Lori Lee Petty (born October 14, 1963) is an American movie actress.
Lori Petty, the oldest of three children, was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the daughter of a Pentecostal minister. She is of English descent. She graduated from North High School in Sioux City, Iowa in 1981 and worked for several years in Omaha as a graphic designer before pursuing acting.
On June 1, 2009, Petty was arrested after crashing into a 14-year-old skateboarder in V...
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Lori Lee Petty (born October 14, 1963) is an American movie actress.
Lori Petty, the oldest of three children, was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the daughter of a Pentecostal minister. She is of English descent. She graduated from North High School in Sioux City, Iowa in 1981 and worked for several years in Omaha as a graphic designer before pursuing acting.
On June 1, 2009, Petty was arrested after crashing into a 14-year-old skateboarder in Venice, California. She was found to have had a blood alcohol level higher than 0.08%. She was released on a $100,000 bail.
Petty first became famous for playing Keanu Reeves' surfer girlfriend in the 1991 action thriller Point Break. Prior to that, she got her break starring with Richard Grieco in Fox's Booker.
In 1992, Petty was featured in what became her best known role, A League of Their Own, opposite Tom Hanks, Geena Davis and Madonna. Petty played the title role in Tank Girl in 1995, which made her into a cult icon. Her other films...
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