40 Facts About Stacey Dash

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Stacey Lauretta Dash was born on January 20,1967 and is an American actress.

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Stacey Dash has appeared in the films Moving, Mo' Money, Renaissance Man, and View from the Top.

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Stacey Dash has appeared in music videos for Carl Thomas' "Emotional" and Kanye West's "All Falls Down".

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Stacey Dash is the daughter of Dennis Dash and Linda Dash.

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Stacey Dash has a stepfather, Cecil Holmes, and a younger brother, Darien Stacey Dash, who is the founder of DME Interactive, the first publicly traded African American-led website company.

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Stacey Dash made her first television appearance in the NBC crime drama pilot Farrell: For the People starring Valerie Harper and Ed O'Neill in 1982, which did not make it past its pilot episode.

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Stacey Dash had sizable roles in Mo' Money and Renaissance Man during this time.

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In 1995, Stacey Dash starred as a femme fatale in the low-budget film Illegal in Blue.

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Stacey Dash received her big break with the 1995 teen comedy film Clueless.

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Stacey Dash played Cher's high school best friend Dionne Davenport, although Stacey Dash was twenty-eight at the time.

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In 1996, the film spawned a television spin-off of the same name, in which Stacey Dash reprised her role as Dionne.

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Stacey Dash has appeared in small guest roles on television shows such as Eve and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

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Stacey Dash played Vanessa Weir in the television series The Strip, which was canceled after several episodes.

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In 2001, Stacey Dash was featured in a music video by Carl Thomas for the single "Emotional".

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In 2004, Stacey Dash was featured in a music video by Kanye West, label signee of her cousin Damon Stacey Dash, for the single "All Falls Down".

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Stacey Dash posed nude in the August 2006 issue of Playboy.

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Stacey Dash performed in the 2008 reality television series Celebrity Circus.

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Stacey Dash appeared as a recurring character on the television series The Game in early 2009.

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In 2011, Stacey Dash starred in the first season of VH1's first scripted series, Single Ladies, playing Valerie "Val" Stokes, described as a "'good girl' looking for a good man".

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In 2012, Stacey Dash starred as Lisa, the female lead in the film Dysfunctional Friends.

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In 2016, Stacey Dash received criticism when she argued that the BET Awards lied to black people about news regarding the boycotting of the Oscars due to lack of ethnic diversity, and called for an end to Black History Month.

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Stacey Dash made a cameo at the 88th Academy Awards repeating this sentiment.

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Stacey Dash voted for Barack Obama in the 2008 US presidential election.

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Vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan thanked Stacey Dash for supporting his ticket.

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Since the 2012 election, Stacey Dash has publicly expressed her political views.

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Stacey Dash supported Republican candidate Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election.

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On February 26,2018, Stacey Dash filed to run in California's 44th congressional district in the 2018 Congressional Election as a Republican.

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Stacey Dash has a son named Austin, born from her relationship with singer Christopher Williams, and a daughter named Lola.

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Stacey Dash married producer Brian Lovell and they divorced in the mid-2000s.

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From 2005 to 2006, Stacey Dash was married to British executive James Maby, CEO of Sports Logistics.

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Different sources say the father of Stacey Dash's daughter is either Lovell or Maby.

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Stacey Dash married actor Emmanuel Xeureb in either 2007 or 2009.

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Stacey Dash married lawyer Jeffrey Marty in Florida on April 6,2018.

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Stacey Dash has said that she met Marty ten days before the wedding.

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Stacey Dash has spoken openly about past traumas in her personal life.

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Stacey Dash has at various times revealed that she was molested as a child by a family friend, was addicted to cocaine in her teens and 20s, and has a history of being with physically and emotionally abusive partners.

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Stacey Dash has attributed her openness with such topics to her desire to be honest with her children, feeling that being honest is the best way to protect them, and to let them and others know that she is not a victim but a survivor.

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Stacey Dash was arrested on September 29,2019, at her apartment in Pasco County, Florida, on a domestic battery charge after an argument with her husband, Jeffrey Marty.

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In October 2021, Stacey Dash opened up about her Vicodin addiction on The Dr Oz Show, stating that she was five years sober.

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Stacey Dash was raised Catholic, and claimed the religion in 2012 and 2013.