Apollonia Kotero
Actor · Born August 2, 1959 (67) · Santa Monica, California, USA
Patricia Apollonia Kotero was born on August 2, 1959 in Santa Monica, California, to Mexican parents, Maria Socorro Torres, a caregiver, and Victor Manuel Kotero, a restaurant manager. She initially pursued fame and fortune via work as an actress, singer and model. After winning the Miss San Pedro beauty competition and a stint cheerleader for the Los Angeles Rams in the 1980s, Kotero began acting in roles both in films and television series such as CHiPs (1977), Tales of the Gold Monkey (1982), Fantasy Island (1977), Matt Houston (1982) and Knight Rider (1982). Apollonia landed the role of a lifetime while auditioning for Prince for his first ever feature film. Winning the starring role opposite Prince in the blockbuster musical Purple Rain (1984), which received an Academy Award. Apollonia 6, also featured supporting singers Brenda Bennett and Susan Moonsie. Apollonia 6 went on a worldwide tour to promote the blockbuster single "Sex Shooter". Apollonia had originally recorded a version of the song "Manic Monday" for the album "Apollonia 6" (1984). Written by Prince, the song would later become a worldwide hit single for the girl group, The Bangles. "Take Me with U" is Apollonia's highest charting single, reaching #25 on the Top 40 chart in the United States. Kotero left Prince's camp in 1985 to appear on the CBS primetime soap opera Falcon Crest (1981). She was allowed to appear under her own stage name, "Apollonia", and also performed several solo songs, none of which would be released (one of the songs, which was often played and referred to on the series was a title called "Red Light Romeo", which was written by U.S. songwriter Jon Lind who had penned the U.S. #1 hit, "Crazy for You", for Madonna). Kotero stayed on the series for 10 consecutive weeks, playing the girlfriend of teenage heartthrob Lorenzo Lamas. In 1988, Warner Bros. Records released her first solo album, simply titled "Apollonia". Containing high energy dance music, three singles were released from the album: "Since I Fell For You", "The Same Dream" and "Mismatch". Kotero then released the 1997 bilingual ballad "Stay with Me". Apollonia went on to appear in such films as Ministry of Vengeance (1989), Back to Back (1990), Black Magic Woman (1991) and a couple of Italian productions, A Woman's Secret (1992), Bad Girls (1992). She returned to television on such series as Sliders (1995) and Air America (1998), and also hosted The Jazz Channel's "Latin Beat" program. During this period, an exercise video entitled "Go For It" was also released. Apollonia can be seen on E Channel's "Celebrity Homes" and MTV's "Cribs", with friend Carmen Electra, "The Test" and "Rendezview". In 2005, Apollonia formed a multimedia entertainment company, Kotero Entertainment, which formed partnerships with a number of producers to produce a children animated television series, as well as featured films. Kotero Entertainment also manages young talent such as television and film star Sascha Andres and young pop singer Nikki Barreras, also known as Nikki B. More recently, Kanye West's 2007 song "Stronger", used her name in the lyrics, and on December 1, 2007, she appeared at a Project Angel Food charity event in Beverly Hills, California.
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Biography from IMDb.
- August 2, 1959 (67)
- Santa Monica, California, USA
- Actor
- 9 on MovieCove · 20 credits in all
What are Apollonia Kotero's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Ideas.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 2
A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1
A split, not a type: Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 2
Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Shapeshifteras Apollonia in Purple Rain (1984)
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Apollonia Kotero's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Apollonia Kotero's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
20 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Air America (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Anarchy TV(1998)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Sliders(1995)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
A Woman's Secret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Bad Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Black Magic Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Ministry of Vengeance(1989)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Back to Back (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Happy Birthday, Mr. Christian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Purple Rain(1984)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
The Mystic Warrior (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Heartbreaker(1983)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Knight Rider(1982)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Matt Houston (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Tales of the Gold Monkey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Falcon Crest(1981)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows
Amor ciego (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
CHiPs(1977)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all showsBaby, You're a Star (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 67th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 20 titles, 19 of them dated from 1977 to 1998.
Biggest box office
Purple Rain (1984)
Highest rated
Prince and the Revolution LIVE! (1985)
Most popular right now
Purple Rain (1984)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Apollonia Kotero's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 50th percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 71st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 9 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the acting 43/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 40, detractors 35. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Apollonia Kotero work with?
People who share at least 2 of Apollonia Kotero's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bobby 'Z' Rivkin shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Bobby 'Z' RivkinShared titles: Prince and the Revolution LIVE! (1985), Purple Rain (1984)See all 2 shared titles with Bobby 'Z' Rivkin
- Jerome BentonShared titles: Prince and the Revolution LIVE! (1985), Purple Rain (1984)See all 2 shared titles with Jerome Benton
- Lisa ColemanShared titles: Prince and the Revolution LIVE! (1985), Purple Rain (1984)See all 2 shared titles with Lisa Coleman
- PrinceShared titles: Prince and the Revolution LIVE! (1985), Purple Rain (1984)See all 2 shared titles with Prince
Producers
- Steven FargnoliShared titles: Prince and the Revolution LIVE! (1985), Purple Rain (1984)See all 2 shared titles with Steven Fargnoli