Years active 1983–present Parents Baker Knight Website tuesdayknight.com Albums Tuesday Knight, Faith | Labels ParcKnight and Day Siblings Thomas Baker Knight III Name Tuesday Knight | |
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Full Name Melody Lynn Knight Born February 17, 1969 (age 55) ( 1969-02-17 ) Brentwood, California, United States Residence Los Angeles, California Occupation Actresssingerjewelry designer Genres AORpop rockteen popfreestyleadult contemporary Role Actress · tuesdayknight.com Movies and TV shows A Nightmare on Elm St, The Babysitter, Sex and the City 2, 2000 Malibu Road, Daddy and Them Similar People Lisa Wilcox, Rodney Eastman, Toy Newkirk, Brooke Theiss, Renny Harlin | ||
Tuesday Knight - Sorry 'Bout That (from Uncovered)
Tuesday Lynn Knight (born Melody Lynn Knight; February 17, 1969) is an American actress, singer and designer. She is best known for her role as Kristen Parker in the 1988 film A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master. Her other film roles include Mistress (1992), The Fan (1996), Daddy and Them (2001), and How to Be Single (2016). Knight has had guest appearances on several television series, such as Profiler (1996) and The X-Files (1999), as well as a starring role on 2000 Malibu Road (1992). Outside of acting, her self-titled debut album was released in 1987 and her jewelry line was launched in 2001.
Contents
- Tuesday Knight Sorry Bout That from Uncovered
- Never Sleep Again The Elm Street Legacy
- Music
- Jewelry design
- References
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Knight, along with most of the Elm Street franchise alumni, is featured in a documentary, Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy, about New Line Cinema’s hit movie series. The documentary is directed by Daniel Farrands and Andrew Kasch, produced by Thommy Hutson, and was hosted by Elm Street veteran Heather Langenkamp. The documentary wove the tale of how one of the most successful horror genre franchises came to be. It came out in May 2010.
Music
In 1986, she appeared on the original demo for the production that would become Jekyll & Hyde for Frank Wildhorn.
After working on the Quiet Riot album "Metal Health" as backing vocals, Knight released a solo album Tuesday Knight in 1987 on Parc/CBS Records. It contained a cover version of Prince's "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" The album's sole single was called "Out of Control." Her second album Here it Comes Released in 2000, Had More Of a Commercial Success Than Her Previous attempt. In 1990 she sang the song "Ivory Tower" on the Mad About You soundtrack. In 1996, she sang a cover of The Police's song "Every Breath You Take" in an episode of the Profiler entitled "I'll Be Watching You". In 2001, Tuesday provided her voice for the song "If It Takes All Night" in the film The Theory of the Leisure Class. She later watched a performance by the David Bowie Tribute Band Space Oddity and joined them as Keyboardist and Backing vocals.
On September 17, 2012, Knight released Faith, an 18-track album featuring a collection of songs recorded over the past twenty-five years.
Her iconic cult classic song "Nightmare" is heard in the opening credits of 1988's A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master. The song was never released on the official soundtrack.
Currently, Knight is the lead singer in a Deborah Harry, Blondie tribute band named Rapture: The Blondie Tribute.
Jewelry design
In 2000, Knight and A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 co-star Lisa Wilcox founded the footwear jewelry company ToeBrights. Knight also has her own jewelry line "Tuesday's Hip Vintage". Her Victorian, Gothic and Egyptian-styled pieces have been worn by many celebrities including Britney Spears, Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Paris Hilton, Madonna, Kim Basinger and many others.