Tonya Kay
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Tonya Kay is an American actress, television personality, and performance art
ist appearing in independent films and episodic television. Her background includes performing stunts and what she refers to as "danger arts", which consist of knife throwing and whip cracking. She also has a background in modeling, dance choreography, stage performance, and freelance writing.
Kay may be best known for playing the lead comedic role, I Rock, in Bold Native, the first fictional film about the Animal Liberation Front
; and starring as the royal nasty, Princess Peach
in Comedy Central's "Video Game Reunion".
She is additionally known for participating as a contestant on NBC's America's Got Talent
show, having reached the semi-finals featuring her fire poi solo with Trey Knight's Stilt World dance company. She also appeared as a contestant on five episodes of SciFi's Who Wants to Be a Superhero?
.
Her guest appearances on American network television programs include Numb3rs
, Criminal Minds
, House M.D., and Glee
. Kay stars as herself, a pagan superhero, in Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose
comic book series developed by Jim Balent
, who describes Kay as "probably the most dangerous actress in Hollywood today".
of her high school class, she chose not to continue with traditional education. Kay is a practicing raw vegan
, pagan
and Chaote
, and shares her interests on health, nutrition, and spiritual pursuits on her websites through a variety of interviews and published works.
classes. By age six, she was performing 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.
, knife throwing
, stilt dancing
, flag
and fire dance. Her stunt performances have been used in film productions, as well as in live freak show
, burlesque
, Vaudeville
, and cabaret
performances. She served as an aerial stunt trainee in Las Vegas' De La Guarda.
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
. In New York City, she performed in concert dance companies and experimental theatre, booking the aerial show, De La Guarda, and eventually toured with the dance troupe, Stomp
.
Bones
series; tap choreography for the film Pais De Trois; burlesque choreography on Comedy Central's Secret Girlfriend
, secondary choreography on Showtime's Live Nude Comedy, and rhythm choreography in Perkin's
"Seafood STOMP" commercial and choreography for 3OH!3
Double Vision music video.
While Kay has performed her stilt dancing during the Krassimir Avramov
Opera Concert at the Kodak Theatre
in Los Angeles. She also combines her danger arts and specialties with burlesque
solos, performing live with the following companies.
, Spin Magazine
, TV Guide
, and National Geographic. Kay also models with fellow vegetarian, Russell Brand
on the cover of the soundtrack developed for the fictional character Aldous Snow (lead singer of the fictional band Infant Sorrow), from the movie Get Him to the Greek
. Her modeling work is featured on the cover of Lou Barlow
's True Nature Feels Like Centuries album.
Kay appears in Nike
's "Colors" national ad campaign and in Equinox Gym
's national billboard campaign launched in January 2010. She has also worked with photographers Glen Wexler
, Peter Randolph and Jasper Johal, who is a prominent professional photographer known for his black and white nudes of yogis and dancers.
Television stunt performance and appearances
Kay's stunt performances have been featured side by side with Ellen Degeneres
, William Shatner
, Margaret Cho
, and Harry Anderson
. In July 2001, Kay wrote and directed Xtreme Rhythm Theatre, an all-rhythm production based on her experiences as a young woman living in New York City
.
Performance art
In art, performance art is a performance presented to an audience, traditionally interdisciplinary. Performance may be either scripted or unscripted, random or carefully orchestrated; spontaneous or otherwise carefully planned with or without audience participation. The performance can be live or...
ist appearing in independent films and episodic television. Her background includes performing stunts and what she refers to as "danger arts", which consist of knife throwing and whip cracking. She also has a background in modeling, dance choreography, stage performance, and freelance writing.
Kay may be best known for playing the lead comedic role, I Rock, in Bold Native, the first fictional film about the Animal Liberation Front
Animal Liberation Front
The Animal Liberation Front is an international, underground leaderless resistance that engages in illegal direct action in pursuit of animal liberation...
; and starring as the royal nasty, Princess Peach
Princess Peach
is a character in Nintendo's Mario series of video games. She is the Princess of the fictitious Mushroom Kingdom, and often plays the damsel in distress role within the adventure series. In 2007, Princess Peach landed on Forbes magazine's Wealthiest Fictional People list, with a fortune upwards of...
in Comedy Central's "Video Game Reunion".
