Renee Griffin

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Renee Griffin
Born	May 30, 1968 (1968-05-30) (age 40) Long Beach, California

Renee Griffin (born May 30, 1968) in Long Beach, California, is an American actress.

Renee Griffin has two sons, and she is married to actor James Marshall who is the father of one of her sons (James David, b. 2002). Her first son, Dustin, was born before she was 20.

She was a regular cast member on the now-defunct ABC soap Port Charles, playing the part of Danielle Ashley from 1997-1998. In 2001 she appeared on the TV series Black Scorpion as the villain Aerobicide.

Griffin is best known for her role as Lanie in the cult favorite stoner film, The Stoned Age (1994), and as Angel in the 1991 action movie Showdown in Little Tokyo. In both movies she had nude scenes that are widely talked about on the Internet.^{[citation needed]}

She also appeared nude in several of her other films: Criminal Affairs, Ladykiller, Number One Fan, Cyborg 2, and Death Match.

Her first known nude film appearance was in Showdown in Little Tokyo, where she played the role of a drug-addicted nightclub entertainer who gets beheaded after crossing Yakuza boss Funekei Yoshida, played by Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa.

The scene features an already drugged Angel being questioned about her loyalty by Yoshida. Angel offers her body in an attempt to appease Yoshida, who drugs her more and then strips her of all clothes save the garter belt. She is fondled from behind, from the breasts to the crotch, before being beheaded.

Renee has guest-starred on High Tide, Dangerous Women, Eye on L.A., and on the CBS hit CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

She studied drama at Fullerton College, where she appeared on stage in such plays as Crime of the Heart, Philadelphia Story, and The Star-Spangled Girl. Before that she attended Kennedy High School in Long Beach.