Karen Russell was a buxom, shapely, and voluptuous brunette actress and dancer who popped up with pleasing regularity in a handful of entertainingly trashy low-budget straight-to-video exploitation pictures made throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Karen made a memorable film debut as nasty street gang moll Chula in the brutal urban action opus Tenement. She was quite funny and appealing as the ditsy Shawnee in the crudely amusing Vice Academy. Russells other noteworthy parts include sweet, but troubled Mafia princess Amy in the gloriously outrageous Murder Weapon, motorcycle mama Candy in Easy Wheels, naive hooker Fran in the hugely enjoyable The Banker, cop Francesco Quinns bitter estranged ex-wife Isabella in Murder Blues, and lusty groupie Michelle in Shock Em Dead. Moreover, Karen appeared in small roles as a dancer in the mainstream features Dick Tracy, Havana, Mobsters, and Bugsy. After calling it a day as an actress in the mid-1990s, Russell went on to become a yoga teacher and founder of her own business Yoga Groove based in North Hollywood, California.
Film 1994
Mohawk
Film 1988
Mona
Film 1989
Hooker #1
Film 1989
Shawnee
Film 1989
Amy
Film 1989
Lisa
Film 1990
Cathy
Film 1990
Announcer (voice)
Film 2022
Coed #2
Film 1989
Chula
Film 1985
Showgirl
Film 1991
Coco
Film 1991
Dancer
Film 1991
Isabella
Film 1991
Michelle
Film 1991
Music Video Dancer
Film 1986
Herself / Actress
Film 1991
Mary
Film 1990
Candy
Film 1989
Self - Showgirl
Film 1997
Teen Girl
Film 1989
Emily (as Dusty Woods)
Film 1988
Topless Woman
Film 1988
Dancer
Film 1990
Dancer
Film 1999