Apollonia Kotero

Patricia Apollonia Kotero is an American actor, singer, and model. The most well-known of her works is the lead in Prince's 1984 Purple Rain film and lead singer in the girl-group Apollonia 6 The group was just one of the female artists who benefited from Prince's collaboration throughout the 1980s. Patricia Kotero began her acting and modeling career in Santa Monica California, in the late '70s. The first time she appeared was on CHiPS. She was cast to play the lead female lead in Prince's Purple Rain. During that period, Prince changed his name. She also replaced Vanity as well as the group Vanity 6 in the film. The trio performed on the movie under the title Apollonia 6 They scored a small success with the film Sex Shooter, but it was as Prince's duet partner on Take Me with You from the soundtrack that she had more of an impact on charts. Kotero broke off from Prince when they had differences throughout the course of her professional career. Apollonia 6 broke up following their disagreement. She went on to appear in various minor roles throughout the period (reportedly not wanting to be on The Purple Rain follow-up Under the Cherry Moon) prior to landing an appearance on the evening-time television drama Falcon Crest during 1985-1986. Apollonia was her first public appearance in 1988. However, the album of R&B/dance, which was rather pedestrian and did not impress those who bought music at the at the time, soon vanished. The singer was still active, though she wasn't in the spotlight acting in the decade, albeit with minor film and television roles. Even an exercise DVD was made available. Apollonia made a bilingual CD called Stay with Me in 1997. After that, she went back to college and to study filmmaking which led to her forming a production firm, which mainly focuses on children's television. Apollonia is an incredibly talented woman. She was a model, singer actress and talent manager. The role she played as an actor in 1984's Purple Rain made her a celebrity. In addition to Purple Rain, she's been in numerous TV shows and movies such as Black Magic Woman or The Divorce Ceremony. Kotero debuted her career as a model. She was involved in various pageants. Kotero was crowned Miss San Pedro Beauty Pageant. She began her career in the 80s. Apollonia Kotero, an American model and singer, also works as a talent manager. Most famously, she is known for appearing in the flick "Purple Rain," as well as for having been the lead vocalist of the group called Apollonia 6. The Apollonia 6 solo album and the group one consist of Red Light Romeo, Mismatch and A Different Dream, Same Dream, and Since I Fell for You. Kotero played the role of an actress on numerous TV shows including CHiPs Fantasy Island Tales of the Gold Monkey Knight Rider Matt Houston Falcon Crest Falcon Crest Knight Rider Matt Houston. Along with Purple Rain, Kotero has appeared in numerous movies. Her popular films are Back To Back Black Magic Woman La Donna di una Sera and Cattive Ragazze. Kotero has also been model for music videos from musicians like Ray Parker Jr. Kotero is also an entrepreneur who established Kotero Entertainment which is a multi-media entertainment business.