Brenda-Marie Whitehead was born Brenda-Marie Cantrell in Fort Smith, Arkansas. While growing up she was always told she was a descendant of the infamous William Clarke Quantrill. She lived in Arkansas during her early teens, and then moved to Oklahoma with family. She co-owned a business that was started in Oklahoma back in the mid 90's called "Celebrity Meet & Greet". It's like those conventions you see where Celebrities meet fans and sign autographs. One of the guest she booked once was Gunnar Hansen who played Leatherface in the original "Texas Chain Saw Massacre". He inspired her during a conversation, and with encouragement from friends and family, she pursued her acting dreams.After research, and a lot of patience, she was able to get background extra work in a few movies....."Boys on the Side", "Twister", and "The Lost Son" to name a few. After the background work, she attended "Oscar Night America Party Gala" in Tucson. She bid on a silent auction that included acting lessons for a month with renown acting coach Aileen Reid. She enjoyed the lessons so much that she signed up for a much longer term. You can never have enough as the saying goes. Continued acting lessons helped her land a few commercials in Tucson for the Desert Diamond Casino, Old Tucson Movie Studios & Corona Beer.She went to Hollywood in 2000 to be in a couple of episodes on MADtv. She was featured in a comedy sketch as an Opening Scene Traveler and Passenger with Mo Collins & Christian Duguay. This was her first real exposure of being on a nationally televised TV show. She was a huge fan of this show anyway, so this was a major thrill. She still owns the signed script the cast gave her!Her latest role was playing one of the lead characters as "Lola" in "High On The Hog", that was filmed in Galena Illinois & surrounding areas. She was thrilled and honored to be cast in this feature grind house film that also stars iconic actors Sid Haig, Joe Estevez & Robert Z'Dar.Her Celebrity Meet & Greet business produced a Breast Cancer benefit in Buena Park, California. Mickey Rooney & 100's of Celebrities attended. All of the admission and auction revenue were donated to the cause. She also loves animals. She has a one year old Pomeranian named "Jasper". She loves working out & walking. Speaking of walking, she was bikini girl #19 in the Guinness World Book of Records attempt at the largest Bikini Parade with Holly Madison in Las Vegas Nevada on 5/14/2009.Brenda has a strange talent that some call a gift. She can actually cure hiccups. She cured actress Cindy Williams hiccups in Dallas while they were having dinner together. Her friend also had fallen victim to hiccups for a week non-stop until she stopped them, as well as numerous other cases. Show less «