BIOGRAPHY

Zuniga began her film career with Rob Reiner's "The Sure Thing" opposite John Cusack and Tim Robbins. Then, a childhood dream came true when she was cast opposite Lucille Ball in Ball's final performance, "Stone Pillow".

Daphne went on to star in feature films such as Mel Brooks' "Spaceballs", "Vision Quest", "Gross Anatomy" with Christine Lahti and Matthew Modine, and "Staying Together" with Stockard Channing, directed by Lee Grant. Other films include, "Last Rights", and "Stand Ins".

Zuniga became familiar to millions of viewers as Jo Beth Reynolds on the hit series "Melrose Place."

Other credits include, the highly rated NBC miniseries' "Pandora's Clock" and "Degree of Guilt", both based on best- selling novels, and TV guest spots on "Spin City", "Stark Raving Mad", "Eve" and "Law and Order", then on stage in Moliere's "Tartuffe" in Los Angeles.

From the ultra sexy centerfold Shelly Pierce on the acclaimed NBC series "American Dreams," Daphne went on to star on the ABC Family series "Beautiful People" and then with Jay Mohr in the ABC Family film, "Christmas Everyday". She currently recurs as Victoria Davis on "One Tree Hill" for The CW.

2010 also saw Daphne star in and produce the Hallmark movie "A Family Thanksgiving", with Academy Award winner Faye Dunaway. Here she got to show off her comedic side, when she plays a single high powered attorney, who suddenly finds herself in an alternate reality as a mom, juggling carpool and diapers. She then finished of the year starring in the highly rated Lifetime Movie "On Strike for Christmas".

Born in Northern California and raised between there and Vermont, Zuniga is the eldest daughter of a Unitarian minister mother, and a philosophy professor father. Daphne studied a year at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, and performed in theater in New England before attending UCLA. She studied with renowned acting teachers, Peggy Feury at the Loft Studio, Larry Moss, and Penny Allen.

Devoted to the conservation of our planet, Daphne was appointed by Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to the founding Board of the LA River Revitalization Corp in 2010. Her documentary of the TED Conference "The Future We Will Create," which she produced and directed, is currently available on Netflix, Amazon, and in Stores.

FILMOGRAPHY

On Strike for Christmas (2010) .... Joy Robertson
A Family Thanksgiving (2010) .... Claudia
"One Tree Hill" (2007) (2008) (2009) (2010) (2011) .... Victoria Davis
Mail Order Bride (2008) ... Diana McQueen
"Nip/Tuck" (2007) .... Carly Summers (guest star)
Christmas Do-Over (2006) ... Jill
Obsession (2006) .... Deborah Matthews
"Beautiful People" (2005-2006) TV Series .... Lynn Kerr
"American Dreams" (2004-2005) TV Series .... Shelly Pierce
Secret Lives (2005) .... Jill Thompson
A-List (2005) .... Tina
Ghost Dog: A Detective Tail (2003) (TV) .... Amanda Morton
Enemies of Laughter (2000) .... Judy Kravitz
Artificial Lies (2000) .... Karen Wettering
"Stories from My Childhood" (1998) TV Series (voice)
Stand-ins (1997) .... Shirley-Greta Garbo's Stand-in
Loss of Faith (1997) (TV) .... Claire
Naked in the Cold Sun (1997) .... Rini
Pandora's Clock (1996) .... Dr. Roni Sanders
"Degree of Guilt" (1995) (mini) TV Series .... Teresa Peralta
Charlie's Ghost Story (1994) .... Ronda
Cityscrapes: Los Angeles (1994) .... Chantal
Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon (1993) .... Minha
"Melrose Place" (1992-1996) (2009) (2010) TV Series .... Jo Reynolds
Mad at the Moon (1992) .... Young Mrs. Miller
Prey of the Chameleon (1992) .... Patricia/Elizabeth Burrows
The Eyes of the Panther (1990) .... Irene Marlowe
Gross Anatomy (1989) .... Laurie Rorbach
Staying Together (1989) .... Beverly Young
The Fly II (1989) .... Beth Logan
Last Rites (1988) .... Angela
Spaceballs (1987) .... Princess Vespa
Modern Girls (1986) .... Margo
Stone Pillow (1985) .... Carrie Lang
The Sure Thing (1985) .... Alison Bradbury
Vision Quest (1985) .... Margie Epstein
Quarterback Princess (1984) .... Kim Maida
The Initiation (1984) .... Kelly (Terry)