Early Life and Career
She was born Gina Delia on November 15, 1967, and was raised in California's San Fernando Valley. At the age of 16 she started taking modeling and acting classes at Marilyn Shore Studios.
At the age of 21, Delia married Richard Snail, who worked on the TV shows "Big Love" and "Zoey 101." The couple had two children. Son Chris Snail is an actor, musician and filmmaker; daughter, Brandilyn Snail, is an actress and make-up artist. The Snails are divorced.
Delia then married Rod Rodriguez, a police detective who has appeared on "Robbery Homicide Division" (2002) as a police officer and technical adviser. They also divorced, but she kept his surname.
Rodriguez's third husband was an adult actor, Randy Spears, who has appeared in over 6,000 adult movies. At this time, Rodriguez entered the adult entertainment world, taking on the professional name, "Demi Delia".
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