She is additionally known for participating as a contestant on NBC's America's Got Talent
America's Got Talent (Season 1)
The first season of America's Got Talent premiered on June 21, 2006 and concluded on August 17, 2006. The audition tour took place in April 2006, stopping at Los Angeles, California, New York City, New York, Chicago, Illinois, and Atlanta, Georgia. Regis Philbin was the host for this season and...
show, having reached the semi-finals featuring her fire poi solo with Trey Knight's Stilt World dance company. She also appeared as a contestant on five episodes of SciFi's Who Wants to Be a Superhero?
Who Wants to Be a Superhero?
Who Wants to Be a Superhero? is a reality show hosted by Stan Lee. Contestants dress up as comic book superheroes of their own invention. Each week, Lee challenges the contestants to represent what "superheroes are all about." One or more of the superheroes deemed the least deserving is eliminated...
.
Her guest appearances on American network television programs include Numb3rs
NUMB3RS
Numb3rs is an American television drama which premiered on CBS on January 23, 2005, and concluded on March 12, 2010. The series was created by Nicolas Falacci and Cheryl Heuton, and follows FBI Special Agent Don Eppes and his mathematical genius brother, Charlie Eppes , who helps Don solve crimes...
, Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds is an American police procedural drama that premiered September 22, 2005, on CBS. The series follows a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit based in Quantico, Virginia. The BAU is part of the FBI National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime...
, House M.D., and Glee
Glee (TV series)
Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States, and on GlobalTV in Canada. It focuses on the high school glee club New Directions competing on the show choir competition circuit, while its members deal with relationships, sexuality and social issues...
. Kay stars as herself, a pagan superhero, in Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose
Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose
Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose is an American comic book, written and drawn by Jim Balent with coloring and lettering by Holly Golightly and published by Broadsword Comics since 1999....
comic book series developed by Jim Balent
Jim Balent
Jim Balent is an American comic book illustrator from Pennsylvania. He is perhaps best known for his long run on Catwoman between 1993 and 1999...
, who describes Kay as "probably the most dangerous actress in Hollywood today".
Personal background
Tonya Kay was born in southern Michigan. While graduating valedictorianValedictorian
Valedictorian is an academic title conferred upon the student who delivers the closing or farewell statement at a graduation ceremony. Usually, the valedictorian is the highest ranked student among those graduating from an educational institution...
of her high school class, she chose not to continue with traditional education. Kay is a practicing raw vegan
Raw veganism
Raw veganism is a diet that combines veganism and raw foodism. It excludes all food of animal origin, and all food cooked above 48 degrees Celsius . A raw vegan diet includes raw vegetables and fruits, nuts and nut pastes, grain and legume sprouts, seeds, plant oils, sea vegetables, herbs, and...
, pagan
Neopaganism
Neopaganism is an umbrella term used to identify a wide variety of modern religious movements, particularly those influenced by or claiming to be derived from the various pagan beliefs of pre-modern Europe...
and Chaote
Chaos magic
Chaos magic is a school of the modern magical tradition which emphasizes the pragmatic use of belief systems and the creation of new and unorthodox methods.-General principles:...
, and shares her interests on health, nutrition, and spiritual pursuits on her websites through a variety of interviews and published works.
Early career
At age four, Kay was enrolled by her mother in tap danceTap dance
Tap dance is a form of dance characterized by using the sound of one's tap shoes hitting the floor as a percussive instrument. As such, it is also commonly considered to be a form of music. Two major variations on tap dance exist: rhythm tap and Broadway tap. Broadway tap focuses more on the...
classes. By age six, she was performing in a local community theatre production of the musical Oliver!
Oliver!
Oliver! is a British musical, with script, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens....
. At 15, she was cast in her first professional production, The Music Man
The Music Man
The Music Man is a musical with book, music, and lyrics by Meredith Willson, based on a story by Willson and Franklin Lacey. The plot concerns con man Harold Hill, who poses as a boys' band organizer and leader and sells band instruments and uniforms to naive townsfolk before skipping town with...
at Detroit, Michigan
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...
's Fisher Theatre.
Overview
Kay is a television character actress, dancer, model, and vocalist. Kay performs her own stunts, which include whip crackingWhipcracking
Whipcracking is the act of producing a cracking sound through the use of a whip. Originating during mustering and horse driving/riding, it has become an art of its own. A rhythmic whipcracking belongs to the traditional culture among various Germanic peoples of Bavaria , various Alpine areas ,...
, knife throwing
Knife throwing
Knife throwing is an art, sport, combat skill, or variously an entertainment technique, involving an artist skilled in the art of throwing knives, the weapons thrown, and a target.-A throwing knife:...
