Tina Krause
{{short description|American actress}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2013}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|07|29}}
| birth_place = Queens, New York, USA
| birth_name = Cristina Krause{{cite web |last1=Krause |first1=Tina |title=post, 9/9/2022 |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CiSZ-xKAlwN/?hl=en |website=Instagram}}
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| years_active = 1994–present
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| occupation = Film actress
Film director
Film producer
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Tina Krause (born July 29, 1970) is an American film actress, producer, director, and model.{{cite web|url=http://www.screamqueen.com/scream-queens/tina-krause.shtml|title=Tina Krause: Scream Queen of the Month, 06/00-08/00|publisher=Scream Queen|access-date=2009-09-01}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/tina-krause-297974|title=Tina Krause|website=All Movie Guide|access-date=2009-09-01}}{{cite web|url=http://bmovieman.com/WOHTK.aspx|title=Tina Krause interview|publisher=B Movie Man|access-date=2009-09-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417170829/http://bmovieman.com/WOHTK.aspx|archive-date=2012-04-17|url-status=dead}}
Career
Referred to as a 'B Movie Queen',{{cite web|url=http://twitchfilm.net/archives/009224.html|title=Tina Krause in Jay Bauman & Mike Stoklasa's The Recovered|publisher=Twitch Films|access-date=2009-09-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109194102/http://www.twitchfilm.net/archives/009224.html|archive-date=2009-01-09|url-status=dead}} and an 'Indie Horror Queen',{{cite magazine|url=http://www.fangoria.com/reviews/2-film/1844-bad-biology-film-review.html |title=BAD BIOLOGY (Film Review)|last=Gringold|first=Michael|date=March 24, 2009|magazine=Fangoria|access-date=2009-09-03}} the bulk of her film work has been with shoestring-budget independent producers of horror films and erotic spoofs. In an interview at Horror Society, she states that she was "discovered" at Chiller Theatre and has been acting "ever since".
{{cite web
|url=http://www.horrorsociety.com/2008/03/28/interview-tina-krause/
|title=interview: Tina Krause
|date=March 28, 2008
|publisher=Horror Society
|access-date=2009-09-01}}{{cite web|url=http://www.d-filed.com/tinakrause.html |title=She's a Sensation--Tina Krause on the movie biz & filmmaking|year=2001|publisher=D-filed.com|access-date=2009-09-01}} Her first feature was Sorority Slaughter in 1994. By the time she was in her 30s, she had become a "huge fan favorite".
{{cite book
|last=Skin
|title=Mr. Skin's Skincyclopedia: The A-to-Z Guide to Finding Your Favorite Actresses Naked
|publisher=Macmillan
|year=2004
|edition=illustrated
|pages=304
|isbn=9780312331443
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dMMP94fw3mgC&q=%22Tina%20Krause%22&pg=RA1-PA304
|access-date=September 2, 2009}}
Krause has appeared in over 78 independent, direct-to-video features, including Penny Dreadful, The Drunken Dead Guy, The Thirsting, Zombiegeddon, and Play Dead.{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BL&p_theme=bl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1068E01C2F82688F&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=LaSalle County debuts as setting for horror film|date=November 15, 2004|newspaper=Pantagraph|access-date=2009-08-30}} She also worked several times with RedLetterMedia, including on The Recovered, Feeding Frenzy, and The Grabowskis.see imdb She has also done some fetish modeling, sometimes under the stage name Mia Copia.{{cite journal|publisher=Femme Fatales|volume=11 |edition=1 |title=Femme Fatales journal|date=January 2002}} She is in Horrotica which began its principal filming in the New York–New Jersey area in June 2009.{{cite magazine|url=http://fangoria.com/home/indie-frights/2844-scream-queens-shriek-through-horrotica.html|title=Scream queens shriek through 'Horotica'|last=Gringold|first=Michael|date=June 11, 2009|magazine=Fangoria|access-date=2009-09-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615084737/http://fangoria.com/home/indie-frights/2844-scream-queens-shriek-through-horrotica.html|archive-date=June 15, 2009|url-status=dead}} In 2011 she portrayed Sally in Richard Chandler's Christmas comedy film Scrooge in the Hood, which is a parody of Charles Dickens' {{Nowrap|A Christmas Carol.}}{{cite news|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/55105/boston-film-familys-scrooge-hood-tickles-your-paranormal-funny-bone|title=Boston Film Family's Scrooge in the Hood Tickles Your Paranormal Funny Bone|last=Gash|first=Doctor|date=April 30, 2012|work=Dread Central|access-date=2012-04-30}} In 2015 she starred alongside fellow scream queens Erika Smith and Rachael Robbins in The Fappening.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4262350/|title = The Fappening (2015) - IMDb| website=IMDb }}
Partial filmography
- Sorority Slaughter (1994)
- Rana, Queen of the Amazon (1994)
- Rana and the Vengeance of Ilsa von Todd (1994)
- Female Mercenaries on Zombie Island (1995)
- Sorority Slaughter 2 (1996)
- Danger in Blue (1996)
- Curse of the Swamp Creature 2 (1997)
- Bloodletting (1997)
- The Hypnotic Murders (1998)
- Psycho Sisters (1998)
- Dead Students Society (1998)
- The Vampire's Seduction (1998)
- Evil Streets (1998)
- Scary Sexy Disaster Movie (1999)
- Eaten Alive: A Tasteful Revenge (1999)
- Crimson Nights (1999)
- Cannibal Doctor (1999)
- Limbo (1999)
- Misty's Secret (2000)
- Dinner for Two (2000)
- Danger in Blue 2 (2000)
- Crimson Nights: Vampire's Seduction 2 (2000)
- International Necktie Strangler (2000) (as Mia Copia)
- Strawberry Estates (2001)
- Shoot the Girls (2001) (as Mia Copia)
- Blood For the Muse (2001)
- Hayride Slaughter (2001)
- Witchouse 3: Demon Fire (2001)
- The Vegas Showgirl Strangler (2002)
- Revenge of the Necktie Strangler (2002)
- An Erotic Vampire in Paris (2002) (as Mia Copia)
- Machines of Love and Hate (2003)
- Vampire Vixens (2003) (as Mia Copia)
- Zombiegeddon (2003)
- Silver Mummy (2004)
- And Then They Were Dead (2004)
- Bikini Girls on Dinosaur Planet (2005) (as Mia Copia)
- Penny Dreadful (2005)
- Thirsting (2006)
- Cross the Line (2007)
- Blood Oath (2007)
- Catching the Fever (2008)
- Survive! (2009)
- Cross the Line (2010)
- Feeding Frenzy (2010)
- She Wolf Rising (2010)
- Scrooge in the Hood (2011)
- When Death Calls (2012)
- The O.C. Club (2012){{IMDb title|2294246|The O.C. Club}}
- The Fappening (2015)
- Hollywood Warrioress: War of the Gods (2019){{IMDb title|88630326|Hollywood Warrioress: War of the Gods}}
Recognition
In their review of the film Thirsting (aka Lilith), Sci-Fi Universe wrote, "Most actresses are unknown. Only Tina Krause has earned a solid reputation, particularly through her performances in films produced by rogues fantastic Seduction Cinema".{{cite web|url=http://www.scifi-universe.com/critiques/11453-44-lilith.htm|title=LILITH : QUAND LILITH LA COQUINE TAPE L'INCRUST'|date=November 14, 2008|publisher=SciFi Universe|language=French|access-date=2009-09-01}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0470268|name=Tina Krause}}
- [http://www.searchmytrash.com/articles/tinakrause(10-10).shtml Tina Krause interview] on (re)Search my Trash
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Category:American film actresses