‘SUMMER IN THE CITY’
CAST BIOS
JULIANNA GUILL (Taylor) – Julianna Guill is a native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. With numerous film and television credits to her name, she is emerging as one of Hollywood’s young actresses to watch. Her previous film credits include Captain America: Civil War, Crazy Stupid Love with Steve Carell and Julianne Moore, The Apparition with Ashley Greene and Michael Bay’s remake of Friday 13th.
Julianna’s recent television appearances include “Rush Hour,” “Girlfriends Guide to Divorce,” “Psych” and “Underemployed.” Other television credits include “One Tree Hill,” “Community,” “How I Met Your Mother” and “Harry’s Law.” She made her series regular debut in TBS’s “Glory Daze.” Julianna currently resides in Los Angeles.
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MARC BENDAVID (Phillip) – From “Romeo” in Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” at the prestigious Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre to “One” in the SyFy series Dark Matter has been quite a journey with many highlights along the way.
Two of the feature films Marc starred in, Man Vs Minivan and Us Chickens were official selections at the esteemed Toronto International Film Festival, and Late Fragments was an official selection at the internationally renowned Cannes Film Festival. Most recently, Marc has had recurring roles in “Hard Rock Medical,” “Bitten” and “Degrassi” and a leading role in the Hallmark original movie “Summer in the City” premiering August 13 on Hallmark Channel, opposite Julianna Guill with Maria Sokoloff, Vivica A. Fox and Natasha Henstridge .
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VIVICA A. FOX (Alyssa) – You’ve currently seen Vivica in the film, Chocolate City with Tyson Beckford, Robert Ri’chard, and Michael Jai White, and when she popped up as Candace and wowed audiences with her debut in Fox Network’s mega hit television show Empire, starring opposite Golden Globe winner Taraji P. Henson as Cookie’s older sister. In 2016, Vivica teamed up with exercise guru Shaun T of Beach Bodies for their new workout infomercial T25 Focus, where the performer shares with fans her exercise and fitness routine and secrets!
Vivica A. Fox already has the sequel to Independence Day, Resurgence, under her belt for the year and it's releasing Summer 2016. TV One's Unsung Hollywood gave Fox a chance to tell her story on how she rose to fame and she is now working with the channel for two holiday films made-for-tv that was released for the holidays called Royal Feast & A Royal Family Christmas. You can also catch her celebrating her new home on David Tutera's home decor show airing in 2016.
In the Reality show realm, she currently is producing and starring in a reality show project soon to be announced. Meanwhile, she's had a hand in a string of reality shows such as Celebrity Apprentice and VH1's Mob Wives Season 5 Reunion. Fox is no stranger to hosting as she has done in the past with Big, Rich Texas Reunion Special and a couple Jerseylicious Reunion Specials. Most importantly, not just a host, Vivica A. Fox also added her movie star grace to the challenging Celebrity Apprentice early 2015. And before that, she kept people laughing when she hosted Lifetime's Prank My Mom! Vivica was also a fan favorite on ABC’s, Dancing With The Stars and served as a judge alongside Academy Award winner Faye Dunaway on the WB's, The Starlet.
Other television programming was blessed with her acting chops and fun personality like the hit HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm and Mr. Box Office. Guest-starring on Curb Your Enthusiasm with Larry David and JB Smoove for two seasons, Vivica starred as Loretta Black and earned a newfound fan base! Currently, she graces the small screen in the sitcom, Mr Box Office alongside Bill Bellamy, John Lovitz and Essence Atkins playing Cassandra and starred as Skye on The Syfy Channel twitter 2014 phenom summer hit, Sharknado 2: The Second One. She guest starred in Fox Network’s Raising Hope and is also the voice of Angel Dynamite on Cartoon Network’s, New Scooby Doo. Another fun guest appearance was in the critically acclaimed Cinemax’s Femme Fatale’s second season. After Curb Your Enthusiasm, Fox appeared in Lifetime's Drop Dead Diva and Hallmark's Christmas movies, "Farewell Mrs. Kringle" and “Annie Claus is Coming to Town”.
