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First Name

Vanity

Date of Birth

04 January 1959

Build

Athletic

Eye Color

Brown - Dark

Hair Color

Black

Place of Birth

Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

Star Sign

Capricorn

Ethnicity

Multiracial

Religion

Born-Again Christian

Claim to Fame

Vanity 6

Height

Maiden Name

Matthews

Nationality

Canadian

Gender

Female

Music Genre

Pop/Rock

Music Style

Dance-Pop, Urban, Club/Dance, Electronic, R&B

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Wikipedia Text

Denise Katrina Matthews (born January 4, 1959), better known as Vanity, but sometimes credited as Denise Matthews-Smith or D.D. Winters, is a Canadian-born Christian preacher and a former singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, and model from the 1980s until the early mid-90s. She was the lead singer for the female trio Vanity 6, which recorded the 1982 R&B hit "Nasty Girl".

Role ID

Actor/Actress, Soundtrack

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Vanity is the most popular stage name used by singer/actress/model Denise Katrina Matthews Early in her career, Matthews appeared in B-movies such as Tanya`s Island and Terror Train. In 1982, she met Prince who re-named her Vanity, saying he saw his female reflection when he looked at her. Some versions of the story suggest that Prince coined the name Vagina initially, but she refused and renamed herself "Vanity" instead. Later that same year, she became the lead singer of singing group Vanity 6. Their trademark was explicit sexuality in their lyrics, performances, and attire. Prince produced the group`s biggest hit "Nasty Girl." After one album, Vanity decided to leave her role in Vanity 6 and the proposed film Purple Rain in 1983. Vanity signed a lucrative record deal with Motown Records in 1984. She recorded two albums, Wild Animal and Skin On Skin. She also starred in a handful of movies, including The Last Dragon and the 1988 action thriller Action Jackson, in which she starred opposite Carl Weathers, Craig T. Nelson, and Sharon Stone. She also played a villain torturing Nancy Allen`s character in 1990`s amnesia-plot TV movie Memories of Murder; the film has appeared on the Lifetime channel. She guest starred in an episode of Miami Vice in its third season; she posed for Playboy in 1988; and, in 1993, she appeared in an episode of Highlander opposite Adrian Paul. After being turned on to cocaine, which resulted in near-fatal kidney failure, Vanity gave up her stage name and became a born-again Christian and evangelist on August 16, 1997. She travels America, and currently resides in California. In 2005, Vanity 6`s "Nasty Girl" was redone in a tribal style by dance performer Inaya Day. Matthews is currently working on finishing her novel Blame it on Vanity.

Full Name at Birth

Denise Katrina Matthews

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Occupation Text

Singer, Dancer, Actress, Model

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Distinctive Feature

exotic face

Sister

Patricia Matthews (model)

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