Bonnie Morgan
Bonnie Morgan is a female contortionist and actress.[1]
Life and career
Morgan, the daughter of actor Gary Morgan, grew up in a family of circus performers.[2] She is a professional body manipulator, and has performed as a clown and studied as a classical actor.[3]
She is a professional contortionist and has appeared in many known movies such as Piranha 3D, Minority Report, Fright Night and has made an appearance as Beth in the short film Sorority Pillow Fight (alongside Michelle Rodriguez). She also provided stunts in Hellboy II: The Golden Army, for which she was nominated for Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture,[4] and in the William Brent Bell's documentary-style horror film The Devil Inside.[5] She acted as well in several commercial spots[6] and holds a record registered in the Guinness World Records having spent around three minutes with two other people in a box of two by two foot.[3]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1994 | The Magic of the Golden Bear: Goldy III | Jessie | |
2001 | Bubble Boy | Rubber Woman | |
2002 | Minority Report | Contortionist | |
2005 | The Ring Two | Samara Morgan | Stunts only |
2008 | The Burrowers | Burrower #1 | |
2009 | Transylmania | Woman Contortionist | |
2010 | Piranha | Sorority Girl (Inner-tube) | Cameo |
2011 | The Arcadian | Sculpture | |
2011 | Fright Night | Vamp #1 | Cameo |
2012 | The Devil Inside | Rosa Sorlini | Supporting role |
2014 | Fear Clinic | Paige | |
2015 | The Last Witch Hunter | Witch Attacker #1 | |
2016 | Bedeviled | Grandmother | |
2017 | Rings | Samara Morgan |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1990 | Lenny | Little Girl | Episode: "Yes, Virginity, There Is a God" |
1992 | Quantum Leap | Cindy | Episode: "The Last Gunfighter - November 28, 1957" |
1992 | Blossom | Katherine | Episode: "I Killed Chico Barranca" |
1994 | The Nanny | Brooke | Episode: "The Playwright" |
1994 | Sister, Sister | Contortionist | Episode: "Mothers and Other Strangers" |
1996 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Rosemary Hart | Episode: "Eye for an Eye" |
1996 | Step by Step | Tina | Episode: "Do the Right Thing" |
2000 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Pudding Head Who | Cameo (uncredited) |
2001–2013 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Melodie Davis / Alice Neely | 2 episodes |
2002 | Van Wilder | Twisted Auditioner | Uncredited |
2002 | Providence | Contortionist | Episode: "Things Have Changed" |
2003–2004 | Passions | Tabitha's Cousin / Drug Addict | 3 episodes |
2005 | All That | Mee Maw | 3 episodes |
2005 | George Lopez | Contortionist | Episode: "George Buys a Vow" |
2005 | The Suite Life of Zack & Cody | Contortionist | Episode: "A Prom Story" |
2005–2006 | Zoey 101 | 2 episodes | |
2008 | Mind of Mencia | Ashley Olsen | 1 episode |
2008 | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | Rosie | Uncredited Episode: "The Tower Is Tall But the Fall Is Short" |
2010 | Castle | Sophie Ronson | Uncredited Episode: "A Rose for Everafter" |
2010 | Big Time Rush | Acrobat | Episode: "Big Time Party" |
2010 | No Ordinary Family | Store Clerk | Episode: "No Ordinary Quake" |
2011 | Shameless | Teresa | Episode: "Three Boys" |
2011 | A.N.T. Farm | Svetlana | 3 episodes |
2012 | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Twisted McPoyle #134 | Episode: "The Maureen Ponderosa Wedding Massacre" |
2012–2013 | Criminal Minds | Marionette #126 / Marionette #114 | 2 episodes |
2015–2016 | Blunt Talk | Contortionist | 2 episodes |
2017 | Fameless | Episode: "Host Busters" | |
2017 | Hap and Leonard | Judy Punch | Episode: "Pie a la Mojo" |
2017 | Star Trek: Discovery | Crepuscula | Episode: "The Vulcan Hello" |
2018 | A Series of Unfortunate Events | Colette | 2 episodes |
References
- ↑ Sheila Smith. "Bend it like Bonnie - Contortionist entertains Celebration crowds with her eye-popping flexibility". Herald & Review. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
- ↑ http://bloody-disgusting.com/interviews/3404760/meet-contortionist-bringing-samara-back-life-rings/
- 1 2 "Hands down (and legs around), Bonnie Morgan has one of the most twisted gigs in town". Los Angeles magazine (2012-09–01). Retrieved 2017-01-17.
- ↑ "The 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
- ↑ Andy Webster (December 2, 2011). "The Week Ahead". New York Times. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
- ↑ Bonnie Morgan, article on www.imdb.com