• Name: Soleil Moon Frye
  • Date of Birth: August 06, 1976
  • Place of Birth: Glendora, California, USA
Mini-bio: Known to millions as the adorable Punky Brewster, actress Soleil Moon Frye began acting when she was only two years old. The daughter of actor Virgil Frye, Soleil cut her teeth on projects like the TV... read more movie Who Will Love My Children? before scoring the role of Punky at the age of eight. Audiences fell in love with the precocious child, and she stayed with the show until 1988. After it wrapped, Frye continued to remain creative and active, appearing in films such as Summertime Switch and even directing the 2004 film Sonny Boy. ~ Cammila Albertson, Rovi
Post it anywhere Link it anywhere

Soleil Moon Frye Wiki Profile


EasyEdit tools are temporarily disabled for maintenance.
What's going on here?
Flixster members are collaborating to create the definitive resource for Soleil Moon Frye information on the Internet. We're adding all the images, info, and ideas that best tell this actor's unique story. To add your knowledge of Soleil Moon Frye, just log in and click the EasyEdit button at the top of the wiki pages. (
Click here for help.)
Replace this image with an actor photoSoleil Moon Frye mini-bio: Soleil Moon Frye began acting at the age of two, after seeing her father, veteran actor Virgil Frye, and brother, Meeno Peluce, on TV. Her father got her an agent, Herb Tannen & Associates in Hollywood, and her career soon took off. Her mother, Sondra Peluce, became her manager. At age eight she became known worldwide as the title character in the "Punky Brewster" (1984) series on NBC. Since that show ended she has appeared in numerous movies, directed a film and written a screenplay for a movie about experiences a group of teenagers encounter in a café.

Half-sister of Sean Frye and Meeno Peluce and daughter of Virgil Frye.

Soleil means "sun" in French.

Graduated from a private high school in California's San Fernando Valley. She then attended New School University in New York for one year.

At the age of 22 she directed Wild Horses (1998/I), making her one of the youngest people in history ever to direct a film.

Her mother named her Soleil Moon after the song "I Got the Sun in the Morning (and the Moon at Night)", from the musical "Annie Get Your Gun".

Measurements: 38DD-26-35 (as a young teen actress), 36C-24-34 (after breast reduction surgery at age 15), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).

Dated Edward Furlong in the early 1990s.

When Shannen Doherty left the series "Charmed" (1998), Soleil was one of the short list of actors considered to replace her. The role later went to Rose McGowan.

She starred in the television movie, I've Been Waiting for You (1998) (TV), where her character hunts a witch. Ironically, a few years later she joined the cast of "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" (1996), where she played the best friend of a witch.

2005: Ranked #35 on VH1's 100 Greatest Kid Stars.

Her daughter, Poet Sienna Rose Goldberg, was born at 2:20 am on 24 August 2005 in Los Angeles. Poet weighed 7 lbs. 13 oz. and was 19 inches long.

Daughter, Poet Sienna Rose is called Poe for short.

First name is pronounced "So-lay".

Expecting her second child, due Spring 2008.


VITAL STATS

Soleil Moon Frye Information:
Eye color:
Height:
Nickname(s):
Notable feature(s):
Education:
Family:
Resides in:
Religious affiliations:
Political affiliation:
Personal interests/hobbies:
Charities/Causes:
Other:



Soleil Moon Frye Movies


Soleil Moon Frye at LocateTV.com

Facts


No facts approved yet. Be the first

Actor Skins


Soleil Moon Frye Trivia


  • Actress Soleil Moon Frye, provides the voice of Zoey in "The Proud Family Movie", and also starred in:  Answer »
  • What TV kid star appeared in the 1995 version of "Piranha"?   Answer »

Actor Quizzes


Soleil Moon Frye Quizzes

No quizzes for Soleil Moon Frye. Want to create one?