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Way back in 1999, a young Cerina Vincent appeared as Maya/The Yellow Galaxy Ranger in Power Rangers Lost Galaxy. It was a family friendly television series that was part of the highly popular Power Rangers franchise. After her work on that series came to an end, Vincent continued working on television, primarily in one off roles on shows like Malcolm In The Middle, City Guys, and Ally McBeal.
In 2001, she had her first major film role as Areola, the foreign exchange student in the comedy spoof, Not Another Teen Movie. The role, which required Vincent to appear completely nude throughout the film, received mixed reactions. According to Ms. Vincent, the role, her first one featuring on-screen nudity, disturbed many of her Power Rangers fans. Vincent stated that shooting her scenes wasn’t a bad experience but she wasn’t ready for the way that many of her fans would judge her for appearing nude in the film.
Vincent followed up Not Another Teen Movie on the big screen with her first major horror role as Marcy in Cabin Fever (2002). The role once again called for Vincent to appear nude. She agreed to appear topless in the film but refused to show her bottom on screen. Director/Writer of Cabin Fever, Eli Roth, clashed with Vincent over the scene involving her exposed bottom. She feared being typecast as the girl that’s always ready to appear nude and Roth apparently felt that bottom nudity was essential to the scene. Ultimately she agreed to show one inch of her butt crack in the scene. A tape measure was brought out, Vincent was measured, and the bed sheet was taped to her buttocks to prevent them from slipping off and exposing more than she was comfortable with in the movie. Vincent also appeared in one of the most famous scenes in the film, the very uncomfortable to watch “shaving” scene where bits of Vincent’s flesh peeled off of her body as she tried to shave her legs.
After Cabin Fever, Vincent began regularly appearing in more horror films, most of which were released straight-to-video or television. Despite being released this way, many of them are surprisingly well done. Vincent’s performances in each of these films, no matter how the rest of the cast or production was received, has been highly praised. Most notably, her work in It Waits (2005) and Sasquatch Mountain (2006) was considered to be the saving graces for both of these films. Some of the other horror films that Cerina has appeared in include Intermedio (2005), Return To House On Haunted Hill (2007), Freaks of Nature (2015), and Tales of Halloween (2015). She is also scheduled to appear in Flesh, an upcoming horror film that features fellow Scream Queens Danielle Harris and Tiffany Shepis.
Vincent has also maintained a presence on television. She has appeared in guest starring roles on shows like Two And A Half Men, Workaholics, and NCIS: Los Angeles. She also regularly appears in made-for-TV movies including starring in the Hallmark Channel film The Thanksgiving House. On top of that, Vincent returned to family shows when she portrayed Suzy Diaz, the mother of seven children, on the Disney Channel series, Stuck In The Middle, which also starred Jenna Ortega of the most recent Scream film and the upcoming Tim Burton/Netflix series, Wednesday.
Vincent has done a surprisingly excellent job of balancing her career between roles in multiple genres while at the same time cementing her place as a Scream Queen. She also successfully avoided being typecast as the sexy girl or the girl willing to do nudity in films all while accepting those types of roles at times. To top it all off, Vincent is a genuinely good actress who I believe deserves more prominent roles in film and television.
Be sure to check out It Waits, Cabin Fever, and Sasquatch Mountain. All three of these films are very good (although Cabin Fever loses its way a bit), and Vincent does a fine job in all of them.
I hope that you enjoyed today’s Reign of the Scream Queens entry. I’ll see you again tomorrow!
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