Soleil Moon Frye

At 47 years old, Soleil Moon Frye has this physical status:

Soleil Moon Frye (born August 6, 1976) is an American actress, producer, and screenwriter.

She began her career as a child actor at the age of two.

Frye won the role of Penelope "Punky" Brewster in the sitcom Punky Brewster when she was seven years old.

The series, which premiered on NBC in September 1984, received consistently poor ratings, but Punky's Punky character was a hit with young children.

After NBC's cancellation of the series, it was revived for the syndication market, where it appeared for two seasons ending in 1988. Frye continued her work in television and supporting roles in films after the series ended.

She attended The New School in the late 1990s and produced her first film, Wild Horses in 1998.

Roxie King, Sabrina Spellman's (Melissa Johann Hart) roommate and close friend, in 2000, she appeared on Sabrina the Teenage Witch as Roxie King, Sabrina Spellman's (Melissa Spellman's) roommate and close friend.

Since the series's cancellation in April 2003, Frye stayed with it until its conclusion.

She has since worked principally as a voice actress. Frye married producer Jason Goldberg, with whom she has four children, in 1998.

The Little Seed, Los Angeles's first organic specialty clothing store for children, has since opened The Little Seed, an organic specialty clothing store for children.

In addition, she runs a blog and web series that are mainly devoted to child rearing and women's issues.

Frye published her first book, Happi Chaos, from Punky to Parenting, as well as My Perfectly Imperfect Adventures in Between. On the Oprah Winfrey Network, Frye hosted the Home Made Simple show from 2013 to 2014.

Early life

Frye was born in Glendora, California. Her father, Virgil Frye (1930-2012), was a British actor, and Sondra Peluce, a talent agent and caterer, was her mother. Sean Frye and Meeno Peluce, two older children, are among her half-brothers. When she was two, Frye's parents divorced.

Frye was educated at a private school in Los Feliz, and he attended San Fernando Valley Professional School in Burbank.

Personal life

Frye suffered from gigantomatitia as a youth. She underwent breast reduction three months before her 16th birthday.

Frye was romantically involved with hip-hop musician Danny Boy O'Connor, with whom she remains friends.

Frye married television producer Jason Goldberg in a Jewish service on October 25, 1998 (Frye's mother is Jewish, as is Goldberg). Frye and Goldberg's four children were born in August 2005 and March 2008, while sons were born in February 2014 and May 2016. In a 2008 wedding anniversary, Goldberg and Frye renewed their vows. The couple married in 2020, after 22 years of marriage, and divorced. Frye filed for divorce in December 2020. In April 2022, the divorce was finalized.

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Career

In 1982 television film Missing Children: A Mother's Novel, Frye made her acting debut. She appeared in Who Will Love My Children, a new television film starring Ann-Margret in 1983. Elizabeth (Bette) Kovacs was portrayed by her in the biographical television film Between the Laughter and Beyond the Laughter, directed by Wes Craven, over the next year.

At the audition, Frye defeated over 3,000 girls (including future Sabrina, Melissa Joan Hart's co-star Melissa Joan Hart) to win the coveted spot on the NBC sitcom Punky Brewster. The series, which was created by NBC's then-head of programming Brandon Tartikoff, premiered in September 1984. The series, which was scheduled opposite CBS' highly rated 60 Minutes, struggled in the ratings, but Punky's character was popular among children. Frye appeared at parades, participated in an antidrug walk with then-First Lady Nancy Reagan, and was the honorary chairperson for the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Frye also appeared and reprised his role in the animated series It's Punky Brewster, which premiered during Punky Brewster's first season. Despite the show's low ratings, Brandon Tartikoff decided to renew the series for a second season because it was the most watched show in the country by children aged 2 to 11. Punky Brewster's second season, which dealt with more serious topics such as CPR and first-aid preparation, opioid use, and the Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy, did not succeed in viewers, and NBC cancelled the show in April 1986. Columbia Pictures Television quickly picked up the series and began to air in first-run syndication. Punky Brewster appeared on television for two seasons, beginning on May 27, 1988.

Frye landed the lead role in ABC's Cadets, which aired as a summer special on September 25, 1988. The pilot was, on the other hand, was not detected. In 1989, Frye hosted the syndicated weekly talk/variety show Girl Talk. Frye worked with Sarah Michelle Gellar and Rod Brogan in a shared hosting role based on the board game of the same name. After one season, the series was cancelled. Where's Rodney in 1990?

Frye appeared on several television shows, including The Wonder Years, Saved by the Bell, and Friends, as well as voiced characters for the animated film Tiny Toon Adventures, The Ren and Stimpy Show (specifically, the Johnny Bravo pilot episode). Frye has appeared in the films The Liars' Club (1993) and Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings (1995) as well as in stage performances of Orestes, I Murdered My Mother and The Housekeeper.

Frye King appeared in the Teenage Witch's last few seasons, as she longtime friend and series producer Melissa Joan Hart from 2000 to 2003. Zoey Howzer appeared in the Disney Channel series The Proud Family and the series' 2005 television film, during Sabrina's run. She appeared in The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, a revival film that starred Proud.

In 2005, she played Jade, a Bratz character, in the direct-to-video sequel Bratz Rock Angelz. Bratz: Forever Diamondz (2006), Bratz: The Forever Diamondz (2006), and Bratz: The Movie (2007) and the follow-up films until Bratz: Passion - Diamondz. In the animated series Planet Sheen, Frye voiced Aseefa from 2010 to 2013.

She appears in the Punky Brewster revival, which premiered on Peacock on February 25, 2021.

Frye moved to New York in 1996 to The New School and later directed Wild Horses (1998).

In 2004, Frye produced Sonny Boy, her second film. The documentary chronicles Frye's two-week journey with her father, Virgil, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease. Sonny Boy was a member of the San Diego Film Festival and received Best Documentary at the San Diego Film Festival and was one of the official selections.

Frye produced Kid 90, a documentary film made in the 1990s, executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio. The film was released by Hulu on March 12, 2021.

In 2007, Frye and two colleagues founded The Little Seed, an eco-friendly kids' specialty store in Los Angeles. In August 2012, the boutique closed, but it now operates as an internet-based company.

Frye and her friend and long-serving co-star Melissa Joan Hart launched the "Better Together" campaign for Gain in March 2010.

Happy Chaos, Frye's First Book, a Novel About Punky to Parenting, and Between My Perfectly Imperfect Adventures In Between in September 2011. Let's Get This Party Started, she published a party-planning book in October 2013. She owned a web series from 2011 to 2012 and now hosts a blog on her official website, moonfrye.com, which both address women's issues and parenting.

Frye co-founded P.S. in 2014. XO, a company that offers party decoration kits, is a family run business. The name was then changed to MoonFrye, and the product line was expanded to include DIY kits for families and an app of the same name. They later joined Seedling, a company that manufactures "activity kits."

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