Rena Riffel

Acting

Rena Riffel

Born 1969-03-05 · Inglewood, California, USA

Rena Riffel (born March 5, 1969) is an American actress, singer, dancer, model, writer, producer, and director. She is known for her supporting roles in films such as Showgirls, Striptease, and Mulholland Drive.

Acting credits

Mulholland Drive poster
7.8

Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.

Mulholland Drive

2001

Showgirls poster
5.6

Fresh to Las Vegas with no connections, Nomi Malone takes a job as an exotic dancer. Her talents are quickly noticed by Cristal, a headlining dancer who senses an opportunity to bolster her own act. But Nomi won’t play second fiddle and soon begins her venomous path to the top, ruthlessly backstabbing anyone who gets in her way.

Showgirls

1995

Striptease poster
5.6

Bounced from her job, Erin Grant needs money if she's to have any chance of winning back custody of her child. But, eventually, she must confront the naked truth: to take on the system, she'll have to take it all off. Erin strips to conquer, but she faces unintended circumstances when a hound dog of a Congressman zeroes in on her and sharpens the shady tools at his fingertips, including blackmail and murder.

Striptease

1996

Candyman: Day of the Dead poster
4.6

As the Day of the Dead celebration approaches the barrio of East Los Angeles, Caroline is challenged to control the horrifying legend of her ancestor, the "Candyman".

Candyman: Day of the Dead

1999

Undercover poster
5.3

A female cop goes undercover in a high price whorehouse to find a murderer and discovers she likes the assignment more than she should.

Undercover

1995

Amityville Toothache poster
NR

Gabriel has an excruciating toothache. Unfortunately, his dentist is operating with tools supplied from the cursed town of Amityville.

Amityville Toothache

2026

Breast Men poster
5.3

We follow the two Texas doctors who invented the modern breast implant and its surgical procedure. However, when success and money come their way, they split up and follow different paths. One becomes the surgeon of the everyday woman while the other's career freefalls and has to settle with strippers and actresses. The film covers their history and their inventions, from the sixties until today.

Breast Men

1997

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies poster
6.5

The definitive documentary on the history of nudity in feature films from the early silent days to the present, studying the changes in morality that led to the use of nudity in films while emphasizing the political, sociological and artistic changes that shaped that history. Skin will also study the gender inequality in presenting nude images in motion pictures and will follow the revolution that has created nude gender equality in feature films today.

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

2020

No Escape poster
6.0

During WWII two sisters have stolen some emeralds from the lesbian Nazi SS officer (Rena Riffel) and now are on the run. One gets captured by her and gets tortured with electrified Freddy Krueger glove into revealing the location of the gems. The other escapes to her cousin's house, but her cousin who isn't that pleased with her appearance and blackmails the girl into becoming her personal slave in return for not turning her over to the SS.

No Escape

2008

Spreading Darkness poster
4.5

Stu Undercoffler is a corrupt CEO whose drive for power has led him to make some highly unethical choices. Once Stu's self-serving decisions have begun to spread darkness through the world, there's no stopping it. After losing his wife, Stu begins to have a crisis of conscience but starts to believe he is being stalked and has been hallucinating. Is he losing his mind or have his former victims come back to wreck havoc on him?

Spreading Darkness

2017

Gunmen poster
4.9

A New York DEA agent springs an outlaw from jail to lead him to stolen money in South America.

Gunmen

1993

Bound Cargo poster
3.1

Three girls are on the run from a group of disbanded soldiers. Nowhere to go they come across a lonely widow to seek refuge. Risking her life to save the young women the widow only demands erotic pleasure in exchange.

Bound Cargo

2003

Monty and the Movies poster
NR

An in-depth look at embattled filmmaker Alex “Monty” Canawati uncovers the indelible mark he's left on Hollywood.

Monty and the Movies

Trasharella poster
3.0

Rena Riffel (Showgirls/Mulholland Drive) stars in her directorial debut, the B Movie Musical Retro Satire, Trasharella. Transforming into a recycling trashy super hero, it is up to Trasharella to kill the Hollywood Vampire.

Trasharella

2009

Emmanuelle Through Time: Sex, Chocolate & Emmanuelle poster
7.3

Join the sexy crew of the airship Emmanuel for a journey beyond space and time. This time, Emmanuelle visits erotic milf Willa Wanker and her adult toy factory. There, beautiful women have become guinea pigs for new products, and intoxicated by the dazzling pleasure. Will Emmanuelle become addicted and fall into Willa's trap of lust?

Emmanuelle Through Time: Sex, Chocolate & Emmanuelle

2012

Caligula's Spawn - Part 1 poster
3.5

The beautiful and dangerous lesbian slave trader Druscilla practices all the customs of Ancient Rome - everything in Excess. But even excess can have its limits and the punishments can be very severe if she crosses the line and risks falling out of favor.

Caligula's Spawn - Part 1

2009

Singapore Sling poster
3.0

In Singapore, con artist Michelle marries a corrupt local businessman to avoid prison, then swindles him and escapes the country. He follows her to L.A., so she moves in with her hunky oil tycoon ex and his scheming girlfriend, Lisa.

Singapore Sling

1999

Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp poster
6.8

The final volume of Time Warp digs deep into what makes us laugh over and over again as we reveal the greatest cult comedies and campy classics of all-time. From "Fast Time at Ridgemont High" and "Office Space" to "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," and "Showgirls."

Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp

2020

Dark Confessions poster
5.1

Two beautiful young women on vacation looking for fun. Two dirty cops looking for easy prey. One human auction where the rich, dominant and powerful bid for slaves to satisfy all sexual desires including lesbian submission. They have been located, framed and convinced to confess to a crime they did not commit or face a lifetime in a prison of women...now their innocence will be sold to the highest bidder.

Dark Confessions

1998

Emmanuelle Through Time: Emmanuelle's Skin City poster
5.1

Emmanuelle arrives in Las Vegas where she is abducted and asked by the military to help them with a device that allows people to travel to alternate realities.

Emmanuelle Through Time: Emmanuelle's Skin City

2011

Summoned poster
4.3

Follow three individuals who served on the jury for one of San Francisco's most high profile serial killer cases. Now someone, or something, is killing them off one by one.

Summoned

2013

Emmanuelle Through Time: Emmanuelle's Forbidden Pleasures poster
3.8

Emmanuelle's final erotic adventure through space and time!

Emmanuelle Through Time: Emmanuelle's Forbidden Pleasures

2012

One, Two, Many poster
3.9

A modern-day romance that follows one man's quest to find the girl of his dreams: one who wants to do it with him and another girl.

One, Two, Many

2008

Showgirls 2: Penny's from Heaven poster
3.7

Penny Slot, a stripper from Las Vegas, tries to become a star dancer on a dance television show.

Showgirls 2: Penny's from Heaven

2011

Behind the camera

Trasharella poster
3.0

Rena Riffel (Showgirls/Mulholland Drive) stars in her directorial debut, the B Movie Musical Retro Satire, Trasharella. Transforming into a recycling trashy super hero, it is up to Trasharella to kill the Hollywood Vampire.

Trasharella

2009

Trasharella poster
3.0

Rena Riffel (Showgirls/Mulholland Drive) stars in her directorial debut, the B Movie Musical Retro Satire, Trasharella. Transforming into a recycling trashy super hero, it is up to Trasharella to kill the Hollywood Vampire.

Trasharella

2009

Trasharella poster
3.0

Rena Riffel (Showgirls/Mulholland Drive) stars in her directorial debut, the B Movie Musical Retro Satire, Trasharella. Transforming into a recycling trashy super hero, it is up to Trasharella to kill the Hollywood Vampire.

Trasharella

2009

Showgirls 2: Penny's from Heaven poster
3.7

Penny Slot, a stripper from Las Vegas, tries to become a star dancer on a dance television show.

Showgirls 2: Penny's from Heaven

2011

Showgirls 2: Penny's from Heaven poster
3.7

Penny Slot, a stripper from Las Vegas, tries to become a star dancer on a dance television show.

Showgirls 2: Penny's from Heaven

2011

Showgirls 2: Penny's from Heaven poster
3.7

Penny Slot, a stripper from Las Vegas, tries to become a star dancer on a dance television show.

Showgirls 2: Penny's from Heaven

2011

Trasharella Ultra Vixen poster
2.3

A retro-grindhouse film. Starlets fight off the Hollywood Vampire. Directed by Rena Riffel

Trasharella Ultra Vixen

2011

Trasharella Ultra Vixen poster
2.3

A retro-grindhouse film. Starlets fight off the Hollywood Vampire. Directed by Rena Riffel

Trasharella Ultra Vixen

2011

Trasharella Ultra Vixen poster
2.3

A retro-grindhouse film. Starlets fight off the Hollywood Vampire. Directed by Rena Riffel

Trasharella Ultra Vixen

2011

Showgirls 2: The Cut poster
NR

Showgirls 2: The Cut is a satirical parody project creating a story that expanded the character she played in the classic 90's film, "Showgirls", weaving a cautionary tale of ambition and danger while traveling down the path of a self-fulfilling prophecy. Her work aimed to thank and entertain the many fans and critics of her roles in David Lynch's, "Mulholland Dr." and Verhoeven's, "Showgirls"

Showgirls 2: The Cut

Astrid's Self Portrait poster
NR

A behind-the-scenes look at Astrid von Star's unfinished, untitled, avant-garde masterpiece which reveals her many kept secrets of love and loss. Once a top Hollywood film critic, Astrid (Rena Riffel) rebels to create a self-portrait on digital media with the help of her only surviving ex-husband (Greg Heath). She expresses her bohemian spirit while her psyche unravels in front of the camera.

Astrid's Self Portrait

2016

Astrid's Self Portrait poster
NR

A behind-the-scenes look at Astrid von Star's unfinished, untitled, avant-garde masterpiece which reveals her many kept secrets of love and loss. Once a top Hollywood film critic, Astrid (Rena Riffel) rebels to create a self-portrait on digital media with the help of her only surviving ex-husband (Greg Heath). She expresses her bohemian spirit while her psyche unravels in front of the camera.

Astrid's Self Portrait

2016

My Wife Is at Home poster
NR

A woman who lives in Echo Park area of Los Angeles experiences something strange after she becomes obsessed with the abandoned house next door.

My Wife Is at Home

2017

My Wife Is at Home poster
NR

A woman who lives in Echo Park area of Los Angeles experiences something strange after she becomes obsessed with the abandoned house next door.

My Wife Is at Home

2017