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Calico Cooper
American actress and singer

Calico Cooper

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American actress and singer
A.K.A.
Calico Calico Furnier
Gender
Female
Age
43 years
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Sheryl Cooper
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Biography

Calico Cooper (born 20 May 1981) is an American actress and singer. She is the daughter of American rock musician , Alice Cooper. She was once featured in Maxim magazine's "20 Hottest Rock Star Daughters."

Early life

Calico Cooper was born Calico Furnier on 20 May 1981 in Beverly Hills, California, to Sheryl Goddard and Alice Cooper. She has a younger brother, Dashiell Cooper (born 1985, singer and interior designer in phoenix, AZ) and a younger sister, Sonora Rose (born 1992, make-up artist in Los Angeles.)

She mostly grew up in Los Angeles and Phoenix, Arizona. When she was 18, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in show business.

Career

Early days

Calico began working for her father since she was 18. Alice hired Calico to choreograph on his Brutal Planet world tour. (Brutal Planet was Alice Cooper's fourteenth solo studio album, released in 2000.) She had accompanied her father in a total of 11 world tours and 8 full stage shows.

She also appeared in Brutally Live, a DVD of Alice Cooper's 19 July 2000 concert in London.

In 2003, she appeared in "Rock Star Daughters" episode of E! True Hollywood Story. The show profiled children of notable rock stars. Other people on the show have included:

Acting

Cooper studied acting at The Stella Adler Academy of Acting, Los Angeles; Margie Haber Studio, Los Angeles; and from acting coach, Ivana Chubbuck. She has also been a member of improv studios The Groundlings and The Upright Citizens Brigade.

She made her acting debut in the summer of 2005, appearing in a minor role in Rich Ragsdale-directed horror film, The Curse of El Charro. In January 2007, she was seen playing the lead role of "Gum" in comedy/horror film, Puppy. The same year, she was seen in two other movies: as the junkie in horror film, Junkfood Horrorfest; and as Jess in the drama, Rolling.

Over the years, she has appeared in numerous horror, vampire themed movies, making the genre her trademark. 

Her 2010 psychological horror, Thirty Proof Coil, in which she played the leading role of a kidnapped mentally unstable college student, became a cult classic and was featured in Thriller Chiller. In 2011, she landed the recurring role of "Lila Black" in the television series, Bloomers. Beginning with "LA, Baby" episode in November 2011, she was seen in a total of 18 episodes up to "Shot Shot Shot" episode of the last season in 2018.

In 2013, she appeared in two horror films directed by James Cullen Bressack: as "Susan" in Family Time, and as "Marcy" in 13/13/13.

In 2015, Calico made her debut as a producer with the comedy/crime film, Love of Mass Destruction. The film was directed by Berenika Maciejewicz and Jeff Solema, with Cooper and Swedish actor, Johan Wester in lead roles.

Most recently, Cooper was seen in short rock music short, Cold Cold Coffin. Cold Cold Coffin is a new song by Dennis Dunaway, who was a founding member of the Alice Cooper group. It was premiered on 14 August 2019 at Theatre 80 St. Marks in New York City. In the attendees were many famed ex and current Alice Cooper musicians. The rockers threw a live performance with Nick Didkovsky on guitar; Chuck Garric on bass; Ryan Roxie on guitar; and Russ Wilson on drums, and played Alice Cooper's hits such as Black Juju, Feed My Frankenstein, Schools Out, and I'm Eighteen.

Calico has just finished filming for TV comedy series, The Normal Ones. She is in the lead role of "Kayla McQueen" alongside Alvaro Manrique who is portraying "Chris McQueen." The makup artist for the film is Calico's sister, Sonora Rose Cooper.

Music

Cooper is member of Los Angeles-based heavy metal/industrial metal band, Beasto Blanco. The band was founded in 2012 by longtime Alice Cooper bass player, Chuck Garric. Calico provides vocals, and other members are: Chuck Garric (vocals, guitar,) Chris Latham (guitar,) Jan LeGrow (bass,) Tim Husung (drums,) and Ryan Greene (sound engineer.)

Discography

  • Live Fast Die Loud: 2013
  • Beasto Blanco: 2016
  • We Are: 2019

Personal life

Calico married actor Jed Williams on October 4, 2015, at a ceremony on Maui, Hawaii. Her sister, Sonora Rose Cooper, was one of the bridesmaids and her brother, Dashiell Cooper, was one of the groomsmen.

Filmography

YearNameTypeDirectorsWritersStars
2000Alice Cooper: Brutally LiveVideo  Alice Cooper
2003E! True Hollywood StoryTV Series documentary  Chip Bolcik, Beng Spies
2007NRJ 12: Scream AwardsTV Special  Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel
2008America's Top ZombieTV Movie   
2010Down to the Crossroads or How to Make a Movie 'Suck'TV Movie documentaryRob Stefaniuk Alice Cooper
2011Denton Rose's Short'sVideo John R. Cherry IIIDaniel Butler
2012Rock N Roll OverMovie  Dario Argento
2019The Jimmy Star Show with Ron RussellTV Series   
2006Goolians: A Docu-ComedyVideo documentary Wally Wingert, Daniel RoebuckWally Wingert, Daniel Roebuck, Michael Gough
2018Beraber: TogetherShortYasmin Canli Yasmin CanliAnouar H. Smaine
2019Dennis Dunaway: Cold Cold CoffinShort   
 The Normal OnesTV Series   
2015Love of Mass Destructionassociate producer   
 The Normal OnesTV Series   
2005The Curse of El CharroMovie  Andrew Bryniarski, Danny Trejo
2007PuppyMovie   
2007RollingMovie  Sanoe Lake
2007Junkfood HorrorfestMovie   
2008Dakota SkyeMovie  Eileen April Boylan
2009SuckMovieRob Stefaniuk Rob Stefaniuk, Jessica Paré
2010Thirty Proof CoilMovie   
2012Lost AngelesMoviePhedon Papamichael Kelly Blatz, Joelle Carter, Mark Boone Junior
2012/IIHonor Among ThievesMovie   
2013Abstract UnderwrapsTV Series   
2013/IFamily TimeShortJames Cullen Bressack  
201313/13/13MovieJames Cullen Bressack  
2014Average JoeTV Series  Andy Biersack
2014My 2 Black GirlfriendsTV Series   
2014/IIPretty PerfectMovieYork ShackletonYork ShackletonChristopher McDonald, Noel Gugliemi, Tom Virtue
2015Hawaii Five-0TV Series  Alex O'Loughlin, Scott Caan, Teila Tuli
2015Love of Mass DestructionMovie   
2016Henry DangerTV Series  Jace Norman, Cooper Barnes, Riele Downs
2016The Crooked ManTV Movie Peter SullivanMichael Jai White
2017The Mindy ProjectTV Series  Mindy Kaling, Ike Barinholtz, Ed Weeks
2017The ChoosingShort  Jesse C. Boyd
2018Welcome to Hellsegment "Family Time" James Cullen BressackBill Oberst Jr.
2011-2018BloomersTV Series  Jay Ali
2019Dennis Dunaway: Cold Cold CoffinShort   
 The Normal OnesTV Series   
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