Early Life
Lark Voorhies was born Lark Holloway in Nashville, Tennessee in 1974 and later adopted "Voorhies" as a stage name. Voorhies mother Tricia named her Lark after the character "Lark" played by American actress and Academy Award nominee Margaret Avery in the 1972 film, Cool Breeze. By the time Voorhies was two years old, the family had moved to Pasadena, California. At this time, her mother took her to a talent agent, because "she was a natural-born ham." However, her first audition did not go well—she froze.
Voorhies' career took off at the age of 12, when she appeared in a national television commercial for Universal Studios Tour to advertise its upcoming King Kong attraction: "I was on this tram screaming with all these other people. I had such a great time doing that."
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