Toy Newkirk

Toy Newkirk
Born (1972-07-27) 27 July 1972
Occupation Film, Actress, Producer
Years active 1977 – present

Toy Newkirk (born July 27, 1972) is an American actress and producer best known for her starring role as Sheila Kopecky in A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master. She also works as producer, writer & director.

At 5 years old, Toy booked her first acting job with a national “Tide” Commercial. She subsequently worked on shows including “Little Lulu”, to lending an animated voice to the cartoon “Karate Kid”, “The Commish”, “OJ Simpson Story”, “227”, “Bustin Loose” & “Living Single”, “90210” and “A Different World”.

A history deep in all media genres from feature films, scripted TV and un-scripted (reality) to digital programming, Toy has produced shows for networks such as FOX, WE, Bravo, NBC, E! etc. Toy has been successfully charged to develop, format and deliver broadcast quality programming for shows such as biographies of Vanessa Williams, Billy Joel & The Eagles, HBO’s Tracey Ullman special, E! Network's Gastineau Girls, Discovery Science's Ingenious Minds, InDemand Howard Stern TV, to name a few. Her next move was into the digital world working for Hulu on an original program, The Morning After.

Filmography

Movies

Year Title Role Notes
1988 A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master Sheila
1997 Sammy the Screenplay Other Script (Voice) Short
2001 100 Kilos Momma Peaches Video
2003 Tapped Out

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1977 Rafferty Diane 1 Episode: Rafferty
1978 ABC Weekend Special Diane 1 Episode: Little Lulu
1985 Diff'rent Strokes Beverly 1 Episode: So You Want to Be a Rock Star?
1987 Bustin' Loose 1 Episode: Homeless, Sweet Homeless
1988 227 Girl #1 1 Episode: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Pageant
1990 A Different World Bianca 3 Episodes: Everything Must Change, How Bittersweet It Is, Blues for Nobody's Child
1995 The O.J. Simpson Story Young Marguerite TV Movie
Beverly Hills, 90210 Jill 1 Episode: Hello Life, Goodbye Beverly Hills
The Commish Tonya Johnson 2 Episodes: Off Broadway: Part 1 & 2
1996 Living Single Miriam 1 Episode: Ride the Maverick
1997 Days of Our Lives 1 Episode: #1.8088

Video Games

Year Title Role
2001 MechCommander 2 Commentator 3

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