Lala Sloatman
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Lala Cassandra Sloatman (born October 12, 1970) is an American model
, actress and costumer. Her uncle was musician Frank Zappa
; her cousins are Ahmet
, Diva
, Moon
and Dweezil Zappa
. She is frequently billed by her first name only, and sometimes as Lala Zappa.
, Sloatman's first name is the Hawaiian form of Laura. Her father is second-generation Marine
John Sloatman III, whose sister Gail is musician Frank Zappa
's widow. Sloatman ultimately moved to Santa Barbara, California
, and after that to Los Angeles
. She has numerous half-siblings on both sides of her family but, according to herself, "Usually we just blow off the 'step' because we're such a close-knit bunch."
In the 1980s, Sloatman appeared in the films Watchers (1988) and Dream a Little Dream
(1989), alongside her then-boyfriend Corey Haim
. She read for, but did not get, the role of "Casey" in a third Haim movie, Prayer of the Rollerboys
. (Said role ultimately went to Patricia Arquette
; shortly thereafter, Sloatman's uncle Frank Zappa
forced her to break up with Haim because of Corey's now-infamous drug habit.) Sloatman's additional movie work includes Bunny Bunny Bunny (a short film which co-starred her cousin Moon and Kyle Richards
), Pump Up the Volume
(1990), Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
(1993, as Lauren Holly
's college roommate), Buy One, Get One Free* (1996), Manfast (2003), Net Games (2003, as a sexy serial killer
) and Sofia Coppola
's Somewhere
(2010).
lead singer Chris Robinson from 1996 to 1998. She has one daughter (not Robinson's), Lu-Henri.
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
, actress and costumer. Her uncle was musician Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...
; her cousins are Ahmet
Ahmet Zappa
Ahmet Emuukha Rodan Zappa is an American musician, actor and novelist.-Early life:Ahmet was born in Los Angeles, California, the third of four children born to businesswoman Adelaide Gail Sloatman and musician Frank Zappa. Ahmet's father was of Sicilian, Greek-Arab and French descent and his...
, Diva
Diva Zappa
Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen Zappa is an American artist, also known for several acting roles in film and television, as well as recording a one-off comedy single. She is the youngest daughter of musician Frank Zappa.-Personal life:...
, Moon
Moon Zappa
Moon Unit Zappa is an American actress, musician and author. She goes by the name Moon Zappa; "Unit" is her middle name.-Personal life:...
and Dweezil Zappa
Dweezil Zappa
Dweezil Zappa is an American rock guitarist and occasional actor.-Early life:Zappa was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of musician Frank Zappa and Adelaide Gail Sloatman, who worked in business. He is the second of four siblings: his older sister, Moon, younger sister Diva and younger...
. She is frequently billed by her first name only, and sometimes as Lala Zappa.
Early Life and Career
Born in Winter Park, FloridaWinter Park, Florida
Winter Park is a suburban city in Orange County, Florida, United States. The population was 24,090 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2006 estimates, the city had a population of 28,083. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area...
, Sloatman's first name is the Hawaiian form of Laura. Her father is second-generation Marine
United States Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States...
John Sloatman III, whose sister Gail is musician Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...
's widow. Sloatman ultimately moved to Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean...
, and after that to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
. She has numerous half-siblings on both sides of her family but, according to herself, "Usually we just blow off the 'step' because we're such a close-knit bunch."
In the 1980s, Sloatman appeared in the films Watchers (1988) and Dream a Little Dream
Dream a Little Dream
Dream a Little Dream is a 1989 teen film directed by Marc Rocco and stars Jason Robards, Corey Feldman, Piper Laurie, Meredith Salenger, Harry Dean Stanton and Corey Haim. It was filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina. Released in 1,019 theaters, it accumulated $5,552,441. This was the third film...
(1989), alongside her then-boyfriend Corey Haim
Corey Haim
Corey Ian Haim was a Canadian actor, known for a 1980s Hollywood career as a teen idol. He starred in a number of films such as Lucas, Silver Bullet, Murphy's Romance, License to Drive and Dream a Little Dream...
. She read for, but did not get, the role of "Casey" in a third Haim movie, Prayer of the Rollerboys
Prayer of the Rollerboys
Prayer of the Rollerboys is a 1990 independent science fiction film, starring Corey Haim and Patricia Arquette.-Plot summary:Haim stars as Griffin, a rollerblader in the not so distant future of Los Angeles which is in a sad state, the city is deep in crime and drug activity in the wake of a...
. (Said role ultimately went to Patricia Arquette
Patricia Arquette
Patricia T. Arquette is an American actress and director. She played the lead character in the supernatural drama series Medium for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series....
; shortly thereafter, Sloatman's uncle Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...
forced her to break up with Haim because of Corey's now-infamous drug habit.) Sloatman's additional movie work includes Bunny Bunny Bunny (a short film which co-starred her cousin Moon and Kyle Richards
Kyle Richards
Kyle Egan Richards is an American actress and television personality. She is known for returning to television with her sister, Kim Richards, on Bravo's The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.-Early life:...
), Pump Up the Volume
Pump Up the Volume (film)
Pump Up the Volume is a 1990 comedy-drama film written and directed by Allan Moyle and starring Christian Slater and Samantha Mathis.- Plot summary :...
(1990), Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story is a 1993 American semi fictionalized biographical martial arts action film telling the story of actor and martial arts expert Bruce Lee, starring Jason Scott Lee as Bruce Lee, Lauren Holly and Robert Wagner...
