Karen Russell

Biography

Karen Russell was a buxom, shapely, and voluptuous brunette actress and dancer who popped up with pleasing regularity in a handful of entertainingly trashy low-budget straight-to-video exploitation pictures made throughout the 1980's and 1990's. Karen made a memorable film debut as nasty street gang moll Chula in the brutal urban action opus "Tenement." She was quite funny and appealing as the ditsy Shawnee in the crudely amusing "Vice Academy." Russell's other noteworthy parts include sweet, but troubled Mafia princess Amy in the gloriously outrageous "Murder Weapon," motorcycle mama Candy in "Easy Wheels," naive hooker Fran in the hugely enjoyable "The Banker," cop Francesco Quinn's bitter estranged ex-wife Isabella in "Murder Blues," and lusty groupie Michelle in "Shock 'Em Dead." Moreover, Karen appeared in small roles as a dancer in the mainstream features "Dick Tracy," "Havana," "Mobsters," and "Bugsy." After calling it a day as an actress in the mid-1990's, Russell went on to become a yoga teacher and founder of her own business Yoga Groove based in North Hollywood, California. - IMDb mini biography by: woodyanders

Most Known For

Dick Tracy

as Dancer

Dream On

as Woman #1

Tenement

as Chula

Easy Wheels

as Candy

Modern Girls

as Music Video Dancer

Dead Certain

as Isabella

Bugsy

as Dancer

Hellbent

as Topless Woman

Mobsters

as Showgirl

Vice Academy

as Shawnee

Havana

as Dancer #2

The Devil You Know

as Announcer (voice)

The Banker

as Fran

Hell High

as Teen Girl

Mob Boss

as Mary

Phoenix the Warrior

as Mohawk

Memorial Valley Massacre

as Emily (as Dusty Woods)

Dr. Alien

as Coed #2

Shock 'Em Dead

as Michelle

Murder Weapon

as Amy