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Regina Russell Banali

Regina Russell Banali

Born: 1965-08-02 • Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Regina Russell is a film producer, director, television presenter, and actress. She directed and produced a feature length documentary called "QUIET RIOT: Well Now You're Here, There's No Way Back" about the hard rock band Quiet Riot. The film premiered at the 2014 Newport Beach Film Festival and won the Festival Honors award for "Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking" in the music category. It also won "Best Music Documentary" from the Oregon Independent Film Festival, and was a official selection of The Hollywood Film Festival, The Carmel International Film Festival, Indie Memphis Film Festival, St. Louis International Film Festival and the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. It Premiered on the Showtime Network Jan 29th 2015. Rolling Stone magazine called it "One of the top rock docs to see this summer". (Issue 1238 July 2nd, 2015)

As a celebrity style expert and red carpet fashion critic, she has appeared in fashion segments for The Today Show, E! News, Access Hollywood, The Fashion Team, and Good Day L.A.

She owned and operated Celebrity Closet Raiders, a high end designer resale store which carried merchandise previously owned by celebrities.

Russell is engaged to Quiet Riot drummer and manager Frankie Banali.

Filmography
We Kill for Love poster
We Kill for Love
2023 • Self
Private Places poster
Private Places
2019 • (archive footage)
Real Naughty Vice Girls 2 poster
Real Naughty Vice Girls 2
2018 • (archive footage)
Real Naughty Vice Girls poster
Real Naughty Vice Girls
2018 • (archive footage)
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I Should Be F***ing Brad Garrett
2008 • Herself
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Fall Guy: The John Stewart Story
2007 • Cazz
Cannibal Taboo poster
Cannibal Taboo
2006 • Annie Tramblyn
Bikini Girls from the Lost Planet poster
Bikini Girls from the Lost Planet
2006 • (archive footage)
Deviant Fantasies poster
Deviant Fantasies
2006 • (archive footage)
Reality Sex poster
Reality Sex
2005 • (archive footage)
One More Round poster
One More Round
2005 • Sonya
Voyeur's Delight poster
Voyeur's Delight
2005 • (archive footage)
Bad Bizness poster
Bad Bizness
2003 • Angela Summers
The Mummy's Kiss poster
The Mummy's Kiss
2003 • Helena
Hollywood Homicide poster
Hollywood Homicide
2003 • Sartain Receptionist
Bikini Airways poster
Bikini Airways
2003 • Terri
Visions of Passion poster
Visions of Passion
2003 • Alice
Cheerleader Massacre poster
Cheerleader Massacre
2003 • Buzzy's Flashback Girl
Baberellas poster
Baberellas
2003 • Renna
Wolfhound poster
Wolfhound
2002 • Fantasy Woman (uncredited)
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Wheatfield with Crows
2002 • Karen
Zig Zag poster
Zig Zag
2002 • Dancer #2
The Model Solution poster
The Model Solution
2002 • Caroline
Sex Court: The Movie poster
Sex Court: The Movie
2001 • Kayla
Savage Season poster
Savage Season
2001 • Tricia
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Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
2001 • Self
Scandal: Sex@students.edu poster
Scandal: Sex@students.edu
2001 • Christina
Scandal: 15 Minutes of Fame poster
Scandal: 15 Minutes of Fame
2001 • Amanda Stone
House of Love poster
House of Love
2000 • Mojave
Scandal: Lawful Entry poster
Scandal: Lawful Entry
2000 • Brigitte
Sex Files: Ancient Desires poster
Sex Files: Ancient Desires
2000 • Anne Reno
Sex Files: Alien Erotica II poster
Sex Files: Alien Erotica II
2000 • Dr. Betty Brooks
Sex Files: Creating the Perfect Man poster
Sex Files: Creating the Perfect Man
2000 • Stephanie
Bare Deception poster
Bare Deception
2000 • Debbie
Passion's Obsession poster
Passion's Obsession
2000 • Trixie
Luck of the Draw poster
Luck of the Draw
2000 • Zippo's Boudoir Girl
Sexual Matrix poster
Sexual Matrix
2000 • Tracie Johnson
Sex Files: Pleasureville poster
Sex Files: Pleasureville
2000 • Patty Watts
Dungeon of Desire poster
Dungeon of Desire
1999 • Jill
The Big Hustle poster
The Big Hustle
1999 • Ginger
Hook poster
Hook
1991 • Mermaid