Apollonia Kotero
Patricia Apollonia Kotero is an American actress singer and former model. She was the lead female vocalist for Apollonia 6 and co-starred in Prince's film Purple Rain from 1984. It was among the many female artists that benefited from Prince's association during the 1980s. Patricia Kotero was born in Santa Monica, California in the year 1959. Her first professional venture was with modeling in the latter part of 1970. Kotero also was a guest on CHiPS. In 1984 she landed the title of female lead for Prince's Purple Rain (during which time the singer altered her name) and was replaced by Vanity in the female duo Vanity 6 singing with them on the screen with the title Apollonia 6. Sex Shooter, a song from the soundtrack had a small hit for her trio but as Prince's Duet Partner on Take Me with You she was more successful. The two were disagreement about the direction of her career Apollonia 6 broke up, and Kotero ended her association with Prince. She then appeared in a couple of films that were minor during the 80s (reportedly declining an offer to star in the follow-up to Purple Rain Under the Cherry Moon) and then settled on a night-time role in the drama Falcon Crest in 1985-1986. Apollonia released her first album in 1988, but it was a fairly pedestrian album of dance music and R&B that failed to impress the people. The album was quickly wiped from view. The following decade saw she continued to be active in the field of acting (if she was a bit off the radar), with minor TV roles, movies and an exercise video. Apollonia created a bilingual Spanish and English album titled Stay With Me. After that, she attended school and earned an education in filmmaking. In addition, she founded her own production firm. Apollonia Kotero has many roles. A former model, actress and singer and manager of talent. The role she played as an actor in the 1984 film Purple Rain made her a star. Apart from Purple Rain, she's been in numerous TV shows films, including Black Magic Woman or The Divorce Ceremony. Kotero debuted her career as a model. She's been involved in a variety of events as well as pageants. Kotero was named Miss San Pedro Beauty Pageant. Her acting career started in the early 1980s. Apollonia Kotero has worked as an American model, actor as well as a talent management manager. Most famously, she is known for appearing in the flick "Purple Rain" and also for being the singer-lead of the group called Apollonia 6. Kotero released solo and collaborative albums along with a variety of tracks like Red Light Romeo's Mismatch and the Same Dream, Since I fell for You. Her TV credits include CHiPs Fantasy Island Tales of the Gold Monkey Knight Rider Matt Houston Falcon Crest, Falcon Crest Knight Rider Matt Houston as well as CHiPs Fantasy Island Tales The Gold Monkey. Kotero has also appeared in many movies as well as Purple Rain. Her popular films are Back To Back Black Magic Woman La Donna di una Sera and Cattive Ragazze. The American beauty also appeared in music videos featuring Ray Parker Jr., Eddie Money and other artists. Kotero is an entrepreneur as well and is the creator of Kotero Entertainment an entertainment and multimedia company.






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