity, and called for an end to Black History Month.*{{Cite magazine
| url = http://www.people.com/article/stacey-dash-bet-response-blog-post| title = Stacey Dash Explains 'How BET Lies to Black People' in Scathing Response Amid Backlash| magazine = People| access-date = February 29, 2016}}
- {{Cite news
| url = http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/21/entertainment/stacey-dash-interview-feat/index.html| title = Stacey Dash: From 'Clueless' star to Fox News pundit| publisher = CNN| access-date = February 29, 2016}}
- {{Cite magazine| url = http://www.people.com/article/the-view-hosts-slam-stacey-dash-for-bet-comments| title = The View Hosts Slam Stacey Dash for BET Comments: 'We're Not All Treated Like Americans'
| magazine = People| access-date = February 29, 2016}}
- {{Cite news| url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/35369501/stacey-dash-i-was-right-to-call-for-black-history-month-to-be-scrapped| title = Stacey Dash: I was right to call for Black History Month to be scrapped| last = Izundu| first = Chi Chi| publisher=BBC|access-date = February 29, 2016}} She made a cameo at the 88th Academy Awards repeating this sentiment.*{{Cite news| url = https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/feb/29/stacey-dash-shock-oscars-appearance-race-message| title = Stacey Dash's surprise Oscars cameo lands with a dull thud| last = Lee| first = Benjamin| date = February 29, 2016| newspaper = The Guardian|location=UK| language = en-GB| issn = 0261-3077| access-date = February 29, 2016}}
- {{Cite magazine| url = https://newrepublic.com/minutes/130706/stacey-dash-wrote-blog-post-explaining-oscars-cameo-and-plugging-new-book| title = Stacey Dash wrote a blog post explaining her Oscars cameo (and plugging her new book).| last = Breger| first = Esther| date = February 29, 2016| magazine = New Republic| access-date = February 29, 2016}} In addition, she criticized Jesse Williams's speech at the BET Awards.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.people.com/article/stacey-dash-jesse-williams-bet-awards-speech|title=Stacey Dash Criticizes Jesse Williams' BET Awards Speech|date=June 30, 2016|magazine=People}} On January 21, 2017, Fox News announced that Dash's contract would not be renewed.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/315480-fox-declines-to-renew-contracts-for-several-contributors/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170123034811/http://thehill.com/homenews/media/315480-fox-declines-to-renew-contracts-for-several-contributors|url-status=live|archive-date=January 23, 2017|title=Fox declines to renew contracts for several contributors|date=January 21, 2017|work=The Hill}}{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/stacey-dash-fired-fox-news-article-1.2953529|title=Stacey Dash fired from Fox News|work=Daily News|location=New York City}}
Politics
Dash voted for Barack Obama in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. In 2012, she switched her party affiliation from Democratic to Republican{{cite web|first=Emily| last=Strohm| url=http://www.people.com/article/stacey-dash-fox-news-republican-kanye-west- |title=Stacey Dash Opens Up About Her Fox News Gig – and That Kanye Controversy| work=People | publisher = Meredith Corporation | location=New York City | date=July 11, 2014 | access-date = April 21, 2018}} and endorsed Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. In response to critical online comments she received for supporting Romney, Dash stated it was her opinion{{cite web |first=Hollie |last=McKay| url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/actress-stacey-dash-hit-with-racially-charged-attacks-after-endorsing-romney/ |title = Actress Stacey Dash hit with racially-charged attacks after endorsing Romney | publisher = Fox News | location = New York City | date = October 8, 2012| archive-date=June 4, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160604141756/http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/10/08/actress-stacey-dash-hit-with-racially-charged-attacks-after-endorsing-romney.html | url-status=live}} and that she did not understand the vitriol.{{cite news|first=Ann |last=Oldenburg |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/2012/10/10/clueless-stacey-dash-shocked-by-romney-support-fury/1624013/ |title=Stacey Dash 'shocked' by 'fury' over her Romney support|work=USA Today |publisher=Gannett Company|location=McLean, Virginia|date=October 10, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323073446/http://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/2012/10/10/clueless-stacey-dash-shocked-by-romney-support-fury/1624013/ |archive-date=March 23, 2016}} Vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan thanked Dash for supporting his ticket.
