Kira Reed Lorsch

Reed was born inSanta Clara, California, and by age five was performing in school plays and local dance recitals. By age 10, she was doing commercials and local catalog modeling. When her family moved toLouisville, Kentucky, she attended theYouth Performing Arts Schoolthen went on to graduate from UCLA's School of Theatre, Film and Television. Reed's career in erotica included posing forPlayboyMagazine in December 1996, in a group pictorial on the women that appeared in the television seriesWomen: Stories of Passion, and appearing in suchdirect-to-video(DTV) movies asSecrets of a Chambermaid, "...a soft-core film expressly designed to titillate." Linda Ruth Williamshas cited Reed andDelia Sheppardas examples of actresses who work "..in B-scale erotic thrillers at the fringes of Hollywood, the obvious trajectory for a strip-circuit veteran (DTV divas Kira Reed and Delia Sheppard both started as showgirls.)" Williams also reproduces a quote from an article atPlayboy.comfor a simlar proposition, again with specific reference to Reed. "Video may have killed the radio star, but it proved a real boon to Playmates in the Eighties, who played a not insignificant role in that decade's video revolution." Reed also appeared in variousR-ratedmovies including starring roles inRed Shoe DiariesandThe Price Of Desire as well as network television shows includingNYPD BlueandThe War at Home. She was a reporter and producer onPlayboy TV's seriesSexcetera, and marketed photos and explicit home movies through her own website. Reed was the producer of the second season of theNaked Happy Girlsseries and was the writer and supervising producer of Playboy's hit travel/reality show69 Sexy Things 2 Do Before You Die.