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Years active
  
1991–present

Role
  
Television actress


Name
  
Sofia Shinas

Labels
  
Warner (1992)

Genres
  
Pop music, Dance music

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Occupation(s)
  
Singer-songwriter, Actress

Nominations
  
Juno Award for Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year

Movies
  
The Crow, Dilemma, Hostile Intent, Terminal Velocity, Hourglass

Similar People
  
Rochelle Davis, Michael Wincott, Anna Thomson, Alex Proyas, Brandon Lee

Record label
  
Warner Bros. Records

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Sofia Shinas is a Greek Canadian television and film actress and director who began her professional career in the entertainment industry as a recording artist. She is best known for her hit single, "The Message", and her role as Eric Draven's murdered fiancée, Shelly, in The Crow.

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Hostile Intent Trailer 1997


As a musician

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In 1992, Shinas released her debut, eponymously titled album on Warner Bros. Records. She co-wrote every song and worked with various noted producers and remixers, including Steve Peck, Daniel Abraham (record producer), Mitch Kaplan, Mark 'MK' Kinchen, Roger Sanchez, Tommy Musto, Ben Grosse and Boris Granich.

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Her first single, "The Message", reached #20 on Billboard's Dance/Club Play chart and was a crossover pop hit, peaking at #75 on the Hot 100 chart. The second single, "One Last Kiss", didn't fare well enough to chart at all, except in her native Canada, where it became a minor hit. Her third and last single, "State of Mind", peaked at #16 on the Dance/Club Play chart. Shinas left the music business to pursue an acting career and has yet to release another album.

As an actress

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Shinas made her film debut in the 1994 action thriller The Crow, starring Brandon Lee. The film was a box office success and, since its release, has become a cult favorite. After The Crow, Shinas landed a role opposite Charlie Sheen and Nastassja Kinski in Terminal Velocity. In 1995, she starred alongside C. Thomas Howell in the independent action/drama, Hourglass. Two years later, Shinas again co-starred with Howell in the 1997 action film, Dilemma. In addition to her film work, she has appeared in two episodes of the TV series The Outer Limits (in the "Valerie 23" and "Mary 25" episodes) and an episode of The Hunger.

Education

In 2008, Shinas graduated from the USC School of Cinema-Television in Los Angeles, California where she directed a film titled Spring Eternal as a thesis project. Her first feature as director was the thriller, My Stepdaughter, released in August 2015.

Personal life

Fluent in English, Hebrew, and Greek, the Canadian director often travels from her Hollywood home over seas and between Canada and the US. She has four cats and a dog and is a passionate animal welfare advocate and wildlife conservationist. She is particularly interested in big cats and has worked with captive tigers as an animal handler.

Albums

  • 1992: Sofia Shinas
  • Singles

  • 1992: "The Message"
  • 1992: "One Last Kiss"
  • 1992: "State of Mind (You Make Me Feel Good)"
  • Filmography

    Actress
    2016
    DaZe: Vol. Too (sic) - NonSeNse as
    Rosabel
    2004
    Planet of the Pitts as
    Fay Kennedy NBC News Anchor
    1995
    The Outer Limits (TV Series) as
    Mary 25 / Valerie
    - Mary 25 (1998) - Mary 25
    - Valerie 23 (1995) - Valerie
    1998
    The Hunger (TV Series) as
    Claire
    - Footsteps (1998) - Claire
    1997
    Dilemma as
    Lydia Cantrell
    1997
    Hostile Intent as
    Gina
    1995
    Hourglass (Video) as
    Dara Jensen
    1995
    Ripper Man as
    Gena
    1994
    Red Shoe Diaries (TV Series) as
    Woman on Train
    - Borders of Salt (1994) - Woman on Train
    1994
    Blue Skies (TV Series) as
    Gina
    - A Hatful of Pain (1994) - Gina
    1994
    Terminal Velocity as
    Broken Legs Max
    1994
    The Crow as
    Shelly
    1992
    Sofia Shinas: One Last Kiss (Music Video) as
    Sofia Shinas
    Director
    2021
    Politically Homeless
    2020
    Toasted (TV Series)
    2015
    My Stepdaughter
    Producer
    2005
    The Last Tango (Short) (producer)
    2005
    Making Life Work (Short) (producer)
    Soundtrack
    -
    Beverly Hills, 90210 (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 1992) (writer - 1 episode, 1992)
    - Home and Away (1992) - (performer: "The Message") / (writer: "The Message")
    Writer
    2021
    Politically Homeless (screenplay)
    Cinematographer
    2005
    The Last Tango (Short)
    Composer
    1992
    Sofia Shinas: One Last Kiss (Music Video)
    Editor
    2005
    The Last Tango (Short)
    Production Designer
    2005
    The Last Tango (Short)
    Thanks
    2011
    Directing Hell (Documentary) (special thanks)
    Self
    1996
    The Outer Limits Phenomenon (TV Special documentary) as
    Self
    Archive Footage
    2008
    VeggieTales FitnessHof (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Schocks und Höhen (2008) - Self (uncredited)

    References

    Sofia Shinas Wikipedia