Since the 2012 election, Dash has publicly expressed her political views. In April 2013, she criticized music artists Jay-Z and Beyoncé's trip to Cuba.{{cite web |first=Ali|last=Rahim|url=https://www.bet.com/article/4jinba/stacey-dash-blasts-jay-z-and-beyonce-for-cuba-trip |title=Stacey Dash Blasts Jay-Z and Beyoncé for Cuba Trip| publisher=BET | location = New York City | date= November 4, 2013| archive-date=March 5, 2016 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160305151246/http://www.bet.com/news/celebrities/2013/04/11/stacey-dash-blasts-jay-z-and-beyonc-for-cuba-trip.html | url-status=live}} In 2016, with regard to the debate over use of gender-specific bathrooms, she said that transgender rights "infringe upon [her own]".{{cite web|first=John|last=Boone|url=http://www.etonline.com/news/190051_exclusive_stacey_dash_says_transgender_people_should_pee_in_bushes/|title=Exclusive: Stacey Dash Says Transgender People Should Pee in Bushes, Claims Feminism Is Ruining Men|work=Entertainment Tonight| publisher = CBS Television Distribution | location = Los Angeles, California | date=June 2, 2016|access-date=June 2, 2016|archive-date=June 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602030139/http://www.etonline.com/news/190051_exclusive_stacey_dash_says_transgender_people_should_pee_in_bushes/|url-status=live}} Dash writes a blog for Patheos.com.{{cite web|title=Stacey Dash|url=http://www.patheos.com/blogs/staceydash/|website=Patheos |access-date=November 10, 2016}} Dash supported Republican candidate Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election.{{cite news|first=Jack|last=Shepherd|title=Clueless actor Stacey Dash is running for Congress|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/stacey-dash-congress-clueless-california-donald-trump-a8230381.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/stacey-dash-congress-clueless-california-donald-trump-a8230381.html |archive-date=May 24, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=The Independent|location=London, England|date=February 27, 2018|access-date=May 21, 2020}}
On February 26, 2018, Dash filed to run in California's 44th congressional district in the 2018 Congressional Election as a Republican.{{cite web| url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/26/politics/stacey-dash-files-paperwork-congressional-run/index.html| title= Actress Stacey Dash is running for Congress in California | publisher=CNN| access-date= February 26, 2016}} On joining the race, Dash said she wanted to "free people from the shackles of a plantation mentality."{{cite news|first=Rory|last=Carroll|title=Stacey Dash on being a conservative in Hollywood: 'I've been blacklisted'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/11/stacey-dash-on-being-a-conservative-in-hollywood-ive-been-blacklisted|work=The Guardian|location=London, England|date=March 11, 2018|access-date=March 12, 2018}} Dash withdrew from the congressional race on March 30, 2018.{{cite web|first=Saba|last=Hamedy |title='Clueless' star Stacey Dash withdraws from congressional race|url= https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/30/politics/stacey-dash-withdraws-congressional-race/index.html|publisher=CNN|location=Atlanta, Georgia|date=March 30, 2018|access-date=March 30, 2018|archive-date= June 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622145839/https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/30/politics/stacey-dash-withdraws-congressional-race/index.html|url-status=live}}
On March 11, 2021, Dash stated in an interview with Daily Mail, "Being a supporter of Trump has put me in some kind of box that I don't belong in. But he's not the president. I'm going to give the president that we have right now a chance."{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/stacey-dash-sorry-for-her-past-trump-support-i-made-a-lot-of-mistakes|title=Stacey Dash Sorry for Her Past Trump Support: "I Made a Lot of Mistakes"|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |date=March 11, 2021|accessdate=March 11, 2021}}
Personal life
= Relationships and children =
