Acting

Zoë Lund

Born February 9, 1962 · New York, New York, USA

Died April 16, 1999 · aged 37

Zoë Lund was an American musician, model, actress, author, producer, political activist and screenwriter. She was best known for her association in two films with film director Abel Ferrara: Ms. 45 (1981), in which she starred, and Bad Lieutenant (1992), for which she co-wrote the screenplay.

Known For

Bad Lieutenant

Bad Lieutenant · 1992

MovieCrimeDrama

While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness.

Ms .45

MovieCrimeThriller

After being attacked and raped twice in one day, a timid, mute seamstress becomes a violent agent of revenge for wronged women.

Times Square

Times Square · 1980

MovieDramaMusic

When a 13-year-old girl befriends a defiant antisocial child of the streets, the mismatched runaways set off to the Big Apple to find their own adventure.

Hand Gun

Hand Gun · 1994

MovieCrimeAction

Jack is in the midst of a major robbery, which leaves him injured and his accomplices dead. Jack manages to hide the $500,000 from the robbery before he makes his way to his death bed.

Dreamland

Dreamland · 1997

Small-town gangsters and ambitious young girls meet in "Dreamland", where they exchange nervous kisses and green banknotes.

Special Effects

Special Effects · 1984

Special Effects

MovieDramaHorror

Reality and illusion collide as megalomaniacal filmmaker Chris Neville murders a young would-be actress, then sets about making a feature about the deed, casting the deceased's clueless husband as the patsy, and finding a dead ringer to play the late actress.

Hot Ticket

Hot Ticket · 1993

Short film written, directed, and starring Zoë at the Rotterdam Film Festival.

Exquisite Corpses

Exquisite Corpses · 1989

Exquisite Corpses

MovieCrimeComedy

An attractive young cowboy, new to the city, meets a gay casting agent.

Filmography

Sort

Bad Lieutenant

Bad Lieutenant · 1992

MovieCrimeDrama

While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness.

Screenplay

Ms .45

MovieCrimeThriller

After being attacked and raped twice in one day, a timid, mute seamstress becomes a violent agent of revenge for wronged women.

Thana

Times Square

Times Square · 1980

MovieDramaMusic

When a 13-year-old girl befriends a defiant antisocial child of the streets, the mismatched runaways set off to the Big Apple to find their own adventure.

Sleez Girl (uncredited)

Hand Gun

Hand Gun · 1994

MovieCrimeAction

Jack is in the midst of a major robbery, which leaves him injured and his accomplices dead. Jack manages to hide the $500,000 from the robbery before he makes his way to his death bed.

Zelda

Dreamland

Dreamland · 1997

Small-town gangsters and ambitious young girls meet in "Dreamland", where they exchange nervous kisses and green banknotes.

Special Effects

Special Effects · 1984

Special Effects

MovieDramaHorror

Reality and illusion collide as megalomaniacal filmmaker Chris Neville murders a young would-be actress, then sets about making a feature about the deed, casting the deceased's clueless husband as the patsy, and finding a dead ringer to play the late actress.

Andrea Wilcox / Elaine Bernstein

Hot Ticket

Hot Ticket · 1993

Short film written, directed, and starring Zoë at the Rotterdam Film Festival.

Director

Exquisite Corpses

Exquisite Corpses · 1989

Exquisite Corpses

MovieCrimeComedy

An attractive young cowboy, new to the city, meets a gay casting agent.

Belinda Maloney

The Houseguest

The Houseguest · 1989

A low budget spoof of a Bergmannesque summer resort love triangle that ends with a surreal twist.

Marla

Peter Flechette's the Obvious!

Peter Flechette's the Obvious! · 1991

Peter Flechette's the Obvious!

Produced by shockumentary genius Charles Gatewood, this mondo film offers a sex/violence mashup in a wee 60 min montage of head slamming romp. It makes you squirm as you're in for female anatomy ironically juxtaposed with extreme violence.

Miami Vice

Miami Vice · 1984

SeriesCrimeDrama

The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is undercover in a drug cartel.

Miranda

Hothouse

Hothouse · 1988

A medical drama set in a New England psychiatric clinic includes father-and-son discord between the head of the facility and its business manager.

Chickie