Life and career

She was born in San Diego, California, the daughter of actress Raquel Welch and her first husband, James Welch. She appeared in a 1967 photo with her mother in Ladies' Home Journal.

Her film career began in Italy starring opposite Virna Lisi. Returning to the U.S. she starred in Ron Howard's Cocoon and its sequel, Cocoon: The Return, in which she portrayed a beautiful alien. Returning to Europe she continued working mostly in Italian and German film and television productions. She has also appeared in American independent pictures I Shot Andy Warhol, Sue, and Search and Destroy. She also portrayed the role of Catherine Powell in the 1996 video game Ripper.

Welch posed for a nude pictorial in the November 1995 edition of Playboy as well as posing in a handbra on its cover. Welch appeared in American Vogue, Italian Vogue, British GQ, Interview, French Marie Claire, Italian Moda, and German Bunte magazines.

Filmography

• Amarsi un po'... (1984)
• Cocoon (1985)
• Sleeping Beauty (1987)
• Lethal Obsession (1987)
• Cocoon: The Return (1988)
• Disperatamente Giulia (1989)
• La bocca (1990)
• L'angelo con la pistola (1992)
• The Criminal Mind (1993)
• Night Train to Venice (1993)
• Improper Conduct (1994)
• Search and Destroy (1995)
• Night Train to Venice (1996)
• I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)
• Johnny 2.0 (1997)
• Sue (1997)
• Black Light (1999)

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