Dash has two children. She has a son named Austin, born from her relationship with singer Christopher Williams, and a daughter named Lola. In 1999, she married producer Brian Lovell and they divorced in the mid-2000s. From 2005 to 2006, Dash was married to British executive James Maby, CEO of Sports Logistics.{{cite web|first=Sarv|last=Kreindler|url=http://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/who-is-landon-clements-ex-husband|title=Who Is Landon Clements' Ex-Husband?|publisher=Bravo|date=March 31, 2015|access-date=March 14, 2018|url-status=live|archive-date=March 14, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180314221545/http://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/who-is-landon-clements-ex-husband|quote=James Maby ... the CEO of international sports branding firm Sports Logistics ... was married to Clueless star Stacey Dash and the pair have an 11-year-old daughter named Lola together.}} Different sources say the father of Dash's daughter is either Lovell or Maby. Dash married actor Emmanuel Xuereb in either 2007 or 2009. She filed for divorce in January 2010. It was finalized in September 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.tmz.com/2011/09/30/stacey-dash-divorce-emmanuel-xuereb-los-angeles-superior-court-domestic-abuse-violence-clueless/ |title=Stacey Dash 'Clueless' Star Divorced — Legally Drops 180 Pounds |publisher=TMZ]. Time Warner|location=Los Angeles, California|date= September 30, 2011|access-date=March 14, 2018|archive-date=July 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710154042/https://www.tmz.com/2011/09/30/stacey-dash-divorce-emmanuel-xuereb-los-angeles-superior-court-domestic-abuse-violence-clueless/|url-status=live}}{{cite news| first =Olivia |last=Allin| title = Stacey Dash of 'Clueless' Granted a Divorce from Emmanuel Xuereb|url=http://abc7.com/archive/8374123/ | work=On the Red Carpet |publisher= WABC-TV|location = Los Angeles, California |date = September 30, 2011| access-date =April 30, 2015|quote = ...has been granted a divorce from her husband of two years, actor Emmanuel Xuereb. ... This marks Dash's third divorce. The actress was previously married to Brian Lovell from 1999 until 2005 and James Maby from 2005 until 2006. Dash has two children, son Austin, who was born in 1991, with R&B singer and former boyfriend Christopher Williams and daughter Lola, who was born in 2003, with her ex-husband Brian Lovell.| url-status=live| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054056/http://abc7.com/archive/8374123/|archive-date= March 4, 2016}} Dash married lawyer Jeffrey Marty in Florida on April 6, 2018. She has said that she met Marty ten days before the wedding. In addition to her two children, Dash became a step-mother to three of Marty's children.{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/tv/stacey-dash-marries-jeffrey-marty/|title=Stacey Dash Secretly Married Lawyer Jeffrey Marty 10 Days After Meeting Him: Report|last=Corinthios|first=Aurelie|magazine=People|date=October 15, 2018|access-date=February 2, 2019}} In April 2020, Dash announced that she and Marty had separated.{{cite magazine|last=Fernandez|first=Alexia|date=April 30, 2020|title=Stacey Dash Reveals She Is Separating from Her Husband After 2 Years of Marriage|url=https://people.com/movies/stacey-dash-separating-husband-jeffrey-marty/|magazine=People|access-date=May 20, 2020|archive-date=June 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607162543/https://people.com/tv/stacey-dash-marries-jeffrey-marty/|url-status=live}} In June 2020, Dash filed for divorce.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/movies/stacey-dash-files-for-divorce/|title=Stacey Dash Files for Divorce 9 Months After Alleged Domestic Violence Incident|last=Fernandez|first=Alexia|work=People|date=June 16, 2020|access-date=July 9, 2020|archive-date=June 23, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200623011342/https://people.com/movies/stacey-dash-files-for-divorce/|url-status=live}}
= Trauma, drugs, weapons, and legal issues =
Dash has spoken openly about past traumas in her personal life. She has at various times revealed that she was molested as a child by a family friend, was addicted to cocaine in her teens and 20s, and has a history of being with physically and emotionally abusive partners.{{Cite news|first=Aili|last=Nahas|url=http://people.com/tv/stacey-dash-on-abuse-addiction-and-her-near-abortion/|title=Stacey Dash on Abuse, Addiction and Her Near Abortion: 'I'm Not a Victim, I've Survived'|work=People|publisher=Meredith Corporation|location=New York City|date=June 1, 2016|access-date=March 1, 2018|archive-date=December 22, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191222222723/https://people.com/tv/stacey-dash-on-abuse-addiction-and-her-near-abortion/|url-status=live}} Dash has attributed her openness with such topics to her desire to be honest with her children, feeling that being honest is the best way to protect them, and to let them and others know that she is not a victim but a survivor. She is supportive of the right to keep and bear arms, crediting the use of a gun with saving her life after being sexually assaulted at gunpoint by an ex-boyfriend, because she was able to retrieve her own weapon, a .22 revolver, and shot at him, scaring him away.