1. Bif Naked was born in New Delhi, India, on June 15,1971, to teenage parents attending boarding school.
22 Facts About Bif Naked
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Bif Naked spent part of her childhood in Lexington, Kentucky, where her father was a professor at the University of Kentucky.
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Bif Naked went to Kelsey Elementary School in The Pas, Manitoba, for a couple of years.
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Bif Naked graduated from John Taylor Collegiate and studied theatre at the University of Winnipeg.
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Bif Naked released a spoken word album called Okenspay Ordway: Things I Forgot To Tell Mommy.
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The Promise, which was recorded while Bif Naked was undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer, was released in 2009 and was dedicated to her fans.
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In 2011, after doing acoustic sets on tour, Bif Naked released an acoustic record on Her Royal Majesty's Records in late-2013.
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Bif Naked has toured Europe, the United States, and Canada as a headlining act, and has performed on bills with: Snoop Dogg, Billy Idol, Dido, Devin Townsend, Sarah McLachlan, Sheryl Crow, Chrissie Hynde, Foo Fighters, The Cult, Prodigy, Smashing Pumpkins, Ministry, Green Day, and many more.
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Bif Naked's music has been featured in and on soundtracks for shows including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Charmed, Moonlight, The Crow: Stairway to Heaven, Ready To Rumble, The West Wing and Celebrity Deathmatch.
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Bif Naked recorded a rendition of the Christmas classic, "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" for MTV's Total Request Live CD MTV: TRL Christmas in 1999 and was featured on the Ready to Rumble soundtrack with a cover of Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It".
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Bif Naked has made guest appearances with artists such as SNFU on the songs "One Last Loveshove" and "You Make Me Thick".
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Bif Naked appeared on the Dead Celebrity Status album Blood Music on the track titled "In This Day and Age".
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In 1990, she appeared in the film Archangel, where she was credited as "Bif Naked Torbert," playing a Russian soldier.
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Bif Naked appeared in the television series Once a Thief in 1998, playing Nastassja Momomame.
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Bif Naked appeared in the Canadian indie films Lunch with Charles and Crossing, the latter of which she recorded the song "My Greatest Masterpiece" for.
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Bif Naked has done hosting work for the CBC Television series ZeD, and for Bodog, hosting Bodog Fight in 2006 as well as a reality series chronicling the days leading up to her marriage with Vancouver Sun sports writer, Ian Walker, in 2007 called Bif Naked Bride.
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Bif Naked voiced the character Zoe Payne in the SSX video game series and Sled Storm.
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In 2021, Bif Naked appeared as a guest judge on an episode of the second season of Canada's Drag Race.
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Bif Naked is heavily tattooed, getting her first tattoo when she was sixteen years old.
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Bif Naked's tattoos include a symbol of the Tao, Japanese writing, Buddhist poetry and images, and Hindu imagery; she has stated on MTV that her favorite tattoo, on her left arm, reads "Survivor".
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Bif Naked then married former Vancouver Sun sports writer Ian Walker in 2007; they divorced in 2011.
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Bif Naked spoke at the University of the Fraser Valley for International Women's Day on March 8,2013, at the Abbotsford campus; it was announced she would be awarded an honorary doctorate from the university in June 2013.