Lolita Davidovich

Biography

Lolita Davidovich is a Canadian actress, best known for her breakthrough title role as Blaze Starr in the 1989 film Blaze, for which she received Chicago Film Critics Association Award nomination.

She later had starring roles in films include Leap of Faith (1992), Raising Cain (1992), Intersection (1994), Cobb (1994), Jungle 2 Jungle (1997), Gods and Monsters (1998), Mystery, Alaska (1999), and Play It to the Bone (1999).

Davidovich was born in London, Ontario, the daughter of emigrants from Yugoslavia. Her father was from Belgrade (the capital of Serbia), and her mother was from Slovenia; she spoke only Serbian during her early years. She studied at the Herbert Berghof Studio in New York.

Davidovich is married to Ron Shelton, a movie writer and director, known for Bull Durham (1988), White Men Can’t Jump (1992), and Bad Boys II (2003).