{{Cite news|first= Corinne|last=Heller|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/769381/stacey-dash-recalls-shooting-at-man-who-raped-her-having-a-gun-saved-my-life|title=Stacey Dash Recalls Shooting at Man Who Raped Her|publisher=E! News|location=Los Angeles, California|date=June 1, 2016|access-date=March 2, 2018|archive-date=July 10, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190710153827/https://www.eonline.com/news/769381/stacey-dash-recalls-shooting-at-man-who-raped-her-having-a-gun-saved-my-life|url-status=live}}
Dash was arrested on September 29, 2019, at her apartment in Pasco County, Florida, on a domestic battery charge after an argument with her husband, Jeffrey Marty.{{cite web|first=Minyvonne|last= Burke|title='Clueless' actress Stacey Dash arrested on domestic battery charge in Florida|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/clueless-actress-stacey-dash-arrested-domestic-battery-charge-florida-n1060396|date=September 30, 2019|access-date=September 30, 2019|publisher=NBC|archive-date=June 10, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200610190724/https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/clueless-actress-stacey-dash-arrested-domestic-battery-charge-florida-n1060396|url-status=live}} She pleaded not guilty,{{cite web |title=Stacey Dash pleads not guilty to domestic battery charge |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/stacey-dash-pleads-not-guilty-domestic-battery-charge-n1061366 |publisher=NBC |access-date= July 8, 2020 |language=en |date=October 2, 2019|archive-date=October 3, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191003071553/https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/stacey-dash-pleads-not-guilty-domestic-battery-charge-n1061366|url-status=live}} and the case was dropped on October 3 at the request of Marty, who said Dash had been arrested over his objection.{{cite web |title=Stacey Dash's domestic battery case dropped days after arrest |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/clueless-star-stacey-dash-s-domestic-battery-case-dropped-days-n1062401|date=October 4, 2019|publisher=NBC |access-date=July 8, 2020 |language=en|archive-date=November 27, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191127142832/https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/clueless-star-stacey-dash-s-domestic-battery-case-dropped-days-n1062401|url-status=live}} The couple's divorce was announced the following year.[https://people.com/movies/stacey-dash-files-for-divorce/ People, Stacey Dash Files for Divorce 9 Months After Alleged Domestic Violence Incident, Stacey Dash has filed for divorce from her husband Jeffrey Marty after two years of marriage, By Alexia Fernandez June 16, 2020].Retrieved July 15, 2020.
In October 2021, Dash opened up about her Vicodin addiction on The Dr. Oz Show, stating that she was five years sober.{{Cite web|date=2021-10-14|title=Clueless Star Actress Stacey Dash Tells Dr. Oz About Celebrating Five Years Of Sobriety And What She's Learned|url=https://detroit.cbslocal.com/2021/10/14/clueless-star-actress-stacey-dash-tells-dr-oz-about-celebrating-five-years-of-sobriety-and-what-shes-learned/|access-date=2021-10-14|language=en-US}}
= Religion =
Dash was raised Catholic, and claimed the religion in 2012 and 2013.{{Cite web|last=Sunderland|first=Mitchell|date=June 6, 2016|title=Dash of Insanity: Stacey Dash Explains the Craziest Things She's Said|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/stacey-dash-profile-there-goes-my-social-life-from-clueless-to-conservative/|access-date=March 11, 2021|website=Vice|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Dash|first=Stacey|date=October 7, 2012|title=Tweet|url=https://twitter.com/staceydash/status/311922306656116737|access-date=March 11, 2021|website=Twitter}}{{Cite web|last=Dash|first=Stacey|date=March 13, 2013|title=Tweet|url=https://twitter.com/staceydash/status/311922306656116737|access-date=March 11, 2021|website=Twitter}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1982
| Farrell for the People | Denise Grey | TV movie |
| 1987
| Antoinette "Toni" Briggs | |
| 1988
| Moving | Casey Pear |
| 1989
| Minnie | |
| 1992
| Amber Evans | |
| 1994
| Pvt. Miranda Myers | |
| rowspan=2| 1995
| Clueless | |
| Illegal in Blue
| Kari Truitt | Video |
| 1997
| Bec Rosenberg | |
| 1999
| Personals | Leah | |
| 2001