, stilt dancing
Stilts
Stilts are poles, posts or pillars used to allow a person or structure to stand at a distance above the ground. Walking stilts are poles equipped with steps for the feet to stand on, or straps to attach them to the legs, for the purpose of walking while elevated above a normal height...
, flag
Flagging Dance
The art of flagging dance, often called flag spinning, flag dancing, or rag spinning, but more commonly referred to as flagging, is the undulation, spinning and waving of flags in a rhythmic fashion to music...
and fire dance. Her stunt performances have been used in film productions, as well as in live freak show
Freak show
A freak show is an exhibition of biological rarities, referred to as "freaks of nature". Typical features would be physically unusual humans, such as those uncommonly large or small, those with both male and female secondary sexual characteristics, people with other extraordinary diseases and...
, burlesque
Burlesque
Burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects...
, Vaudeville
Vaudeville
Vaudeville was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. Each performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill...
, and cabaret
Cabaret
Cabaret is a form, or place, of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue: a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting at tables watching the performance, as introduced by a master of ceremonies or...
performances. She served as an aerial stunt trainee in Las Vegas' De La Guarda.
She spent four years performing in Chicago theatres, including the Drury Lane Theatre, Peninsula Players
Peninsula Players
Peninsula Players is a summer theater program located in Fish Creek, Wisconsin. Founded in 1935 by Richard and Caroline Fisher, it is known as "America's Oldest Professional Resident Summer Theatre."- History :...
, Theatre at the Centre, Theatre Building Chicago
Theatre Building Chicago
The Theatre Building Chicago is a theater located in Chicago's lakeview neighborhood. A major part of Chicago theatre, it has been the home to many theatre companies and actors which have gone on to have great success...
and Apollo Theater Chicago
Apollo Theater Chicago
The Apollo Theater Chicago was built in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood in 1978. Located at 2540 N. Lincoln Ave., the Apollo has 440 seats and a lobby featuring art exhibits and a full bar...
. In New York City, she performed in concert dance companies and experimental theatre, booking the aerial show, De La Guarda, and eventually toured with the dance troupe, Stomp
Stomp (dance troupe)
Stomp is a percussion group that uses the body and ordinary objects to create a physical theatre performance.-History and performances:...
.
Choreography and dance
Kay's choreography and stunt consultant credits include appearing on FOX Television'sFox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
Bones
Bones (TV series)
Bones is an American crime drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network on September 13, 2005. The show is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, with each episode focusing on an FBI case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent...
series; tap choreography for the film Pais De Trois; burlesque choreography on Comedy Central's Secret Girlfriend
Secret Girlfriend
Secret Girlfriend is an American television series which aired in October and November 2009 on Comedy Central. The show features the viewer as the "star" of a dating satire, with the show's actors addressing the camera as if it were the lead character....
, secondary choreography on Showtime's Live Nude Comedy, and rhythm choreography in Perkin's
Perkins Restaurant and Bakery
Perkins Restaurant and Bakery is a North American casual dining restaurant chain which serves breakfast throughout the day, including pancakes. Perkins also has a bakery that sells pastries that are baked fresh daily.- History :...
"Seafood STOMP" commercial and choreography for 3OH!3
3OH!3
3OH!3 is an American electro hop duo from Boulder, Colorado, made up of Sean Foreman and Nathaniel Motte. They are best known for their single "Don't Trust Me" from their album Want, which reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100...
Double Vision music video.
While Kay has performed her stilt dancing during the Krassimir Avramov
Krassimir Avramov
Krassimir Avramov born November 5, 1972 in Sliven, Bulgaria is a singer and songwriter.-Eurovision 2009:Krassimir Avramov competed in Bulgaria's national contest to represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. On 21 February 2009, Avramov won the selection and was chosen represent...
Opera Concert at the Kodak Theatre
Kodak Theatre
The Kodak Theatre is a live theatre in the Hollywood and Highland shopping mall and entertainment complex on Hollywood Boulevard and North Highland Avenue in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles...
in Los Angeles. She also combines her danger arts and specialties with burlesque
Burlesque
Burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects...
solos, performing live with the following companies.
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Instructional videos
Kay's instructional hosting credits include over 200 episodic videos available through the Answer4Dancers.com website. She may be best known for participating in the 48 Pros Tell You Everything They Know About the Job Game video series.
