‘Oscars’ are approaching, so... do any of former figure skaters have a successful carrier as an actor/actress?
oh I thought you were talking about Stephen Carriere..
Sonja Henie had what we might call a film career rather than an acting career. She never played a role but appeared pretty much as the generic pretty girl in a string of popular skating movies. This is not a criticism of her! I'd love to see skating movies nowadays, and hers were heaps of fun. They're still great cotton candy escapes when life gets too tough or too routine.
And of course, Tara Lipinski and Sasha Cohen have aspired to acting careers. I don't think either of them has made great strides toward stardom, alas.
I think Lynn-Holly Johnson, who played the lead in the skating movie Ice Castles, was a skater—obviously that fitted her for this role—but I don't think that either her film career or her acting career were stellar.