Tonya Kay
{{short description|American actress and burlesque performer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2018}}
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|October 8, 1981}}
|birth_place = Michigan, U.S.
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|occupation = Actress, burlesque performer
|years_active = 2004–present
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|movement = Raw veganism
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|website = {{URL|tonyakay.com}}
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Tonya Kay is an American film actress, television personality, and burlesque performer who is the creator and producer of Tonya Kay's Pinup Pole Show.{{cite web|last=Kay|first=Tonya|url=http://www.tonyakay.com/about/|title=About Tonya Kay|accessdate=May 11, 2013}}
Early life
Tonya Kay was born in southern Michigan. She graduated as valedictorian of her high school class.{{cite web|url=http://tinfoilmusic.net/artists-at-edge/1866-20-questions-with-tonya-kay|title=20 Questions with Tonya Kay|publisher=Tinfoilmusic.net|date=February 8, 2008|accessdate=August 30, 2010}} Kay is a practicing raw vegan, pagan and Chaote.
Career
=Early career=
Kay began tap dance training at age four. At age six, she performed in a local community theatre production of the musical Oliver!. At 15, she was cast in her first professional production, The Music Man at Detroit, Michigan's Fisher Theatre. She spent four years performing in Chicago theatres, including the Drury Lane Theatre, Peninsula Players, Theatre at the Centre, Theatre Building Chicago and Apollo Theater Chicago.{{citation needed|date=January 2011}} In New York City, she performed concert dance and experimental theatre, including De La Guarda, and eventually toured in Stomp.{{citation needed|date=January 2011}}
=Television and film=
Her guest appearances on American network television programs include Jane the Virgin, Criminal Minds, House M.D., Glee, The Fosters, and Rosewood. Her movie credits include Bastard (20th Century Fox), The Other Wife, Web Cam Girls & Saving My Baby (LMN), and an upcoming release on SyFy, Earthtastrophe.
=Business ventures=
Tonya Kay is a devoted environmentalist and has held the CEO position of two carbon-neutral film and television industry service companies: [http://solidhollywood.com/Home.html Solid Hollywood LLC] and Happy Mandible, Inc.{{cite web|last=Hollywood LLC|first=Solid|url=http://solidhollywood.com/Home.html|title=Solid Hollywood LLC}}
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 2003
|Closer to Death |Jennifer | |
| 2007
|L.A. Proper |Cocktail Waitress | |
| 2008
|Orgies and the Meaning of Life |Regine | |
| 2008
|3 Days Gone |Sloan | |
| 2009
|The Things We Carry |Samara | |
| 2010
|Model |Uncredited |
| 2010
|Bold Native |I Rock | |
| 2011
|Dancer / Electrician |Uncredited |
| 2011
|The Mudman |Feather Black | |
| 2011
|Fully Loaded |Bikini girl | |
| 2012
|Creep Van |Fighting Woman at Gas Station | |
| 2013
|Raze |Alex | |
| 2013
|Specialty - Fire Fingers |Uncredited |
| 2013
|Dark Space |Flowers | |
| 2013
|Midday Games |Claire 2 | |
| 2014
|Star | |
| 2014
|Nightmare Code |Radova | |
| 2015
|Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant |Helsinki: Musical | |
| 2015
|Bastard |Rachael | |
| 2016
|Fight to the Finish |UFC Kay | |
| 2016
|Delilah | |
| 2016
|A Better Place |Sheila Cummings | |
| 2016
|Within the Darkness |Jesse | |
| 2016
|Paradise Club |Tabitha | |
| 2017
|Evil Bong 666 |Versnatchy | |
| 2017
|Puppet Master: Axis Termination |Doktor Gerde Ernst | |
| 2018
|Evil Bong 777 |Versnatchy | |
| 2018
|Saving My Baby |Jessica | |
| 2018
|D-Railed |Gigi | |
| 2019
|The Nymph | |
| 2019
|Platinum Model | |
| 2021
|The Journey of Lucy |Lucy | |
| 2022
|Reed's Point |Radio announcer | |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 2007
|Nitrogurl |Episode: "Velocity" |
| 2009
|Live Nude Comedy |Burlesque Dancer |Episode #1.1 |
| 2009
|Cassidy |4 episodes |
| 2009
|Tara Ferris |Episode: "The Performer" |
| 2010
|Chloe |Episode: "Private Lives" |
| 2010
|The Wish List |Tanya | rowspan="2" |Television film |
| 2010
|Uncle Nigel |Hot Biker Chick |
| 2010, 2011
|Glee |Various roles |2 episodes |
| 2011
|Video Game Reunion |11 episodes |
| 2011
|Burlesque Dancer |Episode: "The Benefit of Forgetting" |
| 2012
|Silverwood: Final Recordings |Christina Rossi |4 episodes |
| 2013–2014
|Horror Haiku |The Artist |5 episodes |
| 2014
|The Kill Corporation |Dev |6 episodes |
| 2016
|The Other Wife |Deb Stanton |Television film |
| 2016
|Dancer in Montage |Episode: "Keratin & Kissyface" |
| 2016
|D.J. |Episode: "Chapter Forty-Four" |
| 2016
|Police Officer #1 |Episode: "Forty" |
| 2016
|Earthtastrophe |Nadia |Television film |
| 2017
|My Crazy Sex |Erin |Episode: "Scanned, Scammed & Slammed" |
| 2017
|The Wrong Neighbor |Jennifer | rowspan="2" |Television film |
| 2017
|Web Cam Girls |Nikki Knight |
| 2018
|Unphiltered |Day Shift |Episode: "Moneymaker" |
| 2018
|A Daughter's Revenge |Sugar Delarosa | rowspan="2" |Television film |
| 2020
|The Pom Pom Murders |Coach Cassie |
| 2021
|Sara |Episode: "Home Sweet Home" |
| 2022
|Sugar Mommy |Detective Wilde |Television film |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|1800223}}
- [http://www.tonyakay.com Official Tonya Kay Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070527234941/http://www.tonyakay.com/ |date=May 27, 2007 }}{{authority control}}
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Category:American film actresses
Category:American television actresses