I personally became addicted to poi as a dance form at a pagan festival in Indiana, 2002. A group of grungy young witches pulled me into their private circle and left my jaw agape as I beheld the dangerous and sensual circles of fire they spun in intricate patterns around their muscular bodies. Immediately I began practicing the technique of spinning poi and as a professional dancer, noticed right away a new power in my body's core and a noteworthy definition of my deltoids and upper back. To my delight, the act of spinning weighted circles around oneself not only creates a space in which, while the body is fully engaged, the mind is lulled into meditative trans, but also is just so much genuine fun, I don't even realize I've "worked out".
—Tonya Kay
Music video appearances
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Trace Adkins Trace Adkins Tracy Darrell "Trace" Adkins is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1996 with the album Dreamin' Out Loud, released on Capitol Records Nashville. Since then, Adkins has released seven more studio albums and two Greatest Hits compilations... ' "I Got My Game On" |
romantic lead | Director Michael Salomon Michael Salomon Michael Salomon is a music video/film director, who has directed many music videos, including many of Toby Keith's music videos... ; Video of the Year at the CMT Music Awards CMT Music Awards The CMT Music Awards is a fan-voted awards show for country music videos and television performances. The awards ceremony is held every year in Nashville, Tennessee, and broadcast live on CMT. Voting takes place on CMT's website, CMT.com.-History:... |
| Death Angel Death Angel Death Angel is a Filipino-American thrash metal band from Concord, California, initially active from 1982 to 1991 and again since 2001. Death Angel has released six studio albums, two demo tapes, one box set and two live albums.... "Dethroned" |
snake lady | Director Robert Sexton | |
| Namie Amuro Namie Amuro is a Japanese R&B and pop singer, entertainer, and former actress who at the height of her popularity was referred to as the "Teen Queen" and the title "Queen of Japanese Pop Music". Born in Naha, Okinawa, Amuro debuted at the age of 14 as an idol in the girl group Super Monkey's... "New Look" |
featured dancer | Choreographer Yasko Ishikawa | |
| Rob Zombie Rob Zombie Rob Zombie is an American musician, film director, screenwriter and film producer. He founded the heavy metal band White Zombie and has been nominated three times as a solo artist for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.Zombie has also established a career as a film director, creating the... "Foxy, Foxy" |
featured actress | Director Rob Zombie | |
| A Guy Named Brad "Pressure" | lead dancer/choreographer | Director Kekoa Bayang | |
| Geoff Tyson Geoff Tyson Geoff Tyson played guitar for T-Ride, whose debut album shared the same title. He was a student of Joe Satriani, and one of two students Satriani has said 'Graduated' from his lessons... "True Believer" |
featured actress | Director Geoff Tyson | |
| 3OH!3 3OH!3 3OH!3 is an American electro hop duo from Boulder, Colorado, made up of Sean Foreman and Nathaniel Motte. They are best known for their single "Don't Trust Me" from their album Want, which reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100... "Double Vision" |
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| DJ Swamp DJ Swamp Ronald K. Keys Jr. aka DJ Swamp is an American hip hop DJ/turntablist and hip hop producer. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. In 1996, he took the title of US DMC Champion, his first year entering the tournament. Swamp toured with Beck for four years and later broke away into a solo career with... "Club Thrashin'" |
Modeling
Kay's modeling work has been featured in Rolling StoneRolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
, Spin Magazine
Spin (magazine)
Spin is a music magazine founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione Jr.-History:In its early years, the magazine was noted for its broad music coverage with an emphasis on college-oriented rock music and on the ongoing emergence of hip-hop. The magazine was eclectic and bold, if sometimes haphazard...
, TV Guide
TV Guide
TV Guide is a weekly American magazine with listings of TV shows.In addition to TV listings, the publication features television-related news, celebrity interviews, gossip and film reviews and crossword puzzles...
, and National Geographic. Kay also models with fellow vegetarian, Russell Brand
Russell Brand
Russell Edward Brand is an English comedian, actor, columnist, singer, author and radio/television presenter.Brand achieved mainstream fame in the UK in 2004 for his role as host of Big Brother spin-off, Big Brother's Big Mouth. His first major film role was in the 2007 film St Trinians...
on the cover of the soundtrack developed for the fictional character Aldous Snow (lead singer of the fictional band Infant Sorrow), from the movie Get Him to the Greek
Get Him to the Greek
Get Him to the Greek is a 2010 American comedy film written, produced, and directed by Nicholas Stoller and starring Jonah Hill and Russell Brand. The film was released on June 4, 2010. Get Him to the Greek is a spin-off sequel of Stoller's 2008 film Forgetting Sarah Marshall, reuniting director...
