Apollonia Kotero

Patricia Apollonia Kotero has been an actress and model in the United States over a long period of time. She was the main female vocalist in Apollonia 6 and co-starred in Prince's film Purple Rain from 1984. Apollonia was christened as a female singer and actress by Prince. In the '80s Apollonia was one of numerous artists who benefited from Prince. Patricia Kotero is a Californian actress, born in the city of Santa Monica in 1959. Her early career included acting as a model for television. In 1984, she was the female lead for Prince's Purple Rain (during which time he changed her name) and replaced Vanity in the female trio Vanity 6 singing with them in the film under the name Apollonia 6. Her performance had more impression on the charts when she was Prince's partner in Take Me with You, which was a duet in the soundtrack. The relationship between Kotero and Prince came to an end when the duo were at odds over her career direction. Apollonia 6, the organization she was a part of had a split. She was in a number of smaller films, like Purple Rain's sequel Under the Cherry Moon (which she did not want to be in), and then landed the part of Falcon Crest on the Night-Time drama Falcon Crest from 1985-1986. Apollonia was finally able to release her debut album in 1988, but the fairly pedestrian set of songs that incorporated dance/R&B did not impress those who bought music, and the album soon vanished from sight. Apollonia remained in the spotlight (if slightly underneath the radar) as an actress in the decade that followed, with a few television roles and minor films as well as releasing an exercise video. Apollonia recorded a bilingual album titled Stay With Me. She returned to the school and received a degree in filmmaking. After that, she started her own business and was employed as a child's TV host. Apollonia is a multi-talented woman. She is a former model, singer-actress and talent supervisor. She is most famous as an actress who played the character in the movie Purple Rain from 1984. Other films and shows that she was in included Black Magic Woman and The Divorce Ceremony. Kotero debuted her career as a model. She participated in several pageants. Kotero was crowned in the Miss San Pedro Beauty Pageant. Then, in the 1980s, she began in acting. Apollonia Kotero was born in the United States. She is an actress as well as a model and talent manager. Best known for her appearance as a character in "Purple Rain" and as the main singer for Apollonia 6, she is also an actress, model as well as a singer and manager. She has recorded a number of single and group albums, and numerous songs, including Red Light Romeo Mismatch The Same Dream and Since I fell for You. Kotero has appeared as an actress in several TV shows including CHiPs Fantasy Island Tales of the Gold Monkey Knight Rider Matt Houston Falcon Crest Falcon Crest Knight Rider Matt Houston. Apart from Purple Rain she also appeared in other films. Her popular films are Back To Back Black Magic Woman La Donna di una Sera and Cattive Ragazze. This American beauty is also famous for appearing in music videos featuring artists like Ray Parker Jr. Kotero Entertainment was founded by Kotero Entertainment that is a media company.