| {{sortname|The|Painting|nolink=1}} | Hallie Gilmore at 18 | |
| 2002
| Tamika | |
| rowspan=3| 2003
| Angela Samona | |
| Gang of Roses
| Kim | |
| Ride or Die
| Real Venus | Video |
| 2005
| Lethal Eviction | Amanda Winters | |
| 2006
| Emily | TV movie |
| rowspan=2| 2007
| Brianna Minx | |
| Ghost Image
| Alicia Saunders | |
| rowspan=5| 2008
| Christmas Break | Smokin' Woman | Short |
| Nora's Hair Salon 2: A Cut Above
| Simone | |
| Fashion Victim
| Cara Wheeler | |
| Phantom Punch
| Geraldine Liston | |
| Secrets of a Hollywood Nurse
| Reporter | TV movie |
| rowspan=2| 2009
| Joy Crowley | |
| Chrome Angels
| Lady | |
| rowspan=2| 2012
| Lisa | |
| House Arrest
| Chanel | |
| 2013
| Blue Butterflies | Faith | Short |
| rowspan=2| 2014
| Dr. Annie Jones | |
| Patient Killer
| Nancy Peck | |
| 2015
| Cloudy with a Chance of Love | Kelly | TV movie |
| rowspan=2| 2016
| Chicago Mayor Mansfield | TV movie |
| The Thinning
| Kendra Birch | |
| 2018
| Honor Up | Tara | |
| 2019
| The Dawn | Sister Ella | |
| rowspan=2| 2020
| First Lady | Channing | |
| Roe v. Wade
| |
| 2021
| Carolina's Calling | Mary Lou | |
| rowspan=2| 2022
| 7th Secret | Miss Vivian | |
| Corsicana
| Jennie | |
| 2024
| Four. | Beth | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1985
| Michelle | Episode: "Denise's Friend" |
| 1988
| Penny Franks | Recurring Cast: Season 6 |
| 1988–89
| TV 101 | Monique | Main Cast |
| rowspan=2| 1994
| {{sortname|The|Fresh Prince of Bel-Air}} | Michelle Michaels | Episode: "When You Hit Upon a Star" |
| Harts of the West
| - | Episode: "Drive, He Said" |
| 1995
| Herself/Guest Host | Episode: "Shai/Maysa Leak/Mystikal" |
| 1996–99
| Clueless | Dionne "Dee" Davenport | Main Cast |
| 1998
| Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular | Herself | Episode: "Episode #1.9" |
| 1999–2000
| {{sortname|The|Strip|The Strip (U.S. TV series)}} | Vanessa Weir | Main Cast |
| rowspan=3| 2001
| Janie | Episode: "A Pirate Looks at 15 to 20" |
| Men, Women & Dogs
| Meg | Episode: "Pilot" |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
| Amy Young | Episode: "Slaves of Las Vegas" |
| 2003
| Eve | Corryn | Episode: "The Ex Factor" |
| 2005
| Paprika Solo (voice) | Episode: "Diamond Boogie/Corporate Pigfall" |
| rowspan=2| 2008
| Herself | Main Cast |
| American Dad!
| Janet Lewis (voice) | Episode: "Escape from Pearl Bailey" |
| 2009–11
| {{sortname|The|Game|The Game (U.S. TV series)}} | Camille Rose | Recurring Cast: Season 3–4 |
| 2011
| Valerie "Val" Stokes | Main Cast: Season 1 |
| 2013
| {{sortname|The|Exes}} | Dana | Episode: "Trading Places" |
| 2014–15
| Herself/Celebrity Player | Episode: "Stacey Dash & Mario Lopez #1-#3" |
| 2014–17
| Herself/Guest Co-Host | Recurring Co-Host |
| rowspan=2| 2016
| Herself | Episode: "10 Chefs Compete Again" |
| The Eric Andre Show
| Herself | Episode: "Stacey Dash; Jack McBrayer" |
| 2020
| Finding Love in Quarantine | Theresa | Main Cast |
| 2022
| College Hill: Celebrity Edition | Herself | Main Cast: Season 1 |
=Music videos=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Song Title ! Artist |
|---|
| 1989
| "Talk to Myself" |
| 1992
| "The Best Things in Life Are Free" | Luther Vandross and Janet Jackson |
| 1997
| "That Girl" | MJG |
| 2000
| "Emotional" |
| 2004
| "All Falls Down" | Kanye West featuring Syleena Johnson |
| 2006
| "Favorite Girl" |
| 2010
| "Super High" |
| 2012
| Emcee N.I.C.E. featuring Stacey Dash and Blake Smith |
Books
{{cite book|last1=Dash|first1=Stacey|title=There Goes My Social Life: From Clueless to Conservative|date=2016|publisher=Regnery Publishing|location=Washington, D.C.|isbn=9781621574132|oclc=909538859}}
Notes
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{{efn|name=bc|or {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1966|1|20}}{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X7ZYsnTPIhwC&q=Christopher+Williams+stacey+dash&pg=PA91 |title=Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television |first=Bob |last=McCann|page=91|chapter=Stacey Dash| publisher = McFarland & Co.|year=2009| language=en|isbn= 978-0786437900}} This source and Hollywood.com each give Lovell divorce year as 2006.}}}}
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|1107}}
- {{C-SPAN|102665}}
- {{cite web|first=Alyssa|last=Sage|title='Clueless' Actress Stacey Dash Calls for Elimination of Black History Month, BET|work=Variety|date=January 20, 2016|access-date=March 2, 2016|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/stacey-dash-black-history-month-bet-elimination-1201684232/}}
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