. Her modeling work is featured on the cover of Lou Barlow
Lou Barlow
Louis Knox Barlow is an American alternative rock musician and songwriter. A founding member of the groups Deep Wound, Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh and The Folk Implosion. Barlow is credited with helping to pioneer the lo-fi style of rock music in the late 1980s and early 1990s...
's True Nature Feels Like Centuries album.
Kay appears in Nike
Nike, Inc.
Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area...
's "Colors" national ad campaign and in Equinox Gym
Equinox Fitness
Equinox Fitness is a luxury fitness company with its national headquarters in New York. Equinox operates three separate fitness brands: Equinox Fitness, PURE Yoga and Blink Fitness. Equinox is a subsidiary of The Related Companies, one of the largest real estate development and property management...
's national billboard campaign launched in January 2010. She has also worked with photographers Glen Wexler
Glen Wexler
Glen Wexler is an American photographer who is best known for his elaborately staged digital photocompositions of improbable situations.-Biography:Wexler was born in Palm Springs, CA...
, Peter Randolph and Jasper Johal, who is a prominent professional photographer known for his black and white nudes of yogis and dancers.
Television roles and appearances
Television roles| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Numb3rs NUMB3RS Numb3rs is an American television drama which premiered on CBS on January 23, 2005, and concluded on March 12, 2010. The series was created by Nicolas Falacci and Cheryl Heuton, and follows FBI Special Agent Don Eppes and his mathematical genius brother, Charlie Eppes , who helps Don solve crimes... |
Nitrogurl | CBS/director Fred Keller Frederick King Keller Frederick King Keller is a American director, producer and screenwriter for film and television. He is also credited under the names Frederick K. Keller, Fred K... |
| 2009 | Secret Girlfriend Secret Girlfriend Secret Girlfriend is an American television series which aired in October and November 2009 on Comedy Central. The show features the viewer as the "star" of a dating satire, with the show's actors addressing the camera as if it were the lead character.... |
Cassidy (recurring) | Comedy Central Comedy Central Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and syndicated.... /director Ross Novie |
| 2009 | Criminal Minds Criminal Minds Criminal Minds is an American police procedural drama that premiered September 22, 2005, on CBS. The series follows a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit based in Quantico, Virginia. The BAU is part of the FBI National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime... |
Tara Farris | ABC/director John Badham John Badham - External links :... ; 11 November 2009 |
| 2009 | Pas de trois | Juliette | director Christophe Nassif |
| 2010 | Uncle Nigel | Hot Biker Chick | TBS/director Randall Zisk Randall Zisk Randall "Randy" Zisk is an American television director and producer.As both a director and producer, he has worked most substantially on the television series Monk and Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman... |
| 2010 | House M.D. | Chloe | FOX/director Sanford Bookstaver Sanford Bookstaver Sanford Bookstaver is an American film/television director and television producer.-Early life:In 1995, Bookstaver graduated from the USC School of Cinema-Television... |
| 2010 | Glee Glee (TV series) Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States, and on GlobalTV in Canada. It focuses on the high school glee club New Directions competing on the show choir competition circuit, while its members deal with relationships, sexuality and social issues... |
Cheerleader #3 | FOX television Fox Broadcasting Company Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the... |
| 2011 | "Video Game Reunion" | Princess Peach Princess Peach is a character in Nintendo's Mario series of video games. She is the Princess of the fictitious Mushroom Kingdom, and often plays the damsel in distress role within the adventure series. In 2007, Princess Peach landed on Forbes magazine's Wealthiest Fictional People list, with a fortune upwards of... |
Comedy Central/director Matthew Lewis |
Television stunt performance and appearances
Kay's stunt performances have been featured side by side with Ellen Degeneres
Ellen DeGeneres
Ellen Lee DeGeneres is an American stand-up comedienne, television host and actress. She hosts the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and was also a judge on American Idol for one year, having joined the show in its ninth season....
, William Shatner
William Shatner
William Alan Shatner is a Canadian actor, musician, recording artist, and author. He gained worldwide fame and became a cultural icon for his portrayal of James T...
, Margaret Cho
Margaret Cho
Margaret Cho is an American comedian, fashion designer, actress, author, and recording artist. Cho is best known for her stand-up routines, through which she critiques social and political problems, especially those pertaining to race and sexuality. She has also directed and appeared in music...
, and Harry Anderson
Harry Anderson
Harry Laverne Anderson is an American actor and magician.-Early life:Born in Newport, Rhode Island, Anderson was a street magician before becoming an actor.-Career:...
