Early life

Skye was born Ione Skye Leitch in Hampstead, London, England, the daughter of folk singer/songwriter Donovan and model Enid Karl (née Stulberger). Her father is Scottish and her mother is an American from a Jewish family. Her second name comes from the Isle of Skye. She is the younger sister of Camp Freddy singer Donovan Leitch, who was married to former model Kirsty Hume. Skye was brought up in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Connecticut. She attended Immaculate Heart High School and Hollywood High School for the Performing Arts in 1987.

Career

Skye made her film debut in River's Edge in 1986, and played the title character in The Rachel Papers (1989). She played Diane Court in the 1989 film Say Anything... In 1992, she played the role of Eleanor Grey on the short-lived TV show Covington Cross and a supporting role in the Stephen La Rocque film Samantha. She also had a small but well-received part in the 2007 David Fincher film Zodiac, and appeared in the music video for the Harvey Danger song "Sad Sweetheart Of The Rodeo."

In a rare interview with mondo-video.com in December 2010, Skye admitted to not paying perfect attention to her career arc over the years, saying she "never struck when the iron was hot" when it came to going after big Hollywood roles in her 20s.

Personal life

For a few years in the 1980s, Skye had a relationship with Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis. Kiedis's 2004 book Scar Tissue contains a nude photo of the couple. Skye was 18 when the picture was taken.

Skye's first husband, Adam Horovitz, is a member of the Beastie Boys. The couple married in 1992, separated in 1995, and divorced in 1999.

In the mid-1990s, Skye was briefly in a relationship with Jenny Shimizu.

Skye had a relationship with furniture designer David Netto and they had a daughter, Kate, in December 2001. The family, Skye's home in Hollywood, and Netto's apartment in New York City were featured in the February 2003 issue of Vogue magazine. The two were engaged during their on-again, off-again bi-coastal relationship. Eventually they broke up.

In 2008, Skye became engaged to musician Ben Lee. On December 29, 2008, Skye and Lee were married in a Hindu wedding ceremony in India. They have a daughter, Goldie Priya Lee, who was born September 24, 2009.

Skye is a painter. She has written a children's book called My Yiddish Vacation, published by Henry Holt and Company in May 2014.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	River's Edge	Clarissa
1987	Stranded	Deirdre Clark
1988	Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon, AA Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon	Denise Hunter
1989	Say Anything...	Diane Court
1989	Rachel Papers, TheThe Rachel Papers	Rachel Noyce
1990	Mindwalk	Kit Hoffman
1992	Gas Food Lodging	Trudi
1992	Wayne's World	Elyse
1992	Guncrazy	Joy
1992	Samantha	Elaine
1994	Cityscrapes: Los Angeles	Young Woman
1994	Color of Evening, TheThe Color of Evening	Halys Smith
1994	Girls in Prison	Carol Madison
1995	Four Rooms	Eva	Segment: "The Missing Ingredient"
1996	Dream for an Insomniac	Frankie
1997	One Night Stand	Jenny
1998	Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five	Gabby
1999	Mascara	Rebecca
1999	Jump	Stephanie
1999	But I'm a Cheerleader	Kelly
2000	Good Doctor, TheThe Good Doctor	Nadia Wickham	Short film
2000	Men Make Women Crazy Theory
2000	Moonglow
2000	Size of Watermelons, TheThe Size of Watermelons	Maggie
2001	Angryman
2001	Free	Catherine
2001	Southlander: Diary of a Desperate Musician	Miss Highrise
2001	Chicken Night	Mama	Short film
2003	Spin, Shoot & Run	Jolynn
2005	Fever Pitch	Molly
2005	Bad Girls Behind Bars
2006	Lather Effect, TheThe Lather Effect	Zoey
2007	Zodiac	Kathleen Johns (uncredited)
2009	Secret Promise, AA Secret Promise	Diana Mancini
2013	Haunt	Emily Asher
2013	Return to Babylon	Virginia Rappe
2015	Dear Eleanor	Charlotte
2016	Kitty		Filming, short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story	Pauline Bonaparte	TV miniseries
1989	Nightmare Classics	Marie	Episode: "Camilla"
1991	General Motors Playwrights Theater, TheThe General Motors Playwrights Theater	Joanna Dibble	Episode: "It's Called the Sugar Plum"
1992	Covington Cross	Eleanor Grey	13 episodes
1994	Girls in Prison	Carol Madison	TV movie
1997	Perfect Mother, TheThe Perfect Mother	Kathryn M. Podaras	TV movie
1998	Tower of the Firstborn	Diane Shannon	TV movie
2000	Fearing Mind, TheThe Fearing Mind	Irene	Episode: "Gentleman Caller"
2002	Twilight Zone, TheThe Twilight Zone	Melina Kroner	Episode: "Night Route"
2003	Dead Zone, TheThe Dead Zone	Madeleine Wey	Episode: "Visions"
2004	Clinic, TheThe Clinic	Emma Matthews	TV movie
2004	Back When We Were Grownups	Minerva 'Min' Foo	TV movie
2005	Life As We Know It	Food Stand Woman	Episode: "Papa Wheelie"
2005	Arrested Development	Mrs. Veal	Episode: "Meat the Veals"
2006	12 Hours to Live	Megan Saunders	TV movie
2008	Private Practice	Monica	Episode: "Know When to Fold"
2010	Santa Incident, TheThe Santa Incident	Joanna	TV movie

[ Source: Wikipedia ]