Lucinda Dickey


Lucinda Dickey is an American former dancer and actress. She is best known for her leading role in the film ''Breakin and its sequel '.

Early life

Dickey was born and raised in Hutchinson, Kansas, where at the age of four, she began dancing in her mother's studio. While attending Kansas State University she majored in dance and competed as Miss Manhattan/Kansas-State in the Miss Kansas pageant, where she won the talent division and finished third runner-up.

Career

In 1980, Dickey moved to Los Angeles and won a dance scholarship with the Roland DuPree Dance Academy. After 10 months, she became one of the lead dancers for the movie Grease 2. In fall 1982 she landed a stint as a dancer on Solid Gold.
Her first leading role was in ', the shooting for which took place in 1983. In May 1984, Dickey appeared in the role of jazz dancer turned breakdancer Kelly in Breakin and its sequel, . Next came the horror flick Cheerleader Camp, in 1987.
Dickey's last onscreen acting role was in the 1990 Perry Mason television movie, Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter.
She appeared as a dance judge on TLC's 2008 series Master Of Dance''.

Personal life

She retired from acting in 1990, and lives in California with her husband, Craig Piligian, a co-executive producer of, among his credits, the reality TV game show Survivor. They have two children, Joseph Michael and Amanda Marie.