(1993, as Lauren Holly
Lauren Holly
Lauren Michael Holly is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Deputy Sheriff Maxine Stewart in the TV series Picket Fences, as Mary Swanson in the 1994 film Dumb & Dumber, and as Jenny Shepard on the TV series NCIS. She was married to comic actor Jim Carrey from 1996 to...
's college roommate), Buy One, Get One Free* (1996), Manfast (2003), Net Games (2003, as a sexy serial killer
Serial killer
A serial killer, as typically defined, is an individual who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time between the murders, and whose motivation for killing is usually based on psychological gratification...
) and Sofia Coppola
Sofia Coppola
Sofia Carmina Coppola is an American screenwriter, film director, actress, and producer.In 2003 she received the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Lost in Translation, and became the third woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Directing...
's Somewhere
Somewhere (film)
Somewhere is a 2010 American drama film that was written and directed by Sofia Coppola. The film follows Johnny Marco, a newly famous actor, as he recuperates from a minor injury at the Chateau Marmont, a well-known Hollywood retreat. Despite money, fame and professional success, Marco is trapped...
(2010).
Personal Life
Sloatman was married to Black CrowesThe Black Crowes
The Black Crowes are an American rock band formed in 1989. Their discography includes nine studio albums, four live albums and several charting singles. The band was signed to Def American Recordings in 1989 by producer George Drakoulias and released their debut album, Shake Your Money Maker, the...
lead singer Chris Robinson from 1996 to 1998. She has one daughter (not Robinson's), Lu-Henri.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Tequila Sunrise Tequila Sunrise (film) Tequila Sunrise is an American crime thriller film written and directed by Robert Towne, and starring Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell, with support from Raúl Juliá, J. T... |
Sin Sister #2 (cameo role) | Credited as Lala |
| 1988 | Watchers | Tracey | Credited as Lala |
| 1989 | Dream a Little Dream Dream a Little Dream Dream a Little Dream is a 1989 teen film directed by Marc Rocco and stars Jason Robards, Corey Feldman, Piper Laurie, Meredith Salenger, Harry Dean Stanton and Corey Haim. It was filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina. Released in 1,019 theaters, it accumulated $5,552,441. This was the third film... |
Shelley | Credited as Lala |
| 1990 | Joe Versus the Volcano Joe Versus the Volcano Joe Versus the Volcano is a 1990 comedy film written and directed by John Patrick Shanley and starring Tom Hanks and—in three roles—Meg Ryan. The film is writer Shanley's directorial debut and the first of three films pairing Hanks and Ryan.... |
Blond Waitress in Chinese restaurant (cameo role) | Credited as Lala |
| 1990 | Sorority Girl (cameo role) | Credited as Lala | |
| 1990 | Pump Up the Volume Pump Up the Volume (film) Pump Up the Volume is a 1990 comedy-drama film written and directed by Allan Moyle and starring Christian Slater and Samantha Mathis.- Plot summary :... |
Janie | |
| 1990 | L.A. Story L.A. Story L.A. Story is a 1991 American romantic comedy film, written by and starring Steve Martin. Set in Los Angeles, California, it relates a series of episodes in the romantic life of an L.A. TV weatherman. It includes surreal sequences in which he is offered romantic advice flashed to him by a freeway... |
Ariel's lesbian girlfriend | Scenes deleted |
| 1993 | Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story is a 1993 American semi fictionalized biographical martial arts action film telling the story of actor and martial arts expert Bruce Lee, starring Jason Scott Lee as Bruce Lee, Lauren Holly and Robert Wagner... |
Sherry Schnell | |
| 1993 | Amityville: A New Generation Amityville: A New Generation Amityville: A New Generation is the seventh installment in the Amityville Horror saga. It was released direct to video in 1993. Republic Pictures released this movie in R-rated and unrated versions... |
Llanie | Credited as Lala Direct-to-video release Direct-to-video Direct-to-video is a term used to describe a film that has been released to the public on home video formats without being released in film theaters or broadcast on television... |
| 1994 | Cityscrapes: Los Angeles Cityscrapes: Los Angeles Cityscrapes: Los Angeles is a 1994 film by director Michael Becker and co-written by him and Carlos Aragon and Robert Montalbano. In 10 intertwined stories, the film is a journey through lives of youths in a post modern Los Angeles.-Cast:... |
Angel | |
| 1996 | Buy One, Get One Free* | Sophie | Alternative title: Fix and Flinch |
| 2003 | Pauly Shore Is Dead Pauly Shore Is Dead -Additional notes:The film did see a release to theaters in Sacramento, California, and has found/developed a following on DVD.Music from the band Staind's album "Break the Cycle" is used in the movie. Aaron Lewis, vocalist of Staind, also has an appearance in the DVD. Eminem and now deceased... |
Hooker in Loft | |
| 2003 | Net Games | Angel | Alternative title: Net G@mes |
| 2003 | Manfast | Taylor/Narrator | Alternative title: Holding Out |
| 2010 | Somewhere Somewhere (film) Somewhere is a 2010 American drama film that was written and directed by Sofia Coppola. The film follows Johnny Marco, a newly famous actor, as he recuperates from a minor injury at the Chateau Marmont, a well-known Hollywood retreat. Despite money, fame and professional success, Marco is trapped... |
Laila |