Fox built her stardom with a strong foundation, having co-starred with some of Hollywood’s hottest actors, including Academy Award® winners Jamie Fox, Halle Berry and Whoopi Goldberg and Academy Award® nominees Will Smith, Uma Thurman and Queen Latifah. Fox’s feature credits include Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill,” "Set It Off", “Ella Enchanted,” “Independence Day,” “Soul Food,” “Batman and Robin,” “Kingdom Come,” “Why Do Fools Fall In Love”, "Boat Trip" and “Juwanna Mann.” She also co-produced and starred in “The Salon” with Academy Award® nominee Terrence Howard and in “The Hard Corps” alongside Jean Claude Van Damme. Fox's television films include Showtime's Hendrix and the ABC/Disney movie, A Saintly Switch opposite David Alan Grier and Rue McClanahan. Her other recent films are the drama film, Green Card Warrior, with Manny Perez and Paige Heard and the indie film hit, In The Hive, directed by Robert Townsend she co-starred with the late Micheal Clarke Duncan and Loretta Devine.
In 2008, Fox was honored at the NAACP Theater Awards where she received the prestigious Spirit Award for starring in and producing the stage play Whatever She Wants alongside Boris Kodjoe and Richard Roundtree. In 2005 and 2006, Fox won the NAACP Image Award and the Prism Award for Best Actress in a Television Series—Drama. In 2003 she was honored with the Lady of Soul Lena Horne Career Achievement Award. She and Will Smith won the MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss for “Independence Day.” Fox has also been voted one of People magazine’s fifty most beautiful people. Aside from numerous film, television and other projects in the works, Vivica’s own empire continues to grow as this versatile Hollywood legend continues to inspire, indulge and entertain an international fan base.
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MARLA SOKOLOFF (Mindy) – Born and raised in San Francisco, Marla Sokoloff moved to Los Angeles in 1994 and enrolled in the Los Angeles County High School of the Arts, where she studied theater and music. She won numerous awards and accolades for her singing, performing the national anthem at such high profile events as the Oakland A's baseball games and for the USO. Soon after moving to Los Angeles, Marla began landing roles on several popular television series including Home Improvement, Party of Five, 3rd Rock from the Sun, and 7th Heaven. On the big screen, she has appeared in the films The Baby-Sitters Club, True Crime, and Whatever It Takes.
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NATASHA HENSTRIDGE (Kendall) – Natasha Henstridge was born on August 15, 1974 in Springdale, Newfoundland, Canada. Known for movies like Species and The Whole Nine Yards, she started her career as a model in Paris, France at the tender age of 15. After leaving home to begin her modeling career in the highly-competitive Paris fashion world, she landed her first cover of French Cosmopolitan and graced the covers of many international fashion magazines, appearing in commercials for Oil of Olay, Lady Stetson and Old Spice. Seeking a greater challenge, Natasha pursued her love of acting and, at only 19, landed the starring role of the science-fiction thriller Species, opposite Sir Ben Kingsley and Forest Whitaker. The film became a worldwide hit critically and commercially and Natasha received praise for her performance as the genetically-modified Sil, including an MTV Award. Not since the Hitchcock era had someone redefined the "femme fatale" for a new generation. This began a recognized film career that has spanned over 35 movies to date.
From conquering comedy with Bruce Willis in The Whole Nine Yards to taking the action-heroine lead in John Carpenter's science-fiction thriller Ghosts of Mars, Natasha has proved herself to be a versatile and fearless actress. She won the Best Actress Gemini Award (Canada's equivalent of an Emmy Award) for her hard-hitting portrayal of a policeman's wife in the miniseries Would Be Kings and starred with Geena Davis in the Golden Globe-winning series Commander in Chief. Her television credits include leading roles in hit series and She Spies and Eli Stone, and voicing Miss Ellen on South Park. Recently, she returned to movies, starring with Paul Sorvino and Joe Mantegna in the forthcoming period drama The Bronx Bull, playing the wife of legendary boxer Jake LaMotta. Natasha is the youngest actress to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Temecula Film Festival, and recently was honored with the Queen Elizabeth II Award from her homeland of Canada.
Natasha is married to actor and platinum-selling recording artist Darius Campbell and they live in Los Angeles, California with her two children Tristan, 14, and Asher, 11. They enjoy skiing and traveling the world, and are involved in humanitarian efforts including St Jude Children's Research Hospital, World Vision and Fresh2o water charity. Natasha also divides her time between the two coasts, as she continues to be in demand as a model, while pursuing a blossoming career as an actress.
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