Regina Russell Banali
Actor
Biography
Regina Russell is a film producer, director, television presenter, and actress. She directed and produced a feature length documentary called "QUIET RIOT: Well Now You're Here, There's No Way Back" about the hard rock band Quiet Riot. The film premiered at the 2014 Newport Beach Film Festival and won the Festival Honors award for "Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking" in the music category. It also won "Best Music Documentary" from the Oregon Independent Film Festival, and was a official selection of The Hollywood Film Festival, The Carmel International Film Festival, Indie Memphis Film Festival, St. Louis International Film Festival and the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. It Premiered on the Showtime Network Jan 29th 2015. Rolling Stone magazine called it "One of the top rock docs to see this summer". (Issue 1238 July 2nd, 2015)
As a celebrity style expert and red carpet fashion critic, she has appeared in fashion segments for The Today Show, E! News, Access Hollywood, The Fashion Team, and Good Day L.A.
She owned and operated Celebrity Closet Raiders, a high end designer resale store which carried merchandise previously owned by celebrities.
Russell is engaged to Quiet Riot drummer and manager Frankie Banali.
Filmography
Hook
as Mermaid 1991
Hollywood Homicide
as Sartain Receptionist 2003
Cheerleader Massacre
as Buzzy's Flashback Girl 2003
Zig Zag
as Dancer #2 2002
Sexual Matrix
as Tracie Johnson 2000
Bikini Airways
as Terri 2003
The Mummy's Kiss
as Helena 2003
Baberellas
as Renna 2003
Sex Files: Alien Erotica II
as Dr. Betty Brooks 2000
Luck of the Draw
as Zippo's Boudoir Girl 2000
The Model Solution
as Caroline 2002
Sex Files: Pleasureville
as Patty Watts 2000
Cannibal Taboo
as Annie Tramblyn 2006
Wolfhound
as Fantasy Woman (uncredited) 2002
Dungeon of Desire
as Jill 1999
Sex Court: The Movie
as Kayla 2001
House of Love
as Mojave 2000