Name	Rena Riffel
Height
Naionality	American
Date of Birth	5-March-1969
Place of Birth	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Famous for	Acting

Rena Riffel is an American actress, singer, dancer, model, writer, producer, and director. She is known for her supporting roles in films such as Showgirls, Striptease, and Mulholland Drive. At age 11, she landed her first acting and dance part in a production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I at the Paso Robles Playhouse. Riffel’s parents began driving her down to Los Angeles at age 15 to take acting classes for commercials and to attend acting seminars.

Riffel also excelled as a cheerleader and was appointed head song leader and choreographer for Atascadero High School during her senior year. In 1987, the Atascadero Chamber of Commerce chose Riffel as Miss Atascadero to compete in the San Luis Obispo Mid-State Fair Pageant where she was crowned Princess of the Mid-State Fair. After graduating high school, Riffel briefly enrolled in college where she was a pre-med major, but left early on in order to pursue an acting career. She moved to Los Angeles where she auditioned for dance parts, modeled for Catalina Swimwear, and landed a handful of minor roles in movies and television. Riffel began studying acting with Floyd Levine and dance with Marguerite Derricks. She auditioned at the Rodunsky School of Dance where she earned a scholarship.

Riffel landed her first film role in the horror thriller film Satan’s Princess (1990) with Academy Award nominated Robert Forster. During this time, Riffel also recorded a demo and was signed to Mercury/Polygram records by Ed Eckstein. Her record was unreleased. Riffel had minor roles on the television series Freshman Dorm and in the film Batman Returns as one of the Penguin’s Girls. She landed her first featured role opposite Patrick Stewart in the 1994 action movie Gunmen. She was also featured in the made for TV movie Sinatra playing May Britt, the wife of Sammy Davis, Jr. as well as the television series Quantum Leap. Riffel also began modeling for Robinsons-May and appeared in a Clio Award and Telly Award winning Fantastic Sams commercial, both of which contributed to her recognition. Riffel then began studying the Meisner Technique at Playhouse West.