Vanna Bonta
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Vanna Bonta is a novelist, poet and film actress best known as the author of Flight: A Quantum Fiction Novel (Meridian House 1996) the story about parallel dimensions featuring an amnesiac girl with no navel. She is also known for collections of award-winning poetry as well as for a cameo role as Zed's queen, the hero's young mother, in the fantasy movie The Beastmaster
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She is also the inventor of the 2suit
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A portrait of her as a young girl was drawn by Florentine artist Pietro Annigoni
.
She was a model of Woman for the Frederick Hart
work "Creation of Mankind" (Ex Nihilo) on the front entrance of the Washington National Cathedral
in Washington D.C.
Bonta appeared in The Universe Season 3 Episode 4 "Sex in Space" and talked about how her 2suit
could be used to achieve intimacy in microgravity toward the colonization of other planets. The History Channel documentary filmed her testing the 2suit in weightlessness
, which marked Bonta's second zero gravity flight. She is an advocate with The Space Frontier Foundation
.
She is the daughter of an Italian fine-arts painter and American military officer, and the granddaughter of Luigi Ugolini
.
Bonta wrote an undeveloped story, "Somewhen", for the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation
. She is credited with numerous roles as a voice actor in feature films, such as Beauty and the Beast
(Disney). She was the computer voice in the movie Demolition Man
.
The Beastmaster (film)
The Beastmaster is 1982 fantasy film directed by Don Coscarelli that starred Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts, John Amos and Rip Torn. The film was marketed with the tagline "Born with the courage of an eagle, the strength of a black tiger, and the power of a god."-Summary:The Beastmaster tells the story...
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She is also the inventor of the 2suit
2suit
The 2suit 2S is a garment designed to facilitate sexual intercourse in weightless environments such as outer space, or on planets with low gravity.-History:...
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A portrait of her as a young girl was drawn by Florentine artist Pietro Annigoni
Pietro Annigoni
Pietro Annigoni was an Italian portrait and fresco painter, who became world famous after painting Queen Elizabeth II in 1956.-Life:Born in Milan in 1910, Annigoni was a painter who was influenced by the Italian Renaissance....
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She was a model of Woman for the Frederick Hart
Frederick Hart (sculptor)
Frederick Elliott Hart was an American sculptor, best known for his public monuments and works of art in bronze, marble, and clear acrylic .-Biography:American master sculptor Frederick Hart is recognized for creating work that is at once traditional in its...
work "Creation of Mankind" (Ex Nihilo) on the front entrance of the Washington National Cathedral
Washington National Cathedral
The Washington National Cathedral, officially named the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, is a cathedral of the Episcopal Church located in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. Of neogothic design, it is the sixth-largest cathedral in the world, the second-largest in...
in Washington D.C.
Bonta appeared in The Universe Season 3 Episode 4 "Sex in Space" and talked about how her 2suit
2suit
The 2suit 2S is a garment designed to facilitate sexual intercourse in weightless environments such as outer space, or on planets with low gravity.-History:...
could be used to achieve intimacy in microgravity toward the colonization of other planets. The History Channel documentary filmed her testing the 2suit in weightlessness
Weightlessness
Weightlessness is the condition that exists for an object or person when they experience little or no acceleration except the acceleration that defines their inertial trajectory, or the trajectory of pure free-fall...
, which marked Bonta's second zero gravity flight. She is an advocate with The Space Frontier Foundation
Space Frontier Foundation
The Space Frontier Foundation is a space advocacy nonprofit corporation organized to promote the interests of increased involvement of the private sector, in collaboration with government, in the exploration and development of space...
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She is the daughter of an Italian fine-arts painter and American military officer, and the granddaughter of Luigi Ugolini
Luigi Ugolini
Luigi Ugolini was an Italian writer. He is best known for his series of fictionalized biographies of Italian leaders in art and science, and for a volume of work that immortalizes traditions, values and ways of life of Tuscany and Florence...
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Bonta wrote an undeveloped story, "Somewhen", for the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Roddenberry, Rick Berman, and Michael Piller served as executive producers at different times throughout the production...
. She is credited with numerous roles as a voice actor in feature films, such as Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)
Beauty and the Beast is a 1991 American animated fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The thirtieth film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series and the third film of the Disney Renaissance period...
(Disney). She was the computer voice in the movie Demolition Man
Demolition Man (film)
Demolition Man is a 1993 American, science fiction action film directed by Marco Brambilla, and starring Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes. Sandra Bullock, Nigel Hawthorne, and Denis Leary co-star....
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