(Tonya Kay’s) love for classic cars, as an owner herself, sparked the initial idea of throwing her show back to the pinup years, where dames ruled their curves, their attitudes, and shook what their momma’s gave them. Tonya wanted to embrace that yesteryear fun and knock it together with the ath...
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Tonya Kay's brutally elegant acting work is coveted for the moxie, physicality and depth of the characters she creates.
You can see her series regular in the upcoming Puppet Master: Axis Termination series (El Rey Network) and leading film roles in A Better Place (Cannes), Dark Space and Earthtastrophe (SyFy) and The Other Wife (Lifetime Movie Network).
On tv you’ve seen her fierce and sensual acting on Rosewood (FOX), The Fosters (Freeform), Criminal Minds (ABC) and House MD (FOX).
The only female nominee, Tonya Kay won Best Villain from the Horror Society 2016 for her lead role in Bastard (20th Century Fox) and draws upon Meisner, Anthony Meindl, Second City and iO West training to shape her fearless instincts.
Tonya Kay’s sass and smarts side strongly with celebs as co-host with Penn Jillette on Street Cred (Travel Channel) and sketch comedy partner with Neil Patrick Harris and Conan O’Brien.
Nothing makes Tonya Kay happier than when her ideals and art combine and it has been her distinct pleasure to work with fellow vegans Russell Brand, Ellen Degeneres, Emily Dashnel and Rob Zombie.
This fit, female athlete performs her own stunts, and has stunt doubled PINK and fought Zoe Bell in the film Raze (Paramount).
Tonya Kay’s favorite film is Faster Pussy Cat Kill! Kill! and when she’s not on-camera, she’s under the hood of her her own classic hot rod.
Acting Reeels
Acting
Fierce, secretive, seductive, tough, smart and brutally elegant. Tonya Kay is a SAGAFTRA and AEA actress performing on-camera and on stage. Winner: Best Villain, The Horror Society 2016 (only female nominee). Winner: Best Supporting Actress, LA Movie Awards. Training: Anthony Meilndl, Meisner Technique, Bonnie Gillespie.
Acting
Tonya Kay is a SAGAFTRA and AEA actress performing on-camera and on stage. Winner: Best Supporting Actress, LA Movie Awards. Winner: Best Comedy Ensemble, Indie Tube Awards. Training: Second City Conservatory and iO West.
Acting
Tonya Kay is an on-camera host and live MC, Second City-trained improvisor/sketch comedian, professional writer and on-staff journalist for EcoHearth and Pyragraph Magazines.
Acting
Tonya Kay is a SAGAFTRA and AEA voice actress. VO reel produced by Joey Heshion. Training: VoiceCaster.
Reviews
Acting Representation
Tonya Kay, burlesque host and headliner, is the reigning Queen of Burlesque at the LA Neo Noir Film Festival.
A hard-bodied professional dancer and Second City trained improv comedian, you can see her burlesque work on television’s Rosewood (FOX), Friends With Benefits (TBS), Little Women LA (TLC), Secret Girlfriend (Comedy Central), Live Nude Comedy (Showtime), The View (ABC) and America’s Got Talent with Howie Mandel (NBC).
Tonya Kay has toured Spain, England, South Africa, Japan and Ireland and is the creator and producer of Tonya Kay's Pinup Pole Show. Her theatre training and love of Vaudeville shapes each of her 40 developed solo acts, bringing the authentic spirit of retro-burlesque alive today as a showgirl in her giant champagne glass, grinding sparks off her metal bikini cod piece, intimately bathing in her full size burlesque bathtub, tributing her idols Shirley Temple, Gypsy Rose Lee, Lucille Ball and Lili St Cyr or lighting her pretty little pasties on fire.
From classic glamour to comedy and danger, Tonya Kay is a master on stage with an intimate understanding of what it means to be a true showstopper.
Summertime
Summertime
Classic
When the weather gets unbearably hot, what’s left to do but take a sponge bath?Money
Money
Classic
Dance, dance, dance. When you love to see a trained dancer just rock out on stage.Machine Shop Grinder Girl
Machine Shop Grinder Girl
Danger
Tonya Kay’s signature act. Performed over 300 times, this act has it all - acting, dance technique, storyline and … grinding sparks of her metal bikini cod piece with an un-saftied metal grinder!Keep My Love Alive
Keep My Love Alive
Danger
A 1940s Ella Fitzgerald comedy: the secret of ever lasting love - when you can’t bear to divorce them, kill them!So Hott Fire Tits
So Hott Fire Tits
Danger
In tribute to Satan’s Angel, the Queen of Fire Tassels in the 1960s, Tonya Kay lights her pretty little pasties on fire and may or may not light up a doobie on stage. As part of the act, of course.Tonya Kay’s Concealed Carry Burlesque
Tonya Kay’s Concealed Carry Burlesque
Tribute
Tonya Kay, The Most Dangerous Woman In Hollywood, performs her 1930's noir styled Concealed Carry Burlesque to the Eagles 'Those Shoes' in the 'Midnight Carnival', produced by Valentina in San Diego, CA. How much heat can one woman pack and where oh where does a burlesque performer pack it anyway?!Bullwhip Burlesque
Bullwhip Burlesque
Comedy
The danger act that started it all on Showtime! Tonya Kay cuts a flower out of a not-so-brave volunteers mouth using her 6’ bullwhip.Latest Posts
Girls and Corpses Magazine was a complete pleasure to host at the last Pinup Pole Show. Not only is Corpsy a fantastically fun and to-the-point host, but he brought that gorgeous 1959 Cadillac ‘Meteor Miller’ hearse to our cruise-in and really upped the classic car party. Here Corpsy asks cand...
