Voted by The Ave Magazine as
"One of the Most Significant Women In Entertainment" alongside Oprah Winfrey, Halle Berry and Selma Hayek, fans
recall first being introduced to the actress/music mogul Lunden
De’Leon as Joanne Mbutu on the hit television series Vital Signs.
Years later,
the sultry actress catapulted that breakout role into a successful career with
quite an impressive track-record by creating a number of unforgettable
performances and starring in over fifty movies and television shows like the
20th Century Fox Movie The Ladies Room, Surviving Paradise, Fury, Faux-Pas,
Cryptz, the HBO award-winning film Kickin Chicken and the NBC hit comedy
"Just Shoot Me."
With a successful acting career
under her belt, Lunden De'Leon went on to create and executive produce numerous
independent films including the suspense thriller "Irrebuttable
Presumption," "Undercover" and "Veronica's Secret."
Featured in Forbes, Marie Claire,
Entrepreneur Magazine, Business Week, Women's Wall Street, Black Enterprise and
many more, in fall 2003 Lunden opened the doors to her Los Angeles based record
label and made headlines around the world for releasing a
punk remake of Jimi Hendrix's classic Purple Haze.
In May 2004, Lunden was inducted
into the Caribbean Hall of Fame alongside such legends as Bob
Marley and Sidney Poitier. Known for her compassion, confidence and
inspirational achievements, Los Angeles Mayor James K. Hahn issued a special
proclamation declaring February 7th as Lunden De'Leon Day in the City of Los Angeles. Lunden recently ran for County Councilwoman in her home state of South Carolina.
In
summer 2009, Lunden started her own film company in Mullins South Carolina called Palmetto Film
Studios. The company
makes and
distributes 10 to 12 films a year. The first title for release and currently
hitting the international film festival circuit is the coming of age drama
“Last of a Dying Breed,” a film about a soldier returning home from Iraq trying to adapt to normal life.
Palmetto
Film Studios have a number of movies in pre-production including the horror
movie Stifle, Between Brothers and the suspense thriller Wol-Mart.
“I wrote, produced and directed Last of a Dying Breed", says Lunden. “It’s tough out there
for female directors.
Men tend
to overpower the industry but our voices can be heard.”
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