Sandra

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I was born in Westchester County, N.Y. About 30 minutes from N.Y.C.
I Had a pretty normal childhood. I grew up with my Mom calling me Sanda Panda. I had a panda bear collection you wouldn't believe!
All my life I thought I'd follow in my Dad's footsteps & be a mathematician. I couldn't believe how easy Math was for me. Neither could anyone else : ). I completed Calculus in high school. Anyway, unfortunately, when I was 19 my Dad died unexpectedly & my thoughts of the whole math thing went out the window.
I started hanging out a bit in NYC & met up with a real nice girl named Nancy who was a model. She said her bathing suit company needed 1 more model & I should come in & try out. I went in & to my surprise was hired. From that I started meeting all kinds of people & I started hanging out in the city a lot more.
Next, I was doing a music video for Def Leppard called "Hysteria". That led me to be a Club MTV dancer for like 4 years. That was my life! Club MTV with Downtown Julie Brown.
During that my friend Nancy's husband was a Chippendale dancer who had a poster out. I thought it would be so cool to have a poster out. So I shot one & it became really popular. I was named "America's #1 selling Poster girl" .
I wound up doing the talk show circuit of all the TV shows like Montel, Joan Rivers, Geraldo & Howard Stern. One thing led to another & I kept doing modeling stuff here & there & I found myself spending more & more time in L.A. I decided to move here in 93'.
Soon after I met Garry Marshall who was doing a movie called "Exit to Eden" I remember going in to read thinking "I don't want to be a typical model/actress. I don't want to act. Crazy stuff! I got the movie! WoW! Next thing I knew I was sitting on a plane in first class on our way to Hawaii to shoot next to David Bowie (who's wife Iman was in the film) and Dan Aykroyd & Rosie O'Donnell. I really enjoyed being on the set & learning all that I did.
Throughout my modeling career I was a mute! When you model, you don't really have much input on things. I liked doing movies & found I really liked the whole art of the film industry. I came back home, got my SAG card & started auditioning & got a few great roles.
Beginners luck! I had a great agent & went out a lot.
My next big break was getting "Under Seige 2" with Steven Seagal. That was quite an adventure to work on. I get shot & again, learned so much on the set from such great people.
During the release of "Under Seige 2" I did a Celebrity layout for Playboy magazine which featured me on the cover! Talk about a dream come true! Seven months later I got another Playboy cover where I posed as a Bond girl with Leslie Nielsen.
I thought, "I really like this stuff!" I have worked on such great films like L.A. Confidential, Batman & Robin, Princess Diaries 1 & 2, Tomcats, Phoenix (with Ray Liotta, God I love him!), Raising Helen and lots of others. I did some great TV shows like E.R., Just Shoot Me, King of Queens, Son of the Beach, Married with Children to name some.
Thru work, you meet new people & I always think, Work breeds Work. My highlights have included being a guest on the Jay Leno Show several times & Conan O'Brien and traveling & meeting & working with people like Julie Andrews & Arnold Schwarzenegger (he froze me in Batman & Robin).
It has been a terrific ride & I have been out traveling promoting my newest flick "Keeping Up With The Steins" with Jeremy Piven, Daryl Hannah & Daryl Sabara (the kid from Spy kids! he is awesome!) Doris Roberts, Jami Gertz, I consider myself really fortunate to have accomplished what I have in this lifetime. It's fascinating how life works when you trust in the Universe!
I have learned not to take anything for granted (including great friends & family). I consider myself to have a big heart. I do a lot of appearances around the world and Nothing makes me happier when I hear a great story of when I put a : ) on someone's face. I heard a good one recently: "people will forget what you said...and they will forget what you did, but people will NEVER forget how you made them feel" And I truly take pride in that!
I have learned over & over how short life is. I try & live each day to the fullest & be as honest & loving as I can. I consider myself real lucky for having a few best friends & people I can really count on. I am not judgemental clearly because I have learned I hate when people judge me. We're all in this life together! This is NO dress rehearsal. Remember "It is better to be hated for what you are than to be Loved for what you're not! I am what I am! I've learned that I'm pretty sensitive & get my feelings hurt a lot especially when people are outright mean. I'm learning to have a tougher skin, but its a slow process.
I'm not sure what my long term goals are because I kinda never knew where I was going to be today. Life has been full of surprises!
I Love meeting new & interesting people who love life & treat life & people with respect, cause in the end...Only kindness matters.
So, with that...Let's Be Friends!
I Love This thing called Myspace!