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Girls and Corpses Magazine was a complete pleasure to host at the last Pinup Pole Show. Not only is Corpsy a fantastically fun and to-the-point host, but he brought that gorgeous 1959 Cadillac ‘Meteor Miller’ hearse to our cruise-in and really upped the classic car party. Here Corpsy asks cand...
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Tonya Kay’s movement mastery of dance, specialty arts and stunts has coined her The Most Dangerous Woman in Hollywood.
Her daredevil skills have been featured in STOMP (Broadway), De La Guarda (Las Vegas), The Muppets Movie (Disney), The Lone Ranger (Disney), recurring on Glee (FOX) and The Voice (NBC).
Performing side by side with icons Neil Patrick Harris, Howie Mandell, Rhianna, Bruno Mars, Conan O'Brien and Rob Zombie, Tonya Kay’s athletic prowess has earned her contract offers with Cirque du Soliel and Dragone.
She has stunt doubled PINK and Mac Miller, stunt coordinated Corey Feldman, stunt consulted on Bones (FOX) and fought Zoe Bell hand to hand in film Raze (Paramount).
Her specialties include:
* trained dance
* grinder girl
* precision bullwhip
* fire arts
* knife throwing
* pole dance
* flagging
* side show
* giant martini glass
* on-camera stunts
To Tonya Kay, movement is honesty and the body tells no lies.
Movement Reels
Dance
Tonya Kay, The Most Dangerous Woman in Hollywood, is a SAGAFTRA/AEA specialty artist. This reel spotlights a just a few of her many brutally elegant skill sets, including: grinder girl, fire dance, pole dance, champagne glass burlesque, stilt walking and precision bullwhip cracking.
Dance
Tonya Kay is a SAGAFTRA and AEA actress whom does her own stunts. Double for PINK and Mac Miller, coordinator for Corey Feldman, consultant on Bones.
Earthtastrophe (SyFy)
It's not post- apocalyptic; it's apocalyptic as Earth has been sucked through a wormhole, literally ripping our planet from the inside out. With bizarre disasters and civilization collapsing, our heroes must find a way to survive and get to "safe ground" before it's too late.Director: Nick Lyon
Writer: Ashley O'Neil
Stars: Tonya Kay, Andrew Katers, Evan Weinstein
Bastard (20th Century FOX)
Five strangers - newlywed serial killers, a suicidal cop, and two runaways - become suspect and victim when a masked murderer makes its presence known in an isolated mountain town.Available on iTunes, Youtube, Amazon, Google Play and Vudu.
Directors: Powell Robinson and Patrick Robert Young
Writor: Patrick Robert Young
Stars: Tonya Kay, Rebekah Kennedy, Ellis Greer and Dan Creed
The Other Wife (Lifetime Movie Network)
Kate is devastated to learn that her husband Billy has been living a double life with another wife, Deb.Director: Nick Lyon
Writors: Adam Meyer and Delondra Williams
Stars: Tonya Kay, Kimberley Hews and Lisa Goodman
A Better Place
A shy and underdeveloped young man with uncanny powers learns how to cope with life in a small corrupt town.Available on iTunes, Amazon and Google Play.
Director: Dennis Ho
Writers: K.R. Bass (screenplay) and Dennis Ho (story)
Stars: Tonya Kay, Stephan Todt, Perry Thomas and Mary Ann Raemisch
The Kill Corporation
In a possible future all disagreements are settled by Terminal Arbitration - an Arbiter examines the case, determines the winner, and kills the loser, thus ensuring continued social harmony.Available streaming free on Youtube.
Director: Daniel Capuzzi
Writer: Daniel Capuzzi
Stars: Tonya Kay, Maralyn Facey, Hannah Levien and Victor Dean
Dark Space (SyFy)
When their shuttle is damaged on the way to Centari Five, six friends are forced to crash land on the surface of a mysterious alien planet. Stranded with little hope of rescue, it soon becomes clear that they are not alone.Available on Netflix, Youtube, Amazon, Google Play and Vudu.
Director: Emmett Callinan
Writer: Emmett Callinan
Stars: Tonya Kay, Keith Reay, Steve West and Alana Dietze
Video Game Reunion (MTV)
Desperate to reboot their failed careers, the once-great video game heroes of the 1980s are coming back together... for a reunion.Available streaming free on Youtube.
Creators: Tim Donahue, Matthew Lewis and Aaron Sherry
Stars: Tonya Kay, Britain Spellings, P.J. Marino and Courtney Merritt
Bold Native
Charlie Cranehill, an animal liberator wanted for domestic terrorism, emerges from the underground to coordinate a nationwide action as his estranged CEO father tries to find him before the FBI does.Available streaming free on YouTube.
Director: Denis Henry Hennelly
Writer: Denis Henry Hennelly
Stars: Tonya Kay, Joaquin Pastor, Randolph Mantooth and Sheila Vand
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Theatrical and On-Camera
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Voice Acting
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Managment
Stefan Jacobs
Catapult Management
4310-779-4142
Catapult Management
4310-779-4142