- Born
- Birth nameStephanie Michelle Edmonds
- Height5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- Stephanie Edmonds was born on Cannon Air Force Base in Clovis, New Mexico as the only child of engineer father, Walter Edmonds, and dental assistant mother, Michelle Edmonds. When she was still very young, her father retired from the Air Force, and the family set off for Dallas, Texas.
At the age of twelve, she achieved gifted standing in the AIM ("Activating Inquisitive Minds") and Phoenix programs for gifted and talented students as the result of earning high scores on an IQ test. After pursuing an Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate curriculum, Edmonds graduated with honors - earning a degree of distinction and placement on the United States President's Honor Roll.
Discovered by an agent while competing at the National Cheerleaders Association All-Star Nationals in Dallas at the age of 14, she quickly found herself establishing a career as, both, an actress and a model.
While studying Psychology at the University of Oklahoma, Edmonds continued to actively pursue her career in the fashion industry, modeling the fashions of such designers as Betsey Johnson, Burberry, Nicole Miller, Hugo Boss, Vera Wang and Roberto Cavalli.
In 2007, Edmonds relocated to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career in a more promising market.
Throughout her career, she has opted to take on conflicted characters dealing with sensitive and controversial issues of social importance. These include an honest portrayal of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder as the result of rape, an exploration of conventional society's oppressive condemnation of individuals engaging in same sex relationships, as well as a portrayal of substance abuse and self-inflicted harm.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Jesse M. Snyder
- Gained 20 pounds for her role as Allison Wolfe in Legend of Bigfoot (2007), because she felt her model physique looked too striking on camera.
- Was discovered by an agent at the age of 14, while competing at the National Cheerleaders Association All-Star Nationals in her hometown of Dallas, Texas.
- In 2008, she donated 18 inches of her hair to the Locks of Love foundation.
- Edmonds is rumored to have been involved with Catholic Schoolgirl Chainsaw Showdown director Sean Harmon during the year the film was made. The couple split after the film's completion in 2012.
- Edmonds originally auditioned for the supporting role of Bernadetta in Safeword. Because of her audition as Bernadetta, two days later, Edmonds was on set playing the film's lead, Sabina.
- After all the experience and miles of memories that I carry with me, the one thing I have learned is that you must remain true to your heart. Without that, you are nothing.
- Do I dream? Absolutely! It's the art of taking each dream and molding it into reality that I so dearly love. After all, dreams are the very essence of our soul's desire. To dream without dedication, conviction, and perseverance is to cheat your own soul.
- When I met Maya on the page, I realized just how deep she can go. I became consumed with desire to explore the depths of her soul. I would ask myself "What lies at the core of this young woman that makes her run from herself? What makes her use?" I wanted to deepen my understanding of the demons that keep her from becoming her whole, pure self. In her, I do see myself. And into her I breathe the truths of those close to me who have battled addiction with all fibers of their being - fibers that have been frayed by life, stretched by dependency and strife. What Maya seeks is pure connection. And that, I believe, is at the core of us all.
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