Denice D. Lewis

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Denice D. Lewis
Lewis in 2008
Born (1960-11-28) November 28, 1960 (age 63)
Occupations
  • Model
  • actress
  • artist
  • entrepreneur
Years active1980–present
Spouse
(m. 2004, separated)
Websitedenicelewisstudios.com

Denice D. Lewis (born November 28, 1960) is an American fashion model, actor, and abstract artist. Following her modeling career, Lewis returned to America to further study visual arts in Hollywood including photography, fine art painting, and filmmaking. She appeared as an actor in several films, including End of Days (1999) with Arnold Schwarzenegger, and television shows such as Red Shoe Diaries. After taking a break from public life, she now works as a creative entrepreneur and consultant in Los Angeles.

Modeling[edit]

As a model, she was represented by various agencies including Wilhelmina, Models 1, Ford, and Elite Model Management. She is represented by Acuity Artists in Los Angeles. She appeared on several magazine covers, including Vogue, Tatler and Town & Country.

Magazine covers[edit]

Magazine Issue
Town & Country May 1988[citation needed]
Tatler July/August 1988[1]
Tatler December 1989[citation needed]
People February 3, 1991
Telegraph March 16, 1991

Acting career[edit]

Alongside appearances in music videos such as Kiss and Tell by Bryan Ferry, Slow Rivers by Elton John and Cliff Richard, and I'm Too Sexy by Right Said Fred; Lewis pursued an acting career. She landed various parts in episodes of the TV shows Red Shoe Diaries, Burke's Law (January 1994),[2] Silk Stalkings, and Renegade. She also appeared in films, including H.P. Lovecraft’s Necronomicon: Book of the Dead as the drowned wife,[3] Ed Wood’s I Woke Up Early the Day I Died, and as Arnold Schwarzenegger’s wife in End of Days.[4]

Music Videos[edit]

Year Title Artist
1992 I'm Too Sexy Right Said Fred
1991 Senza una donna Zucchero Fornaciari and Paul Young
1990 Everytime You Leave Conspiracy
1987 Kiss and Tell Bryan Ferry
1986 Slow Rivers Elton John and Cliff Richard
1985 The Flame Arcadia

Television[edit]

Year Title Role
1995 Renegade Dominique
1995 Silk Stalkings Shannon St. John
1994–1995 Burke's Law Kate Lipton
1993–1995 Red Shoe Diaries Ester/Precious
2009 Dodi Al-Fayed: What Really Happened (Channel 4 documentary) Herself

Film[edit]

Year Title Role
1999 End of Days Emily
1999 Diamondbacks Elizabeth Pierson
1998 I Woke Up Early the Day I Died Star Stripper
1993 Necronomicon: Book of the Dead Emma De Lapoer

Personal life[edit]

In the early 2000s, Lewis during a hiatus from public life, became an abstract impressionist artist in Los Angeles specializing in memorial paintings in which the ashes of the deceased are mixed with the pigment.[5] Lewis married Al Seckel in Las Vegas in 2004. Though they apparently separated, and Sekel later remarried before his death in 2015, the marriage was never annulled.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Tatler magazine - July/August 1988 - Denice Lewis cover". Crazy About Magazines.
  2. ^ Variety and Daily Variety Television Reviews, 1993–1994. Taylor & Francis. September 1, 1996. p. 227. ISBN 978-0-8240-3797-0.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Charles P. (January 1, 2001). The Complete H.P. Lovecraft Filmography. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 150. ISBN 978-0-313-31641-8.
  4. ^ Willis, John; Monush, Barry (2001). Screen world. Crown Publishers. ISBN 978-1-55783-431-7.
  5. ^ Peretti, Jacques (January 11, 2009). "Death of a playboy". The Observer. Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  6. ^ Oppenheimer, Mark (July 20, 2015). "The Illusionist: Al Seckel Has Left the Country". Tablet. Retrieved January 12, 2021.

External links[edit]

Denice Lewis Studios Website http://denicelewisstudios.com