. In July 2001, Kay wrote and directed Xtreme Rhythm Theatre, an all-rhythm production based on her experiences as a young woman living in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Who Wants to Be a Superhero? Who Wants to Be a Superhero? Who Wants to Be a Superhero? is a reality show hosted by Stan Lee. Contestants dress up as comic book superheroes of their own invention. Each week, Lee challenges the contestants to represent what "superheroes are all about." One or more of the superheroes deemed the least deserving is eliminated... |
contestant/creature | SciFi/Stan Lee Stan Lee Stan Lee is an American comic book writer, editor, actor, producer, publisher, television personality, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics.... |
| 2006 | America's Got Talent America's Got Talent America's Got Talent is an American reality television series on the NBC television network, and part of the global British Got Talent franchise. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, magicians, comedians, and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of... |
contestant/fire spinner/Stilt World | NBC |
| 2009 | Glee Glee (TV series) Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States, and on GlobalTV in Canada. It focuses on the high school glee club New Directions competing on the show choir competition circuit, while its members deal with relationships, sexuality and social issues... |
stilt dancing | FOX |
| 2009 | Live Nude Comedy | solo burlesque dancer | Showtime/choreographer Frankie Ann |
| 2009 | The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show that featured Conan O'Brien as host from June 1, 2009 to January 22, 2010 as part of NBC's long-running Tonight Show franchise... |
knife throwing duet with Jack Dagger | NBC |
| 2009 | More Extreme Marksman | performance art | History Channel/director W. Scott Goldie |
| 2009 | Bones Bones (TV series) Bones is an American crime drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network on September 13, 2005. The show is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, with each episode focusing on an FBI case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent... |
stunt consultant | FOX/director Dwight H. Little |
| 2009 | Pas de trois | tap choreography | director Christophe Nassif |
| 2009 | Secret Girlfriend Secret Girlfriend Secret Girlfriend is an American television series which aired in October and November 2009 on Comedy Central. The show features the viewer as the "star" of a dating satire, with the show's actors addressing the camera as if it were the lead character.... |
choreographer | Comedy Central/director Ross Novie |
| 2010 | American Idol American Idol (season 9) The ninth season of American Idol premiered on January 12, 2010 and concluded on May 26, 2010 on Fox. Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi all returned as judges, and Ellen DeGeneres permanently replaced Paula Abdul as the fourth judge. Idol Gives Back also returned for the season and was... |
Rihanna dancer | FOX/top nine results |
| 2011 | Friends with Benefits Friends with Benefits (TV series) Friends with Benefits is an American romantic sitcom created by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber. It was originally set to air on NBC as a midseason replacement during the 2010–11 television season, but was ultimately delayed until August 5, 2011... |
snake burlesque dancer | NBC/director Jay Chandrasekhar |
| 2011 | Glee Glee (TV series) Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States, and on GlobalTV in Canada. It focuses on the high school glee club New Directions competing on the show choir competition circuit, while its members deal with relationships, sexuality and social issues... |
Fire Whip Bikini Cheerios Dancer | FOX television Fox Broadcasting Company Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the... (uncredited) |
Film roles
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The Wish List | Catherine | distributed by Hallmark Channel Hallmark Channel The Hallmark Channel is a cable television network that broadcasts across the United States. Their programming includes a mix of television movies/miniseries, syndicated series, and lifestyle shows that are appropriate for the whole family... |
| 2010 | OffWorld | Flower | director Emmett Callinan |
| 2010 | Bold Native | I Rock | director Denis Hennelly |
| 2010 | Rawman and Green-Girl Meet Frankenfood (short) | Green Girl (voice) | raw vegan Raw veganism Raw veganism is a diet that combines veganism and raw foodism. It excludes all food of animal origin, and all food cooked above 48 degrees Celsius . A raw vegan diet includes raw vegetables and fruits, nuts and nut pastes, grain and legume sprouts, seeds, plant oils, sea vegetables, herbs, and... animated film series |
Published works
- Kay, Tonya. "Serious About Play: Athletic Training Tips", Organic Athlete (2004)
- Kay, Tonya. "Eden's Apple", Funky Raw Living, Salt Lake City, Issue 5, 2006.
- Kay, Tonya. "Living Cuisine Cafe", Funky Raw Living, Salt Lake City, Issue 9, 2007.
- Kay, Tonya and Joanna Steven. Raw Nutritional Analysis: A Month on Tonya Kay's Autumn Diet (2008)
- Kay, Tonya and Joanna Steven. Raw Nutritional Analysis ll: Spring Athlete's Diet (2009)