Today's Blind Items - The Big Secret
Usually when a married man hooks up with a woman other than his wife, he would like it kept a secret. Is it usually kept a secret? I think it depends on who the man is and how big the check is. Many moons ago in this very space we were introduced to an actress who had her biggest success as a teen and into her very early 20's. Even then, she was more interested in things other than acting. She made a significant amount of money being a dominatrix to actors/producers who could afford her very expensive non-sexual services. Did I mention the services were expensive? Unlike most young actresses, she didn't need to go to audition after audition. She made a ton of money and when she did want to act, all she had to do was talk to one of her clients who would make some calls and our actress could do some acting. Fast forward a few years and our actress meets a guy she wants to be with forever. One tiny catch. She doesn't want him to discover her past. She prefer him to think she is an innocent. Someone who is there to experience something together as a couple and not worry about what happened prior to them being a couple. She had this grand vision of how she wanted him to see her and it didn't include whipping some closeted A+ lister while he wore nipple clamps and recited lines from his movies. So, an agreement was reached. She would be quiet. Her clients would be quiet. At one point she had so many clients that she had farmed out some of the work to a friend who now took over the whole empire. Meanwhile, our actress gets married and walks away from acting and spins and spins about why she did. In the past few months, she is worried her 24K gilded existence will come to an end though because one of the producers who was a client is facing money issues. He won't write a book but he is not opposed to blackmailing the now very very very wealthy by marriage actress for some money each month to keep their secret.
I believe from past BI that the common guess for this was Leelee Sobieski?
ReplyDeleteMarried to Adam Kimmel fashion designer.
ReplyDeleteLeelee was the popular guess. She's on her second marriage now, though. But the guy is a fashion designer so may not be aware of her primarily-Hollywood-based activities.
ReplyDeleteLeelee is a dominatrix
ReplyDeleteher net worth is listed as $3 million online though. not exactly "very, very, very wealthy" unless her blackmailer is "very, very, very poor".
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure Adam Kimmel is very, very, very wealthy - is he?
ReplyDeleteHolly Valance - married to a billionaire Candy brother. Although she's Australian.
ReplyDeleteSalma Hayek
ReplyDeleteHis father founded a major real estate development company, Kimco. He had millions in his couch cushions alone. So by inheritance, yes, he's very, very wealthy. This is Leelee. No doubt. Ever wonder why she randomly showed up in Eyes Wide Shut?
ReplyDeleteOhhh Salma is a very interesting guess
ReplyDeletehayek still works, and what was her early success in her teens and 20's? and i had no idea she is 51. i don't know who this is----leelee fits in some ways but the extreme wealth part seems iffy.
ReplyDeleteI'm probably wrong - Amanda seyfried or the girl from party of five?
ReplyDeleteLacey chabert
ReplyDeleteWhat's the big deal, here? She didn't have sex with them.
ReplyDeletejamie gertz is married to a billionaire
ReplyDeletenvm, she continues to work so can't be her
ReplyDeleteleelee sobieski has imdb credits for almost every year up thru 2016.
ReplyDeleteLeelee was "discovered" by Stanley Kubrick who cast her in Eyes Wide Shut. Shooting on that started in1996 and ended in 98. Then she went on to do A Soldiers Daughter Never Cries, a Merchant/Ivory film. Both great films and memorable performances. I haven't seen any more of her work. But she carries herself like a dom in all photos. Too bad she stopped acting. She had such an amazing start.
ReplyDeleteFamous teenage actresses who have retired:
ReplyDeletePhoebe Cates
Bridget Fonda
Don't really think it's either of those, though. But I bet Bridget's loaded.
Eh, it's probably LeeLee. Just read on her wiki that she supposedly remained a virgin until she was married, and that she was quoted as saying she's out of the business because of the sexual nature of many roles.
ReplyDeleteDianna Agron married into some zillionaire family. Her husband is a member of some band whose name I can't recall but his father is worth billions. Her biggest role to date is still Glee.
ReplyDeleteI dunno if her clients would go to bat for her and get her roles - if she was known around town as a dominatrix would actors/dirs/producers be pushing her for roles?
ReplyDeleteLee Lee always looked slow to me, something ick about her face but she did have that manly voice I could imagine some dudes liked that
Mena Suvari
ReplyDeleteShe became famous for playing Joan Of Arc in a TV movie, when she was 16, way before Eyes Wide Shut.
ReplyDeleteActually,I'm wrong, they were out the same year,Deep Impact was her first successful film.
ReplyDeleteShe's married to a billionaire.
ReplyDeleteWhenever there is a blind about a dominatrix I think the answer is LeeLee. I guess its her.
ReplyDeleteThat a jucy blind. "24k" gilded existence?
ReplyDeleteSounds rare.
*that's a juicy blind.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking Salma Hayek but i dont think her husband would mind since when he met her she was still a yatch girl
ReplyDeleteDominique Swain
ReplyDeleteNailed it
ReplyDeleteSounds like LeeLee Sobeski.
ReplyDeleteShe was only 15 or 16 when she was in "Eyes Wide Shut".
How was she allowed to film a nude sex scene in that movie?!
Also, I am not surpised she did sexual favors for directors/producers. Lots og young actresses do it.
It's LeeLee. She married Adam Kimmel who is from mega real estate developer money.
ReplyDeleteAdam Kimmel's grandfather on his mother's side is the guy who owned/developed Donzi cigarette motor boats. Interesting story there too.
ReplyDeleteExcellent work there Lou.
ReplyDeleteEvan Rachel Wood was the replacement for LeeLee according to legend
ReplyDeleteShe was also in the movie Joyride with Paul Walker lol. I LOVED that movie when I was younger.
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