Mari Deese

Beginning her career in Dallas, Texas, Mari studied acting with veteran actor Adam Roarke as well as Lou Diamond Phillips at Adam Roarke's Film Actor's Lab. Upon arriving in Los Angeles in the mid-nineties, Mari began working with Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning actress Kim Darby and, in short order, began working on sitcoms such as Family Matters and Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Mari also appeared as the recurring character "Kristy Koy" in the award-winning soap opera General Hospital. Other television appearances include roles on 9-1-1, Blockbuster, Claws, Bosch, Vindication, Lady Dynamite, Wisdom of the Crowd, and Dallas (2012) and Scandal Made Me Famous. Some of Mari's film roles include Run Hide Fight, Big Stone Gap, Divine Access, Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay, Thunder Road and The Last Assassins. She has also appeared in numerous national and international television commercials and print advertising.