Stefanie Ridel

Stefanie Jill Ridel was born in Hollywood, California. She has two brothers, Mark and Chris Ridel.{{IMDb name|id=1176438|name=Stefanie Ridel}}

Ridel is best known as a co-host of the TV show Great Pretenders. From 1983 to 2004 she made various appearances singing on television, mostly with Wild Orchid. Her acting career began on commercials and landing guest star roles on TV shows like The Facts Of Life, The Golden Girls, Punky Brewster, Married... with Children, and Blossom.[http://www.myspace.com/stefanieridelfans Invalid Friend ID] She lent her singing voice to the character, Yasmin in the film Bratz.{{citation needed|date=June 2014}}

In 1991, a girl group called NRG was formed. They were a quartet made up of Ridel, Heather Holyoak, and Stacy Ferguson, and Renee Sands of Kids Incorporated. They were signed to Sony Records that year, and changed their name to Wild Orchid. Soon Heather left the group for college and was replaced by Micki Duran, also a Kids Incorporated alumni. They recorded a debut album, but Micki soon left the group to pursue acting, and they were dropped from Sony. They signed to RCA Records, and recorded their self-titled debut album, which was released in 1996. Their second album, Oxygen, was released in 1998, and they recorded Fire in 2000.

It{{which|date=August 2024}} was leaked to the internet and they were dropped from RCA in 2001. Ferguson left the group, and they became a duo as they opened Yellow Brick Records. Hypnotic was released on the internet in 2003, and the band then broke up in 2004. She took a short break from music before she and Kyle Hendricks, under the stage name Rain, created the band, 5th Element.[http://www.r3verb.com/ VibeTribe Productions] She also produced and wrote for The Slumber Party Girls. She produced tracks for Prima J.{{Cite web |url=http://wildorchid.8m.com/main2009.html |title=The Most up to Date information on Wild Orchid |access-date=June 5, 2009 |archive-date=July 20, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720070447/http://wildorchid.8m.com/main2009.html |url-status=dead }} 5th Element has released a debut album, Here Comes the Rain Again, and Stefanie co-founded Talent Bootcamp, a camp training today's greatest music sensations.

She contributed to the Bratz movie soundtrack in 2007.

While a member of Wild Orchid, Ridel had a brief marriage, before marrying longtime manager Ron Fair.{{Cite web |url=http://wildorchid.8m.com/main2009.html |title=The Most up to Date information on Wild Orchid |access-date=June 5, 2009 |archive-date=July 20, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720070447/http://wildorchid.8m.com/main2009.html |url-status=dead }} They have three sons (Ellington Fair, born April 16, 2007, London Fair, born in 2009, and Rocco Fair, born in 2011) and one daughter (Ella Fair, born 2008).

Ridel was a spokesmodel for Bongo and Guess!.

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• Wild Orchid (1996)
• Oxygen (1998)
• Hypnotic (2003)

• "At Night I Pray" (1996){{Cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,294057,00.html |title=At Night I Pray {{!}} Music |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=June 7, 2009 |archive-date=April 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427113134/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,294057,00.html |url-status=dead }}
• "Talk to Me" (1997)
• "Supernatural" (1997)
• "Follow Me" (1997)
• "Be Mine" (1998)
• "Stuttering (Don't Say)" (2001)

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• "2 Nite"{{Cite web |url=http://www.vibetribepro.com/5th.html |title=VibeTribe Music Store – The 5th Element |access-date=June 5, 2009 |archive-date=July 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717195010/http://www.vibetribepro.com/5th.html |url-status=dead }}
• "Deeper"
• "Judgment Day"
• "Follow Me"
• "Just Another Day"
• "Just Groove"
• "Underbelly"
• "Happy"
• "I Won't Walk Away"
• "Here Comes the Rain Again Remixes"

• Bratz: Motion Picture Soundtrack (2007)

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• Bratz: The Movie (2007)[http://www.allmovie.com/work/bratz-379669/credits Bratz > Production Credits – AllMovie][http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/4055016/Stefanie_Ridel_Credits Hollywood.com]
• Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009)
• "Don't Waste The Pretty" (2010)[http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/11/04/allison-iraheta-just-like-you-songwriting/ Allison Iraheta exclusive: We reveal songwriting and production credits for her debut album!] - Allison Iraheta

• The Facts of Life (1 episode, 1983)
• Punky Brewster (1 episode, 1985)
• The Golden Girls (1 episode, 1989)
• Oh Henry! ...Megan (1989)
• Blossom (2 episode, 1991 & 1993)...Barbara Jenkins and Melissa Alter
• Cutters ...Fawn (1993)
• Joe's Life ...Karen (1993)
• Married... with Children (1 episode, 1994) ...Lisa Pruner
• Locals...Kris (1994)
• Goode Behavior ...Stefanie (1996)
• Great Pretenders ...Herself as Co-Host (unknown episodes, 1998)

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